Similar results found in both older and younger patients undergoing weight-loss surgery
...c bypass surgery and can be expected to experience similar benefits from the operation as younger patients, according to an article in the February issue of Archives of Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. According to background information in the article, the percentage of the U.S. population with a...Diabetes a bigger heart disease risk for women than for men
...owering agents," he said. This meta-analysis has similar drawbacks to most overviews including the possibility of publication bias (in this case the exclusion of studies that did not report sex-specific results), misdiagnosis of diabetes, lack of information on an individuals' medical treatment, no informa......ly unrelated languages across the world often show similar sound patterns, without invoking innate mechanisms...an Aboriginal, Austronesian and Indo-European show similar patterns of vowel and consonant inventory and distribution, but exceptions to sound patterns regarde...Gene signature can predict breast cancer spread
...: "Faced with alternative gene signatures for very similar prediction problems, we are left with the obvious questions of which to trust and why they differ. Although Wang and colleagues present the largest study of this type of data, it may still be too small to provide a final selection of genes for signat...Suicidal behaviour caused by antidepressants 'cannot be ruled out'
...ng that SSRIs and tricyclic antidepressants have a similar risk profile with respect to suicide and self harm is reassuring, say the authors. They call for further research to assess the short and long term risks and benefits of antidepressants. Despite several limitations, these studies provide some useful ...Viagra used in stroke recovery study
...ected as the drug to test because it is chemically similar to other compounds shown to improve function in animals after stroke. Dr. Chopp says that Viagra activates a molecule called cyclic guanosine monophoshate in brain tissue that creates new cells in the brain. Each year about 750,000 Americans experien...Medication helps alcoholics control drinking
... findings, along with the recent FDA approval of a similar drug called acamprosate, open the door to new treatment options for drinkers who aren't yet ready to face total abstinence. Naltrexone, which is not addictive, "should be accepted as a short-term treatment for alcoholism," say authors Dr. Manit Sri...Mayo Clinic study finds obese kidney donors face few increased risks
...wise good health who donated a kidney had outcomes similar to their non-obese counterparts. The study is published in the March issue of the American Journal of Transplantation. In a retrospective study of more than 500 patients, at an average of eleven months after kidney donation, Mayo doctors found obese...HIV patients may be at risk of heart problems when taking protease inhibitor drugs
...archers looked for evidence of other patients with similar experiences. To do this, they used the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's voluntary drug side-effect database, the Adverse Event Reporting System. They identified 24 cases of heart rhythm disturbances -- all of which were associated with protease in...Immediate access to antibiotics stems spread of sexually transmitted diseases
...ong the standard-referral group. Results showed a similar trend for Chlamydia, with the expedited-treatment group showing an 11 percent re-infection rate, while the standard-referral group had 13 percent. Packets contained the standard treatment for each STD, which is one tablet each of cefixime (400 milli...Young blood revives aging muscles, Stanford researchers find
...connected to other old mice they healed slowly. In similar work, the group examined the livers of older mice connected to younger lab-mates. The cells that help liver tissue regenerate are less active in older animals, but again the cells responded more robustly when the livers in older mice were bathed in t...Changing chemistry helps explain estrogen threat to the heart
... findings. But using a porcine heart that is very similar to the human heart, he and Dr. Barman, along with Dr. David J. Fulton, a pharmacologist in the MCG Vascular Biology Center, found that every time they blocked nitric oxide production, estrogen became a vasoconstrictor. "Under normal conditions, such...Hypothyroidism associated with reduced breast cancer risk
...creening. "Thyroid hormone and estrogen both share similar pathways in regulating proliferation and growth in the target cells, including cancer cells. This well known phenomenon of cross-talk between the receptor of these hormones may promote or inhibit thereby determining the "fate" of a cell towards eithe...Uric acid may help reduce effects of spinal cord injury, Jefferson researchers find
... see in the human spinal cord after injury is very similar to that seen in the mice. "Raising uric acid levels in humans similarly to the rise we cause in the mouse should be sufficient to block peroxynitrite," Dr. Hooper says. "Our natural levels of uric acid are not sufficient. Moreover, someone with lower...COX-2 product offers good and bad news in 'test tube' strokes
...trying to determine if these prostaglandins have a similar protective effect in mouse models of Lou Gehrig's disease, in which excessive glutamate is believed to damage neurons, and will begin work to see if the beneficial side of PGD2 activity can outweigh its toxic activity....Murder, eyewitness identification and the limits of human vision
...o a corresponding distance. Loftus and Harley did similar tests using initially blurred images of celebrities and gradually clarified them until the test subjects were able to recognize the celebrities. This time they recorded the amount of blurring that made a face unrecognizable. All of the subjects in ...Herb used to treat diabetes works like modern-day prescription drugs, study suggests
...o lower blood sugar and insulin levels in a manner similar to prescription drugs, a new study reports. Resear...cent, respectively. "These kinds of reductions are similar to what we might see with prescription oral medications for people with diabetes," said Steve Hertzl...Study finds happiness persists, despite illness
...cipants whose age, gender, race and education were similar to the patients. In all, 60 participants were white, 36 were black, and one was Hispanic. The study does more than just give the first-ever glimpse into the hour-by-hour happiness of seriously ill and healthy people, Ubel notes. It may also help infl...Trial reveals safer and simpler approach to treating children with cystic fibrosis
...g function and found that the two treatments had a similar effect. However in children, the once daily treatment caused fewer kidney related side effects. Dr Alan Smyth comments: "Our results are likely to affect aminoglycoside prescription in cystic fibrosis in clinical practice. Once daily treatment may b...