Conventional prognostic factors fail to explain better prostate cancer survival in most Asian men
...eptember 15, 2007 issue of CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study showed that compared to white men, most Asian ethnic groups except South Asians paradoxically have better outcomes despite having worse prognostic profiles at the time of diagnosis. The study is the first to...Survival differences by race most apparent in advanced stages of breast cancer
...eptember 15, 2007 issue of CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, a retrospective analysis of survival data demonstrates that within each stage, African American women had larger tumors and were more likely to have disease that had spread to nearby lymph nodes. After controlling for ...Using coxibs and NSAIDs to treat osteoarthritis
...an Editorial, to be published in the international journal Osteoarthritis and Cartilage ( http://intl.elsevierhealth.com/journals/joca/ ), published by Elsevier, a panel of arthritis research experts has recommended that coxibs and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) must remain a significant part ...New treatment boosts muscle function in myasthenia gravis
...e August 14, 2007, issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The drug, oral EN101antisense, inhibits the production of acetylcholine esterase, which is an important enzyme in the function of the neuromuscular junction, where nerves connect with muscles. Antisense is a...News briefs from the journal Chest, August 2007
...rs in the August issue of CHEST, the peer-reviewed journal of the American College of Chest Physicians. Wh...rs in the August issue of CHEST, the peer-reviewed journal of the American College of Chest Physicians. Gender Difference in CT-Measured Emphysema Identifie...Study says COPD testing is not measuring up
...rs in the August issue of CHEST, the peer-reviewed journal of the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) and reports that only one-third of patients with a COPD diagnosis ever received spirometry testing. Without proper testing, both underdiagnosis and misdiagnosis may occur, which can lead to improp...Regulator of lipid metabolism ensures high quality breast milk
...ublished their findings in the August issue of the journal Genes & Development. They hope that a better understanding of PPAR could help explain the role lipids and inflammation play in hair loss and other skin disorders and facilitate the development of new treatments for these diseases. PPAR acts as a ge...Grandparents, older adults encouraged to seek help for a sleep disorder
... several studies published in recent issues of the journal SLEEP have some interesting findings about older persons and sleep: The effects of insomnia are different in older and younger people. While associations between insomnia and separated, divorced or widowed marital status were strongest in you...Stomach cancer rate set to fall further 25 percent over next decade
...indicates research published ahead of print in the journal Gut. Stomach cancer is the fourth most common cancer, and the second leading cause of cancer related death, in the world. The findings are based on the long term monitoring of the three types of cell changes indicative of subsequent stomach cance...Drug for cluster headaches may cause heart problems
...e August 14, 2007, issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Those taking the drug verapamil for cluster headaches should be closely monitored with frequent electrocardiograms (EKGs) for potential development of irregular heartbeats. Cluster headache is a rare, severe fo...Penn study finds pro-death proteins required to regulate healthy immune function
... division. The results, published online in the journal Immunity, bolster the teams hypothesis that metabolic cell activity directly controls life and death decisions in cells. This issue also includes a related commentary by the studys lead author, Russell Jones, PhD, and senior author Craig B. Thompson,...Pathway links inflammation, angiogenesis and breast cancer
... Cancer Center report in the August edition of the journal Cell. "This is a completely new pathway for inflammation-induced cancer and may provide new targets for clinical intervention," senior author Mien-Chie Hung, Ph.D., professor and chair of M. D. Anderson's Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncolo...Some women benefit more from exercise when emphasis is on health, not appearance
...he study's results appear in a recent issue of the journal Psychology of Sport and Exercise. Focht conducted the study with Thomas Raedeke and Donna Scales, both researchers at East Carolina University, in Greenville, N.C. All women enrolled in a required physical activity course at the university answered...NIH scientists target future pandemic strains of H5N1 avian influenza
...m is reporting in the August 10, 2007 issue of the journal Science that they have developed a strategy to generate vaccines and therapeutic antibodies that could target predicted H5N1 mutants before these viruses evolve naturally. This advance was made possible by creating mutations in the region of the H5N1...Diet foods for children may lead to obesity
...e research will be published today in the academic journal Obesity. "Based on what we've learned, it is better for children to eat healthy, well-balanced diets with sufficient calories for their daily activities rather than low-calorie snacks or meals," said Dr. David Pierce, a University of Alberta sociol...Not all 'drug-related deaths' are 'drug-related'
...Teams, a study published in the online open access journal Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention and Policy suggests. DRDs are currently used to help evaluate the success of Drug and Alcohol Action Teams in England and Wales, but the term's exact meaning varies according to European and national definition...Parents' depression can weigh on children
... UF researchers report in the current issue of the journal Obesity. Understanding more about factors that affect an overweight childs well-being could help health-care professionals better treat these kids, said David Janicke, a UF assistant professor of clinical and health psychology in the College of Pu...Electrical implant steadies balance disorder in animals
... In their report in the June 2007 edition of the journal I.E.E.E. Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, the Hopkins team showed that a matchbox-size prototype device, weighing less than 3 ounces, effectively mimics the workings of the inner ears three semicircular canals by sensing head rotation and tran...Sports concussion research using fMRI provides insight for safe return-to-play decisions
... peer-reviewed journal, Neurosurgery, the official journal of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. We found that abnormal brain activity in children and adolescents on functional MRI (fMRI) was clearly related to their performance on neuropsychological tests of attention and memory and to their report of......he August 7, 2007, issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The study found that women age 65 and older who drank more than three cups of coffee (or the equivalent in tea) per day had less decline over time on tests of memory than women who drank one cup or less of cof...