Exercise shown to have positive effect on cholesterol
...ies of exercise's effects on cholesterol have been unable to find a link because the measurements were based on the standard lipid levels as opposed to the actual cholesterol-carrying particles. "This study had to be done because there was very little scientific information indicating whether or not exercis...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for January (second issue)
... According to researchers, individuals with FD are unable to mount appropriate cardiovascular and other responses to physical stress, including exercise. After evaluating 22 females with the condition (ages 11 to 46), along with 23 matched female controls, using a variety of cardio- respiratory tests, the ...Breast cancer patients suffer through communication failure
...f. It is also possible that stressed patients were unable to process the information they were given, even if it was well delivered. But, it doesn't have to be that way, say the researchers from the Munich Cancer Registry and the medical clinic at Ludwig Maximilians University. Improving communications is r...Internet weight loss program effective among adults at risk for diabetes
...asibility of an online weight loss program, it was unable to pinpoint which component of the online program was most successful. With this study we were able to determine the importance of the therapist, said Tate. The weekly contact with a therapist and the recommendations and support they provided helped ...Looking at pesticide labels through multi-colored glasses
...on pesticides are misused is because customers are unable to follow the instructions. Cultural differences in how one interprets language, color, and symbols may exacerbate the problem. To reduce the possibility of pesticide exposure, two researchers are investigating the use of cultural ergonomics to prev...Increased heart mortality rates linked to lower state subsidies of uninsured in New Jersey
...ncluded other quality-of-care changes that we were unable to measure."...Racial, economic disparities seen in kids' vision care
...blame. They suspect that uninsured families may be unable to pay for appointments with eye specialists and corrective lenses, and that many privately insured families lack specific coverage for basic eye care, making it an out-of-pocket health expense. This is supported by the finding that private insurance...Is a picture worth a thousand words? Not for young children
... said. For one, maybe young children are unable to process visual stimuli such as the pictures in the first experiment. So the researchers repeated the experiment but with no sounds at all -- the children simply had to choose the corre...Single protein is key in response to bacterial, viral infections
...rising observation that mice missing Trif are also unable to respond to the double-stranded RNA produced by most viruses and thus could not fight off viral infections. The scientists inferred that both the bacteria-sensing TLR-4 pathway and the virus-sensing TLR-3 pathway are blocked when Trif is defective....Boy recovering after receiving small bowel transplant
... are suffering from intestinal failure and who are unable to absorb required nutrition through regular digestive processes. To date, intestinal transplants have been performed only at a select number of institutions because few surgeons are qualified and trained to perform them. Intestinal transplants also...Innovations in hearing loss detection & treatment
...be useful in evaluating the complaint of a patient unable to understand speech in a noisy background. With information about the word-recognition performance of patients in background noise, audiologists can optimize the aural rehabilitation strategy concerning counseling and amplification. Repeated exposu...SFVAMC researchers distinguish dementias using brain imaging
Until now, scientists have been unable to distinguish between dementia caused by Alzheimer's disease and that caused by poor blood flow to the brain. But, researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center have now used a combination of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and a related techn...Drug may eliminate transfusions in patients with blood disorder
...erited blood disorder that occurs when a person is unable to produce adequate levels of hemoglobin, the oxygen-carrying component of red blood cells. This genetic disorder probably arose about 6,000 years ago as a partial defense against malaria. The most common treatment for severe forms of beta-thalassem...Babbling key to evaluating speech development in babies with hearing loss
...en may be delayed simply because professionals are unable to recognize the hallmarks of vocal development," he said. "Parents and caregivers also can use the information at this site to monitor how a child is learning to use their cochlear implants or hearing aids." At this Web site, parents and professiona...SHRS researcher receives NIH grant to study communication deficits in stroke patients
... these alternatives suggests that RHD patients are unable to maintain different meanings for words and phrases; the other that RHD patients aren't able to use certain types of reasoning or inferencing processes to determine an intended meaning. In addition, the study will use MRI scans to determine if the l...New model predicts likelihood of prostate cancer prior to biopsy
...than 10 have been made, but to date they have been unable to identify low-risk groups that do not need prostate biopsy. "Our model accurately predicts prostate cancer in men whose PSA level is below 10 ng/ml, a level at which the PSA test can't tell us who doesn't have cancer," Garzotto said. The nomo...Workplace exposure a significant cause of severe respiratory disease
...inated from the survey, as were those unwilling or unable to participate.) More than half of the people with COPD reported that they had been exposed to airborne toxins in the workplace, while only one in three of those free of respiratory disease reported such exposure. Analysis of the results showed that ...Phone support group helps older people with HIV/AIDS develop coping skills, new study finds
... were too geographically remote from or physically unable to drive to standard support groups or counseling services, as well as those who were concerned about confidentiality issues. The telephone is one way to circumvent some or all of those barriers, Heckman said. "Many of our participants noted that the...Organ-transplant patients at particluar risk from low MMR vaccine uptake
...wo children with kidney transplants (and therefore unable to receive the second dose of MMR vaccine), developed complications of measles. Uptake of the MMR vaccine in southeast London is among the lowest in the UK. Just over 60% of children aged 2 years in the boroughs of Lambeth, Southwark, and Lewisham ...Two commonly prescribed diabetes drugs may cause heart failure and fluid buildup
...ked limitation of physical activity; and Class IV, unable to carry on any physical activity without symptoms. Because the mean age of the patients in the study was 69, additional studies need to be undertaken to identify the patient groups at risk for these complications, the researchers noted. "We need fu...