Research guides medication choices for young Asthma patients
...e whose lung function has not been compromised and show no evidence of allergic inflammation but who suffer asthma symptoms nonetheless," said Dr. Szefler. "We need to evaluate them further."...Calcium and vitamin D most effective for treatment of Crohn's-related bone loss
...people with Crohn's, and findings of these studies show it to be sufficient in maintaining BMD in these patients." Crohn's disease is an inflammatory bowel disease that causes chronic inflammation of the intestinal wall. While the cause of Crohn's is relatively unknown, it usually starts during the teena...Smoking causes cognitive impairment in adolescents
New Haven, Conn.--Adolescents who smoke show impairment of memory and other cognitive functions... memory performance," Jacobsen said. Other studies show adult non-smokers and smokers have comparable focused, sustained and selective attention, and improv...Viral DNA sequence a possible trigger for breast cancer
...t has remained unexplored. Katz and colleagues now show that this sequence is contained in the Env protein of MMTV and show that expression of Env in mouse breast cells transforms them. This study puts the spotlight on a po...New way to diagnose sciatica may point to a different cause
... physical exam and ultimately rely on MRI scans to show the extent to which a disc or discs may be damaged...I scans performed each year, only about 20 percent show a herniated disc serious enough to be treated with surgery. And, of those patients treated with sur...Wine drinkers live longer than beer guzzlers
... over other alcoholic beverages. Further evidence show that the disease fighting antioxidants present in fruit and vegetables, are also present in wine....Views from space help oil prospectors see deep underground
...st to identify oil and gas reservoirs, but also to show internal details such as their fracture geometry," Laake adds. "This is vital, because our customers do not make money for the amount of hydrocarbons theoretically in the ground, but what they actually recover." "The vibroseis method uses truc...Hands-on or hands-free, using a cell phone while driving is not safe, researchers find
...he eight driver distraction special section papers show that Cell phone conversations alone, without dia... Boehm-Davis, and Trafton). Overall, these results show that hands-free devices are not the solution to the problem of driver distraction. The papers also i...Mayo Clinic discovers a key to 'low metabolism' and major factor in obesity
... January 27, 2005 in the journal Science. Results show that it's metabolically more effective to put more NEAT -- "non-exercise activity thermogenesis" -- into your life to achieve a healthy body weight, than to seek organized exercise. To prepare, design and carry out this NEAT study over the past decad...Early surgical treatment not always necessary for patients with brain haemorrhage
...obtain good surgical results. The results of STICH show that there is more likely to be a favourable outcome of surgery, mainly craniotomy, if the haematoma [blood clot] is 1 cm or less from the cortical [brain] surface. The reason is that if the blood clot is near the cortical [brain] surface, surgical d...Auditory screening for newborns can be successful, UT Southwestern researchers report
...ged from the hospital. Parents of babies who still show signs of impairment are instructed to bring them back to Parkland as outpatients to be retested 10 to 12 days after discharge. Only those who do not pass again are referred for diagnostic evaluation. "Newborns may not pass the initial hearing screen...Satellite data reveal immense pollution pool over Bihar, India
... middle of India. The MISR observations, however, show the pollution lies much farther north. "These models are very important to us, as they are used to forecast pollution episodes and climate change," Di Girolamo said. "The fact that model results don't match the MISR observations suggests there are p...US syphilis epidemics not driven by increases in unsafe sex say researchers
...the intrinsic cyclical nature of the disease. They show that changes in the immunity of the population cause periodic syphilis outbreaks, rather than changes in sexual behaviour, as was previously thought. According to research published today in Nature, the team from Imperial College London and funded by...Clinical trial of Etanercept for Wegener's disease shows no benefit
...ons in a serious autoimmune disorder has failed to show any benefit. Etanercept, also called Enbrel, is a common treatment for rheumatoid arthritis and other types of joint inflammation. "We had hoped that this approach to the treatment of Wegener's granulomatosis would be useful in preventing disease re...Mayo Clinic researchers identify new form of muscular dystrophy in adults
...r. Engel explains that the results with zaspopathy show the usefulness of the candidate gene in speeding up and simplifying the search for therapies and cures. About Muscular Dystrophy Muscular dystrophy is a group of rare inherited muscle diseases in which muscle fibers are unusually susceptible to dam...New research reinforces importance of aerobic health
...uum between health and disease. "Our data clearly show that the some of the major health problems of today, namely obesity, hypertension, and insulin resistance, are strongly influenced by our genes," said Steven Swoap, associate professor of biology at Williams Colleges, a member of the research team. ...Reviparin effective in reducing risk of death after heart attack
... CREATE trials. "What does [the CREATE-ECLA] trial show about GIK infusion? This 'generic' therapy has sur...rapies in practice." "What does [the CREATE] trial show about reviparin? Antithrombotic therapy has become a mainstay of treatment of acute coronary syndrom...Whole-body CT screening costs overshadow benefits
...cedure more harmful than beneficial. "Our findings show that the average person should think twice before having a whole-body CT examination," said study author, G. Scott Gazelle, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Institute for Technology Assessment and associate professor of rad...Activity not out of the question for people with chronic pain
... people to increased pain, and it could be used to show patients that they can be active." Now, Clauw and his team at the U-M Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Center are embarking on more studies of activity, exercise and pain among people with all kinds of chronic-pain conditions. They've started a reg...Health initiatives can help peace building in the Middle East
...han individual relations. Cooperative efforts must show a broader impact, especially when the politics of cooperation are so daunting, as in this case. A focus on the individual, rather than the collective, might be inadequate, not only in terms of impact but also participation. Although a few people can ...