Antioxidant herbal extract may help prevent and treat reflux oesophagitis
...healing. Fifteen rats were given no treatment. The rest were either treated with a commonly prescribed acid suppressant drug or 30 mg or 100 mg/kg of the antioxidant extract DA-9601 derived from the wormwood herb (Artemisia asiatica). This was done before and after oesophagitis had been induced. The findi...New research shows workplace homicides more likely at smaller businesses open late, Saturdays
...rtation such as taxis and 11 in manufacturing. The rest occurred in banking and real estate, business services and entertainment and recreation. Researchers also interviewed business owners, police and others. Relative to those in other locations, workplaces located in shopping centers or malls had about ...Biomolecule studied for medical uses
...id in an "esterification" reaction. Meanwhile, the rest of the alcohol is kept under chemical lock and key. After more alcohol is freed through a "deprotection" reaction, the next esterification reaction proceeds, making yet more chemical bonds....Study suggests mechanical forces drive early heart development
...ght normally , and that the membrane pushes it the rest of the way," Taber explained.Taber says engineers are just now looking at growth in the mature heart. His theory will be valuable in looking at these situations. Growth occurring in the mature heart is extremely important and plays a role in adapta...Workers rarely extend the weekend by taking sick leave
... Wednesday and remaining at the same level for the rest of the week. This same pattern was found across all five towns, ages, and income groups. The researchers found that one day sick leave was over 40 per cent more common on Mondays, and almost 90 per cent higher on Fridays, and this was again true of a......at supplies oxygen-rich blood to the brain and the rest of the body. Besides increasing the life span of the patients, the pump device enhanced quality of life. These patients felt better, were less depressed, and were more mobile. These psychological and physical findings were statistically significant f...Stanford study investigates treatment cost effectiveness after heart attack
...tually pump and are unable to deliver blood to the rest of the body; and ventricular tachycardia, in which the heart beats too rapidly for the heart to pump effectively. Sanders said the most common tools used to prevent sudden death are ICDs and amiodarone. ICDs, which are implanted in tens of thous...Pain, price, insurance delays for new vaccines concern kids' doctors
...rican Academy of Pediatrics in June, 2000. But the rest were not. The biggest factor causing some to refrain from recommending it, and others to have reservations about doing so, was cost. Pediatricians and family practitioners often take a financial risk in buying a supply of perishable vaccine, not know...Smaller hospitals OK for heart bypass surgery - if your risk is small
...most experienced team they can, those low risk can rest assured that a smaller hospital closer to home can care for them very well, with similar costs and time in the hospital." The new results, says an accompanying editorial, are important and should influence further study and policy debate over the pro......ity of the hippocampus to get information from the rest of the brain about what it is supposed to remember...g the connection between the computers RAM and the rest of the motherboard. This ERC cell loss, not the cholinergic deficit, appears responsible for the ear...Researchers identify for the first time proteins vital to maintaining nervous system architecture
... called netrin, to help guide the formation of the rest of the nervous system but were unaware the PVT cell also played a role in maintaining the structure of the nervous system. The PVT cell makes and then discharges the ZIG proteins outside of the cells to act on other nerve cells. Dr. Hobert and his ...Wake Forest establishes Maya Angelou Research Center on minority health
...to close the health gap between minorities and the rest of the United States population. The medical school recently received two significant grants to assist in establishing the center: a grant of $500,000 from The Duke Endowment and a grant of $80,000 from The Winston-Salem Foundation. Wake Forest seek...Maya children in U.S. more likely to be overweight and obese than whites or blacks
...rience of Maya children may be instructive for the rest of the population since it allows scientists to measure the consequences of different environments on a relatively homogenous population. While greater average height and longer legs may indicate better health, an alarming number of the Maya-American...NHLBI study shows vast majority of middle-aged Americans at risk of developing hypertension
...loping high blood pressure at some time during the rest of their lives, according to a new study supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI). However, the study also had some good news for Americans: The risk of developing severe degrees of high blood pressure has decreased in th...Air pollution causes healthy blood vessels to constrict
...t the base of the lungs, where they can affect the rest of the cardiovascular system by adversely impacting circulating blood. It is possible that the particles may even directly enter the blood. The University of Toronto has one of only a few facilities in the world currently using human volunteers that...As heart patients flock to alternative medicine, hazards may lurk
...herbs told their doctor what they were taking. The rest said they didnt think it was necessary, or didnt care to discuss it, or that their doctor didnt ask. Kline-Rogers and her colleagues were pleased by the high percentage of those who told their doctors. But they note that both clinicians and patients ...Blood test for heart failure scores big in new study
...en the heart can't pump enough blood to supply the rest of the body. A key symptom is shortness of breath. The condition is different from heart attack, where the blood supply to the heart itself is restricted. CHF affects some 4.6 million Americans, with about 40,000 new cases each year. People with ...Detecting breast cancer spread by white light - groundbreaking technology
...en the accuracy of the technique was tested on the rest of the samples. "The number of patients is still relatively low, but the preliminary results indicate that the same diagnostic information could be obtained 93% of the time for breast tissue and in 85% of lymph glands examined, but in a fraction of a...Low socioeconomic status may influence quality of breast cancer treatment
... income levels below the federal poverty line. The rest of the women had other forms of insurance or were uninsured. The authors found that, compared with white women, African-American women were 53% more likely than white women to be diagnosed with later-stage disease, 26% less likely to receive radiat...Vitamin C may help 'juice up' metabolism in older adults, offsetting weight gain
...s showing that older adults burn fewer calories at rest than their younger counterparts. This was an important finding, said Bell, demonstrating that more calories are available to turn into fat in older adults. In 2001, Jones group also published a follow-up study showing that the lower metabolic rate ...