Cholesterol-lowering drug may also reduce risk of blood clots
...in the Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis. The presence of antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL) is a main characteristic of APS. Current treatments include the use of blood thinning drugs like warfarin, which does not dissolve blood clots, but can prevent their formation and further growth, according to ...Study reveals link between cardiovascular risk and cognitive decline
...yndrome. The key factor, however, seemed to be the presence of inflammatory markers in the blood: 30 percent o...ut the possible causes of cognitive decline in the presence of the metabolic syndrome and high inflammation. Interactions between the syndrome and inflammation ...Mayo Clinic discovers one mechanism for why men and women differ in immune response
...one possible mechanism driving the difference: The presence of testosterone slows or weakens the response of T-lymphocytes. Delving further to discover the mechanism behind this response, the research team found that without testosterone, the T-lymphocytes "turn-on" more quickly. It also is possible that ot...Study looks at events that lead to disability among the elderly
...ts were categorized into 2 groups according to the presence of physical frailty and were followed up with mont...or the prevention of disability, regardless of the presence of physical frailty," the authors write. "In the setting of an acute illness or injury leading to ...Hospitalization and restricted activity can lead to disability among elderly
...mined whether this relationship is modified by the presence of physical frailty. Monthly phone interviews for up to five years with 754 New Haven residents, age 70 or older, were used to determine exposure to intervening events and the occurrence of disability.The team found that disability developed among 55...American Thoracic Society journal news tips for November 2004 (first issue)
...morning and evening peak expiratory flow rate, the presence of asthma symptoms, and the frequency of their beta2-agonist inhalation use. According to the authors, no adverse effects were reported by participants who took melatonin. The study is published in the first issue for November 2004 of the American ...Study of trends in celiac disease
...ed through screening. Researchers also looked for presence of malignancy. There was a highly significant negative linear trend in presentation with diarrhea over time and a positive linear trend in patients detected by screening. Trends show patients were diagnosed at an older age since 1980, and there was ...Researchers shed light on cancer susceptibility using 'supermice'
...treatment with different types of carcinogens. The presence of an extra copy of these genes and increased cancer resistance had no apparent effect on the lifespan or fertility of these "supermice". These results are consistent with earlier work done by Serrano's group who had showed similar results with y...Screening for virus RNA could increase safety of organ & tissue transplantation
...se transmission among transplant recipients. The presence of blood antibodies to viral diseases such as HIV and hepatitis C is the conventional method for assessing whether an individual is safe to be a tissue or organ donor. However this approach is limited; some donors may be infected with a virus but ha...Scientists identify key mechanism in estrogen's role in preventing bone loss
...acrophages (immune cells that alert T cells to the presence of invading organisms) and in turn to enhanced T cell activation in the bone marrow and extended T-cell lifespan. The investigators' new research traces another step in the "upstream" pathway leading to estrogen's effect on bone. In order to model...New analysis links breastfeeding to reduced risk of childhood leukemia
...studied blood samples taken at birth and found the presence of an abnormal fusion of two genes, TEL and AML1. The cause of the gene fusion is not certain, said Kwan, but it has been shown to interfere with the normal formation and development of blood cells in animals and is found in 25 percent of children w...New insights into hormone therapy highlight when estrogen best aids brain
... with relevance to Alzheimer's are affected by the presence of progesterone. Christian Pike, PhD, Martin Ramsden, PhD, and Emily Rosario, MS, of the University of Southern California 's Department of Gerontology, and Andrew Nyborg, PhD, Michael Murphy, PhD, and Todd Golde, PhD, of the Mayo Clinic's Pharmacolo...Studies examine risk factors and potential consequences associated with prehypertension
...s, proportion who are overweight or obese, and the presence of other risk factors were compared among patients based on blood pressure groups: normotensive (normal blood pressure), prehypertensive, and hypertensive. Of the patients studied, 39 percent were normotensive, 31 percent were prehypertensive, and 29...Infection, not lack of oxygen, plays larger role in premature infant brain injury
...including multiple births, lack of oxygen, and the presence of infections. Overall, the researchers confirmed previous research that showed in women who had had twins or triplets, subsequent infants were at higher risk for the subsequent development of brain injury. However, to their surprise, the researche...Ductal lavage may not detect breast cancer, study finds
...ensitivity and specificity of ductal lavage in the presence of known breast cancer, Seema A. Khan, M.D., of the Lynn Sage Comprehensive Breast Center and Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, and colleagues conducted a pilot study in which ductal lavage was performed prior to mastectomy on 44 breasts fro...Ductal lavage may not detect breast cancer
...ensitivity and specificity of ductal lavage in the presence of known breast cancer, researchers conducted a pilot study in which ductal lavage was performed prior to mastectomy on 44 breasts from 32 women with known cancer and on eight breasts from seven women undergoing prophylactic mastectomy. The resea...MRI appears to have advantages over CT scan for detecting bleeding in the brain in stroke patients
...ptoms, greatly due to its capacity to rule out the presence of hemorrhage (bleeding), according to background information in the article. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been suggested as an alternative to CT in an emergency department setting because of its ability to outline the presence, size, locatio...Mayo Clinic finds ketogenic diet may be started as an outpt treatment for children with epilepsy
...seizure if the patient is thrown out of ketosis, a presence in the blood of abnormally high levels of acidic substances. In the study, Mayo Clinic researchers used the Rochester Epidemiology Project medical records-linkage system to locate all diagnoses involving the ketogenic diet from 1963-1975. The syst...The protective effects of heparin in preventing miscarriages in lupus patients
... by thrombosis and recurrent pregnancy loss in the presence of antiphospholipid antibodies. Antiphospholipid antibodies occur in about 25 percent of patients with lupus, and explain pregnancy loss in up to 20 percent of patients with recurrent miscarriages who do not have lupus. The research suggests that th...Patients undergoing weight loss surgery have high rates of H pylori bacteria
...r weight loss surgeries, including testing for the presence of H pylori. Before surgery, 24 percent of the patients tested positive for the H pylori infection. Of those who tested positive for H pylori, 48 percent showed significant upper gastrointestinal tract symptoms indicative of H pylori infection af...