Higher intake of fish and vitamin D levels linked to lower risk of age-related macular disease
...ion, deteriorates over time. It is the most common cause of blindness among older adults in the United States, affecting more than 7 million individuals older than 40 years, according to background information in the articles. The prevalence of AMD is likely to increase as the population ages. There is cur...Annals of Internal Medicine Tip Sheet for May 15, 2007
...old than healthy individuals (Review, p. 726). The cause and treatment of the syndrome are not well understood. The review provides an overview of the mechanisms currently thought to be partly responsible for fibromyalgia pain. ...Mediterranean diet halves risk of progressive lung disease
...chitis. It is expected to become the third leading cause of death worldwide by 2020, with cigarette smoking the primary factor in its development. The researchers tracked the health of almost 43,000 men, who were already part of the US Health Professionals Follow up Study. This began in 1986 and involved...Panel offers expert analysis on causes, prevention of stent thrombosis
...both in Boston. "Stent fracture is a rare but real cause of stent thrombosis." Research is adding new pieces to the puzzle all the time, Dr. Dehmer said. For example, pathology studies suggest that in some patients, the artery may not heal properly after implantation of a drug-eluting stent, perhaps the ...Counseling, coping skills could reduce arthritis disability
...ptoms of arthritis, making the disease the leading cause of pain and disability in the country. Arthritis is also a major contributor to workplace disability. ...JCI table of contents: May 10, 2007
...nto the molecular mechanisms of how TACI mutations cause CVID. TACI is a cell surface receptor and is mainly expressed on B cells. The authors examined mice carrying a C76R TACI mutation (the equivalent of the human C104R mutation) and found that mutated TACI is unable to bind ligand. Both the human and ...Scientists from the CIMA investigate a molecule for diagnosing hypertensive cardiopathy
...ently, these types of illnesses are the number one cause of doctors visits, hospitalization and death worldwide. As it is foreseen that their frequency will increase in the next decades, experts propose the soonest possible application of the latest biomedical and biotechnological advances for the diagnosi...Use of Swedish 'snus' is linked to a doubled risk of pancreatic cancer
...ertain that an increase in snus marketing will not cause addictions in young people who otherwise wouldnt have started to smoke," he says....Is the UK prepared for pandemic flu?
... pandemic of influenza in the United Kingdom would cause 750,000 excess deaths and cost around 170bn in the longer term, writes Dr Richard Coker of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. In March, a new draft plan for pandemic flu was published, setting out the governments strategic approach...New therapeutic targets for neurodegenerative diseases
...t function well, in particular, those signals that cause the death of nerve cells. There are basically two ...t is to say, they are creating the conditions that cause the death of these cells, in order to determine what molecules intervene in the process from the mo......eldhuisen (Groningen, NL) Anaemia in the elderly cause or consequence of heart failure" M.C. Fonseca (Oeiras, PT) Room 5 at 08.30 How to manage acute decompensated heart failure in patients with adult congenital heart disease. L Swan (London, UK) Room 2 at 11.00 Surgical treatment of mi...Procedural changes may reduce cardiac arrests outside pediatric ICUs
...creased respiratory issues," she said. Either may cause "a respiratory arrest that can progress to a cardiac arrest."After analyzing data and obtaining hospital approval, the CPR Committee made a symbolic change. It renamed the Code Blue Team to the Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Team. Team memb...Advances in brain research poised to dramatically change society
... suffer from a serious mental illness, the leading cause of disability in the U.S. for people 15-44 years old according to the National Institute on Mental Health. What if we could develop new, more effective therapies for treating mental illnesses such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder" Thousands of...Study shows continued success for new HPV vaccine against virus responsible for cervical cancer
...icine. Cervical cancer is the second most common cause of cancer deaths in women worldwide, resulting in ...r. The vaccine targets HPV types 16 and 18, which cause about 70 percent of all cases of cervical cancer. It also targets HPV types 6 and 11, which togethe...UCLA surgeon honored with American Association for Thoracic Surgery's Achievement Award
...s study of the anatomy and functional changes that cause heart failure. The Association also cited his persistence in teaching other surgeons how to better protect the heart during heart surgery as one of the most important contributions of modern-day cardiothoracic surgery. Buckberg was an intern and r...NIH funding UIC brain tumor research
...to the brain. Brain tumors are the third leading cause of death from cancer in individuals ages 20 to 39; about 13,000 people die of malignant brain tumors each year in the United States. About 1,500 children in the U.S. are diagnosed with a brain tumor each year. Surgery followed by chemotherapy is th...Agent protects cells from lethal effects of radiation even if given after exposure
...radiation. In humans, this level of exposure would cause a sharp drop in blood cells, leaving individuals with an increased risk of infection and bleeding. They found the treatment helped protect rapidly dividing T cells and B cells in the spleen - immune system cells that are prone to radiation damage -...Risk of lymphoma increases with hepatitis C virus infection
... contact, among other means. HCV is also known to cause cirrhosis and liver cancer. "Although the risk of developing lymphomas is small, our research suggests that screening of HCV-infected individuals could identify conditions which may lead to cancer. It might then be possible to prevent progression......ohol-related diseases are among the largest of any cause of death. For example, in Britain, between 1991 and 1993, liver cirrhosis rates among unskilled workers were about four times those experienced by professionals. "The very low tax on wine means cask wine is often the beverage of choice for the poo...