Risk of womb cancer varies according to the type of HRT used
...e of hormones during the early stages of menopause appear to outweigh the risks, we need other approaches for symptom relief and disease prevention as the menopause progresses."...UT Southwestern researchers show new drug may help treat certain forms of leukemia
...r biology and senior author of the study that will appear in an upcoming issue of Blood. The study is available online. The study on the drug, called PD166326, was done in mice with a form of leukemia similar to human chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), which is diagnosed in about 5,000 people in the United...Mayo Clinic researchers discover genetic glitch in the heart's electrical system
... genetic glitches in the heart's electrical system appear to be a bad combination, but we need further study to understand why and how this occurs." In the Mayo Clinic Proceedings article, two cases were studied by Mayo Clinic researchers in which both individuals were proficient swimmers. A teenage girl ...Too many doctors fail to follow guidelines and to prescribe best treatments for heart patients
...r otherwise," he said. "In addition, it would even appear that in acute coronary syndromes, there is an inverse relation between the severity of the patient's symptoms when they are first seen by a doctor and the level of compliance with the guidelines; in other words, the more severe the initial symptoms, ...Mayo Clinic first to use pharmacogenomics to treat inherited kidney disorder of children
...failure in children and young adults. The findings appear in the current issue of the journal Kidney International ( http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/links/doi/10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00267.x/full/ ). Pharmacogenomics tailors treatment to an individual's genetic makeup to maximize the therapeutic response......them down," Dr. Cousins said. The study's findings appear in the May, 2005 journal Psychology of Sport & Exercise. While self-talk strategies occurred among 88 per cent of those surveyed, a key strategy used by active people was to take the less talk-more action route, and to stick to a plan for exercise. "...Therapy to overcome fears helps children with obsessive-compulsive disorder
...t importantly, the improvements that children make appear to last after therapy ends," says Stephen Whiteside, Ph.D., Mayo Clinic child psychologist and coauthor of the study. "That's because children learn skills in therapy that no one can ever take away from them." Not all families have access to this typ...Routine procedure during childbirth provides no benefits, study review finds
...ing to a systematic review of existing studies, to appear in the May 4 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, the surgical procedure known as an episiotomy, performed in up to 35 percent of U.S. vaginal births, usually provides no benefits. Moreover, the researchers found that, in some c...Recombinant DNA technology may enable oral, rather than injectable, delivery of protein drugs
...Sciences, wrote a paper on this research that will appear in the May 17 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), which is currently available online. "Many of today's oral medications are made from small molecules, like amino acids or lipids, and their permeability allows them ...Study calls for earlier use of ICDs in patients diagnosed with cardiomyopathy
... the diagnosis for more than nine months, and they appear to get just as good a survival benefit from ICD implantation as those with a remote diagnosis. Therefore, these findings could help expand the number of patients who benefit from this life-saving therapy." Details of the overall trial on which thes...Two studies offer clues about how alcoholic behavior is 'switched' on
...) Thanos, lead author of both studies. The studies appear in the May 27, 2005, issue of Life Sciences and the June 2005 issue of Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior, both now available online. In the first study, the scientists increased the number of dopamine "D2" receptors in strains of mice with genet...Reconstruction of the lower jaw with a fibula autotrasplant
...e benign tumours known as giant cell granulomas - appear on the mandibula and also, on occasions, on the upper jaw. As a consequence, an increase in the size of these bone structures takes place which, in turn, produces facial deformity. In more than 90% of these cases the defect is not particularly notice...US Latinos may develop Alzheimer's disease symptoms at earlier age than white, non-Latinos
...mpares the age at which Alzheimer's symptoms first appear between Latino and Anglo subjects evaluated throug...wing minority group in the mainland United States, appear to have an earlier age of AD symptom onset compared with Anglo individuals with a similar educationa...Green laser pointer can cause eye damage
...o shorter wavelengths," he says. "The green lasers appear much brighter to the human eye because of the shorter wavelength and can cause damage." Dr. Robertson says Mayo Clinic's investigations have clearly demonstrated that green laser pointers can cause irreversible damage to the pigment layer of the reti...Misunderstanding real cost a barrier to mammography
...barrier to the exams for some women. The findings appear online today and will be published in the June 15 issue of the journal Cancer . Studies show that regular mammography screenings can help detect breast cancer in its earliest stages, when it is most curable. Although the American Cancer Society rec...Innovative study finds way to 'bio-synthesize' an anti-cancer compound
...shown to contain patellamides, small peptides that appear useful in treating some cancers. Until this study, scientists had suspected but had not proven that Prochloron microbes produce patellamides. The research paper, published online this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNA...New research raises questions about buckyballs and the environment
...d be regulated, according to a report scheduled to appear in the June 1 print issue of the American Chemical Society's peer-reviewed journal Environmental Science & Technology . ACS is the world's largest scientific society. A buckyball is a soccer ball-shaped molecule made up of 60 carbon atoms. Also know...Younger is better when implanting cochlear implants, IU study finds
... implanted before they turned one year old did not appear to do any better than those implanted during their second year. Infants as young as six months old have started receiving the implants, but there are potential risks associated with such early treatment, including the use of anesthesia and the diffic...OHSU study says national injury prevention program working
...n't see the lives that are changed." Such messages appear to be working, according to a review of the ThinkFirst program in this month's Journal of Neurosurgery. Researchers in the Department of Neurology, OHSU School of Medicine, examined the ThinkFirst National Injury Prevention Foundation, created in 198......es antibodies that will destroy them any time they appear in the body. Most vaccines in use today provide such active immunization. The prion vaccine developed at NYU would most likely first be used to protect livestock, since most prion infections occur in animals and are thought to be transmitted or...