Vitamins good for some older women/bad for others
...her studies suggest that the vitamins can actually speed up the course of heart disease by interfering with blood cholesterol levels and the effect of cholesterol lowering drugs. Levy and colleagues examined the effects of antioxidants in 299 post-menopausal women with at least partial blockage in one cor...76 million research centre to make the UK a global centre of excellence for clinical imaging
...es that medicines can make. Imaging data can help speed up drug discovery and development by providing information about what is happening at a molecular level in the body. Dr Tachi Yamada, Chairman of Research and Development at GlaxoSmithKline, said: "New imaging technology can provide early and accur...2005 global tuberculosis targets may be out of reach
...rategy. Four key actions are outlined that could speed up progress towards reaching the targets: 1) equipping national tuberculosis programmes to have a stewardship role in engaging all health providers in implementing the DOTS strategy; 2) establishing the feasibility of national certification systems o...Breakthrough cancer treatment Avastin receives first approval in the US
...rapy to conventional chemotherapy. "The remarkable speed with which the FDA has reviewed and approved Avastin is testimony to the groundbreaking scientific and medical importance this treatment brings to cancer patients," said William M. Burns, Head of Roche Pharmaceuticals Division. "This follows a decisi...Targeting cell fusion as possible way to repair organs, deliver cancer vaccines
...ss, which Mayo researchers call "biofusion," could speed development of new tumor treatments and cancer vaccines. The Mayo Clinic cancer researchers' study on biofusion appears in the current issue of Nature Biotechnology ( http://www.nature.com/nbt/ ). The researchers report their new process kills canc...Stressed at work? How taking a coffee break might make things worse
...chooses to have a cup of coffee, believing it will speed reaction times, actually feels less stressed if under pressure to do something quickly. For this reason, in one set of tests, researchers told 32 people that their coffee contained caffeine which would help their performance, another 32 that their d...Alcohol abuse history could pose problems for HIV patients
...y and learning, slower reaction time and decreased speed in decision-making are commonly reported in HIV-positive patients. The most severe cognitive changes, sometimes to the point of dementia, are almost always reported in the latest stages of the illness, but some research has demonstrated that asymptom...A common cleanser is cheaper and faster way to separate DNA for genetic analysis
...pound sodium boric acid in DNA electrophoresis may speed genetic discoveries. The scientists searched old literature and dozens of compounds to find one that could replace antiquated solutions used to conduct the electric current necessary to separate negatively charged DNA molecules, the building blocks ...Cooling helmets may provide innovative stroke treatment
...novative industry technologists can collaborate to speed the delivery of emergency cardiovascular care interventions. This device, and others like it, may have wide applicability in the field."...... be possible to use the technique to treat cancer, speed up healing or even tackle obesity. The method inv...cal Center in Los Angeles to see if nanopulses can speed up the healing of wounds. "We do see an effect, but that's about all I can say now," he says. The n...Optic nerve disease may cause sleep disorders
...ps a photographer determine how to set the shutter speed and whether to use a flash. By determining light levels, ipRG cells help synchronize the body's sleep/wake cycle, reset the internal body clock, control the pupil of the eye's response to light and regulate the release of hormones such as melatonin. ...First US tuberculosis vaccine trial in 60 years begins
...to enhance government-industry partnerships and to speed new product development. This support allowed the researchers to further advance the most promising vaccine-adjuvant combinations into animal models, including non-human primates, and to prepare and produce a vaccine candidate suitable for human tria...University of Pittsburgh imaging agent study suggests breakthrough in Alzheimer's research
... able to follow the progression of the disease and speed the development of promising new therapies aimed at halting the build-up of amyloid in the brain." Alzheimer's disease, like stroke, is a significant cause of dementia in people over the age of 65. But unlike stroke, which begins with a single event,...'Ding' concussions require removal from the game
...gnitive functions such as memory, brain processing speed and hand-eye coordination. All athletes in the study had completed a pre-season baseline ImPACT test and that data was used for comparison to the post-injury ImPACT evaluation data for each athlete. "We found a clear decline in memory processes and a...Successful, rapid protein crystallization possible with technique developed by UCSD researcher
...nnovative method that allows increased success and speed of protein crystallization a crucial step in the ...ns, the amide hydrogens exchange at a much greater speed than do the amide hydrogens in the folded, structured portions of the protein. (For more informatio...Mayo researchers observe genetic fusion of human, animal cells -may help explain origin of AIDS
...n jump from one species to another -- and that may speed discovery about the origin of diseases such as AIDS and SARS. The discovery also may help explain how cells in the circulation may become part of the solid tissue." The Mayo Clinic research appears in the online Express edition of the FASEB Journal. ...Software that minimises facial disfigurement
...with previous versions of the program. The extra speed allows surgeons to view the effect of their incisions in real time as the model head rotates. Pieper plans to present his work at the Electronic Imaging Conference, to be held later this month in San Jose, California. Court Cutting, a plastic surge...Tiny nanotube antennas may yield better signals in cell phones, televisions
...ing to Kosko. The tubes also have the potential to speed up Internet connections, the researcher says. In a more futuristic application, Kosko believes the tubes have the potential to act as artificial nerve cells, which could help enhance sensation and movement to damaged nerves and limbs. The sensors mig...Standardized blood pressure measurement could improve hypertension prevention, care in the Americas
...periences, making them examples that would further speed wider implementation by policymakers and health professionals." The editorial was co-authored by Dr. Mirta Roses Periago, the Director of PAHO, and by Dr. Claude Lenfant, the former Director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of...Drug company fees for FDA reviews havent accelerated approvals, study finds
... for additional staff doesn't appear to affect the speed of the review process, some critics have faulted the industry fee program for allegedly compromising the FDA's independence in other ways, or for speeding up approvals so much that dangerous side effects are overlooked. Effects beyond approval time, ...