SWHR: Report findings affirm health of women hinges on reform of clinical research
Washington, DC -- In reaction to two recent reports revealing that research on coronary heart disease (CHD) has either excluded women entirely or included them in limited numbers, the Society for Women's Health Research today called for significant improvement in the analysis and...Polyherbacy prompts need for physician's advice
...ications, it is possible to experience an allergic reaction to an herbal supplement," Ness said. While serious herbal complications are not common, Ness noted, caution is a must. The sicker a patient is, the more likely he or she is to experience such adverse reactions. Ness added that there is a lack of stan...UCSF-led team discovers possible cancer 'susceptibility' gene
...y others believe that it incites a spiraling chain reaction of unregulated behavior that can lead to the accumulation of mutations in key regulatory genes. When enough mutations accumulate, the cell moves into replication overdrive, one of the hallmarks of cancer. The Ile31 genetic variation is likely to be a...Physicians' emotional responses to patients' deaths increase with care length, says Pitt
...cent of doctors reported having a strong emotional reaction to a patient's death; 23 percent found the death "... the variable that pointed to a stronger emotional reaction to the patient's death," said first author Dr. Ellen Redinbaugh, Ph.D., a research instructor in the...Anxiety hits women harder after heart attack
...eat -- may be an expected and common psychological reaction to a heart attack, but its effects go beyond the patient's mood, say Debra K. Moser, R.N., D.N.Sc., and colleagues. People with higher anxiety levels also have higher levels of complications in the hospital, like second heart attacks, blood vessel bl...Stanford research shows targeted DNA vaccine may reverse autoimmune disease
...s to allergy shots: the agent causing the allergic reaction is injected into muscle in order for the body to learn to ignore it. Using the microarray information to guide them to the targets of the autoimmune response in the sickest mice, Garren and Steinman, MD, professor of neurology and neurological scienc...Research pinpoints variations in sit-up techniques
...pply pressure against the floor, there is a ground reaction equal to the force that was applied," Dr. Chong said. "But the ball absorbs the pressure. We didn't predict the mechanical aid the ball would provide." They also found that full sit-ups are more strenuous than crunches. "Crunches require less effort ...Anti-asthma medications: Too much of a good thing?
...describes a responsible mechanism for this adverse reaction and reveals a potential new therapeutic target in the treatment of asthma. Inhaled selective beta -agonists are the most widely used treatment for the acute relief of asthma symptoms. Administered to asthmatic patients via an inhaler, nebulizer, in t...UI researchers use SIREN driving simulator to study driving risk factors
...sion, decreased mobility and dexterity, and slower reaction times that adversely affect driving. Although the role of age-related conditions on driving ability has become a focus of discussion, Rizzo explained that many other factors may make people risky drivers. These factors include medications, neurologic...Chicago chemist wins national award for new ways to make drug candidates
...cohol, his group invented a rapid, straightforward reaction that could assemble pieces of complex molecules in the correct 'hand' a remarkable 99 percent of the time. Like actual hands, many molecules in nature come in pairs of mirror images and often only one of them conveys a drug's beneficial effects, whi...Computer design yields better, more efficient therapeutic for preventing tissue damage
..., heart attacks, and burn injuries. The complement reaction is actually a series of interlocking cascades, or chain reactions, of biochemical events involving at least 30 proteins. Compstatin works by preventing the activation of C3, a protein that functions at the point where all the complement protein casca...Study evaluates Abacavir, Lamivudine and Efavirenz versus Zidovudine, Lamivudine and Efavirenz
...with abacavir administration is a hypersensitivity reaction occurring in approximately 5 percent of patients a... may also occur. The diagnosis of hypersensitivity reaction should be carefully considered for patients presenting with symptoms of acute respiratory diseases, ...Study shows melatonin supplements may make standing a hazard for the cardiovascular-challenged
...muscles. Sympathetic nerve activity starts a chain reaction that causes the blood vessels to constrict, increasing blood pressure and ensuring adequate blood flow reaches the entire body. After taking measurements at rest, the pressure in the LBNP was decreased and all measures were again taken. To see if mel...Sphingosine kinase inhibitors may hold key to halting growth of some tumors
... determine whether cells multiply or die. A chain reaction with other enzymes can turn ceramide into sphingos... This study aimed to find a way to stop that chain reaction and create an effective option to treat cancer. In this project, the Smith team first determined th...Study assessing once daily Abacavir (ABC) in a once daily ART regimen
...with abacavir administration is a hypersensitivity reaction occurring in approximately 5 percent of patients a... may also occur. The diagnosis of hypersensitivity reaction should be carefully considered for patients presenting with symptoms of acute respiratory diseases, ...Interim analysis comparing TDF to EFV in combination with 3TC + ABC
...with abacavir administration is a hypersensitivity reaction occurring in approximately 5 percent of patients a... may also occur. The diagnosis of hypersensitivity reaction should be carefully considered for patients presenting with symptoms of acute respiratory diseases, ...New test can identify patients who may suffer serious late toxicity from radiotherapy
...and, therefore, the tissue will suffer from a late reaction because a number of cells inside this tissue will not function properly." He continued: "To our knowledge, this is the first rapid predictive test based on lymphocyte apoptosis confirmed prospectively in a large number of patients. It...Sandia nanolaser may help extend life-spans by rapidly analyzing possible neuroprotectant drugs
...ffect caused by the addition of calcium ions ( the reaction thought to be the agent of death for both mitochondria and their host cells. The researchers expect to introduce neuroprotectant drugs into experiments this month, and be able to test hundreds of possible protective substances daily instead of two or...Study shows link between antibiotics and allergies, asthma
...(immunoglobulin E) that causes allergies; and skin reaction tests that show whether a person is hypersensitive to an allergen. Researchers also collected data on all clinical visits and made home visits to collect environmental samples. Of the 448 children, 49 percent had received antibiotics in the first si...Damage to the frontal lobes can affect a person's ability to 'stay on the job'
...ol subjects. The subjects completed four different reaction time computer tasks that ranged from simple to increasingly more complex; the latter supposedly demanding more involvement from the executive functions located in the frontal regions of the brain. Each task required the subject to press a button with...