Progenitor cells predict heart disease severity
...lined by 20 percent." While the EPC levels did not vary significantly by age, gender or other risk factors, the researchers found that the levels were lower for diabetics (19 CFU vs. 36 CFU) and for patients who had suffered a recent heart attack (23 CFU vs. 34 CFU). "These findings demonstrate a strong i......dies have suggested that the Vd for some drugs can vary fivefold or more between different individuals, and the results also depend on when the drug was administered. So the technique is approximate, at best, even in the living. But Derrick Pounder at the University of Dundee, UK, another member of the co...Blood test heralds speedy stroke diagnoses
...g a stroke is often difficult because the symptoms vary widely and resemble those of various other conditions. CT scans are good at spotting bleeds, but far less reliable at picking up the early stages of strokes caused by clots. "The lack of a rapid diagnostic for stroke is a huge problem," says Daniel L...New study reveals big disparity between countries in breast conservation rates
...he rates of conservation surgery for breast cancer vary hugely between countries, delegates at the 4th European Breast Cancer Conference heard today (Friday 19 March). In France 72% of patients had breast conservation surgery but in Poland it was only 2%. The figures come from an analysis of surgical tech...Excess body weight linked to formation of uric acid kidney stones, UT Southwestern researchers find
...ne patients in Dallas and Chicago. Results did not vary between men and women, nor for patients who restricted the types of foods eaten. "Larger people have very acidic urine even when they control their diets," said Dr. Sakhaee, professor of internal medicine at UT Southwestern. "Other studies we have do...Other highlights in the April 7 JNCI
...y and the subsequent decline following therapy can vary among patients. Anthony V. D'Amico, M.D., Ph.D., and colleagues from the Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, evaluated whether PSA response--the ratio of the rate of PSA change after salvage hormonal therapy to the rate of PSA change before salvage...Study evaluates various strategies for diagnosis and treatment of sore throat
...ines for management of a sore throat (pharyngitis) vary in their recommendations concerning antibiotic treatment and the need for laboratory confirmation of group A streptococcus (GAS, "strep throat"). An estimated 6.7 million health care visits are made by adults with a sore throat in the United States a...Time-reversal acoustics research promises medical breakthroughs
... the body is not homogenous tissues, fat and bone vary in density so most ultrasound signals become distorted. The beauty of time-reversal acoustics (TRA), however, is that the technology works even more precisely in an environment that has lots of ultrasound-distorting obstacles. Difficult environments...Leading causes of blindness for blacks and whites different
...es of visual impairment, and especially blindness, vary greatly by race/ethnicity. The prevalence of visual disabilities will increase markedly during the next 20 years, owing largely to the aging of the U.S. population."...Proven at last - alcohol consumption increases risk of gout
...suggest that certain non-alcoholic components that vary across these alcoholic beverages play an important role in the incidence of gout. One candidate for this non-alcoholic component is the variation in purine contents among the individual alcoholic beverages. Beer is the only alcoholic beverage acknowl...Cholesterol levels fluctuate with the seasons
CHICAGO Cholesterol levels vary with the seasons, reaching their highest levels in the winter months, according to an article in the April 26 issue of The Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. According to the article, a variety of studies have suggested...Serious allergic reactions in cancer patients call for expert nursing intervention
...ce of reporting symptoms. Signs of a reaction may vary from mild to severe and may include itching, wheezing, changes in blood pressure and heart rate, chest or back pain and loss of consciousness. Severe reactions can cause potentially life-threatening symptoms such as hypotension, bronchospasm and lar...Controlling pain with your brain
...n the scanner for the eight volunteers to learn to vary the brain activity level, and thus to develop some control over their pain sensations, the researchers reported at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society meeting in San Francisco last week. The effect seemed to last beyond the sessions in the scanner, a...Malaria: Plasmodium togetherness a strategy for breeding success
...istribution in the mosquito stomach. Their numbers vary between the different blood meals taken on the same volunteer, a feature previously observed in the case of large parasites (macroparasites), such as microfilariae (250 microns). The IRD team is researching Plasmodium biology and the modes of transmi...Researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist use Botox to treat CP
...hree to six months as the toxin wears off. Results vary from patient to patient depending on the severity of the disease. In addition, many of the children need fewer shots over time, are able to lengthen the time between injections, and even stop the injections completely, Koman said. "Many of our pati...It's a gamble: Dopamine levels tied to uncertainty of rewards
...have discovered that dopamine levels in our brains vary the most in situations where we are unsure if we are going to be rewarded, such as when we are gambling or playing the lottery. The research results, "Dopamine Transmission in the Human Striatum during Monetary Reward Tasks," were published online A...Aspirin use associated with reduced risk of breast cancer
...ther NSAIDs to protect against breast cancer could vary according to hormone receptor status. Mary Beth Terry, Ph.D., of Columbia University, New York, and colleagues conducted a study to determine the association between the frequency and duration of use of aspirin and other NSAIDs and breast cancer risk...Chronic care medicine: Physicians say 'help!'
...howed that medical school course directors greatly vary in their teaching of caring for the chronically ill....Soya foods may help to reduce cancer of the womb
...mong overweight women. Rates of endometrial cancer vary more than 10-fold worldwide. Asian women have a lower incidence of endometrial cancer and eat more soya food than their Western counterparts. These findings suggest that dietary factors may play an important role in this international variation, say ...UW to lead most comprehensive study of air pollution and cardiovascular disease
... Kaufman said. In fact, that's not true. Exposures vary within a metropolitan area. Pollution varies in a community depending on such variables as wind direction, geographic features and proximity to highways or other sources of pollution. The study will use existing air quality monitors in the cities und...