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...s,biological conditions, and psychological factors related to better health andfunctioning. Compared to those with less education, those with more smoked fewercigarettes and exercised more. They also had better lung function, higherlevels of HDL ("good") cholesterol, and lower weight. Finally, tho...Study Ties Cerebral Palsy To Inflammation And Blood-Clotting Abnormalities
...Because the levels of some cytokines were strongly related to development of CP,testing for abnormally high concentrations of these substances might one dayallow doctors to identify babies at risk of developing the disorder. If so,they might be able to prevent some brain damage with medications such asantib......ional spectra properties of platinum typedrugs and related species with far more accuracy than previously possible. In the paper, BioNumerik researchers report preclinical animal data showing thatBNP7787 can completely protect against cisplatin-induced kidney toxicity,vomiting and bone marrow toxicities whi...Reduced Heart Disease Risk In Middle Age Lowers Eventual Medicare Costs
...s asignificant graded increase in charges for care related to cardiovasculardiseases and all causes. While there was no significant difference in rate of use of servicesbetween those at low risk and those not at low risk, average number of hospitaldays per year was lower for the low-risk group, poss...Clinical Trials Announced Using Non-Invasive Innovative MRI To Diagnose Breast Tumors
...izmann's technology transfer arm. Interested in a related graphic? A 300 ppi image is available for downloading at http://www.weizmann-usa.org/degani.htm...Safe Water, Medicines, Insecticides Greatest Needs After Mitch
... asskin rashes, conjunctivitis, and other problems related to crowding. Leptospirosis, a disease transmitted by the urine or feces of rodents, can be aproblem in flooded areas as well, he said. A health threat that can developlater on is the uncontrolled proliferation of vectors like the mosquitoes thatcan ...This Week's Forecast May Be A Heart Attack
...nges in temperature andatmospheric pressure may be related to an increased risk of heart attack in men.Researchers examined the relationship between weather conditions and heartattacks -- both fatal and nonfatal -- among 250,000 men ages 25 to 64 living inand around Lille, France. Philippe Amouyel, M.D., Ph...Duke Physicians: Clinicians Have Ethical Obligation To Consider Alternative Medicine
...nderstand what the patient isdoing to reach health related goals," Sugarman said. Duke is developing a center for integrative medicine that will includeboth research on alternative medicine and education on alternative therapies forphysicians, medical students and the lay public, Burk said. "For us ...PAHO Working With Affected Communities In Central America
...nd Disaster Relief Program. He urged public health related humanitarian and non-government organizations to coordinate and consult with the local PAHO/WHO Offices to ensure a common strategy. In Honduras, where more than 1.9 million were affected, some 7,000 people have died, 6,000 have disappeared, 11,...American Association Of Pharmaceutical Scientists Announces 1998 Award Winners
... Dr. Jusko has evolved many theoretical principles related to reversiblemetabolism and moment analysis in pharmacodynamics, particularly related toirreversible and indirect responses. His current research emphasizes the PK/PDof corticosteroids a...Tobacco Will Kill One Third Of Chinese Men
...ales now aged 0-29 years will be killed by tobacco related diseases in middle or old age. The study also reveals that the pattern of disease caused by smoking varies widely both within China and between China and the developed world. Of deaths caused by tobacco in China, 45 per cent are from chronic lung di...Fructose Consumption May Accelerate Aging: Skin's Elasticity And Softness May Be Affected
...ionof fructose, a sweetener, accelerates processes related to aging. Dr. MosheWerman and Boaz Levi of the Faculty of Food Engineering and Biotechnologypublished their findings in the September 1998 Journal of Nutrition. Fructose, which occurs naturally in honey and sweet fruits, is produced incrystallin......ent of Defense). Currentfunding for Dr. Santoli's related breast cancer research is being provided bythe Elsa U. Pardee Foundation....Views Of Tamoxifen And Synthetic Estrogen In Action Provide Clues For Designing Better Drugs
...where a co-activator protein is thought to bind. A related paper from the University of York, published a year ago, found asimilar difference between the effects of estradiol, a form of estrogen, andraloxifene. But the UCSF/University of Chicago paper in Cell is the first to connect these structural changes ...Want To Eat Less Fat? Resolve To Read Food Labels
...dietwas important); a strong belief that diet is related to risk of serious diseases such ascancer or heart...o readlabels than those who did not think diet was related to illness); and being obese (these people did not read labels more often, but they were twiceas l......sible exposure. The probability of exposure wasnot related to the year of graduation, clerkship location, medical school class,prior clerkship experience, or the training site, the authors note. A subset of the 77 most recent injuries -- those for which more detaileddescriptions were obtained -- found that p...Soy May Decrease Cancer Risks, Wake Forest Researcher Says
...t we understand their effects, particularly asthey related to differing developmental and functional stages of the breast,"Cline said. Cline also talked about the differences between people with apparentlysimilar genetic heritage, particularly Asians. "Asian diets typically containless fat and a high......r that question inthe near future. In a related study that was presented at a meeting this month of theAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Anaheim, Calif.,researchers compared Medicare payments, survival rates and quality-of-lifeissues for patients admitted to for-profit,...An Ergonomically Redesigned Analgesia Delivery Device Proves Safer And More Efficient
...993). It is believed that a significant number are related to the misuse of medical devices (Burlington, 1995; Carstenson, 1995). Human error is often cited as the most common cause of medical device mishaps. However, what is less frequently acknowledged is the notion that a poorly designed human-machine int...