Early promise of simple test for diagnosing malignant hyperthermia
...before this test can allow a definite diagnosis of susceptibility to malignant hyperthermia....Heart health should be the front line of diabetes care
...e 2 diabetes is usually brought on by obesity, but susceptibility to it varies considerably in the population. In the last few years weve learned how important it is to treat cardiovascular risk factors in patients with diabetes and how much benefit can be derived, says Grundy. With many other ailments, there ar...Alcohol may hasten the progression of cancer
...issing in these individuals, thus increasing their susceptibility to cancer in the future. Waltenbaugh suggested tha...ndividuals suggest a potential cause for increased susceptibility to infection in these individuals." Conversely, he said, this association may also allow scientists...Older age of male partners makes young women more susceptible to HIV-1 infection
...easons for this are thought to include the greater susceptibility of women to HIV-1 infection, and their greater exposure to infection through sexual contact with older partners. Simon Gregson from Imperial College, London, UK, and colleagues from Zimbabwe and UNAIDS, Geneva, Switzerland, investigated the possible ...Gene linked to testicular cancer
.... Other researchers have located testicular cancer susceptibility to chromosome 19 in mice. Lin's new research is based on testicular cancer samples from 35 patients in which 12 of 19 patients, or 63 percent of the sample size, expressed the hiwi gene in abnormally high levels. The hiwi gene was mapped to a regio...Electroacupuncture trial is NCCAM's first intramural study
...ects, such as weight gain, retarding of growth, or susceptibility to infection. It also appears that delayed nausea may contribute to stress in patients and the negative effects that stress can induce. Therefore, finding an effective alternative may help patients avoid the potential side effects of glucocorticoids ...Genetic manifestation of melanoma linked to geographic location
...in the CDKN2A gene are the main cause of inherited susceptibility to melanoma. Roughly 20% of tested melanoma familiesor families that have multiple cases of melanomahave this mutation. It is unclear, however, whether penetrance of this gene mutation (the likelihood people with a CDKN2A mutation will develop melano...Sexually transmitted diseases, malaria, and tuberculosis and the HIV-1/AIDS epidemic in Africa
...al concern for control of both diseases. Increased susceptibility to tuberculosis after infection with HIV-1 has led to a rising incidence and threat of increased transmission of tuberculosis. Clinical malaria occurs with an increased frequency and severity in HIV-1-infected individuals, especially during pregnancy...Common diabetes drug causes arteries to spasm, endangering heart
... these channels, we believe that they can increase susceptibility to vasospasm and therefore present a significant risk to diabetic patients. Since diabetic patients are already facing an increased risk of cardiovasculr disease, this is a further insult to their vessels." These gene-altered mice also provide an an...Understanding genetic cancer risk might not help smokers kick the habit
...his lack of responsiveness to knowledge of genetic susceptibility is not completely a bad thing, said Colleen McBride, Ph.D., study leader and director of the Cancer Prevention, Detection and Control Program at Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center. "We were concerned that telling smokers that they were not genetically...Zimbabwean women very willing to use diaphragms-potential HIV prevention method
..."The cervix appears to be a "hot spot" in terms of susceptibility to HIV. It is very thin and fragile and has more cells with HIV specific receptor sites than the vagina. Also, the peristalic contractions of the uterus actually draw fluids up into the upper genital track-an area that is very susceptible to HIV an...Faulty gene may explain why some fall ill at high altitudes
...The eNOS polymorphisms identified may help predict susceptibility to HAPE." Although the exact mechanism by which HAPE develops is unclear, "We postulate that the production of nitric oxide in the blood vessels of the lungs may be impaired in HAPE as a result of the polymorphisms in the eNOS gene. Further studies ...Researchers discover shift in organisms causing early-onset sepsis in low-birth-weight infants
...involved in infection of preterm infants and their susceptibility to antibiotics. These findings warrant follow-up studies to determine if these changes will persist over time and to explain the reason for this shift in early-onset pathogens."...Prenatal zinc supplementation could impair childhood mental development
... been shown to improve infant growth and to reduce susceptibility to infectious diseases. In a follow-up study, Sally Grantham McGregor and Jena Habadani from the Institute for Child Health, London, UK, and colleagues from the International Center for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, assessed these infants ...Exposure to bacteria modulates immune response and decreases allergy in farm children
... nature of these interactions between exposure and susceptibility could provide ideas for potential strategies for the prevention of allergy."...Emory researcher claims stress-induced changes in brain can create psychiatric disorders
... memory impairment, depression, and even increased susceptibility to stroke and cancer." "Knowledge is power." Dr. Bremner adds. "Our patients will benefit from a greater knowledge of the potential effects of stress on mind, body and spirit. It is essential that physicians talk to their patients and determine what...Risk from breast cancer susceptibility gene may be exaggerated in most studies
... of past studies on mutations in the breast cancer susceptibility genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 suggests that estimates of penetrance (or the likelihood that mutation carriers will develop breast cancer during their lifetime) have been exaggerated. This can happen because a woman's risk of developing breast cancer is likel...Lipid abnormalities linked to Lou Gehrigs disease
...ingolipids might have an impact on an individual's susceptibility to ALS....Verbal memory test best indicator of who will have Alzheimer's disease, new study says
...r Alzheimer's disease. They also paired a genetic susceptibility (presence of the ApoE gene) to dementia/Alzheimer's with results on both neuropsychological and neuroanatomic tests again attempting to identify which types of tests would prove most accurate in identifying preclinical disease in patients with the Ap...NIEHS announces $20 million, three-center effort to pin-point environmental triggers of Parkinson's
...of dopamine cell death, and genetically determined susceptibility traits for Parkinson's disease. Emory University, Atlanta, Ga., with J. Timothy Greenamyre, M.D., Ph.D., as center director. For further information call (404) 727-3727. The center will develop new cellular and animal models to study gene-environ...