American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for October 2004 (second issue)
...ased metal concentrations and consequent oxidative stress is known to promote factors which can lead to the release of proinflammatory mediators. They pointed out that such results had been demonstrated especially for zinc, which is a major component of environmental particulate matter. This material has ...Urinary incontinence runs in the family
...ound in the study was present for both symptoms of stress and urge incontinence. "The symptoms of urinary incontinence are likely to have a complex cause, and known risk factors such as increasing age, pregnancy and childbirth, and high body mass index may further increase the risk among women with a geneti...UMHS researchers help hone use of substance to improve lung function in premature infants
... Attar see their current study as a first step and stress the need to continuously compare efficacy and cost effectiveness of new surfactants to help doctors determine what is best for their infant patients. In addition to Donn and Attar, study authors were Michael Becker and Ronald Dechert from the Departm...Problematic behaviour of dementing patients exacerbated
...ficant source of stress. The greater the amount of stress family members experience with respect to the behavioural problems, the earlier the patient will be faced with the prospect of a nursing home admission. Moreover, family members can exacerbate the problems if they fail to deal with these adequately. ...New grant addresses minority nurse shortage
...ent Sessions," where they will learn how to manage stress and time, take notes, study and take tests in classes and how to prepare for the culturally diverse environment that they will enter upon graduation. "It is expected that all students will graduate in two years, maintain their self esteem [and] use ...Personality tests could predict doctors' burnout
...s of their work environment, and their feelings of stress and burnout, are predicted mainly by personality. ...tioners were asked about their approaches to work, stress levels, satisfaction with medicine as a career, and their personality. These doctors had previously ...Northeastern professor warns big backpacks cause big back pains
...04) BOSTON, Mass.—Beyond the obvious academic stress that September brings, heading back to school may literally be a pain in the neck for students. The burden of a heavy backpack can eventually lead to the more serious problems of chronic back pain and scoliosis, according to NU physical therapy prof...Case Western Reserve's Flight Nursing Academy holds camp for nurses in air medical services
...ic disaster scene response Critical incident stress management Flight safety Preparing landing zones Toxicology and poisoning Cardiac emergencies Portable ultrasound lab Physics of flight Patient and crew perspectives on air transport Caring ...Wartime spitfire strain test monitors stress on key heart artery - aortic aneurysm
... test devised in the 1930s, and used to gauge the stress on the superchargers in wartime spitfire fighter planes, to model the stress that surgical procedures would put on an aortic aneurysm. An aortic aneurysm is a dangerous bulge in...New data reveals weather can trigger a migraine
...s trigger factors, like wine, chocolate, caffeine, stress and changes in sleep, can set off a migraine attack in susceptible sufferers. The study delved into the affects of weather patterns on headache as well as investigating whether or not patients could predict their own sensitivity to weather, and whic...Super sprouts could help reduce cancer risk
...d carcinogens, and bodily processes like oxidative stress and the raw sprouts protect against this kind of damage. "And just a portion 113 grammes - per day of a mix of broccoli, radish, alfalfa and clover sprouts was enough in our tests to show the protective effect," said Professor Rowland. Professor ...New Yorkers' health will be affected by climate change, new study shows
...ansport, and studied the predicted impacts of heat stress and air quality on public health. The New York Climate and Health Project grew out of a previous regional climate impacts study called the Metro East Coast Climate Assessment ( http://metroeast_climate.ciesin.columbia.edu ), which was part...How brain gives special resonance to emotional memories
... emotional memory formation play in post traumatic stress disorder and depression. The study by Florin Dolco...l memory could aid understanding of post traumatic stress disorder -- especially such phenomena as flashbacks of traumatic memories. Said Dolcos, "Also, peopl...Novel 'delivery' method for nutrients wins Kaye Innovation Award for Hebrew university students
...ives in Kfar Saba, and Yuli-Amar, 28, of Jerusalem stress that their specially formulated vehicles can successfully entrap and transport nutrients dissolved in nanodroplets or liquid-crystals that are 95 percent water. The current direction of their research is aimed at developing vehicles that are exclusiv...Status syndrome: How your social standing directly affects your health and life expectancy
...than their Hollywood actors? Who experiences most stress the decision-makers or those who carry out their orders? Why does life expectancy rise by twenty years over the twelve-mile subway ride that divides poor black downtown Washington DC and rich white Montgomery County? Why does Japan have better hea...Uppsala scientists behind acclaimed health site
...and treatment program that leads to improvement in stress management, sleep, ability to concentrate, perform...tment via the Internet, for conflict management or stress management, for example. In the latter group a follow-up study showed a clear impact, on the one ha...New data demonstrates that Benicar(R) and Benicar HCT (TM) achieve JNC 7 blood pressure goals
...nsion prevention and management. These guidelines stress the importance of helping patients achieve goal bl... "However, in light of the JNC 7 guidelines, which stress the importance of achieving goal blood pressure rates, physicians also need to know how effective a ...Women exposed to frustrating noise stress snack more afterwards
...t men -- who had been exposed to frustrating noise stress ate more cheese, chocolate, potato chips and popco...hat eating is affected in some individuals after a stress is stopped. "In daily life, people often rise to the occasion to deal with stress," she adds. "The...The worldwide prevalence of glaucoma is increasing
...to identify individuals with glaucoma. The authors stress "the importance of early diagnosis to initiate pressure-lowering treatment and early detection of progression to advance this treatment."...Duke scientists identify new way to block blood vessels that feed cancer growth
...protein which is bound up in tiny particles called stress granules. The oxygen disintegrates these stress granules and allows HIF-1 to be produced and to engage in production of growth factors. Secondarily,...