Study of obese diabetics explains why low-carb diets produce fast results
(Philadelphia) A new study by Temple University School of Medicine researcher... Boden, M.D., "When carbohydrates were restricted, study subjects spontaneously reduced their caloric intake to a level appropriate for their height, did not...Multi-center study shows direct link between residential radon exposure and lung cancer
...Iowa researchers were part of a large multi-center study that provides compelling direct evidence of an ass...ence of an association. The North American pooling study was designed to assess the seemingly disparate findings from these earlier studies. Field and Lynch...Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet for March 15, 2005
.... It's Fewer Calories A new three-week in-hospital study of ten obese volunteers with mild type 2 diabetes ...ohydrate diet (Article, p. 403). During the first study week, participants ate about 3,000 calories and 300 grams of carbohydrates per day and remained at e...Genetics important in age-related macular degeneration
...sed on what is, to our knowledge, the largest twin study of AMD to date and the only population based twin ...al contribution," the authors conclude. "This twin study underscores the need for a multifactorial approach that incorporates genetic, environmental, and bio...Malt liquor beers, and the people who drink them, are different
...targeted at lower-income, minority communities. A study in the March issue of Alcoholism: Clinical & Expe...resulted in the average malt liquor drinker in our study consuming 80 percent more alcohol per drink than the average regular beer drinker. Although we did ...Medicaid enrollment at late stages may partly explain poor outcomes for cancer
A new study concludes that the unavailability of health insura... improve survival rates for many cancers. A recent study showed, for instance, that Medicaid-supported breast cancer patients have similarly poor outcomes to...Simple blood test may help to predict cardiovascular risk in older women
... cell counts were measured at the beginning of the study and women were divided into four levels or quartil...of clinical CVD and cancer at the beginning of the study were included in the analysis. Women in the fourth quartile (highest WBC) had a doubled risk for co...Postmenopausal breast cancer survivors at increased risk for bone fractures
...ved in all ages of breast cancer survivors in this study regardless of the time of the breast cancer diagno...t cancer survivors," the authors conclude. "If our study results are confirmed by others, the excess number of fractures may be as high as 13,000 per year fo...Obesity among African-American stroke survivors increases risk factors for recurrent stroke
... data from African-American patients enrolled in a study of treatment for prevention of stroke recurrence (the African-American Antiplatelet Stroke Prevention Study [AAASPS]) to determine the association between obesity and cardiovascular risk factor profiles for African-American stroke survivors. Using ba...New study shows how very low-carb diets take off the pounds
... -- (March 15, 2005) A new three-week in-hospital study of 10 volunteers found that during the two-week pe... subject of a video news release. During the first study week, participants, who were obese and had mild type 2 diabetes mellitus, ate a regular diet in whic...Newly discovered pathway might help in design of cancer drugs
...ne place on its chain, allowing the researchers to study it and learn about that particular chemical pathway in detail. "Exposing DNA to radiation is like hitting a fine piece of crystal stemware with a hammer. It shatters, and looking for a particular chemical pathway is like looking for a needle in a hay...HIV-1 spread through six transmission lines in the UK
... in the UK can be traced back to one source, a new study suggests that HIV spread via at least six independ...wing the spread of the disease. The collaborative study led by University College London (UCL) scientists found that HIV-1 subtype B spread through the UK v...Treating depression helps slow physical decline in older adults, study shows
...as remembering to take medications, according to a study published in the March 2005 issue of the Journal o...School of Medicine researchers. This is the first study to report that successful treatment of depression in older adults also improves their ability to per...Rhesus monkeys reason about perspectives of others in obtaining food
... about the mental states of others, according to a study published this month in Current Biology . In each of six experiments, two people stood in front of a platform, each with a grape attached to the platform. The experiments created competitive conditions, the monkeys were competing with the humans for...Reducing hostility in young coronary artery disease patients is important piece of rehabilitation
...ounger patients") than in those 65 and older. "Our study data reveal the high prevalence of hostility symptoms in young coronary artery disease patients," says Carl Lavie, M.D., a cardiologist at Ochsner Clinic Foundation in New Orleans and the chief author of the study. "We believe that reducing hostility...Neurobehavioral function during coma, stroke rehabilitation effective for elderly
...l challenges faced by people with TBI, pg 29 This study uses visually evoked brain waves to identify emoti...y effective in treating schizophrenia, pg 35 This study describes for the first time the use of a vocational and cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) program to...Orchestra pit no danger to hearing
...ing loss, say University of Toronto researchers. A study in the February online version of Applied Acoustic...ering (IBBME). "We were requested by the union to study if there is a risk to their hearing." Behar and his team first determined through the personnel mana...Teen tooth trauma prevalent in Ontario
...new University of Toronto study. This is the first study of dental injury done in Ontario, says David Locker, a professor with the U of T Faculty of Dentistry. Similar studies have been done in other countries because tooth trauma is considered one of the most severe conditions children can experience. "On...Bevacizumab combined with chemotherapy prolongs survival for some patients with advanced lung cancer
...recent interim analysis be made public because the study had met its primary endpoint of improving overall survival. Researchers found that patients in the study who received bevacizumab in combination with standard chemotherapy (a treatment regimen of paclitaxe...Binge drinking can impair both mood and cognitive performance
...ted withdrawal will not. Thus, we set out on this study to examine the effects of binge drinking on cognit...romote progression to dependence," he said. "This study can not distinguish between mood and cognitive dysfunction promoting binge drinking or binge drinkin...