Antibiotic use on swine farms increases efficiency, profits
...stir controversy about their potential role in the rise of anti-bacterial resistance, but a new study says...has been questioned in recent years because of the rise of antibiotic resistance in human and veterinary medicine. A previous study by Iowa State Univers......ace heater turned on. Carbon monoxide levels could rise with fuel-fired heaters. Portable heaters should have an automatic shut-off. Never keep flammable liquids near a space heater. Mobile homes should use only vented fuel-fired or electric heaters. Tips for electrical lights, trees inc...Child health costs for behavioral disorders similar to those for physical illnesses
...atric diseases and behavioral disorders are on the rise throughout the nation. This study highlights the costs of such medications to children with these disorders. This prescribing issue is pertinent to families of these children, prescribing physicians, and third-party providers that fund prescription m...Lack of sun poses danger in our twilight years
... the past few years and is expected to continue to rise if the situation continues unchecked. Osteoporosis Australia suggest that preventive measures, such as vitamin D supplementation, hold the potential for significant savings in health care costs, in addition to reducing the burden of suffering for th...Elderly women over-screened for cancers with little measurable benefit
...e population studies that show screening is on the rise in this age group. Researchers examined data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and its companion study, The Asset and Health Dynamics Among the Oldest Old (AHEAD), both of which collected data from 1993 to 2000 on how retirement impacts the ...Air pollution, even at 'safe' levels, is bad for the heart
...tion, especially since the 1950s, and the dramatic rise in motor vehicles and industries. "Athens' greater area has more than 4.5 million inhabitants. Four-fifths of the population live in the urban center and one-fifth live in rural areas of the Attica region," Panagiotakos said. He noted that his find...Universal bone marrow cell spurs growth of vessels and heart muscle
...ypes of blood cells or mesenchymal cells that give rise to cell types like bone and cartilage). These adult bone marrow stem cells have been shown to differentiate into all three so-called "germ layers." The three germ layers of cells in early human development are the beginnings of the body's tissues an...Scientists map maturation of the human brain
... adulthood (approximately ages 18 to 20), with the rise occurring primarily during adolescence. The team tested whether a social stress during this key developmental period might alter this pattern. A control group of rats was housed with their peers, and an experimental group of rats was housed individua...Canadian discovery promises treatment for HIV dementia
...ighly toxic and destroys brain nerve cells, giving rise to symptoms of dementia. It is the first study to unravel the mechanics of how dementia and memory loss is caused in HIV patients. In addition, the researchers also found they could block the toxic effects of MMP2 by using drugs already in clinical ...Mayo Clinic researchers discover genetic syndrome linked to inherited birth disorder
...ed throughout the genome, and their role in giving rise to genomic rearrangements is under intense investigation in research laboratories throughout the world. Knowing that chromosome 22 was vulnerable to rearrangement, Dr. Jalal theorized that rearrangement would lead to deletion as often as it did dupli...NHLBI study finds hostility, impatience increase hypertension risk
...ysical inactivity. The researchers state that the rise in blood pressure due to psychological and social factors may be caused by a complex set of mechanisms and is not well understood. For instance, they note that stress could activate the sympathetic nervous system, causing a series of heart and blood...Guidelines assessing outcome following radiation treatment and hormones overestimate progression
...Upon the completion of hormone therapy, PSA levels rise modestly. However, not all patients will experience continued rises in the years following treatment. Approximately 20 to 30 percent will have three consecutive rises constituting biochemical failure but will not experience continued rises in later......become better and better, will allow a significant rise above this plateau." Expanding Iressa's use in head and neck, and thoracic cancers In addition to continuing to test the drug as a treatment for lung cancer, Iressa also will be tested as a possible preventive agent in early stage disease and ma...Study overcomes stroke care's biggest travesty
... the intervention counties began to see a dramatic rise in tPA use. Among all ischemic stroke patients, 8.65 percent got tPA, and the number was an impressive 52 percent among eligible patients. Meanwhile, 0.86 percent of ischemic and 6 percent of eligible patients in the comparison counties got the treat...Antiepileptic drug developed at Hebrew University to undergo phase three clinical trials
...nces in the balance between these two functions: a rise in the level of the activating (excitatory) amino acids or a reduction in the level of the inhibitory acids. Glycine is one of the inhibitory acids, and increasing its concentration in the brain has an antiepileptic effect. However, it is impossible ...Sept/Oct Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...ip sheet.* With health insurance premiums on the rise and insurance turnover at an all-time high, there ...AWOOD, Kan. With health insurance premiums on the rise and insurance turnover at an all-time high, there is increasing concern about the possible adverse c...Epilepsy drug can stop cocaine use in addicts
...s showing that the treatment in animals blocks the rise in dopamine levels produced by cocaine, nicotine and many other addicting substances. Dopamine is a brain chemical associated with the pleasurable effects of addicting drugs. The animal studies drew the interest of Dr. Figueroa, who treats ad...Researchers now on road to isolating skin stem cells
...lls are the body's unspecialized cells, which give rise to the specialized cell types that make up an orga...ers. They can reproduce themselves as well as give rise to all the cell types of the tissue in which they are found. Scientists are working to take advantag......of the cells into ischemic hearts, where they gave rise to new myocytes as well as smooth muscle and endothelial cells that were structurally and functionally competent. "We have already identified where the stem cells reside and are developing strategies to mobilize them to migrate to the damaged cardi......r breast, prostate, colorectal and cervical cancer rise above 90 percent if the tumor is discovered before it spreads to other parts of the body. Once a tumor is metastasized, survival rates drop to 34 percent for prostate cancer, 23 percent for breast cancer, 15 percent for cervical cancer and 9 percent ...