Rush designated Center of Excellence by Huntington's Disease Society of America
... Disease typically begins in mid-life, between the ages of 30 and 50. Each child of an affected parent has a 50 percent risk for inheriting the disease. There is no effective treatment or cure for this fatal illness that affects 30,000 Americans and places another 200,000 at risk. In addition to Rush, the...Breast-cancer risk linked to exposure to traffic emissions at menarche, first birth
...B) study. All participants were women between the ages of 35 and 79 who lived in Erie or Niagara counties at the time of data collection. Women with primary, histologically confirmed breast cancer served as cases. Controls were randomly selected and matched to cases on age, race and county of residence...Perceived discrimination linked to coronary artery calcification
...k. The study included 181 African-American women, ages 45 to 58, from the Chicago, and Pittsburgh, Pa., areas. The women answered a nine-item Everyday Discrimination Questionnaire regarding their experience of discrimination and the results were averaged over a four-year period. Coronary artery calcifi...All low-fat diets are not equal, Stanford study shows
...The randomized clinical trial included 120 adults, ages 30 to 65. All were members of the target population for food-based approaches to lowering cholesterol: They had moderately high LDL levels, between 130 and 190 mg/dL. Researchers randomly divided the outpatients into two diners' groups: 61 ate the c...Obesity spreading out to all income levels
...1-74 and 2001-02. It included data from Americans ages 20 years and older in five surveys, and defined obesity as a body mass index, derived from a formula that accounts for height and weight, of 30 or above. Researchers used a mobile van to reach the neighborhoods to measure individuals' heights and we...Low-dose MDCT 'better option' than x-rays for imaging children's sinuses
...five years of age, and 30% in children between the ages of five and 12 years. "About 5 to 13% of these upper respiratory infections are complicated by sinusitis, so it is a common problem with children," said Tom Mulkens, MD, lead author of the study. According to the guidelines of the American College of...FDA approves Boostrix a new US vaccine for adolescents against pertussis
...s projected that vaccination of people in the U.S. ages 10-19 during a 10-year period would prevent up to 1.8 million cases of pertussis and save as much as $1.6 billion in direct and indirect costs. About Diphtheria and Tetanus Diphtheria is a serious disease that results in the death of approximately ...Exercise in cold water may increase appetite, UF study finds
...ter of 91.4 degrees Fahrenheit. The same students, ages 21 to 31, also spent 45 minutes resting. The study found the students used a similar amount of energy during the exercises, 517 calories in the cold water and 505 in the warm water. Students expended 123 calories while resting. After each exercis...Medication combined with behavior therapy works best for ADHD children, study finds
...H patch in 2006. Twenty-seven children with ADHD, ages 6 to 12, participated in the study, conducted at the University at Buffalo's Summer Treatment Program for children with ADHD. Pelham and co-researchers assessed the effects of behavior modification, the MPH patch and a placebo on the children in cla...Autism conference reports advances in early diagnosis, role of immune system and more
...linical practice, which diagnoses children between ages three and four. Immune System Although autism is considered a disorder of the brain, emerging evidence indicates that it may be a disorder of the immune system as well. For instance, a study by Judy Van de Water at the UC Davis Center for Child...Marijuana withdrawal reported by teens seeking treatment
...rticipants in the study were heavy marijuana users ages 14 to 19, who were primarily male Caucasians, and who completed study questionnaires. Nearly two-thirds of the participants reported experiencing four or more symptoms of marijuana withdrawal, including anxiety, aggression, and irritability. More tha...Study suggests antibiotic may limit or prevent vision problems caused by diabetes
...s that is the leading cause of blindness in people ages 20 to 74. The team found that minocycline, often used to treat acne, limits by about 50 percent the retinal damage caused by microglia. Microglia are cells that act as the "cleanup crew" for the Central Nervous System (CNS). They destroy damaged cell...Asymptomatic HIV-infected newborns may benefit from early drug treatment, Stanford study shows
...kinds of treatment the children were given and the ages when they started treatment." The researchers divided the HIV-infected newborns into three groups: those born from 1988 to 1991, from 1992 to 1995 and from 1996 to 2001 based on the types of therapy available in those years. Members of the early grou...Children with high blood lead levels often do not receive follow-up tests
...ollow-up testing done. The study included children ages six years or younger who had a screening blood lead level of at least 10 g/dL (micrograms per deciliter) between January 1, 2002 and June 30, 2003. The researchers determined that follow-up testing had taken place if it was performed within 180 days ...OHSU study says national injury prevention program working
...und ThinkFirst Oregon, fatal crashes among drivers ages 15 to 19 dropped 30.6 percent between 1998 and 200..., more than half of those with spinal injuries are ages 16 to 30, and most are male. Total cost: $9.7 billion. The researchers reviewed evaluations of Think...Barriers prevent many Hispanics from participating in research studies
...nt at the U-M Medical School, studied 14 residents ages 60-91 in Chicago. He interviewed them and gave them a questionnaire written in Spanish. Many participants said they would be willing to be a part of studies about topics such as hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, cancer and dementia. One of the ...High overnight blood pressure linked to increased blood sugar levels
...re," Montero says. Researchers studied 51 patients ages 60 to 80 who have high blood pressure, or hypertension. Of those, 20 were non-dippers, whose blood pressure does not drop by 10 percent at night. Most people in the general population are "dippers," but it is common for people with hypertension to be...Surgery to treat vocal-cord spasms shows high success rate
...fferent people." Typically appearing between the ages of 30 and 50, spasmodic dysphonia at first sounds like laryngitis, or a scratchy throat. As the disorder worsens, patients are rendered nearly mute and left with a half-broken voice. Many listeners mistake the disorder for stuttering, a contagious ...Study finds prostate cancer in 25% of high-risk men with 'normal' PSA levels
...ily history of prostate cancer who are between the ages of 35 and 69 are eligible to enroll in the Prostate Cancer Risk Assessment Program. Caucasian men testing positive for the BRAC1 gene are also eligible. "Our study criteria dictated that men with an abnormal digital rectal exam and a PSA level betwe...Investigating the appropriateness of current alcohol-use disorder criteria for adolescents
...hol use - increasing use with increasing age up to ages 21-22, followed by lower use with increasing among respondents aged 23 years and older. The lower proportion of adolescents endorsing these criteria, when compared to younger adults, is consistent with the higher proportions of non-drinkers among ado...