The neighborhood matters: Packard Center scientists show cell environment is important in ALS
..., the team measured the effect of having different proportions of healthy cells to at-risk cells in mice, clocking their survival time. Normally, the scientists work with standard animal models of ALS. Those mice or rats carry a mutant human gene -- called SOD1 -- that triggers a rare, inherited form of the dise...Double trouble: big portions of calorie dense foods
...e. The calorie density was changed by varying the proportions of ingredients. The amount served was also varied from two cups to two and three-quarters cups to three and a half cups. "Portion size alone increased calorie intake by 20 percent. Calorie density alone increased intake by 26 percent," Kral says...Rabies remains a costly public health threat, says Jefferson virologists
...hen an outbreak of raccoon rabies reached epidemic proportions and began quickly moving up the East Coast from Virginia and West Virginia. A subsequent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and United States Department of Agriculture-led mass inoculation program of wildlife (through an oral vaccine in bait)...Brain-imaging study sheds more light on underlying cause of attention-deficit hyperactivity syndrome
...of some brain areas and an increase in grey matter proportions being characteristic of children with the disorder. Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a serious neuropsychiatric problem in schoolchildren (an estimated 3-6% of US schoolchildren are affected, for example). The disorder is characteri...Parents' vaccine concerns on the rise, making accurate information crucial
...provided additional information to the parent. The proportions were lower when the physicians were asked what they did for parents who refused all vaccines for their children. "In all, we see that physicians are hearing both concerns and vaccination refusals on an increasing basis, but that they're trying to b...Practice-based intervention improves quality of care for young children
... baby boom generation ages and consumes increasing proportions of the health care dollar. Investing in early childhood health care is a policy priority that we cannot neglect."...Overweight and obesity thresholds may be misleading for Asian populations
...fferent ethnic populations. The increased body-fat proportions of some Asian populations suggest that a lower BMI (22-25 kg/m2) may be a more appropriate upper cut-off point; values above this adjusted threshold would indicate increased risk of adverse health outcomes. The consultation concluded that the proport...UK study quantifies cancer risk from diagnostic X-rays
...quivalent to around 700 cancer cases annually. The proportions of cases attributable to diagnostic X-ray exposure in other industrialised countries for which data were available varied from 0.6 -1.8% and over 3% in Japan (the country with the highest estimated annual diagnostic X-ray use in the world). The UK's ...Home blood pressure monitoring helps patients manage hypertensive drug treatments
...1.3 percent) with no significant difference in the proportions of patients progressing to multiple-drug treatment (38.7 percent vs. 45.1 percent)," the researchers found. "The final office, home, and 24-hour ambulatory BP measurements were higher in the home BP group than in the office BP group." "In conclus...Childhood obesity leads to adult diabetes, researcher says
...es and obesity among children has reached epidemic proportions as the fast-food restaurants are geared mostly to children and families. However, in recent days, the fast-food industry has made headlines by modifying their menus to be healthier. One example of the problem she cites is from a colleague who rep...Medical societies report critical care crisis in United States
...ffects of the manpower shortage would reach crisis proportions in 2007. To address this imminent critical care issue, the three medical societies and the AACN formed the Critical Care Workforce Partnership and a supporting task force on Framing Options for Critical Care in the United States (FOCCUS). In the cu...Alarming rise in incidence of lung cancer and death in women
...in lung cancer in women which has reached epidemic proportions in this country. The review article examining women and lung cancer by Jyoti D. Patel, M.D., of the division of Hematology/Oncology at Northwestern University, and colleagues at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, is reported in the April 14 is...Fewer fizzy drinks can prevent childhood obesity
...bmj.com . Obesity in children has reached epidemic proportions and has been partly linked to the consumption of carbonated drinks sweetened with sugar. Researchers introduced an education programme to six primary schools in Christchurch, Dorset over one school year. The main objective was to discourage the consu...Hidden cost of depression in seniors: $9 billion in care from spouses, children
...nother 44 percent had one to three symptoms. These proportions are in line with previous estimates of depression's incidence among older people; about 1 to 5 percent are thought to have serious, major depression, while another 7 to 23 percent may have mild depression. The survey showed that 38 percent of seniors...Research targets biologic profile of obesity
New Orleans, LA Obesity has reached epidemic proportions in America due to a number of factors including increased technology and the rise in consumption of prepared and preserved foods. Finding a solution has been a major challenge for researchers, but according to two studies presented today at Digestiv...Research news from the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University
...ne disease in the United States, reaching epidemic proportions in the elderly population."* The National Osteoporosis Foundation reports that "One in every two women and one in every four men age 50 and older will experience an osteoporosis-related fracture in their lifetime." This issue of Nutrition Notes focus...A controlled study of peripheral neuropathy after bariatric surgery
...investigator in the study. "Obesity is at epidemic proportions in the United States. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) estimates that 64 percent of adult Americans are overweight or obese. As more people elect to have bariatric surgery for morbid obesity, it's important to monitor our experience with these...Molecular clock genes influence metabolism of sugar and dietary fats
...led metabolic syndrome, which is reaching alarming proportions in both developed and developing countries, says FitzGerald. This work adds to the understanding of physiological control of metabolism and therefore possibilities of working with the body's natural rhythms to fight disease. Over time human...'Sit-down' rounds improve outcomes for kidney dialysis patients
...ds. The study also found that significantly higher proportions of patients treated at clinics with more frequent sit-down rounds were white, married or high school graduates. In addition, there was evidence that larger clinics were more likely to have less frequent or no rounds. Frequency of walk-rounds by a n...Evidence indicates cancer patients unable to intentionally postpone death for significant events
...he week after the event to determine whether these proportions were significantly different. "For Christmas, Thanksgiving, or the individual's birthday, during the 12-year period there was no significant difference in the proportion of patients dying in the week after the event compared with the proportion dying...