American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for April 2005 (first issue)
... lung or heart-lung transplantation, investigators revealed a close relationship between graft ischemic time and long-term survival after single or double lung transplantation. (Graft ischemic time was defined as the interval between the application of the aortic cross clamp during donor organ removal and the...Top anti-arthritis drugs cause skin disease
...elongs to the cox-2 inhibitors family, when it was revealed that it poses a significant risk of heart attack and stroke. Similar findings were reported for other cox-2 inhibitors, although they are still on the market. This study shows that another family of anti-arthritis drugs, Tumour Necrosis Factor alpha ...More exhaust inhaled by kids inside school buses than by others in the area, says new UC study
... vehicles on the road, our tracer gas measurements revealed that a significant amount of the pollutants found inside the buses originated from the buses' own exhaust systems, especially when the windows were closed." The experiments included measures of exhaust from neighboring vehicles, but this new analysi...Pezcoller Foundation-AACR International Award for Cancer Research
... research from Cantley's laboratory and others has revealed that PI3K also is a significant factor in insulin signaling and in immune cell signaling. As a result, pharmaceutical intervention in the PI3K pathway is being explored in a variety of diseases, including cancer, diabetes and immune diseases. ...Sex hormones hold key to higher rates of abdominal aortic aneurysms in males
...ecent studies in the Cassis/Daugherty laboratories revealed that removing the male sex hormones reduced the incidence of aneurysms in male mice to the same lower levels seen in the females. In this new study, the researchers found that giving male sex hormones to female mice at the time of the angiotensin inf...Golf-related head injuries in children increasing along with sport's popularity
...ollege of Georgia in Augusta between 1996 and 2002 revealed 64 sports-related injuries, 15 of which were golf-related, says Dr. Scott Y. Rahimi, neurosurgery resident and lead author on the study published in the March issue of Journal of Neurosurgery. Seventeen bicycle-related head injuries during that peri...Study finds that women with PCOS are at increased risk for cardiovascular disease
... alone) for participation and analysis. The study revealed that women with PCOS are nearly two times as likely to have the metabolic syndrome in comparison with women without PCOS in the general population. Women demonstrating characteristics of both PCOS and the metabolic syndrome were found to also have m...OHSU researchers demonstrate how Alzheimer's disease impacts important brain cell function
...Of the seven proteins being studied, data analysis revealed that the presynaptic proteins called synaptophysin and rab 3a and the postsynaptic protein called synaptopodin decreased the most in the brains of Alzheimer's patients. "What this study helps demonstrate is that the decrease of synaptic proteins is ...Exposed: Tobacco companies efforts to influence industry privatisation
... Gilmore comments: "It is evident from the tactics revealed here that countries undertaking tobacco industry privatisation and the organisations advising them need to ensure a transparent process and a truly competitive tender in order to maximise potential revenue gains. To prevent the predicted increase in ...Tissue engineering experts discuss orthopaedics applications
...ay a major role in treating medical conditions was revealed at a recent Tissue Engineering Symposium at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. The symposium, sponsored by Wake Forest Baptist and the International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine, was part of the so...National trial shows older children benefit from treatment for childhood's most common eye disorder
...ived only glasses met the standard. The study also revealed that among children age 13 through 17 years who had not been previously treated for amblyopia, 47 percent of those who were treated with glasses, patching and near activities improved two lines or more compared with only 20 percent of those treated w...Older children can benefit from treatment for childhood's most common eye disorder
...ived only glasses met the standard. The study also revealed that among children age 13 through 17 years who had not been previously treated for amblyopia, 47 percent of those who were treated with glasses, patching and near activities improved two lines or more compared with only 20 percent of those treated w...To boost efficiency, hospitals borrow principles from factory floor
... shocked to see our data," said Lin, "because they revealed the variability among physicians for ordering diff...imulation of patient transport within the hospital revealed that the elevators were a bottleneck. The problem was eliminated easily by dedicating one for patien...Golfers' yips may be movement disorder
...hout yips had evidence for co-contraction. A trend revealed that the five golfers with yips who had co-contractions were older, had higher current and best previous handicaps, and had yips for fewer years than the other five with yips who did not have the co-contractions. There was also a trend for those five...Research urgently needed to treat blood clots in children
...tal and The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, revealed an acute need for more research into diagnosing th...ized pediatric hospitals in Canada between 1991-97 revealed that three per cent of the deaths were attributable to blood clots. "The condition does kill and it ...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for April 2005 (second issue)
...FFERS IN SARS PATIENTS Chinese investigators have revealed that the early presence of interferon-inducible protein 10 (IP-10), an immunoregulatory protein, is a prominent characteristic of the body's immune reaction to the coronavirus that causes severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). The disease itself...Newborn's first week may be critical period for developing obesity in adulthood
...ing the first four months. The current study also revealed an association between rapid weight gain in the first four months (112 days) and being overweight in adulthood. However, the first week of life may be particularly sensitive. Why that first week of life plays such a critical role in affecting lifelon...Findings about anti-cancer agent could make it more effective
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. New research has revealed the power behind an anti-tumor agent being studied in the laboratory. The findings, by scientists at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and the National Cancer Institute, could lead to more effective treatment strategies for cancer. "Our new u...Better referral training for emergency doctors helps improve patient care
...errals, 56% said yes, although further questioning revealed problems had been faced by every doctor interviewed. Some said that specialty doctors appeared to assume EM doctors were 'inferior'. Conclusions from the audit were that A&E doctors were usually young and relatively inexperienced and there could be......hooked the "loops" on the new vessels' cells, they revealed the location of the tumors. Nanoparticles are particularly useful because of their adaptability, according to Lanza, who sees patients at Barnes Jewish Hospital. "We can also make these particles so that they can be seen with nuclear imaging, CT scan...