Probiotics ease gut problems caused by long term stress
...d in the mesenteric lymph nodes, which drain fluid coming from the intestine, indicating that bacteria had entered the body and activated the immune system. However, probiotic treatment minimised the changes in chemical signalling and prevented bacterial "stickiness" and movement to the mesenteric lymph nod...Study in Science holds promise for a new approach to drug therapy
...cks into the receptor and binds to it, like a ship coming into port, it changes the shape of the dock in a such a way as to set off chain reactions inside the cell, enabling the cell to respond to the message. Ligands can be nutrients, toxins, hormones, etc. The workhorses of this signaling process are tran...UC receives $3.4 million NIH grant to study treatment for HIV and hepatitis C
... will attempt to determine whether liver damage is coming from the HIV medications or from the hepatitis virus itself," Dr. Sherman explains. Although the liver is the only organ that can regenerate itself, if damage becomes too severe the patient could die or need a liver transplant. As a result, many phy...The corporate sponsored creation of disease - Press Release from PLoS Medicine
... on so-called lifestyle drugs stated starkly: "the coming years will bear greater witness to the corporate sponsored creation of disease". The special issue, say Moynihan and Henry, is a call for the global health community to challenge this trend. Several articles outline steps that doctors, patients, go...Finding a better way to quiet noisy environments
...oving, such as the sound of bustling urban traffic coming through a ventilation opening. "We think we've developed a totally new approach that works by generating the 'feedforward' noise cancellation signals and adaptively changing them in the presence of acoustic coupling," de Callafon said. "This has been...Special education data provide misleading trends of changing autism prevalence
...cation of autism. This undermines the use of data coming out of California as a representative indicator of what is happening in the rest of the country, as has been suggested in recent press accounts and official reports, Shattuck argues. In the U.S., federal law mandates the provision of special educat...Increased health problems for Pakistani population living near the Tasman Spirit oil spill
...ay from the coast. In the first study of its kind coming from a less developed country affected by an oil spill, Naveed Janjua and colleagues from Aga Khan University in Karachi, the Sindh Environmental Protection Agency in Karachi and the University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA, studied a group of 216 in...Envisat making first direct measurements of ocean surface velocities
...of mesoscale ocean variability based on SAR in the coming years. Provided the method is found to be reliable it will make a significant contribution to operational oceanography." These measurements would be very useful for determination of surface drift, important for oil dispersion, wave-current interacti...Purdue findings reveal possible Alzheimer's link to brain organ
...produced by aging brain cells, or neurons. "We are coming from a totally different point of view," Zheng said. "We think that a balance of beta-amyloid is maintained partly by the choroid plexus, which removes beta-amyloid, and that this balance breaks down, leading to a buildup." The majority of Alzheimer'...Research mice help scientists understand the complexities of cholesterol
...ormation occurred throughout the body rather than coming from specific organs. Scientists also know that very small amounts of HDL are produced in macrophages, cells in the blood vessel walls that are involved in the formation of plaques. Through studying the third group of mice which produces no HDL in t...Purdue chemical-analysis method promises fast results
... of a long series of mass spectrometry innovations coming from the Cooks laboratory. We now have quite a number of mass spectrometry assets on the ground in Indiana, and we are ready to nurture this in the state."...Warning over 'poor surgery' at private treatment centres
...t concern is that of training the country's up and coming surgeons, adds the author. The "straightforward" cases, now dealt with by the ISTCs, had been the cases on which young NHS surgeons learnt their craft. This time honoured and soundly proven method of training has now, sadly, been denied. Consequently...Brandeis study to probe under-representation of women in top positions in academic medicine
...edical research, and our society at large, and for coming to its full and enthusiastic support."...Study indicates dramatic rise in antibiotic-resistant community-acquired staph infections
...re system, are now widespread in the community and coming home. A new study from Emory University School of Medicine and Grady Memorial Hospital, featured in the March 7, 2006 Annals of Internal Medicine, reports on a dramatic rise in antibiotic resistant community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphyloco...Envisat altimeter watches Pacific for cold tongue of La Niña
...eoretical point of view at the current time." The coming of La Nia is marked by shifts in global atmospheric circulation patterns, as colder than normal waters in the eastern tropical Pacific suppress rainfall in the vicinity, at the same time as increasing it to the west. During the northern hemisphere w...UCI researchers examine political participation and health issues facing Hispanics in coming decades
.... A series of local briefings are scheduled in the coming weeks in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, New York City and elsewhere. Other members of the panel issuing the report include Jorge Durand, University of Guadalajara; Jos J. Escarce, RANDCalifornia; Nancy S. Landale, Pennsylvania State University;...Fighting the battle against disease - Leeds researchers take on the world
... with TB, which deter people with the disease from coming forward for treatment. The group prioritise situations where resources exist from national and international agencies to help improve healthcare, and focus on the 'bottlenecks' - what is preventing it being successfully carried out. Solutions are tri...Accomplishments at UH earn spot in French Academy of Sciences for professor
...the design of a new class of heart valves. Since coming to UH in 1985, Glowinski has received numerous hon...le I am proud of my scientific achievements before coming to the University of Houston in 1985, I think very sincerely that my best work has been done after m...Evidence lacking for 'inflatable-pants' heart failure therapy
...to scale back coverage or change their policies in coming months. "This is a no-brainer for those in the reimbursement field," he said....New, expensive, widely-used drugs continue to cause liver problems, says Jefferson liver specialist
...oblems, Dr. Navarro notes. He believes that in the coming decade, researchers will find new ways to develop safer drugs with fewer side effects by better understanding the potential genetic impact a new medication may have and by identifying those individuals who might be more likely to be harmed by the dru...