Hebrew University researcher finds 'sweet' way to help prevent heart disease
...g blocked heart arteries and heart attacks, says a researcher at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. These findings were recently published by Dr. Shela Gorinstein of the Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Products at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem School of Pharmacy in the Journal of Agricultura...More muscle means better regulation of blood pressure, study finds
...sodium," says Dr. Gregory Harshfield, hypertension researcher and second author on the study in the November issue of the American Journal of Hypertension. "When you are under stress, your blood pressure should go up and when the stress is over, it should come back down," says Martha Wilson, research manager an...Chronic back pain shrinks 'thinking parts' of the brain, study finds
...are lost for every year of chronic pain, said lead researcher A. Vania Apkarian, associate professor of physiolo...stern University Feinberg School of Medicine and a researcher at the Northwestern University Institute of Neuroscience. The study, the first to examine brain cha...Rice engineers demo first T-ray endoscope
...nto places it could never reach before," said lead researcher Daniel Mittleman, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering. "Wave guide technology frees you to look around corners and get into tight places." Terahertz waves, also known as T-waves or T-rays, fall between microwaves and infrared l...An apple a day could protect against brain-cell damage
...as co-authored by Heo and D.O. Kim, a postdoctoral researcher at Cornell, as well as S.J. Choi and D.H. Shin at Korea University, was supported in part by Heo's postdoctoral fellowship through the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation (KSEF) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The study on quercetin, aut...Compound in apples may help fight Alzheimer's disease
... a role in the disease. Despite these caveats, the researcher predicts that eating at least one fresh apple a day might help. But Lee also points out that results so far are limited to cell studies and that more advanced research, particularly in animals, is still needed to confirm the findings. Previously Lee ...Study finds computer vignette to be effective way to measure quality of physician practice
...ally reducing costs, according to a study led by a researcher at the San Francisco VA Medical Center (SFVAMC). The vignette -- which presents a simulated patient visit to the doctor via computer -- is an accurate, inexpensive, and efficient way to measure how well physicians handle their clinical practice, the...Millions who suffer from nut and milk allergies could benefit from Stanford researcher's test
STANFORD, Calif. - A team led by a researcher at the Stanford University School of Medicine has developed vaccines that vastly reduce or eliminate dogs' allergic reactions to three major food allergens: peanuts, milk and wheat. The vaccines' benefits lasted at least three months. The research, p...HPV vaccine shown to 'substantially' reduce cervical cancer
... by GlaxoSmithKline. Dr. Harper is an independent researcher who acted as Primary Investigator and is neither paid nor employed by GSK. ...Crohn's disease treatment shows promise in clinical trial
...'s produce excess IL-12. Previous studies by NIAID researcher Warren Strober, M.D., linked IL-12 to the cascade of immune system events that leads to the debilitating symptoms of Crohn's disease. "NIAID researchers have taken advantage of a potential target for preventing, early in the disease process, the deva...Looking for the secret to a healthier diet? Part of the answer might be at church, study finds
..." says Deidre Griffith, the Saint Louis University researcher who is presenting the information at the American Public Health Association conference this week. Jennifer Strayhorn, executive director of Hope Build, a faith-based community organization that focuses on healthy lifestyle, is Saint Louis University'...Study reveals link between cardiovascular risk and cognitive decline
...y a University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) researcher at the San Francisco VA Medical Center (SFVAMC). Elders with both the metabolic syndrome and high levels of inflammation in the blood are particularly at risk, according to the research. The findings, based on a five-year study of more than 2,600 ...Study of Big Ten football injuries shows NCAA rule change did not reduce injury rates
...on, because the database was already in place, the researcher were able to collect very specific data for the period following the rule changes that allowed them to break down the injury risks related to specific practice types and specific player positions and strings. In addition to the information about inju...Heart attack, stroke risk overlooked in diabetics
...ture," warned Dr. Jeffrey Johnson, a professor and researcher of Public Health Sciences at the University of Alberta, and one of the authors on the paper. More disturbing was the discovery that fewer than 10 per cent who had undergone lower limb amputations related to their diabetes were on heart medications, ...Implanted defibrillators cut heart patients death risk, some more than others
...ease treated outside of clinical trials, says lead researcher and U-M cardiology fellow Paul Chan, M.D. "...icine professor and VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System researcher Rodney Hayward, note that the finding of major differences in mortality benefit among different pati...Obesity linked to another cancer - leukemia in older women
...University of Minnesota Cancer Center and the lead researcher on this study. "In obese women age 55 and older and with a BMI of 30 or greater, the risk increased to as much as a 140 percent." The study found little evidence of an association between overweight and obesity with CLL. AML is cancer that starts in...Mayo Clinic discovers one mechanism for why men and women differ in immune response
...on, M.D., the Mayo Clinic urologist and immunology researcher who led the research team. "However, when testosterone is withdrawn, you get an increased host immune response indicated by the rising numbers of immune cells that are available to participate." T-lymphocytes are cells that are vital to controlling ...Problem gambling is a serious health issue
...sly by all within the medical profession, argues a researcher in this week's BMJ. The United Kingdom is just about to undergo one of the most radical changes of gambling legislation in its history. The new gambling bill will provide the British public with increased opportunities and access to gambling like the...National survey shows few physicians elected to Congress
...dy author Chadd Kraus, B.A., an emergency medicine researcher at Hopkins and graduate student at the Bloomberg School of Public Health. "Medical schools may need to broaden their curriculum to include an emphasis on the bigger picture of policy and government, when training the next generation of physicians, if...New ways identified to treat 'lazy eye' in children: Beyond eye patches and daily drops
...t of ophthalmology at Saint Louis University and a researcher in the study. "It makes it much less of a hassle to administer the medicine, which is crucial for young patients to develop healthy vision." Amblyopia occurs when the brain favors one eye over the other. The condition can be corrected by temporar...