OHSU researchers help develop portable device to assist those combating balance disorders
...associated with a reoccurring viral infection that affected his inner ear. "It's as if my body isn't as fast as it used to be in providing feedback about my balance," explained Kawabata. "While maintaining balance is an automatic function for others, for me, some tasks require active thought about balance. Du...Queensland to be hub of Australasian kidney network
...s and transplants." Dr Hawley said kidney disease affected one in seven Australian adults, with 1.7 million people with moderate to severe chronic kidney disease. Other UQ researchers involved in the Network include Elaine Beller from the School of Population Health and Professors David Johnson and Wendy Ho...Golfers with low-back pain may be helped by University of Pittsburgh research
...ssues related to low-back pain or injury that have affected their ability to continue enjoying the game of golf," said principal investigator Yung-Shen Tsai, Ph.D., P.T., of the University of Pittsburgh Neuromuscular Research Laboratory (NMRL), where the study was conducted. "The results of this study are bei...The XXth Congress of the International Society on Thrombosis & Haemostasis
...ll and gene therapy) and management of Australians affected by: Bleeding disorders Clotting disorders Stroke Heart disease Cancer Obstetric disorders The latest updates on PREGNANCY outcomes and for people taking preventive medication such as ASPIRIN, ANTI-COAGULANTS (such as warfarin) and ANTI-OXIDANTS, ...The Cochrane Library newsletter, 2005, issue 3
...on intensive metformin were also less likely to be affected by stroke, heart attacks, and are less likely to die. The authors could not compare metformin with newer drugs, because trials of more recently available drugs such as new sulphonylureas, thiazolidinediones, meglitinides and alpha glucosidase inhibit...Government policy changes lead to dramatic drop in heart disease deaths in Poland
... and animal sources. Researchers examined how this affected diet in the general population, and whether there were any changes to death rates from heart disease. The study found that by 2002, deaths from coronary heart disease had dropped by over a third in the 45-64 age group - a 38% drop for men and 42% for...FDA approved ROZEREM (ramelteon)
...late September. "People with insomnia are not only affected by their sleeplessness at night; insomnia's impact is also in how they feel and function the next day," said Thomas Roth, Ph.D., director of the Sleep Disorders and Research Center, Detroit, Mich. "Current therapies often used for insomnia work by b...Statin therapy may lower mortality in heart failure patients
... after adjusting for other factors that could have affected the results, such as hypertension or cardiovascular disease, the heart failure patients on statins still fared better. Little writes that the improved survival rates in the study might be due to the known beneficial effects of statins in patients wi...Mental health following stroke, spinal cord injury; sensory evaluation tools
...havior patterns indicate that learned nonuse of an affected limb does not exist in social isolation and that p...e of any improvement against the costs of using an affected limb that is still not fully functional. These patterns of social interaction that occur during ther...University of Newcastle upon Tyne to lead UK Stroke Research Network
... the Network is an exciting development for people affected by stroke. It will allow more stroke patients to participate in high quality research studies across the UK. This will increase and accelerate the development of new treatments to benefit the 150,000 people that have a stroke in the UK each year. The...Anti-inflammatory function of Alzheimer's disease drugs revealed
...eaking and comprehending, eating and sleeping. The affected person can even forget his name and identity. The medicines administered today to Alzheimer's Disease patients focus on preventing the breakdown of acetylcholine, a chemical produced by brain cells which transmits information within the brain and is ...Black people more likely to survive a stroke than white people
... after adjusting for several factors that may have affected the results, such as age and socioeconomic status. Older black people in particular (75 and over) had a substantial survival advantage over similar white people. Current smoking, untreated atrial fibrillation (irregular heart rhythm) and diabetes, t...Early warning signs of Alzheimer's show up across cognitive areas years before official diagnosis
...s that multiple brain structures and functions are affected long before the AD diagnosis. They remind readers that the deficits seen in preclinical AD mirror quite closely those seen in normal aging, such as impairments in episodic memory, executive functioning, and cognitive speed. Still, says lead author ...Prenatal exposure to famine increases risk of schizophrenia
...mined in the Wuhu region of Anhui, one of the most affected provinces. Rates were compared among those born before, during, and after the famine years. All psychiatric case records for the years 1971 through 2001 were examined, and clinical and sociodemographic information on patients with schizophrenia was e...Envisat monitoring China floods as part of Dragon Programme
...on to give the authorities a way to swiftly assess affected areas and plan their responses. Summer flooding is... June came a major flood of the Xijiang River that affected the town of Wuzhou in Guangxi Province. At that time both the Chinese and European teams were away a...Why don't some patients take their medicines?
...ost. Among people with incomes under $10,000, cost affected adherence to drugs only among those with low physician trust. Patients who reported experiencing symptoms of depression on a standardized scale were twice as likely to skip medicines due to cost as patients without depression. And patients who repor...Tsunami raises questions about disaster mental health, Science reports
...town on the east coast of Sri Lanka that was badly affected by the tsunami. The zone near the beach was once h...rovements in the mental health care systems in the affected countries. One of the most interesting surprises in your story was the suggestion that while millio...New drug reverses effects of sleep deprivation on brain
...rain arousal, but increased the ability of certain affected areas to become active in a normal, non-sleep-deprived manner." The drug, known as an ampakine, is designed to target AMPA receptors that are located throughout the brain. These receptors are part of the cellular communication process that involves t...Vitamin D, NSAIDS provide double whammy against prostate cancer, Stanford study finds
...itriol. The researchers discovered that two of the affected genes are critical in the production and breakdown of prostaglandins - hormones that cause a range of physiological effects, including inflammation. Inflammation, in turn, is also associated with cancer growth. Like calcitriol, NSAIDs also block pros......rce estimates that the numbers of children already affected by frank type 2 diabetes are 210,000. Preliminary estimates of the numbers at risk for obesity associated disease among EU children Hypertension 520,000 High triglycerides 830,000 High cholesterol 900,000 High LDL cholesterol 900,000 Low HDL c...