Substance in urine predicts development of preeclampsia
...ander, M.D., Director of the NICHD. "This finding sets the stage for the development of a test to screen women for high risk of preeclampsia. Once these women are identified through such a test, we can target studies to find effective ways to prevent its progression or to keep the most dangerous complic...First new treatment for alcoholism in ten years, now available Campral(R) (acamprosate calcium)
...Campral, in combination with psychosocial support, sets a new standard for treating the chronic disease of alcoholism," said Howard Solomon, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Forest Laboratories. "Forest is committed to providing an effective and safe drug therapy to help the millions of Americans s...Added sugar displaces food groups lowering quality of preschooler diets
...Academy of Sciences Dietary Reference Intake which sets a cut-point of 25 percent or less of calories from added sugar are reason for concern," she adds. "The U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Guide Pyramid limits added sugar consumption to between 6 and 10 percent, and the World Health organization rec...Mental health crisis looming for tsunami survivors, warns psychologist just back from Indonesia
...e tears and the immediate loss, and now reflection sets in and trauma is beginning to surface. We are talking about hundreds of thousands of people, and that's just in the province of Aceh. The number jumps into the millions when you consider the scope of the disaster in all of the countries involved." ...Need better social research but it doesn't come cheap
...of surveys widely used at present.Professor Loomes sets out the case for his study in a speech at the international 'Learning about Risk' conference, in Canterbury, launching the ESRC Social Contexts and Responses to Risk Network (see Notes for Editors). He says: "The stakes are high the allocation of th...New test is first step in early detection of Alzheimer's disease
...ques and tangles develop in the brain and dementia sets in. A study by the Northwestern team shows that bio-bar-code amplification (BCA) technology, which was developed at the University, can detect in human cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) miniscule amounts of a toxic protein that may be responsible for the e...Mother's depression associated with increased risk of child's antisocial behavior
...onmental factors affected the development of 1,116 sets of twins in England and Wales. The mothers categorized the timing of their depression as: never depressed (n = 728), depressed only before twins' birth (n = 68), depressed only after twins' birth (n = 193), and depressed before and after twins' birth...NIH awards USC $8.7 million to study tobacco use in China
... major projects is a study of substance use by 600 sets of teenage twins in Southern California and another 600 in Qingdao, China. The study will try to quantify the nature of environmental influences and how they interact with genetic sources of variation in smoking-related behaviors. "This emphasis is u...Northwestern Memorial Hospital receives $10 million commitment to support preeminent heart program
...d images of the heart than previously possible and sets the stage to develop even faster, more far-reaching techniques for cardiac imaging. In addition, the Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute will soon be one of the first hospitals in Chicago to have the fastest and most accurate diagnostic technology, calle...Another look finds promising proteomics test is not biologically plausible
...rch for a pattern of proteins in blood. In several sets of blinded samples, the test detected all patients...erson researchers examined the quality of the data sets and concluded that this systematic protein pattern "is biologically implausible." Baggerly explains ...Even mild depression increases long-term mortality in heart failure
...be completed in 10 minutes. Patients respond to 21 sets of questions with a number ranging from 0 to three. For example, one such graded question set is: "I don't feel disappointed in myself 0;" "I am disappointed in myself 1;" I am disgusted with myself 2;" or "I hate myself 3." "As you can see, it w...Gene for age-related macular degeneration discovered by Yale researchers
...to find the genetic variant of the AMD gene. "What sets our study apart from previous research is that we used many more genetic markers to find the specific gene and variation," said Hoh. "Past research has involved collecting family data that pinpoint a region on chromosome 1, but failed to find the spe...Use of potentially inappropriate medications among elderly common in some European countries
...ween September 2001 and January 2002. Combining 3 sets of expert panels criteria, the researchers found that 19.8 percent of patients in the total sample used at least 1 inappropriate medication; using older 1997 criteria it was 9.8 percent to 10.9 percent. Substantial differences were documented between...NHS stop-smoking services are insufficient to deliver national smoking targets
...land's most deprived communities need more of both sets of measures, he concludes. ...New thrust needed to tackle health inequalities globally says UCL scientist
... Marmot in his role as Chair of the Commission. It sets out why the health impact of social policy must be taken seriously by governments worldwide and underlines the need for understanding about how social policy affects health (the social determinants of health) globally. There still isn't any solid und...Public morally obliged to take part in scientific research, says leading ethicist
...hat a change to the Declaration of Helsinki, which sets out the ethical grounds for research, is warranted. Professor Harris points out that other activities in society, such as vaccination the wearing of seatbelts, and jury service, require the loss of personal autonomy for the public good. "Might medi...