More exhaust inhaled by kids inside school buses than by others in the area, says new UC study
...nd lead author of the study, which is scheduled to appear in the April 15 issue of the journal Environmental Science and Technology, but is available now online. "Diesel is the last big source of air pollution that has yet to be reigned in," said Marshall. "As a policy matter, it seems clear from this anal...If you fill it, they will slurp, and slurp, and slurp ...
.... "This can be dangerous to our diets." Because we appear to judge our food intake by visual cues, such as an empty bowl, Wansink said that people worried about overeating should carefully consider the size of portion servings in restaurants and in their kitchens. He suggested, for example, repackaging sna...BI-RADS lexicon for ultrasound useful for differentiating benign from malignant solid masses
...xample, we are taught in general that margins that appear circumscribed at ultrasound are generally seen with benign masses. While this is true in general, our study showed that 10% of masses with circumscribed margins at sonography were malignant. Therefore, circumscribed margins alone would not be suffici...Onion compound may help fight osteoporosis
...ts in the United States. Their study, scheduled to appear in the May 4 print issue of the American Chemical Societys Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry , was published March 30 on the journals Web site. In the current study, the researchers analyzed the active chemical components of white onions ...ALLHAT study findings for racial sub-groups show diuretics work better for high blood pressure
...nt to Prevent Heart Attack Trial," or ALLHAT, will appear in the April 6, 2005, issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association. ALLHAT is the first large scale trial--with 33,357 participants--to compare diuretics, calcium channel blockers, and ACE inhibitors as initial therapies in a population ...US service academies to collaborate with UNC, Andrews Air Force Base, Duke in knee injury study
... with particular regard to those risk factors that appear to predispose women to those injuries," Marshall said. The study's feasibility is due largely to the opportunity to enroll a large number of very physically active men and women and to readily track over time any ACL injuries that may occur, as thes...OHSU researchers demonstrate how Alzheimer's disease impacts important brain cell function
...bout where these changes are taking place and what appear to be the proteins most severely impacted to the disease."...People with peanut allergy at risk of allergic reaction to lupin flour
... population including 250,000 pre-school children, appear to be at particular risk as up to half may be pre-sensitised. They should be advised to avoid all products containing lupin until they can be specifically tested."...OHSU scientist helping explain basis of psychotic behavior
...angerous, such as prolonged drug abusers. "It does appear that wherever you see supersensitivity, you see high-affinity dopamine D2 receptors as the predominant form," said Grandy, a pioneer in the study of the dopamine neurotransmitter system. "But to say you're going to then reverse supersensitivity by ch...Painless test using teardrops may speed diagnosis of Sjgren's syndrome
...rchers identified about 10 protein biomarkers that appear to be specific for Sjgrens. In addition to helping diagnose the disease, the tear biomarkers also show potential for noninvasive monitoring of disease activity and progress, the researchers say. The biomarkers may also provide insights into the under...Blood test can accurately diagnose heart failure in emergency patients
...was standard clinical evaluation. The report will appear in the April 15 issue of the American Journal of Cardiology and has been released online prior to print publication. "We found that testing with the NT-proBNP assay was an extremely accurate way to identify or exclude heart failure in patients with ...Older children can benefit from treatment for childhood's most common eye disorder
..., part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), appear in the April issue of Archives of Ophthalmology. "Doctors can now feel confident that traditional treatments for amblyopia will work for many older children," said Paul A. Sieving, M.D., Ph.D., director of the NEI. "This is important because it is e...Early stage breast-cancer rates are rising as incidence of invasive cases are leveling
...f breast-cancer screening mammography, primarily appear to have altered the types of breast cancer that are being diagnosed most frequently in the United States, as we have found that the number of invasive cases being diagnosed has stabilized, while more cases of in situ breast cancer are being diagnosed...News tips from the Journal of Neuroscience
... A. Caldwell, and Guy A. Caldwell Dopamine neurons appear to be particularly sensitive to cellular stress caused by protein misfolding or oxidative damage. For example, mutant or overexpressed a synuclein causes intracellular inclusions (Lewy bodies) and cell degeneration of dopamine neurons. Such mechanism...Bad outcomes related to, but not caused by, misdosing of clotbusters in heart attack patients
...r of the paper. "We have found that there does not appear to be a cause-and-effect relationship between small dosing errors and worse outcomes for patients," Granger continued. "These findings should be somewhat reassuring to busy physicians in emergency rooms who can assume that as long as the drugs are gi...Adverse outcomes from blood clot therapy may be due to patient characteristics, not dosing errors
...d clot dissolving therapy, patient-related factors appear to be more responsible for adverse outcomes, not dosing errors, according to a study in the April 13 issue of JAMA. Several studies have reported higher death, stroke, and major hemorrhagic event rates in patients who received incorrect doses of fibr...Study challenges current treatment for mild asthma
...thma" -- about a quarter of all asthma sufferers-- appear to gain adequate relief by inhaling anti-inflammatory steroids only during periods of bad symptoms, rather than daily as current guidelines recommend, a new study shows. Symptoms of mild, persistent asthma are wheezing, coughing, or chest tightness t...Clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer's may be delayed, says major clinical trial
... by DSM Nutritional Products, Inc. The report will appear in the June 9, 2005, print version of The New England Journal of Medicine....Pathological gambling associated with brain impairments
...nhibitory control in chronic pathological gamblers appear to be altered and may influence the trade-off between short-term reward and the long-term negative consequences of gambling on employment, social relationships, and family life. Better understanding of these processes could lead to the development of...Alcohol magnifies the rewarding effects of smoking, even for light smokers
...er withdrawal symptoms." Furthermore, the findings appear to indicate that alcohol drinking can trigger a desire to smoke even in a nonsmoking environment. "Future studies may help us understand this association on a biological level," said King. "For people who are initially trying to quit smoking, it w...