Uric acid may help reduce effects of spinal cord injury, Jefferson researchers find
...aising uric acid levels in humans similarly to the rise we cause in the mouse should be sufficient to block peroxynitrite," Dr. Hooper says. "Our natural levels of uric acid are not sufficient. Moreover, someone with lower levels who has a spinal cord injury could definitely suffer greater damage."...Alcohol drinkers three times as likely to die from injury
... same alcohol intake, blood alcohol concentrations rise more quickly, reach a higher peak and stay elevated for a longer time in women. "Our study found that 54 to 64 percent of injury deaths occur in current drinkers. It is clear that drinking is associated with a significantly increased risk of all type...Alcohol: Global burden on health similar to tobacco and high blood pressure
...ted mortality data the authors estimate that a 10% rise in British alcohol prices would produce a drop in cirrhosis mortality of 7% in men and 8.3% in women and a fall of 28.8% in men and 37.4% in women in deaths from explicitly alcohol-involved causes (alcohol dependence, poisoning etc.) Besides price, d...Two studies find evidence that sunlight may have beneficial influence on cancer
...rmined." Non-Hodgkin lymphoma has also been on the rise worldwide, and it has been suggested that increasing ultraviolet (UV) radiation and sun exposure may be partly responsible. To investigate this hypothesis, Karin Ekstrm Smedby, of the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, and colleagues conducted a popu......981, and among those of 35 44 there was a similar rise at each census between 1971 and 1991. For the 45 54 age band, it also doubled between 1981 and 1991. But the study argues that this is likely to reflect increases in both permanent sickness and living alone rather than a major trend towards people...Study shows that diabetes increases risk of blood poisoning
...th risks from diabetes, a condition that is on the rise in the United States as obesity rates climb, according to the Feb. 15 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases, now available online. Researchers have known for years that obesity and diabetes are linked. Most diabetics have type 2 diabetes--and most pe...Other highlights in the January 19 JNCI
...e could explain the increase and conclude that the rise in esophageal adenocarcinoma must be real. Contact: Deborah Kimbell, Dartmouth Med News, 603-653-1969, Deborah.G.Kimbell@Hitchcock.org Study Finds CR-1 Protein Plays an Important Role in Angiogenesis The human protein cripto-1 (CR-1) promotes cel...Likelihood of a large vCJD epidemic remains small claim researchers
...nsumption of BSE-infected beef. At most this could rise to a total of around 600 deaths, although the rese...roups were susceptible, suggested that a five fold rise could be possible, although this was felt to be unlikely, due to the low number of clinical cases cu...Jefferson scientists find zinc may help prevent esophageal, oral cancers
...associated with nutritional zinc deficiency, and a rise in the expression of the enzyme COX-2 is connected with these cancers. Louise Fong, Ph.D., assistant professor of microbiology and immunology at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, and her co-workers have found that zinc given ...Weight loss strategies work in people with pre-diabetes
...have impaired glucose tolerance that doesn't quite rise to the level of a diabetes diagnosis, although the pre-diabetes condition can be "an important risk factor for the development of type 2 diabetes," Norris says. Pre-diabetes affects almost 12 million overweight people ages 45 to 74 in the United Stat...Residual tumor cells are a barrier to targeted cancer therapeutics
...py, they leave residual cells that ultimately give rise to recurrences. Furthermore, if the targeted oncogene becomes reactivated in those cells, they grow into full-blown tumors very quickly. "Any way you look at it, when physicians apply a selective pressure to a tumor by blocking an oncogenic pathway, ...American Thoracic Society journal news tips for January 2005 (first issue)
...concentrations in the blood. Procalcitonin levels rise during bacterial infections but not during either viral infections or inflammatory reactions of a non-infectious origin. Serum levels of procalcitonin are very low in healthy individuals.) Other clinical and biologic factors, such as white blood ce...Frequent fast food meals increase weight, diabetes risk, NHLBI study says
...or heart disease. "Obesity and diabetes are on the rise in this country and this important study highlights the value of healthy eating habits," said NHLBI Acting Director Barbara Alving, M.D. Fast-food consumption has increased in the United States over the past three decades. "It's extremely difficult t...Study suggests obesity has lesser financial impact on African-Americans
...ssen in older adults and may predict a precipitous rise in healthcare cost as the population ages. The stu...res. But the study also found the largest relative rise in costs related to prescription medications, suggesting that obesity may be accelerating the rise o...Triple-drug therapy promising against African HIV subtype
...h TB patients and KS patients experienced an early rise in CD4 cell numbers, then a small decrease, followed by a second increase--a pattern also noted in patients treated for subtype B infection. The investigators concluded that their findings suggest that treatment of C-subtype HIV-1 infections with reg...Researchers report early success using saliva to detect oral cancer
...statistical models that indicated the synchronized rise in expression of these four molecules increased the probability that the saliva belonged to a cancer patient. These four mRNAs are from the following genes: Interleukin 1-beta (IL1B), Ornithine decarboxylase antizyme 1 (OAZ1), spermidine/spermine N1-...2004's top 10 hot topics in plastic surgery
...he ASPS predicts these procedures will continue to rise as Americans tackle the obesity epidemic. 4. More injectables Continuing an exciting trend which began with Botox in 2002, the FDA approves Sculptra, Hylaform Plus and Captique TM . Popularity of minimally invasive procedures continues to push dem...Safety of childbirth after C-section examined
...challenged. Landon said there has been an apparent rise in reported uterine rupture among pregnant women, with associated maternal and perinatal risk. More reports have appeared in the literature, but actually the rupture rate has been fairly constant: 0.5 1.0 percent of trials of labor. The rate of VBAC...Stanford study finds new method improves chemotherapy survival in mice
...ch involves increasing the pool of cells that give rise to neutrophils, a type of white blood cell that is...t two reasons. First, the myeloid progenitors give rise to a broader spectrum of cells, including platelets and red blood cells, which is helpful in restori......isk for heart attack and stroke--actually begin to rise at 115/75. Medical experts issued new blood pressure guidelines: If systolic (top) pressure is less than 120 and if diastolic (bottom) pressure is less than 80, you are normal. If systolic pressure is 120-139 or if diastolic pressure is 8089, you ar...