Asthma patients' immune systems respond differently with allergies
...archers from the University of Chihuahua in Mexico report that immune systems of patients with asthma responded differently to a common laboratory challenge, depending on whether their white blood cells had been obtained during a time when they were suffering from common season allergic rhinitis or when the...Many parents fail to set rules to limit children's exposure to tobacco smoke, according to new study
...h income over $41,000 per year were more likely to report having an entirely smoke-free home and to limit exposure outside the home. Exposure to all this secondhand smoke a Class A environmental carcinogen is especially harmful to children, according to the World Health Organization. Higher incidence of ...Autistic children's abnormal metabolic profile findings
...Children's Hospital Research Institute researchers report for the first time that children with autism have a severely abnormal metabolic profile indicating increased vulnerability to oxidative stress. The scientists also identified a significant increase in the frequency of several genetic polymorphisms t...If you fill it, they will slurp, and slurp, and slurp ...
... at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign report dramatic evidence of the importance of visual cues in the control of food intake in the current issue of Obesity Research, a leading nutrition journal. The researchers served a free soup lunch to 54 adults, half of whom ate from normal 18-ounce soup...Study shows light therapy to effectively treat mood disorders, including SAD
... disorder (SAD) and other depressive disorders. A report of the study, which appeared April 1 in the Americ...ht light treatment of non-seasonal depression, the report said. "The effect size of the light therapy intervention in our meta-analysis was comparable to wha...Cognitive therapy works as well as antidepressants, but with lasting effect after therapy ends
... as antidepressants, according to an authoritative report appearing today in the Archives of General Psychiatry. The study, conducted by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and Vanderbilt University, challenges the American Psychiatric Association's guidelines that antidepressant medications are ...Consumers not getting accurate information about smokeless tobacco
...dicine and School of Public Health, and colleagues report that the public is unlikely to find accurate information on the comparative risks of smokeless tobacco and cigarettes, leading to misconceptions amongst consumers. Phillips notes, "smokers can dramatically cut their risks by switching to smokeless t...ACP guidelines to treat obesity cover diet, exercise, drugs and surgery
...aid Snow. ACP based its guidelines on an evidence report and background papers funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The guidelines were developed by ACP's Clinical Efficacy Assessment Subcommittee and were passed by the ACP Board of Regents in October 2004....Sex hormones hold key to higher rates of abdominal aortic aneurysms in males
...wn. Researchers at the University of Kentucky now report evidence that the answer lies in male sex hormones. They found that removing circulating androgens, including testosterone and dihydrotestosterone, from male mice lowers their risk of aneurysm to that of females, while giving females these same male ...Studies examine menopausal hormone therapy and risk of breast cancer recurrence
...n, and the Stockholm Breast Cancer Study Group now report the results of the Stockholm trial, in which 378 breast cancer patients were randomly assigned to receive either menopausal hormone therapy for 5 years or no treatment. The trial was similar to the HABITS trial but used a hormone therapy regimen that...Asthmatics naturally deficient in antiviral immunity, report scientists
...ege London, and St Mary's Hospital, and one of the report authors, comments: "The discovery that asthmatics ... from the University of Southampton and one of the report authors adds: "We are all very excited about this discovery because it identifies a new way of treat...Study finds that women with PCOS are at increased risk for cardiovascular disease
...lished by The Endocrine Society. The findings also report that the metabolic syndrome is more prevalent in women with PCOS, and that women with both conditions would exhibit more hormonal and menstrual cycle irregularity than women with PCOS only. It is estimated that five to 10 percent of reproductive ag...People with peanut allergy at risk of allergic reaction to lupin flour
A report in this week's issue of THE LANCET concludes that ...fically tested to see if they are susceptible. The report details the case of a 25-year-old woman who, in August 2004, had an allergic reaction after eating a...IOM report should end nevirapine controversy, HIVMA says
...arch conducted under NIH's auspices. We hope this report will help to reassure the developing world about the good intentions of AIDS researchers."...Competition in health care may not result in better quality
...ems is that even HMOs are not required to publicly report or disclose their results on the HEDIS and CAHPS m... available," Scanlon says. "Therefore, health plan report cards should list those plans that don't make public disclosures." For-profit plans performed simila...Institute of Medicine news: Review of HIVNET 012 study
... found that the trial researchers either failed to report or mistakenly reported the deaths of any of the in...her concurrent health problems in Uganda. The IOM report finds that the investigators' use of a narrow interpretation was reasonable, but it means that other...Liver may be source of 'good' cholesterol
... University School of Medicine and colleagues will report on a project that used gene-targeting in mice to simulate a rare disease in people Tangier disease. People with this genetic disease produce virtually no "good" cholesterol. "In studies of mice, we provided the first definitive proof that the liver...Neurology Now magazine launches at AAN meeting
...as developed in response to this need, and it will report on the latest advances in research and treatment in easy-to-read language. Each quarterly issue will highlight the latest advances in neurology research and treatment. Articles will provide tips for living and coping with disorders including Alzheime...Certain weight control behaviors may precipitate obesity among adolescent girls
...et of obesity, possibly because people tend not to report these behaviors very accurately, noted the authors. Furthermore, said Dr. Stice, "we know from tightly controlled experiments with humans and other animals that eating bad foods, eating sporadically and not exercising is associated with weight proble...Fifteen-year hunt uncovers gene behind 'pseudothalidomide' syndrome
...or Health Research and Development. Authors on the report are Hugo Vega, of the Institute of Genetics at the National University of Colombia, Bogot; Norio Sakai, Chengzhe Xu, Keiichi Ozono and Koji Inui of Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine; Quinten Waisfisz, Djoke van Gosliga and Hans Joenje of V...