RAND finds cases of undiagnosed diabetes drop sharply
...know they had the disease, in contrast to 25 years ago when about half of the men with diabetes were undiagnosed. Ethnic disparities among those with undiagnosed diabetes essentially disappeared during the same period, a sign that diabetes programs targeting minority groups have encouraged more people ...Draining away brain's toxic protein to stop Alzheimer's
...oid-beta in the brain. It was more than a decade ago that Zlokovic first identified LRP, a molecule that acts like an escort service in the brain, shuttling amyloid-beta out of the brain and into the body. The amyloid plaques that speckle the brains of Alzheimers patients are a hallmark of the disease,...The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation invests in gastroenterology's future
... program was created by the AGA more than a decade ago to stimulate interest in gastroenterological (GI) research careers in high school, college and medical school students. Youth are the future of scientific research, noted Sidney Cohen, MD, AGAF, Chairman of the Foundation. Our Foundation has recog...UD scientists invent novel hydrogels for repairing, regenerating human tissue
...ing peptide that the scientists designed six years ago and named after Pochan's son, Max. Peptides are short chains of amino acids, the building blocks of proteins. Different amino acids are bonded together to form chains, which then fold up into more compact shapes with specific functions. The peptid...Sleep Slide-Rule improves children's understanding of the importance of sleep
...lth. "Children sleep less than they did 20 years ago and substantially less than 50 years ago. We know sleep is important for health and learning, but the importance of sleep and how to maintain healthy sleep habits has disappeared from our consciousness," said Lushington. "We teach our children about...MU researchers find mechanisms that may unlock answers to Alzheimer's disease
...e disease was first discovered more than 100 years ago by a German physician, Dr. Alois Alzheimer, when he diagnosed a patient who died of a dementia-type illness at age 55. ...Research shows survival benefit for leukemia patients treated with arsenic trioxide
...he Food and Drug Administration nearly seven years ago for use in patients with APL who had not responded to, or had stopped responding to, standard first-line therapy. Approximately 81 percent of patients with APL who received arsenic trioxide were alive and remained in remission -- free of leukemia...Dasatinib shows high early response rate as first treatment for chronic myelogenous leukemia
...ed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration a year ago for use by patients whose disease is unresponsive to or becomes resistant to the front-line therapy imatinib. Both drugs bind to and block a genetically flawed protein known as BCR-ABL, which causes the disease. Atallah explains that dasatinib binds ...Medical, high-energy physicists collaborate to improve PET scans
...e D and Frisch had worked together almost 20 years ago to develop an instrument for the ill-fated Superconducting Supercollider. Nevertheless, "It was a complete surprise to find out that we were thinking along absolutely parallel lines," Frisch said of the ideas that Le D presented in his talk. Scient...Asthmatx completes enrollment in pivotal study of bronchial thermoplasty
...e year. "We treated the first patient five years ago and have participated in each of the four clinical studies of the Alair System. Our experience suggests that the Bronchial Thermoplasty procedure is quite well-tolerated, and that it may hold considerable promise for patients with severe asthma," s...25,000 needless deaths each year due to failure to tackle blood clots in hospital
.... The Health Select Committee's report two years ago provided an opportunity to change practice, say the authors. Meanwhile, 25,000 people may have died needlessly each year because of the failure to implement simple thromboprophylaxis in UK hospitals, they conclude....Treatment of kidney condition requires an individualized approach
...Netherlands develop the disease. Up until 40 years ago patients died from lupus nephritis. Since then various treatment methods have been sought to suppress the inflammation in the kidney. To date no thorough research into the differences between these methods had been carried out....$10M grant to VCU to develop new cancer treatments
... second from now rather than where it was a second ago as we deliver radiation." One of the technologies being adopted for the project functions much like a Global Positioning System and will be implanted in tumors to provide real-time feedback to scientists. The information on tumor movement will be up...UW study tests topical honey as a treatment for diabetic ulcers
... first successfully used honey therapy a few years ago with a patient who was facing amputation after all medical options had been exhausted. Experts believe that treating wounds with honey has tremendous potential for the approximately 200 million people in the world with diabetes, 15 percent of whom...20-year study shows significant rise in childhood obesity, especially among girls
...ndex (BMI) of more than 30 than they were 20 years ago and ten-year-olds are five times more likely, according to research published in the April issue of Acta Paediactrica. Swedish researchers who studied BMI figures for more than a thousand children over two decades discovered that obesity levels had...Patient adherence for successful tuberculosis treatment
...gainst 18 months to 2 years still only a few years ago has proved efficient in 95 % of cases. However, this efficacy is called into question by the low adherence of patients to treatment, particularly in the most deprived areas, which are often indeed the worst hit by the disease. In spite of the WHO re...Forsyth scientists wiping out tooth decay through school-based cavities prevention program
...entistry at The Forsyth Institute. "Just two weeks ago we saw a terrible tragedy in the national news about a tooth infection that led to the untimely death of a 12-year old boy, who like thousands of other children, did not have access to dental care. Through programs like the ForsythKids we can elimina...MIT brace aids stroke recovery
...n--even people who have experienced a stroke years ago may be able to use the device to regain mobility. "This brace will allow people who have suffered from neurological trauma to rebuild strength, rehabilitate and gain independence," said Woodie Flowers, Pappalardo Professor of Mechanical Engineerin...IceSAR campaign provides glimpse of future Sentinel-1 images over ice
...polarisation C-band images we collected a few days ago and closely mimic those of the future Sentinel-1 mission show an amazing variety of different ice floes. The different shapes and sizes are clearly distinguished in the images because of their texture, and using both polarisations at the same time th...Mercury contamination of fish warrants worldwide public warning
...ay than before the Industrial Revolution 200 years ago as a result of the increasing use of mercury and industrial emissions. The uncontrolled use of mercury in small-scale gold mining is contaminating thousands of sites around the world, posing long-term health risks to an estimated 50 million inhabita...