Overweight, boozy and depressed: Why we need healthy new year's resolutions
...t greater risk of becoming obese and of developing type Two diabetes. Twenty per cent of women born in 1970 said they suffered from depression or anxiety in their 30s, compared with only 12 per cent from 1958. Men claiming to be depressed doubled to 14 per cent of 1970 babies as compared with the 1958 gro...Genetically targeted therapies create opportunities to do business in new ways
...er industries shows that daunting problems of this type can be successfully resolved. According to Dr. Evans this typically requires careful dialogue among industry stakeholders and skillful regulatory policy, to ensure that the costs and benefits of change are shared in a fair way among all industry part...Animal studies show stem cells might make biological pacemaker
...researchers have the natural ability to become any type of cell found in the human body, and therefore the...But such applications await proof that the desired type of cells can be obtained, isolated and controlled, because expected risks include primitive cells de...Medicare HMOs fail to control costs of colon surgery in elderly patients
...al surgery in elderly patients. Regardless of the type of Medicare coverage, the researchers noted a 10 to 30 percent increase in hospital charges for colon resections in the four-year study period. Even with an older, frailer patient population and overall decline in length of hospital stay, deaths and...Chemicals found in cherries may help fight diabetes
... compounds show promise for both the prevention of type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes, the most common type, and for helping control glucose levels in those who already have diabetes, he adds. While fresh cherries and fruits containing these anthocyanins are readily available, medicinal products may ...Magnetic bracelets reduce the pain of osteoarthritis
...use of painkillers and patients' beliefs about the type of bracelet they were testing did not affect the results, the authors cannot be certain whether their findings are due to a specific effect of magnets or a placebo effect. But, whatever the mechanism, the benefit from magnetic bracelets seems clinica...Research in yeast yields missing link in DNA maintenance machinery
...reaks. "Double strand breaks are the most serious type of DNA damage," said Shen. "The two DNA strands are completely severed. It is a disaster for a cell. If it is not repaired, the chromosomes become unstable and can fuse to other chromosomes. Many types of cancer result from chromosome fusions." The ...Infants, children prefer sounds over pictures and only slowly become visually oriented, studies find
...howed children seem to be able to process only one type of stimuli at a time usually sounds, but sometimes visuals. Adults, on the other hand, can process both sounds and visuals together, but prefer visual information. Sloutsky, who is also associate dean of research for the university's College of Huma...Drinking without food may set you up for high blood pressure
... There was no difference in risk based on the type of alcohol consumed, or the gender of drinkers. "These findings add new and important information to the mounting evidence linking drinking pattern to numerous health outcomes" concluded Stranges....Inadequate sleep in late pregnancy may influence labor and delivery
...ding infant's birth weight, duration of labor, and type of delivery. Labor duration was defined as the tim...egular contractions to the time of birth. Delivery type was categorized as spontaneous vaginal, assisted vaginal (the use of forceps or vacuum), or cesarean...Little evidence that breast cancer diagnosis leads to employment discrimination, study concludes
...cer does not lead to higher divorce rates, and the type of breast surgery plays little role in a woman's sexual function or satisfaction. "We should, however, not grow complacent about, nor should we trivialize, the emotional and physical pain of acute cancer treatment," she writes. "However, future resea...Stanford study finds new method improves chemotherapy survival in mice
...the pool of cells that give rise to neutrophils, a type of white blood cell that is critical for fighting ...seases. The team reported that an infusion of a type of bone marrow cell from a donor mouse yielded significantly more neutrophils in the laboratory mice...Anger, negative emotions may trigger stroke
...ced blood flow to the brain. It is the most common type of stroke. The study participants, who had an average age of 68, were interviewed one to four days after the stroke occurred. Approximately 30 percent of patients reported exposure to anger, negative emotions such as fear, irritability, or nervo...Nearsighted children may benefit from rigid contact lenses
... most children about two weeks to get used to this type of contact lens," Walline said. "We wanted to make sure the children could handle the rigid lenses for the long-term." At the end of the two-month initiation period, children were randomly assigned to wearing RGP lenses or two-week disposable soft co...Research by scientists affiliated with the Earth Institute at Columbia University
...f years in the past. The research shows that a new type of mass sectrometer, combined with an adjustment to the pretreatment and screening of fossil corals, an excellent archive for extending calibration beyond the tree ring records, makes dating much more accurate and precise. Scientists applying radioca...New data sets survival benchmark for Pfizer's ELLENCE
...0 arm, a recognized potential complication of this type of treatment. About Breast Cancer and ELLENCE ... in white blood cells. Rarely, heart failure or a type of leukemia can occur. Full prescribing and safety information, including black box warnings, can be...Molecular test predicts risk of breast cancer recurrence and who will benefit from chemotherapy
... the lymph nodes. Currently, many women with this type of breast cancer in the United States do receive chemotherapy in addition to hormonal therapy. Using samples from 447 patients and a collection of 250 genes in three independent preliminary studies, 16 cancer-related genes were found that worked best...NIAID-sponsored clinical trial aims to boost flu vaccine supply
...record in Europe and other parts of the world, the type of study we are conducting must be done before the vaccine can be licensed for use in the United States," notes lead investigator John Treanor, M.D., of the University of Rochester Medical Center. The Rochester VTEU, in addition to VTEUs in Baltimore...Screening for genital herpes should be targeted
...seases, now available online. Herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) infects more than one-fifth of the United States population, but about 90 percent of those people are unaware that they are infected, since most do not experience any symptoms. In this case, though, ignorance is not bliss--a person infected...Aromatase inhibitors should be first-line treatment for certain type of breast cancer
Women with the type of breast cancer normally treated with tamoxifen could instead benefit from a class of drugs called aromatase inhibitors, conclude authors of a fast-track study published online by THE LANCET. Tamoxifen therapy for five years after surgery is the es...