LA BioMed medical/research briefs March 2005
...y reported normal results. "We believe our results show that the routine clinical use of high-resolution, ... Fertility and Sterility and is the first paper to show the association between PCOS and NAFLD. The research findings are important because many ob/gyn phys...NYU'S Duster cautions against FDA approval of 'race-based' pharmaceutical
...ublished in the journal BMC Medicine , he writes, show that blacks from Africa, the Caribbean, and the United States show less disparity in hypertension rates than do whites from Europe, the United States, and Canada. The ...Genetic amplification (NAAT) test detects HIV more effectively than standard tests in urban study
...ing the spread of drug-resistant HIV. Our results show that urban STD and drug clinics and HIV testing sites should consider adopting HIV testing that includes NAAT." ...History of broken bones overlooked when treating osteoporosis
...of Osteoporosis International. Bone density tests show how much calcium is in the bones, but fracture history is also valuable in giving a more complete picture, Dr. Siminoski said. "In a way, these people have tested their own bones and shown they have a tendency to break." Bone densitometry has been w...Major review of subway systems suggests potential for significant health and safety hazards
...paper discusses an ongoing pilot study designed to show whether transit workers' bodies harbor elevated levels of these metals, and whether this might translate into a health concern for the workers....A safer route to school makes children more likely to walk and bike, study shows
... crosswalks and improved sidewalks. Parent surveys show that children who pass by these improvement projects on their route to school are three times as likely to walk or bike to school when the project is completed, compared to classmates who do not pass such projects. "The kind of infrastructure improv...Marijuana ingredient may stall decline from Alzheimer's
...and discoverer of marijuana's active component. To show the preventive effects of cannabinoids on Alzheime...alone or cannabinoid and a control protein did not show activation of microglia. Using cell cultures, the investigators confirmed that cannabinoids countera...Potential drug target for treating cocaine abuse found
... substance similar to the drug benztropine did not show any of the typical hyperactive behavior when later injected with cocaine. This effect wore off after a day. Cocaine produces intense feelings of euphoria by increasing the amount of dopamine that is sent from one neuron to another within the brain re...Scientific evidence for diets: don't believe everything you read
...l significance" explain the authors. Their results show that medication use was the least indicated of the characteristics, as 92% of the articles missed it out. The subject's health status was ignored by 34% of the studies. Ethnicity was not indicated in 86% of the studies, and the subject's age was not ...NYU Child Study Center receives grant from the American Red Cross September 11 recovery program
...her than national norms." Cloitre added, "Studies show that symptom severity in children is strongly associated with maternal mental health problems. This September 11 recovery grant from the American Red Cross Liberty Disaster Relief Fund will allow the Child Study Center to help promote the mental hea...Researcher explores ways to make hypnosis a more effective therapeutic technique
...team "try to consistently debunk that position and show that the same variables that account for non-hypnotic behaviors and experiences account for hypnotic behaviors and experiences." "My way of thinking," Lynn said, "is that hypnotic responsiveness is associated with attitudes, beliefs, expectancies, mo...Scientists replicate hepatitis C virus in laboratory
...host cells. Another HCV model system is needed to show the beginning stages of the viral life cycle viral entry into host cells and viral activity in the host cell before replication. "With this cell-based system, we can screen compounds with a cell-based assay to look for inhibitors of virus replicatio...UCLA neuroscientists pinpoint new function for mirror neurons
...d Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. "Our findings show for the first time that intentions behind actions of others can be recognized by the motor system using a mirror mechanism in the brain. The same area of the brain responsible for understanding behavior can predict behavior as well." Twenty-three res...Migraine linked to risky heart health
...UL, Minn. People who live with migraine headaches show a "riskier" profile for cardiovascular disease than those without migraines, according to a new study published in the February 22 issue of Neurology, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The large population-based study was c...Use of cell phone images appears feasible for visualizing leg wounds
...he authors state. "In this study, we were able to show for the first time that telemedicine for chronic wounds is feasible under routine conditions using this new generation of mobile telephones and direct transfer via e-mail," the authors conclude. "We had the impression that a high percentage of the pr...Lack of specific collagen type leads to osteoarthritis
...re than 70 percent of Americans over the age of 65 show some signs of osteoarthritis, which is characterized by the slow degeneration of the buffering layer of cartilage within joints. The other major form of arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, occurs when the body's immune system attacks the linings of join...Hard choices: Pitt researcher presents findings on when to accept organ transplants
...Case Western Reserve University--have been able to show that mathematical models can provide insight. "We're actually able to model decisions that real patients face all the time," Schaefer said. "These mathematical models can give answers that make sense to doctors and can answer questions for which othe...Brain-scanning technologies need standards, according to Stanford researcher
...studies handle those healthy subjects whose brains show sign of abnormalities, called incidental findings. These features could be harmless such as a benign cyst but could also be life-threatening malignant tumors or abnormalities in the blood vessels. Each type of brain-imaging study poses its own quanda...How often should women get mammograms?
...l of Public Health. "This is a preliminary tool to show policymakers the kind of information they can draw on to help them make decisions." Lee will describe the development of the mathematical model, which made use of data from several past clinical trials of mammography screening and from cancer databas...Lead in the environment causes violent crime, reports University of Pittsburgh researcher at AAAS
...inquency. In 2002, those findings were extended to show that the average bone lead levels in 190 adjudicated delinquents was higher than normal controls. The results indicated that between 18 and 38 percent of all delinquency in Pennsylvania's Allegheny County, which includes Pittsburgh, could be due to l...