How a nightcap may hinder rather than help your sleep
...isruption; overnight-sleep studies have documented reductions in deep sleep and abnormalities in REM sleep in persons with more than a year of sobriety." "Sleep has a reputation among the recovering community of being one of the last things that fall back into place for an individual," added David Hodgins, prof...Stanford research shows targeted DNA vaccine may reverse autoimmune disease
...e our arrays to monitor the response, we see broad reductions in the progression of the disease." The ability to profile which antibodies have gone awry has a number of implications for diagnosis and treatment of people with autoimmune diseases. "When we see these patients, we have no idea what is going to happ...New technique lowers CT radiation dose for children
...ed qualitative techniques for estimating what dose reductions could be made while still maintaining good CT image quality, the new study offers a more exacting measure, according to Dr. Boone. "Our research leveraged the physics of CT along with experimental measurements performed on a CT scanner of tissue-lik...Good news on cancer for most EU countries but tobacco still a big problem
...Although we fell short of our ambitious target the reductions are noteworthy and about half of the expected incr...ng from breast cancer fell overall by 5% Biggest reductions in risk of dying were in Luxembourg (-42%), UK (-24%), Sweden (-9%) Biggest increases in risk of d...Innovative Canadian companies receive funding to improve air quality
...evelop innovative technologies to improve emission reductions and air quality. Overall contribution to the three-year project from all parties amounts to approximately $2 million Cdn. The consortium is developing an improved separation process for the production of olefins from petrochemical plants. This proces...UW-Madison receives $10 million for cancer communications research
...on to the public, with the potential for achieving reductions in the U.S. cancer burden. "People often react to cancer as just a random and paralyzing catastrophe," says Gustafson. "But cancer is a host of different diseases to be prevented, treated or managed. Communication is the bridge that helps patients a...Non-drug, treatment for hypertension gets further physiological backing in AHA's Hypertension Primer
.... "We now believe that significant blood pressure reductions delivered by RESPeRATE TM may be explained at least in part by the reduced sympathetic outflow caused by the device's low frequency respiratory pacing technology, leading to the reduction of peripheral resistance and sensitization of the arterial ba...Surprising results for Ugandan HIV intervention trial
...mpared with the control group. Despite significant reductions in acute syphilis, gonorrhoea, and unprotected casual sex in the combined intervention group, there was no effect on HIV incidence attributable to either intervention. The investigators comment that more effective STI and behavioural interventions ne...Tracking the long-term functioning of adolescents with alcohol problems
.... At least half of the adolescents studied showed reductions in alcohol use and problems following treatment, with concurrent improvements in psychosocial functioning. Treatment needs can change. The severity and frequency of alcohol problems among treated youth can fluctuate over the long term. "Researcher......st effective of all the biosolids tested with lead reductions ranging from 20-38%. This compost had high iron and manganese concentrations, which were important factors in reducing lead. According to Rufus Chaney, co-author of the study and a metals specialist for the USDA research service, "Since we've found t...Moderate physical activity is critical for reducing the risk of chronic disease in older women
...nt national recommendations - achieved significant reductions in weight, total body fat and intra-abdominal fat. After a year on the program, while the amount of body weight lost was modest yet statistically significant, the exercisers lost between 3.4 percent and 6.9 percent intra-abdominal fat while maintaini...Rising cost of cigarettes may help smokers honor new years resolution to quit
...g from cigarette excise tax increases, have led to reductions in cigarette smoking," says Frank Chaloupka, Ph.D.... ballot measures in a number of states, found that reductions in smoking resulting from higher cigarette taxes are furthered when states use the revenues to fund ...New method of delivering chemotherapy using ultrasound works in BYU lab
... he is pleased that the tests produced significant reductions of tumor size in laboratory animals. "This method shows potential in offering controlled drug delivery, which could reduce the negative side effects that arise during chemotherapy and could localize the treatment at the tumor site," said Pitt, cautio...Screening men for aortic aneurysms justified
...t comments: "Our results indicate that substantial reductions in aneurysm-related mortality could be achieved by the implementation of a population-screening programme. In view of the much higher frequency of the condition among men, and the absence of evidence of effect of screening on the incidence of rupture...Pharmaceutical industry still failing health needs of less-developed countries
...nufacturers have responded to this crisis by sharp reductions in prices of some products and by donations. These moves largely seem to have been in response to external pressures, especially bad publicity and generic competition, rather than initiatives of the companies themselves. Restoration of true market f...Air pollution linked to increased medical care and costs for elderly
...ortant opportunity for further gains in health and reductions in medical care spending." The researchers examined the medical records and pollution measures in 183 metropolitan areas, adjusting their findings to account for differences in region, population size, education level, income level, percentage of the...Chronic stress can interfere with normal function of the immune system
...ack of sleep may be influencing the stress-related reductions in glucocorticoid sensitivity....Schizophrenia has different sub-types linked to problems in different parts of the brain
...d-filled central areas of the brain, and scattered reductions in frontal-lobe gray matter. However, unlike patients in the cortical subgroup, they were relatively free of any signs of disease in the temporal lobes. The other 51 percent of the patient group showed only mild memory impairments. The authors sug...Study shows promising long-term results for children of divorce
...d Irwin Sandler and colleagues, showed significant reductions in a wide range of problems in adolescents six years after the classes including, drug, marijuana and alcohol use; behavioral problems; and the number of sexual partners. The National Institute of Mental Health funds the study. The findings are impo...... of the major clinical outcomes by 22%, with clear reductions in the risk both among those receiving or not receiving aspirin at the start of the randomised trials. Salim Yusuf comments: "Even though results from the present analyses cannot rule out the possibility of some sort of interaction, they show unequiv...