Leader of Florida's screening program for type 1 diabetes supports program's effectiveness
...he disease without a primary prevention capability raises ethical considerations because of induced stress, lifestyle changes, cost and potential effects on insurability. Additionally, they say, the lack of effective intervention programs to prevent the disease calls in the question of enacting any large-sc...Women with PCOS and their siblings with hormone problems have same gene defect
... with PCOS are insulin-resistant, a condition that raises the level of insulin circulating in the body and is a precursor to type 2 diabetes. In fact, women with PCOS have seven times the risk of other women for developing adult-onset diabetes, which in turn greatly increases their chance of having cardiova...Palliative practice blurs ethical lines, physician says
... laboured breathing at the end of a patient's life raises ethical concerns and should not be permitted, says a University of Toronto researcher specializing in palliative care. "As we die, our respiratory pattern is altered and we seem to gasp and struggle for each breath," says Dr. Laura Hawryluck, physici...Inflammation reduced after just two weeks on statin drug
...e speed with which simvastatin lowers hsCRP levels raises the question of whether statins may prove useful for the acute treatment of coronary events, much the way nitroglycerin is used in emergency rooms today," he says. HsCRP is a marker of inflammation, and elevated levels are a risk factor for heart att...Bladder cancer returns sooner with each recurrence, study shows
...ond recurrence came as a surprise," says Yan. "It raises questions that might lead to a better understanding of the mechanics of recurrence." The study also confirmed that a tumor's stage and grade remain the most import factors in determining a patient's prognosis and probability of recurrence. Tumor stag...Remembering stressful events may lead to later heart disease
...g math in your head in a high-pressure environment raises your blood pressure, as does walking a quick and mindless quarter-mile. But new research shows that only the former includes an emotional component, making it a stressor that keeps on giving. Testing whether ruminations about a previous task would in...Drinking during pregnancy: Information may not be enough
...eable about the topic. Kesmodel said this finding raises fundamental questions about how and why women form their beliefs about drinking during pregnancy. "What is the evidence," he asked, "that alcohol consumption of a few drinks per month or even per week, as opposed to daily intake, may be harmful in pr...A quick-change artist: Tiny protein folds faster than any other
... to correct these proteins' shapes, that naturally raises the question of how proteins mis-fold into botched versions. So while the news about Trp-cage's folding pace has no immediate biomedical application, it contributes to increasing knowledge about this important process, Hagen said....St. Jude to receive multi-million dollar grant for sickle cell program
.... Jude campus. "This grant is important because it raises awareness that St. Jude is very much involved with sickle cell disease and has been for a very long time," Wang said. "Among sickle cell caregivers and investigators, people know that St. Jude is a leader, but people outside that community aren't nec...Mild injury may render brain cells vulnerable to immune system attack
...romised. Importantly, said McNamara, their finding raises the possibility of protecting the brains of patients with neurodegenerative disease. "The identification of a small-molecule inhibitor of the terminal pathway of complement may prove to be tremendously beneficial to patients with late-stage neurodege...Researchers discover 'doorways' into brain cells
... The researchers said their discovery of the zones raises the possibility that drugs affecting receptor transport to and through the zones could prove useful in treating addiction, depression, stroke, epilepsy, and other neurological disorders involving abnormal transport of receptors into the neuron's inte...Procedure to help Parkinsons disease could shed light on psychiatric disorder
...we report in two patients with Parkinson's disease raises the possibility that high-frequency stimulation could improve the functions of subcortical limbic circuitry in patients with severe OCD."...Study: ER could be front line for stroke prevention
...ty called atrial fibrillation, which significantly raises the risk of stroke. But only 55 percent of the AF patients seen in the ER who could be taking the best available medication to prevent strokes actually are taking that drug. The study's authors say the ER could be a good place to identify AF patients...Brains of elderly can compensate to remain sharp, study indicates
...ers said that, although their finding is basic, it raises the potential of using either training or drugs to enhance cognitive function in the elderly by increasing "recruitment" of the left prefrontal cortex. The evidence for compensatory brain activity in the high-performing elderly was reported in the N...Northwestern receives $5 million to study polycystic ovary syndrome
... with PCOS are insulin-resistant, a condition that raises the level of insulin circulating in the body and is a precursor to type 2 diabetes. In fact, women with PCOS have seven times the risk of other women for developing adult-onset diabetes, which in turn greatly increases their chance of having cardiova...Thanksgiving menu stuffed with healthy choices
...y that heat processing of sweet corn significantly raises the level of naturally occurring compounds that help fight disease, including cancer and heart disease. The study was reported by Rui Hai Liu, M.D., Ph.D., in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry . Eat your greens: They're good for the ey...Pain may come with gain in childhood exercise
...le, intense bout of exercise in teens and preteens raises levels of cellular chemicals that are usually associated with disease, while the same bout builds muscle mass and increases fitness. "Physical activity in children gives two signals, one that marks a healthy response and one that may be telling us t...Coffee drinking elevates plasma homocysteine and risk factors for coronary heart disease
... and consumption of unfiltered and filtered coffee raises homocysteine levels. As yet, it is unclear which substances in brewed coffee are responsible for its homocysteine-raising properties. In an article published in this month's American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Verhoef et al. investigated the ef...New first-aid method could prevent brain damage in patients exposed to carbon monoxide
...ded Dr. Joseph Fisher. IMPLICATIONS This study raises the possibility that the standard first-aid treatment of carbon monoxide poisoning -- 100% oxygen - constricts blood vessels to the brain and decreases the total oxygen delivered to the brain. Researchers think that the small amount of carbon dioxide...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for January (second issue)
...condition of pregnancy called pre-eclampsia, which raises blood pressure, showed significantly smaller upper airways than did either nonpregnant women or those with normal pregnancies. According to the authors of the British study, these results could explain why such patients have an increased upper airwa...