Study finds potential new cause of mental decline in old age
...ute to memory decline as people become older. This puts a spotlight on blood vessels, so we are now working to find out how these changes around the brain's blood vessel supply arise."...A key to pregnancy-associated malaria
...edicine. This causes a dangerous infection, which puts both mother and developing child at risk. Most adults living in malaria-endemic locations have antibodies in their circulation that protect them from repeated infection by blocking the ability of parasite-infected cells to lodge in blood vessels. Bu...Weight gain found to be harder on the heart than maintaining higher weight
Gaining 15 pounds or more over several years puts people at greater jeopardy of developing risk factors for heart disease than maintaining a stable weight even a stable weight that is considered obese, according to a study authored by Donald Lloyd-Jones, M.D., a cardiologist at Northwestern Memoria...Rare heart problem decreases in clot-busting era
...atients, the accumulating fluid in the pericardium puts pressure on the heart, preventing it from filling to capacity with blood. Since too little blood leaves the heart, the body's tissue are starved of oxygen. That initiates a chain of events that can lead to unconsciousness and death. The seven clinica...Angioplasty, robotically assisted keyhole bypass combo appears effective
...vascular Center in Aalst, Belgium. "This technique puts together the best of both worlds," De Bruyne said. "However, it is important to emphasize that this is a small pilot study, and that robotically enhanced minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass (MIDCAB) is a recent technique that is used in...Researchers recommend vaccinating adolescents against whooping cough
... causes financial and health problems, but it also puts babies at increased risk of contracting whooping cough if they live with or are cared for by infected adults. Since the symptoms can be as mild as a persistent cough, adults may not even realize that they are infected. The Global Pertussis Initiat...Early detection reduces threat of foot injury in college basketball players
....D. Other athletes whose sport or training regimen puts similar stresses on bones of the feet might also stand to benefit from the MRI evaluation, she added. Further study is warranted to consider the policy implications of such a practice, she added. The MRI screening would not be recommended for peopl...Nursing homes register 41 percent drop in residents' pain
...ol. "What we've shown is that when an organization puts these strategies in place, they get results." Twenty-one nursing homes took part in the study. Of those homes, 17 homes in 11 cities and towns completed the project. None received compensation. Participating homes pulled together te...Ongoing transfusions needed to avoid strokes in children with sickle cell disease
...Hematology meeting in San Diego. "Whatever process puts these children at risk is fairly durable," says Dr. Robert J. Adams, neurologist and stroke specialist at MCG and principal investigator on the Optimizing Primary Stroke Prevention in Children with Sickle Cell Anemia, or STOP II, study. "We believed ...To help your mind, take steps to help your heart, study says
...ple who have a certain genetic characteristic that puts them at higher risk for both heart disease and dementia may get more cognitive benefit than others from statin therapy. In an observational study, his team found that people with a specific genetic variation that alters production of a protein called...Report on health insurance coverage of Iowa children shows gaps
...her major issue with uninsured children is that it puts stress on the family," Damiano said. "Nearly half of the parents who had uninsured children said they were worried about their children's well-being." In contrast, such worry was expressed by only 16 percent of parents with children covered by Medica...Drinking without food may set you up for high blood pressure
... light to moderate alcohol intake outside of meals puts drinkers at risk for hypertension. "This is a novel finding with potentially important clinical implications," said Stranges. "It points out that drinking without food may counteract any benefit to the cardiovascular system associated with mo...Orqis receives FDA approval to expand clinical trial of Cancion CRS therapy to 40 centers
...Tufts-New England Medical Center in Boston. "This puts us yet another step closer to our goal of documenting the value that the Cancion therapy can bring to patients with heart failure." Heart failure is the deterioration of the heart's ability to pump blood throughout the bod...Wine drinkers live longer than beer guzzlers
...ers that any alcohol, in light to moderate intake, puts drinkers at lower risk for cardiovascular disease and death than non-drinkers. "It is also known from a number of studies that wine drinkers in many cultures are from a higher socio-economic status and have a better diet than non-wine drinkers," stat...Viral DNA sequence a possible trigger for breast cancer
...in mouse breast cells transforms them. This study puts the spotlight on a potential new mechanism for virus-induced breast cell transformation, which has largely been attributed to the integration of viral DNA into locations that trigger the expression of host cancer-causing genes. An intriguing wrinkle...Public interest advocates question NIH Enhanced Access policy
...rch must be available for public use. The policy puts grant recipients in the untenable position of trying to meet the contradictory expectations of their funding agency and their publisher. Addressing Leavitt as well as NIH indirectly, members of the Alliance for Taxpayer Access emphasized the need to ...Schepens scientists regenerate optic nerve for the first time
...ar tissue). The researchers believed that the scar puts up a physical as well as molecular barrier to regeneration. Although there may be other "locks" to the regeneration door, Chen and her colleagues believed these two were the most important. In the current research, Dr. Kin-Sang Cho, research associat...Most advanced CT scanner improves imaging of heart, avoids need for surgical inspection
... they are rare. "This new generation of technology puts CT scanning among the first diagnostic tests performed, whereas it has been mostly performed until now only when necessary and if circumstances permitted," says cardiologist Eduardo Marbn, M.D., Ph.D., professor and chief of cardiology at Hopkins. M...Even mild depression increases long-term mortality in heart failure
... status previously considered to be sub-depressive puts these patients at higher risk of death. While it has been known that depression is associated with higher short-term mortality rates, this is the first study to measure the long-term risks of depression, they said. The researchers, led by medical psy......ng Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) to learn what puts children at risk for the most severe infections, Washington University researchers at St. Louis Children's Hospital found that a child's age at the time of infection and whether that child lives with a smoker could mean the difference between the sni...