Updated rates of common US neurological disorders
...d society, to plan and carry out research on their causes and treatment, and to provide adequate services to people who suffer from these illnesses," said Hirtz, who is also a member of the Quality Standards Subcommittee at the American Academy of Neurology....NHLBI awards 12 Women's Health Initiative contracts
...arch program designed to address the most frequent causes of death, disability and poor quality of life in postmenopausal women -- cardiovascular disease, cancer, and osteoporosis. The new 2-year research projects will apply innovative technologies to study factors affecting the major diseases in postmen...Risk for stroke, death not higher for sickle cell children with early complications
...e body into an inflexible, sickle-shaped cell that causes blockages in blood vessels and prevents body tissues from receiving oxygen. It is estimated that at least 70,000 Americans have the disease. UT Southwestern researchers at Children's and at the National Institutes of Health-funded Southwestern Comp...New dopamine brain target discovered
...on almost all brain function, this rise in calcium causes a cascade of events in the brain. This is the first time that a direct connection between dopamine and calcium signals has been reported. "This distinct unit provides a novel signalling pathway through which dopamine can impact the function of br...UIC receives grant to find new drugs for bipolar disorder
...uffer from bipolar disorder, a mental illness that causes extreme mood swings. Also called manic-depression, it may be caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain. A person who has bipolar disorder at times feels happy, full of energy and able to do anything. In this manic phase the person may not want to...New research brings initial find of Alois Alzheimer to fore once again
... disease front and center in a brain disease whose causes remain a mystery, hark back to what German physician Alois Alzheimer noted when he first recognized the disease 100 years ago. Though Alzheimer noted changes in both the brain's cells and in the small arteries and capillaries that supply and drain bl...US beats Europe for hypertension treatment
...ency of physicians and patients to rationalize the causes of elevated blood pressure and to delay stepping up treatment." The researchers used data from 2004 collected by CardioMonitor -- an ongoing survey of physician visits conducted by a London-based market research company. They looked at results from...Common blood pressure drug treats muscular dystrophy in mice
...rology at Hopkins. "Running a mile down the street causes microscopic tears in leg muscles, which normally g...y leads to death in early adulthood or before. DMD causes muscle fibers to be incredibly fragile. As a person with DMD ages, their muscles slowly lose the abi...Does endurance exercise promote life-threatening changes in athletes' hearts?
...udden death in athletes. There are many underlying causes of VA and often it is due to inherited diseases. Previous studies have found that VA in endurance athletes, such as cyclists, runners and kayakers, often originates from the right ventricle (RV), even when there are no previous symptoms that would en...Einstein's tea leaves inspire new blood separation technique
...atory. The new method uses the same principle that causes tea leaves to accumulate at the center of the bottom in a stirred teacup, a phenomenon first explained by Einstein in the 1920s. The research was done by Drs. Dian R. Arifin, Leslie Y. Yeo and James R. Friend, of Monash University's Micro/Nanophysic...Study suggests hip fractures not caused by benzodiazepine use after all
...tangling the effects of benzodiazepines from other causes of hip fractures in the elderly is especially concerning when study results are used to guide policies that restrict access to medicines for huge populations," says senior author Stephen Soumerai, ScD, professor of ambulatory care and prevention at D...Poor ward care is harming patients
...cent figures show that three of the four commonest causes of delayed discharge are associated with inadequate care on the ward: pressure sores, healthcare acquired infections, and medication errors. This crisis is the result of lack of trained staff, lack of continuity of care, and poor leadership, and it ...Resurgence and spread of syphilis in China is a rapidly increasing epidemic
...ting and getting infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Cohen, who has worked in China since 1979, designed and planned the research along with co-author Dr. Xiang-Sheng Chen of the National Center for STD Control in Nanjing. Cohen said the development oflongstanding collaborations with the center...MU researcher placing eye implants in cats to help humans see
...h a hereditary disease, retinitis pigmentosa, that causes the death of retinal cells and, eventually, blindness," Narfstrom said. "Our current study is aimed at determining safety issues in regard to the implants and to further develop surgical techniques. We also are examining the protection the implants m...Anthrax attack posed greater potential threat than thought
...g spores of Bacillus anthracis, the bacterium that causes the deadly disease anthrax, was opened in Daschle's office at the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, DC. Those in or near Daschle's office, judged likely to have been exposed to the spores, received antibiotics or a vaccine, as did others wit...Over 200 million children under age 5 failing to reach their potential in cognitive development
...paper in the Series, researchers identify the main causes of poor child development stunting, iodine and iron deficiencies, and inadequate cognitive and social-emotional stimulation. Other potential risk factors include maternal depression, exposure to lead and arsenic, and some infectious diseases, such a...Men with no sons more at risk for prostate cancer, according to Mailman School of PH Study
...er -- in which epidemiologists seek to uncover the causes of a broad range of disease and health outcomes, by following individuals from an early point in life and examining their risks for disease. Life course studies are particularly well positioned to examine the interplay of genetic and environmental ri...Are one-third of costly implanted heart devices unnecessary? New study suggests yes
...ision-making process. The patients' health and the causes of any deaths were tracked for up to three years. After that time, the data were analyzed by researchers from the University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center and VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, in cooperation with the Ohio team. In all, 67 per...Study examines risk of soft tissue sarcomas in hereditary retinoblastoma survivors
...ributed both to the mutation in the RB-1 gene that causes retinoblastoma and to the radiation treatment that most retinoblastoma patients received when treated decades ago. Radiation is used less frequently today because of the risk of second cancers. Ruth A. Kleinerman, of the National Cancer Institute in...Men with hypertension who drink moderate amounts of alcohol may have a lower risk of heart attack
...tes of stroke and death from heart disease and all causes did not differ for hypertensive men who drank moderate amounts of alcohol and those who drank no alcohol. "This was the first study to our knowledge that examined the risk of heart attacks among men with high blood pressure who drank moderately. B...