Concord grape juice improved memory and neuro-motor skills in animal study
...pe juice appeared to reduce or reverse the loss of sensitivity of muscarinic receptors, thus enhancing cognitive and some motor skills in the test animals. In many of the tests we saw significant improvements or trends toward improvement." The memory test was the Morris water maze, an age-sensitive ...Potential genetic links discovered between metabolic syndrome, diabetes and cardiovascular disease
...gnostic strategy that was designed to maximize the sensitivity of the screening process. Two percent of the subj...riterion for cortisol suppression, which maximized sensitivity to the procedure. This more sensitive test identified patients who would not have tested positive f...Cedars-Sinai researchers identify a gene that causes insulin resistance in Mexican Americans
...stance syndrome, that we directly measured insulin sensitivity by the glucose clamp study, and that we combined this with the power of a haplotype-based analysis." Future studies will investigate the actual variation in the LPL gene and how it influences insulin resistance....One-shot addiction treatment shows promise
...oid hydromorphone (Dilaudid) to test whether their sensitivity to opioids was reduced by the depot buprenorphine treatment. The results were promising both for prevention of the opioid withdrawal syndrome and for blockade of the opioid high from the hydromorphone challenge injections. No significant withdrawa...UCSD, Salk researchers define role of abnormal muscle, fat & liver in common metabolic disorder
... is known to target PPARgamma and increase insulin sensitivity in cells. Because PPARgamma is most prevalent in ... that while TZD treatment did not increase insulin sensitivity in PPARgamma muscle deficient mice, it did ameliorate liver and fat tissue insulin resistance, indic...PET scans superior in revealing response to treatment for gastrointestinal stromal tumors
...ducted the retrospective analysis by examining the sensitivity and predictive values of PET and CT scans taken prior to therapy and then again two months after imatinib mesylate treatment had begun. While there was no significant statistical difference between the pretreatment accuracy of the two different types...Overweight Hispanic youth face increased risk of diabetes, metabolic syndrome
...th. They sought to understand the role of insulin sensitivity on metabolic syndrome and explored the relationshi...essed glucose tolerance, body composition, insulin sensitivity in all subjects and found that 28 percent suffered from IGT or pre-diabetes. Additionally, IGT leve...Many Latino children well on their way to diabetes, heart disease
...y source. The researchers found that as children's sensitivity to insulin decreased, the number of components of the metabolic syndrome increased. Higher insulin sensitivity was tied to higher HDL, and lower insulin sensitivity was linked to higher triglyceride levels and b...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for January 2004 (second issue)
...pressure (CPAP) treatment rapidly improves insulin sensitivity in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome ...ays of treatment. The researchers studied insulin sensitivity in 40 OSAS patients who had a mean apnea-hypopnea index of 43 breathing pauses per hour. Insulin se...Estrogen makes the brain more vulnerable to stress
...uthors also found that the female rats showed this sensitivity only when they were in a high-estrogen phase. To i... Animals with estrogen capsules displayed the same sensitivity to stress that females in a high-estrogen phase did, while animals with placebo capsules were unimpa...Reach of sigmoidoscopies inadequate in many older women
..., cancers or other abnormalities. In practice, the sensitivity of this procedure as a screening tool depends on how much of the colon can be viewed. A reach of 50 to 60 centimeters into the colon from the anus is considered adequate. Yet, until now, the frequency with which sigmoidoscopies attain adequate reach ...Breast augmentation may interfere with mammography interpretation
...een the two groups. "Among asymptomatic women, the sensitivity of screening mammography based on the final assess...rcent)," the authors report. The authors define sensitivity of mammography as the proportion of positive mammograms among women diagnosed with breast cancer wit...U.S. push for diesel poses risk to public health, scientists say
...ith preexisting respiratory disease have increased sensitivity to ozone exposure. Ozone is formed in the lower atmosphere through sunlight-initiated chemical reactions between nitrogen oxides and hydrocarbons - compounds found in vehicle exhaust. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has designated ozone and ...Early fevers associated with lower allergy risk later in childhood
...than half of the children were evaluated for their sensitivity to common allergens, such as dust mites, ragweed a...rotection, with only 31.3 percent showing allergic sensitivity by ages 6 to 7. In particular, fever-inducing infections involving the eyes, ears, nose or throat a...Survey shows impact of psoriasis is more than skin deep
...s program and its objectives to provide education, sensitivity and support to these individuals similar to what is available for other chronic diseases like heart disease or arthritis. Otherwise, the patient's psoriasis is not fully managed." Psoriasis occurs when the new skin cell growth rapidly accelerates, r...New data suggests Seroquel improves quality of life in first episode schizophrenia
...y responsive to therapy, but may also have greater sensitivity to treatment side effects, particularly extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS). Treatments need to manage the symptoms effectively, and not cause the debilitating side effects that can be associated with some medications. Our study demonstrates that quetiapin...Laser method identifies, counts toxic molecules
...nt but difficult to locate in the environment. The sensitivity is equivalent to the best of other published optical methods that could be used outside a laboratory. A highly selective coating is expected to enhance performance further. The technique also was used to determine the number of molecules per unit are...Experimental drug used to treat recurrent ovarian cancer shows promising results
...varian cancer as a chemo-sensitizer, restoring the sensitivity of the cancer cells to standard chemotherapeutic drugs. "Patients received phenoxodiol twice a week, which is how we believe it will be used in combinational therapy," said principal investigator Thomas Rutherford, M.D., associate professor of...HPV testing helps identify potential cases of cervical cancer, meta-analysis suggests
...omen who had CIN2 or worse (a measure of a test's sensitivity ), and it accurately ruled out CIN2 or worse (a me...apture II assay, they found that HPV testing had a sensitivity of 94.8% and a specificity of 67.3%. In contrast, a repeat Pap smear accurately identified 81.8% of......tions and provides significantly improved contrast sensitivity compared with standard LASIK. This is the conclusi... Ophthalmology, the Eye M.D. Association. Contrast sensitivity is the visual system's ability to detect subtle shades of gray between an object and its background....