Inhibiting blood to save the brain
...maging effects of fibrinogen without affecting its beneficial blood coagulation. Studying a mouse model, the researchers identified a specific receptor called Mac-1 that is expressed by microglial cells and binds to fibrinogen. Mice expressing a mutant form of fibrinogen that failed to bind Mac-1 had fewer in...Colon cancer survival linked to number of lymph nodes examined
...far a cancer has spread leads to tailored and more beneficial treatment, according to researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. Investigators say the findings, reported in the March 21 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, encourage a dialogue amongst physicians re...Computed tomography screening may increase lung cancer diagnosis, but not decrease risk of death
...ies performed to remove them may be insufficiently beneficial to justify the resulting morbidities," the authors write. "Our findings that CT screening is not associated with a reduction in the chance that a person will develop advanced lung cancer or die from lung cancer are important negative results that s...Outcomes for patients with hepatitis B who need liver transplants
...parable to those with HBV-HCC, possibly related to beneficial effects of antiviral therapy. However, these data may not apply to patients with liver disease due to other etiologies for which safe and effective therapies that can improve or stabilize liver disease in those with decompensated cirrhosis are not av...Garlic does not appear to lower cholesterol levels
... with higher LDL concentrations, or may have other beneficial health effects," the authors write. "Based on our results and those of other recent trials, physicians can advice patients with moderately elevated LDL cholesterol concentrations that garlic supplements or dietary garlic in reasonable doses are unli...Strenuous physical activity associated with lower breast cancer risk
...of invasive and in situ breast cancer, whereas the beneficial effects of moderate activity are less clear. For invasive breast cancer, strenuous and moderate physical activity affect risk of estrogen-receptornegative tumors, but neither affects risk of estrogen-receptorpositive tumors."...USP signs Memorandum of Understanding with the Pharmaceutical Export Promotion Council
...ablishes a formal relationship to develop mutually beneficial activities designed to improve the quality of medicines and dietary supplements and herbal ingredients. Specifically, the MOU calls for both organizations to: Promote cooperation; Improve transfer and exchange of information; Increase awareness;...Injection of 'skin filler' material appears to stimulate collagen production
...n to its cosmetic benefits, hyaluronic acid may be beneficial in skin-wasting diseases that involve collagen deficiencies, such as those associated with HIV or steroid use....CRP liver protein induces hypertension, UT Southwestern researchers have found
...itric oxide in the artery wall, which has multiple beneficial roles in the cardiovascular system, as well as made a connection between nitric oxide and the proteins responsible for angiotensin II activity. "Whether these same processes are operative in humans is yet to be determined," said Dr. Vongpatanasin. ...Exercise improves quality of life for people with breast cancer
...determine if group exercise programmes could prove beneficial to women who were having treatment for early stage breast cancer. Over 200 women took part in the study. They were split into two separate groups; the first (control group) received their usual care, whilst the second group received their usual care ...Increased risk of stillbirth in older pregnant women
...r stillbirth, and when fetal testing would be most beneficial for reducing stillbirth rates, the authors conducted a cross-sectional study using the United States CDC perinatal mortality database. The database is made up of 11,061,599 singleton deliveries between 1995 and 1997. The women in the study were betw...3-D ultrasound identifies women at risk for impending preterm birth
...ated for symptoms of preterm labor, may have major beneficial clinical implications," said first author Ozhan Turan, postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences at Yale School of Medicine. Turan conducted the study with senior author Catalin Buhimschi, M.D., director ...New forecasting tool could reduce drug development costs
...fuel to efforts to show that data-sharing could be beneficial to everybody." Such efforts include legislation introduced in the Senate last year (S3807) that would establish a clinical trial registry database that would report the results of later-stage clinical trials, both good and bad. In their report i...U-M, Harvard team propose way to make the most of health dollars
...bility to encourage patients who aren't yet taking beneficial medications to start taking them and to stick with them. For instance, people with diabetes are known to receive great benefit from taking inexpensive blood pressure drugs called ACE inhibitors but most of them aren't using the medications. The U-M ...100 percent juices found as beneficial to health as fruits and vegetables
...ence that pure fruit and vegetable juices are less beneficial than whole fruit and vegetables. The researchers add that the positioning of juices as being nutritionally inferior to whole fruits and vegetables in relationship to chronic disease development is unjustified and that policies which suggest otherwis...Bioterrorism alerts induce anxiety and may pose health risk, Einstein study finds
...oterrorism scenarios do not lead to any measurable beneficial behavior change," notes senior author Dr. Hillel C...ty among the general population without offering a beneficial action for the public to take."...Cells passed from mother to child may be first step in developing new treatments for type 1 diabetes
...g to repair damaged tissue. The findings suggest a beneficial role for this type of maternal microchimerism. Microchimerism is the term used when an individual harbors cells or DNA that originate from another genetically distinct individual. In this study, published in the Jan. 22 issue of the Proceedings of ...Transdermal vaccine effective in treating Alzheimer's disease in mouse model
... reaction to the vaccine toward a response that is beneficial instead of overly aggressive and ultimately harmful, Dr. Tan said. The USF researchers plan to further test whether the transdermal vaccine can curb memory loss in Alzheimer's mice as well as reduce their "senile" plaque burden. "If those studies s...New international study to test exercise in heart failure patients
...training represents an intervention that if proven beneficial should be accessible to most heart failure patients due to its relatively low cost, high availability and ease of use," Thohan said....Aspirin saves lives of cancer patients suffering heart attacks, despite fears of bleeding
...d clot and were not exposed to aspirin died. The beneficial effect of aspirin also was seen in patients with normal platelet counts. Seven-day survival was 88 percent in aspirin-treated patients as compared to 45 percent in patients who did not receive aspirin, the researchers found. Durand observed that th...