Regular yoga practice may help prevent middle-age spread
...activity. It's something that everybody can do. It brings so many benefits, and if one of the clinical benefits is that it can help you control your weight, then that's a great thing." The participants in the yoga study were part of a larger ongoing Hutchinson Center study involving more than 75,000 residen...Patient reminders boost immunization rates
...illover effect," the review notes. A reminder that brings a patient into the doctor's office for a flu shot can create an opportunity for a physician to recommend blood pressure screening, a routine breast exam or annual pap smear....Discovery of T-cell 'traffic control' boosts new drug promise
...ising essential immune defenses. The emerging view brings together research findings on S1P's effect on both the immune system and the blood-circulating vascular system, showing how the two systems interact to regulate T cell circulation and prevent a constant and potentially dangerous release of T cells, o...Lifespan again named among 100 Most Wired and 25 Most Wireless hospitals
...rrors, provides timely delivery of treatments, and brings together the right information at the right time, which ultimately is better for the patient."...Survey finds women suffer in silence with pelvic floor disorders
...ll pelvic floor disorders, it is incontinence that brings most women to the doctor. "They cannot tolerate leaking urine and the disruption to their daily lives. But incontinence is usually just the tip of the iceberg. Many are also suffering from such pelvic floor disorders as uterine or rectal prolapse." ...Seven deadly sins: A new look at society through an old lens
...s, relationships and social attitudes. This report brings together studies by a group of leading social science researchers using large-scale data resources like the three big birth cohort studies of 1958, 1970 and 2000/1, the British Household Panel Survey, the General Household Survey, the National Surve...'Binge drinkers': Folk devils of the binge economy
...hey are noisy, urinate in public and violent. This brings them into conflict with an undermanned police force, which can be depicted on most nights of the week wrestling heroically with foul-mouthed, vomit-stained youths in an attempt to restore the city centre to daytime levels of comportment. Despite alco...Study shows importance of exposure age for Hanford nuclear workers' cancer risk
... transformations that lead to cancer. "Also, aging brings declines in immune function and the ability to repair genetic damage," Wing said. Although radiation risks were higher for older workers in the UNC study, it would be inappropriate to conclude that younger people are not at risk, he said. He and Rich...UCSB professors among team awarded $13 million to mount nano-attack on plaque
...Lung, and Blood Institute of the NIH. "The program brings together bioengineers, materials scientists, biologists, and physicians who will work in interdisciplinary teams. By taking advantage of the unique properties of materials at the nanoscale, these teams will devise creative solutions to medical proble...UVa Health System doctors study surgery to stop epileptic seizures
..., a rhythmic, electrical 'storm' in the brain that brings on seizures, ranging from mild to severe depending on the location of the storm. The study, called ERSET (Early Randomized Surgical Epilepsy Trial) is sponsored by the National Institutes of Health and will compare the ability of surgery and me...Research into the role of friendship among gay and lesbians
...ada between June 8 and June 10 2005. The symposium brings together researchers from USA, UK, Holland and Canada and marks the midway point in a five year major collaborative research initiative funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SHHRC). The $2.3 million project led by U...New insight into potential cause of sexual dysfunction in women
... a paucity of data available on FSD and this study brings attention to the possibility of a neurological cause for the dysfunction," said lead author Kathleen Connell, M.D., assistant professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences at Yale School of Medicine. Connell said pre...When it comes to politics, reactions are often instant
...ively) to the point that the mere exposure to them brings a reaction that is appreciably faster than a conscious appraisal. "At the moment one realizes that the letters B-U-S-H in a news headline refer to the president and not to a plant, one's affect toward "W" Bush comes to mind along with his strongest ...Imaging may not be major driver of hospital cost increases
... we also need to understand the value that imaging brings to health care; and when looking at its costs, we need to make sure our analyses are accurate." In order to objectively assess imaging's contribution to hospital costs, Gazelle and his co-author Molly Beinfeld, MPH, analyzed billing records for pati...Laughter-induced asthma: It's no joke
...ld be allowed to laugh." Nobody knows how laughter brings on asthma, but it might involve hyperventilating, Dr. Garay said. He noted that exercise was the only trigger more common in people with laughter-induced asthma compared with asthma not induced by laughter (61% of people with LIA vs. 35% of asthma pa...New national effort seeks a more rational organ allocation system for kidney transplants
...ated for with dialysis. But kidney transplantation brings its own issues, which have given rise to the three-pronged allocation approach the review committee unveils today. Justice. Assuring equitable access to transplantation. Utility. Maximizing organ and patient survival. Efficiency. Decreasing the nu...Hidden costs and invisible contributions of adults characterized as dependent
...rent University from June 8-10 2005. The symposium brings together researchers from Australia, USA, UK, Holland and Canada and marks the midway point in a five year major collaborative research initiative funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SHHRC). The $2.3 million proje...Radioactive isotope is effective against neuroblastoma
...therapy," said Dr. Maris. "It's not a cure, but it brings us a step closer to controlling neuroblastoma as a chronic, nonsymptomatic disease." Dr. Maris is involved in other studies of MIBG as a member of the New Approaches in Neuroblastoma Therapy program, a consortium of 14 universities and children's hos...Spinoff company receives $2.5 million NIH grant to build prototype scanner
...a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Award, brings investment in Cone Beam CT technology to nearly $11 million and sets the stage for human clinical trials on its effectiveness. In the near term, Koning has agreed to partner with local electronic component companies to build the first CBCT scanner pr...Exercise training in ordinary people affects the activity of 500 genes
... to be inactive and that regular physical activity brings health, improves quality of life and extends life span. How these positive effects are created in the body is not known. Influences on gene activity in the heart, vessels and muscles are probably immensely important. In this study, the first of its k...