Study reveals how brain controls eating in normal rats
...howed that knock-out mice lacking the MCH gene ate significantly less than littermates and were lean -- just like the rats with lesions of the lateral hypothalamus in cruder experiments 50 years ago. This study does not have immediate disease-related or therapy-related implications. However, the researchers hop...Alcohol researchers identify new medication that lessens relapse risk
...y drinking at least once during the 12-week trial, significantly morenalmefene than placebo patients altogether avoided relapse. Of patients whorelapsed, those on nalmefene had fewer subsequent heavy-drinking episodes.Patients on nalmefene showed no evidence of medically serious adverse drugexperiences and had hig...Behavioral program boosts antibody that fights breast cancer
...intervention program showed significantly lower levels of the stress hormone ... Program participants also showed significantly higherlevels (about one-quarter higher) of an antibody to mucin, a ...Study finds parental influence still important during adolescence
... influence was steady, neither significantly increasingor declining. Jang said this study shows middle adolescence to be a critical time during adolescent development, one that parents should be......th America. Use of cardiac procedures differed significantly in the regions. In LatinAmerica, 46.2 percent of patients had a diagnostic angiogram, 17.6 percent weregiven an angioplasty and almost 10.9 percent had heart bypass surgery. Thoserates, respectively, for patients in North America were 79.4 percent, 3...Patients with severe psoriasis suffer daily, study finds
WINSTON-SALEM, NC-- Psoriasis significantly reduces quality of life,according to researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. In a paper published Sept. 1 in the Journal of the American Academy ofDermatology, Stephen Rapp, Ph.D., Steve Feldman, M.D., Ph.D., and othersr...New HIV drug intervention cheap and effective
... from mother to child. The nevirapine regimen was significantly cheaper and more effective than three similar drug treatments that have recently been tested. The study results appear in the current issue of The Lancet. "Identifying economical interventions to reduce the ongoing devastation of AIDS is an urgent p...Study: moms' depression hurts kids' development
...ildren whose mothers are chronicallydepressed fare significantly worse on tests and other measures showing schoolreadiness, verbal comprehension and language skills than children of mothers whoare never depressed, a major new study concludes. Those whose mothers aresometimes depressed fall somewhere in between, th......yers with multiple concussions and an LD performed significantly more poorlyon problem solving and information processing tests than players with multipleconcussions who had no history of LD," Dr. Collins says. Moreover, the study revealed a relationship between athletes who experiencedmultiple concussions and the...New test can better uncover hidden breast cancer
...h node, the cancermight go unnoticed. The new test significantly improves on the standard methods to detect cancer inthe lymph nodes. It requires a mix of two substances, called antibodies. "Theseantibodies detect, with a high degree of accuracy, proteins that are present inbreast cancer cells, but not present in ...Scottish study shows lack of mental health service for children entering care
...onduct disorder'. High levels of depression' were significantly more common among children in residential establishments than among foster children. Dimigen et al conclude that their findings show a worrying gap in mental health provision and that the complex needs of these children can only be addressed effectiv...Brain chemical mellows male mice, but makes mouse moms tough
...results werevideotaped. The experimental mice made significantly fewer efforts to drive off thestranger, and often ...xide. The number of brain cellsmaking the compound significantly correlated with the aggressiveness of thefemale mouse. In instances where males were aggressive, tho...Alcohol consumption triggers free-radical damage in the body
...easuresof oxidant stress due to free radicals were significantly elevated. Ten healthy volunteers were given 0.4, 0.6, and 0.9 g/kg of a 98 percentsolution of grain alcohol, which raised their blood alcohol levels, on average,to .08, .10, and .13 g/dl respectively. The volunteers experienced, on average,69, ...UNC-CH nutrition expert says nation should regulate some diet supplements
...d Drug Administrationfor manufacturers) should not significantly alter availability." For nutraceuticals that expose humans to ingredients at doses they wouldnormally not be exposed to, demonstration of safety could mean it would takeyears rather than weeks to introduce new products, and some products migh...Analysis suggests women treated for breast cancer do better with axillary node dissection
...Our results were fairly striking. The survival was significantly worsefor patients who did not have the dissection. "If this had been the only study, then I would say, 'Well, we need to get moreinformation.' But there was a similar study from the Rhode Island TumorRegistry. Because it was a smaller group within a...University Of Wisconsin to launch center to study how emotions affect health
...umans, he has shown that stressful life events can significantly undermineimmune function. Rheumatologist Daniel Muller, UW Medical School associateprofessor of medicine, will oversee the clinical aspects of this project. Womeninterested in participating should contact him directly at (608) 263-3577. Brain circu......proven. According to the researchers, this significantly increases the safetymargin of doxorubicin, potentially allowing for much lower doses to be used andgreatly reducing the risk of side effects in patients. "While the mechanism of action of many cytotoxic compounds is known, wehave never been ab......tiple organs, leading to debilitating symptoms and significantly decreasedchances of survival. Nearly two years ago, the AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG), a network of HIVresearch clinicians supported by NIAID, launched a multicenter study known asACTG 362. The purpose of the study was to determine if an adeq......hout gamma/delta T cells in their lungsconstricted significantly when exposed to airway stimuli, according to theresearch. In comparison, mice deficient in another type of T cell did not haveairway constriction, leading the scientists to judge that gamma/delta T cellshave a suppressive effect on airway hyperrespo...Patients taking high blood pressure medication benefit from frequent dental care
...visits following initial periodontal treatment may significantly reducegingival overgrowth in patients taking nifedipine, a commonly prescribedmedication for high blood pressure. Gingival overgrowth is a condition in whichthe gums become swollen and "grow over" the teeth. "This is good news for the 20 to 40 perce...