More exhaust inhaled by kids inside school buses than by others in the area, says new UC study
...uses. "Although environmental regulators focus on controlling the amount of exhaust emitted by vehicles and other sources, knowing how much of a pollutant is inhaled is a better indicator for related health impacts," said Julian Marshall, a Ph.D. student at the University of California, Berkeley's Energy and Re...Study: obesity impairs immune response of mice, boosts chances of dying from influenza infection
...urn on elements of their immune systems needed for controlling influenza infection, a new University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine study shows. The findings raise the possibility that obesity in humans has a similar effect, scientists say. Compared to other mice of normal weight, which were...Hormonal birth control, bacterial infections in women linked to increased shedding of type-2 herpes
... frequency of HSV-2 shedding could be important in controlling the spread of HSV-2. "BV is an infection that is r...S. Since there is no true cure for genital herpes, controlling its transmission is the only option. Women who have HSV-2 should consider alternate forms of contrac...Scientists discover way to control allergic reactions
...ons by topping up the immune cells responsible for controlling them. According to research published this week in the Public Library of Science (PLoS) Medicine, the team from Imperial College London and Royal Brompton Hospital have discovered a way to decrease allergic reactions by increasing numbers of CD4+ reg...Chemical library aids in developing drug system for nerve damage
...e're not sure if that's a function of the affinity controlling the rate of release or if there is actually some separate biological modulator that's being affected. "The good thing, though, is that we've identified several different affinities of binding sites so we can now test whether it's the affinity or the...Anxious and pessimistic personalities linked to Parkinson's disease later in life
...cts nerve cells (neurons) in the part of the brain controlling muscle movement. People with Parkinson's often experience trembling, muscle rigidity, difficulty walking, and problems with balance and coordination. These symptoms generally develop after age 50, although the disease affects a small percentage of yo...Ovary removal elevates risk for Parkinson's disease and parkinsonism
...the specific part of the brain that is involved in controlling movements," he says. "Damage to this part results in Parkinson's disease. If an animal receives a toxic chemical able to destroy the cells of this part of the brain along with estrogen, the damage will be reduced compared to injecting the toxic subst...Used in a new way, RNA interference permanently silences key breast cancer gene
...de normal tissues like the lung. "Somehow STAT3 is controlling TWIST expression, and this is important to know with regards to activated STAT3 and its involvement in cancer metastasis," Arlinghaus says. When the mouse breast cells transduced with STAT3, shRNA were then tested in immunocompetent mice, researchers...Pregnant women with epilepsy face dilemma
...ts, valproate is the most effective medication for controlling the seizures, which must be balanced against the risk. An additional concern could be possible postnatal effects of anti-epileptic drugs to the child which do not become apparent until school age. The Commission on Genetics, Pregnancy, and the Child ...How medical research is taking care of your heart
...ponsible for relaxation of blood vessels and hence controlling blood pressure, explaining the actions of many vascular relaxing drugs including Viagra. In the early 1970s, the endothelium, the thin layer of cells that lines blood and lymph vessels, was considered to be just an static layer covering the inner si...OHSU study finds ginkgo beneficial for MS symptoms
...utive functions" as planning, decision making, and controlling goal-directed behavior and execution of deliberate actions. During the test, called a "Stroop," patients are shown colored boxes and asked to name the colors. They are then shown the names of colors printed with different-colored inks, such as the w...Antibiotic might fight HIV-induced neurological problems
...eople, antiretroviral treatments do a great job of controlling HIV in blood, but most of the drugs don't cross the blood-brain barrier very well," says Christine Zink, D.V.M., Ph.D., professor of comparative medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. "As a result, even though the infection seem...Risk of womb cancer varies according to the type of HRT used
...prescribed at low doses are generally effective in controlling menopausal symptoms as the traditional higher doses. Although the benefits of short-term use of hormones during the early stages of menopause appear to outweigh the risks, we need other approaches for symptom relief and disease prevention as the meno...Male combat veterans rank high in heart disease risk
...term adverse effects on cardiovascular risk. After controlling for age, race and education, the study found that combat veterans were 1.9 times more likely to be heavy smokers as opposed to never smokers than non-veterans and 1.2 times more likely to be heavy smokers as opposed to never smokers than non-combat v...Research suggests molecular approaches to brain tumor treatment
...little-known protein called Fra-1 was effective in controlling vascular endothelial growth factor D, a factor that promotes the growth of new blood vessels in most malignant brain tumors. "This protein seems to be important in how tumors grow and how they may spread to healthy tissue," said Waldemar Debinski, M....Girl juvenile offenders exhibit more problems, risks than boys
...le with the law, and how much trouble they have in controlling their anger. The researchers were not surprised that boys showed higher risk levels than girls in the area of prior offenses, Gavazzi said, and that girls had higher risks for family and parenting issues, mental health, traumatic events and health i...Three-fold risk of sudden cardiac death from some non-cardiac drugs
... drugs that interfere with the electrical activity controlling the heartbeat are associated with a three-fold ris...d by electrocardiogram) of the electrical activity controlling contraction of the cells of the heart muscle. It is the measure of how long it takes to repolarize t...Saving virtual lives with nanobots goal of UH-led project
HOUSTON, May 11, 2005 Building and controlling a team of nanobots to seek and destroy infected tissue within a simulated terminally ill patient, a University of Houston computer science student and his teammate have advanced to the 2005 Microsoft Imagine Cup world semifinals. With two consecuti...Radioactive isotope is effective against neuroblastoma
...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 hospitals working on novel therapie......ren with ADHD have difficulty paying attention and controlling their behavior. Experts are uncertain about the exact cause of ADHD, but believe there are both genetic and biological components. Treatment typically consists of medication, behavior therapy or a combination of the two. "Many children with ADHD al...