Antioxidant-Enhancing Drug Partly Rescues Noise-Induced Hearing Loss
...ls. To defend themselves, sensory cells express a rush ofglutathione, an antioxidant that absorbs free radicals. R-PIA was found toincrease the activity of glutathione, thus providing enhanced protection fromfree-radical damage. To test the effect of the drug on hearing loss, researchers applied...Survey Finds Increasing Popularity Of Acute Stroke Teams In U.S. Hospitals
...es to emergencies. When "code blue" teams rush to someone having a heart attack, their goalis to jump-start the heart to re-establish blood flow to the brain. Such teamshave been hospital staples for years; however, the emergence of similar teams tohelp patients suffering from an equally deadly ...Compound In Meat Prevents Diabetes, Study Suggests
... supplement at health stores, but people shouldn't rush to consume large quantities of the compound until more is known about it, Houseknecht warns. "CLA could have some bad side effects, too," she says. "There never is a perfect drug, and so far there are no toxicology data for CLA." The CLA research was...Unsticking The "Glue" In Blood Cells Could Save Lives
...cules appear on the surface of theplatelets, which rush to thesite and adhere to the broken vessel wall to prevent blood loss. But sometimes,a medical disordercan set off the sticky response. If these platelets stick to each other and form a clot that stopscritical blood flow to the heart or the brain, ca...Irritable Bowel Syndrome The Focus Of Three UNC-CH Reports At Digestive Diseases Conference
...: fecal incontinence and urgency -a sudden urge to rush to the toilet. Results of a questionnaire given to 2,410GI clinic patients in three states found incontinence three times as common andurgency about five times as common among people with IBS. "Those symptoms seem to us clinically as having the great...Researchers learn how stress slows wound healing
... number of neutrophils that rush to the wound site or itcontrols the concentration of the cytokines necessary forhealing. "It's important to note that the women in thisexperiment were really average in terms of th...Pain, itself, elicits pain relief, and does so through 'reward' pathway
...positive experiences. The evolutionary value of a rush of analgesia is clear, as it could allow, forexample, a badly injured individual to escape an attacker. It probably couldalso explain why some individuals can be injured without persistent pain. But the phenomenon may also explain why heroin...... as 35 percent in two years, due to their members' rush on prescriptions for existing and new drugs. In the same period, traditional insurance plans saw a 17 percent rise in spending - almost all from the use of new drugs. The study, published today in the July issue of the American Journal of Managed Ca...COOL AID safe after stroke, may deter side effect of clot-busters
...s reperfusion injury. This injury occurs when the rush of restored blood flow causes more insult to already injured tissue. Some experiments have indicated that hypothermia (lowered body temperature) can suppress the release of oxygen free radicals and inflammatory responses known to play a role in repe...Study succeeds in closing gaps in heart attack care
... of Cardiology guidelines ANN ARBOR, MI As they rush to the hospital, todays heart attack patients may assume theyll get all of the best, most scientifically proven treatments available. But in reality, they may not. For a number of reasons, a large gap exists between what medical science has proven ef...Immune system in hamsters bolstered during winter, especially in times of stress, study finds
... due to the stress, but leave the bloodstream to rush to areas such as the skin where the antigen is placed. For the long-day hamsters, there was no significant decrease in blood levels of immune cells after 10 minutes, although ......hat Kir6.2 is crucial to survival under the sudden rush of cardiac output required by the flight-or-fight response of the sympathetic nervous system to threats -- be they from a saber tooth cat or a bear market. "Because of the selective advantage it confers, Kir6.2 has been maintained through evolution i...California chemist wins national award for drug discoveries
...remarkable pressure: there was a desperate need to rush drug to patients; the doses were about 100 times those for most chronic therapies; and once a patient began treatment, he or she could never be allowed to run out of indinavir," wrote a colleague to nominate him for the award. "The line between drug ...Kids who get prescription asthma drugs visit ER less often
...that asthmatic African-American and urban children rush to the ER more frequently than other kids because of an asthma attack. U-M pediatric researchers will present the findings at the annual joint meeting of the Pediatric Academic Societies in Seattle on May 6, which by coincidence is also World Asthma ...Peanut Allergy: Major Advances in Treatment and Education
... the United States. Each year, thousands of people rush to hospital emergency rooms, and approximately 50 to 100 people die after accidentally eating peanuts. Anaphylactic reactions to peanut can occur at any age and strict avoidance is the only means of preventing an allergic reaction. The latest researc...Breakthroughs in research may bring hope to 1.5 million Americans suffering from peanut allergy
... the United States. Each year, thousands of people rush to hospital emergency rooms, and approximately 50 to 100 people die after accidentally eating peanuts. Anaphylactic reactions to peanut can occur at any age and strict avoidance is the only means of preventing an allergic reaction. The latest researc...Common drug, given promptly, reduces incidence of post-traumatic stress disorder, small study finds
...accident or physical assault, react by releasing a rush of stress hormones, including adrenalin and noradrenalin, which are produced in the adrenal glands, located atop the kidneys. This response, known as "adrenergic activation," initiates the reactions that quicken the heart rate, constrict the vasculat...Anti-inflammatory drugs speed brain recovery in Stanford animal study
...ected the culprit might be inflammatory cells that rush to the site of radiation or injury-induced damage. This idea arose in part because people with Alzheimer's disease or other forms of dementia associated with brain inflammation often fare better when they receive a group of drugs called nonsteroidal ...As tax deadline approaches Americans say money is number one cause of stress
As Americans rush to file taxes by April 15, many name money as the number one factor that affects their stress level. A survey commissioned by the American Psychological Association (APA) found that seventy-three percent of Americans single out money, with thirty-th...Texas Children's Hospital specialists say proactive approach best defense against flu season
...minal pain and nausea." Parents may be tempted to rush children with flu symptoms to the hospital; however, such action is recommended only in selected circumstances. Dr. Joan Shook, chief of emergency medicine at Texas Children's Hospital, advises parents to call their pediatrician to determine if hom...