New findings help explain how brain pathways control body weight
...control, an endeavor that began more than a decade ago with the identification of the leptin hormone and which has been growing steadily ever since. "Maintaining a stable body weight is a delicate balancing act between the amount of food eaten versus the number of calories burned," says Bradford B. Lowel...... in Medicine went to the scientists who some years ago demonstrated that stomach ulcers are almost always caused by H. pylori infection, and that a course of antibiotics could cure most of them. "The indicators of bacterial infection and gastritis were significantly reduced in the group that ate broccoli...Which drugs should health plans cover?
...isks and benefits of these drugs and decided years ago not to include them in their formularies," said Mora. "The principles we present can help organizations make these kinds of sound decisions in the interest of patient safety." 2. Give more weight to real health outcomes than changes in risk factors. ...... The root of clinicians' concerns began five years ago when studies revealed that suppressing hormones in prostate tumors destroys tiny blood vessels that carry oxygen to cells within the tumor. But oxygen also plays a critical role in biochemical pathways that help radiation kill cancer cells by immobil...Innovate or perish? Helping developing countries fight neglected diseases
...Korea adopted a Bayh-Dole type of policy some time ago and it seems to work quite well." In 1954, Korea was one of the two poorest countries in the world. Now, Korea is a high middle-income country with membership in OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) and a per capita gross dome...Assessing the impact of breast cancer
...Paleg was diagnosed with breast cancer eight years ago and was convinced she would die. "I had eight-month old twins and a five-year-old, I was terrified that I would not be there to see them grow up. That lasted for two days, then I thought there may be more I could do," she said. "I called my acupunctu...Leading pediatricians group recommends infants sleep in cribs, not parents' beds
...ildren's Hospital. "The recommendation five years ago said that in some circumstances, allowing a baby to sleep in an adult bed can be dangerous. This one said you shouldn't do it. It's a gutsy type of statement," he said. Kemp's research, published in the October 2003 issue of Pediatrics, found that ba...OHSU studies program that converts patient wishes into medical orders
...go; Wisconsin, which initiated the program 8 years ago in some regions of the state; and West Virginia, which launched a statewide program similar to POLST 3 years ago. The researchers will work closely with nursing homes and long-term care advocacy groups in each state to assess: The extent of use of...Scientists pinpoint inflammation gene
... about SEPS1 are built upon a discovery five years ago by ChemGenex Pharmaceuticals. The company was studying the desert sand rat, an animal that, like humans, has certain individuals with a greater propensity than others for obesity and diabetes, as well as the inflammation associated with those condit...New book explains age-old mystery of geometrical illusions
...r, we began worrying about it seven or eight years ago because the physiology and anatomy people had described didn't explain what we end up seeing. There was no instance, even in the simplest aspects of vision, where the properties of visual neurons in the brain explain the brightness, colors or forms t...Newly discovered gene may predict aggressive ovarian cancer
...er cell lines using a method developed three years ago with their Johns Hopkins colleague, Victor Velculescu, M.D., Ph.D. The search tool digitizes genetic code and pinpoints abnormalities within precise regions of the DNA, much the way global mapping tools zoom in on specific addresses. According to ...Research offers new approach to developing treatments for cocaine and amphetamine addiction
... and amphetamine drug addiction more than 10 years ago after Dr. Couceyro and colleagues discovered the gene for these neuropeptides. Cocaine and amphetamine were found to increase CART gene activity within a brain area associated with addiction. The brain contains two different sized CART peptides and t...CryoSat launch will be blast from the Cold War past
...S-19 two-stage rocket, first assembled two decades ago to serve as a weapon of nuclear war. ESA satellites have flown from Russia's Plesetsk Cosmodrome before (as well as the Russian-operated Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan) but this will be the first time one will be launched by Rockot a design that ...Mars breaks new ground in heart health with Cocoavia
...aVia TM granola-based snack bars nearly two years ago and sold the product exclusively on the Internet. Now a full line of CocoaVia TM products including new chocolate bars (original, crispy and blueberry & almond) and chocolate-covered almonds will be available at retail beginning in October. Pre-or...Olive oil contains natural anti-inflammatory agent
... and furthers the idea originally proposed decades ago by Fischer that a compound's orosensory qualities might reflect its pharmacological potency."...Cancer quest boosted by renewal
...t forty years. Even more dramatically, fifty years ago childhood leukaemia was almost certainly a death sentence. Yet today, the five-year survival rate for children is beyond 70%. Outlining the Centre's research, Professor Adams says, "Our bodies make billions of blood cells every day. To make room, bi...Camera-guided colon surgery works best for most patients, study confirms
...ing with the laparoscopic approach even five years ago and compare it to what they can do today, there's a world of difference, in terms of the speed of the operation, the outcomes and the quality," says Stamos. Why patients who receive laparoscopic surgery rather than conventional surgery do better is n...Despite conflicting studies on obesity, most Americans think the problem remains serious
.... In addition, they are no less likely than a year ago to be keeping track of calories, fat content, or the amount of carbohydrates they eat. Three-fourths of Americans rate obesity as an "extremely"(34%) or "very"(41%) serious public health problem in the United States. In addition, the majority of Ame...Parasite genome sequences offer hope for new drugs and vaccines, Science studies say
...ists are now much closer than they were five years ago to developing effective drugs against these terrible diseases," said Science author Najib M. El-Sayed, Assistant Investigator from The Institute for Genomic Research in Rockville, Md. "These are neglected diseases. The average person in the develop...Ten million Africans treated by international disease treatment programme
A disease treatment programme started three years ago by Imperial College London has now treated over ten million African children and adults for schistosomiasis and intestinal worm infections in six sub-Saharan countries. Schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease that leads to chronic ill-health affecti...