Soy and fish oil may help prevent heart attacks
...c autonomic function. "Our findings contradict the current belief in the medical community that increasing the intake of omega-3 fatty acids produces only long-term cardiac benefits," said the study's lead author, Fernando Holguin, MD, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA. "In fact, our study gr...Painless test using teardrops may speed diagnosis of Sjgren's syndrome
...moisture replacement therapies for dryness. In the current study, Tomosugi and his associates analyzed the protein content of tears obtained from 31 patients diagnosed with Sjgrens syndrome (on the basis of conventional tests) and compared the results to protein markers obtained from the tears of 57 subjects...Blood test can accurately diagnose heart failure in emergency patients
...e assays became available, and soon thereafter the current investigation called the PRIDE study was launched to determine the usefulness of a test for NT-proBNP in evaluating emergency patients. At the time of its launch, the PRIDE study was the first prospective American trial of NT-proBNP and the larges...Controversy in dyslipidemia guidelines
...in this issue of CMAJ. The authors argue that the current guidelines may lead to more people who are at low risk of coronary artery disease being screened and prescribed statin therapy, which will increase cost for little overall benefit. Jacques Genest and colleagues, members of the Working Group on Hyper...New recommendation encourages more activist approach to lung cancer screening
... men and women over 45 to 50 years of age, who are current or former cigarette smokers, to enroll in clinical... statement concludes that "after discussion of the current state of knowledge, it is reasonable for an individual at risk to choose to undergo testing for lung...Restless legs syndrome has complex genetic involvement
...win studies. To identify genetic risk factors, the current study used information from French Canadian families, where, according to the researchers, prevalence of restless legs syndrome is higher than in other populations. Alex Desautels, Ph.D., of the University of Montreal, and colleagues examined the DNA...Older children may benefit from treatment for lazy eye
...o be six to seven or nine to ten years of age. The current study is designed to evaluate the effectiveness of treatment of amblyopia in children aged seven to 17 years. Mitchell M. Scheiman, O.D., Richard W. Hertle, M.D., and colleagues in the Pediatric Eye Disease Investigator Group (PEDIG), conducted a ran...Exercise may not be good enough to reduce mild hypertension in older people, Hopkins experts say
... School of Medicine and its Heart Institute. "But current exercise guidelines were based on studies that had several limitations, including that they were not tested in older adults." Previous studies, says Stewart, who led the new study, examined mostly younger men in whom high blood pressure has different...Nanotechnology's miniature answers to developing world's biggest problems
...p 10 nanotechnology applications identified in our current study are a good starting point for defining these grand challenges. "Our results can provide guidance to developing countries themselves to help target their growing initiatives in nanotechnology. The goal should be to use nanotechnology responsibly...Older children can benefit from treatment for childhood's most common eye disorder
... years." It is not known, say the authors of the current study, whether vision improvement will be sustaine...s nationwide. Dr. Sieving also commented that the current study results are "a wonderful example of the adaptability of the human visual system and brain. The...Technology helps Stanford shed new light on coronary bypass surgery
...eral minutes the same information gleaned from the current gold standard for visualizing coronary artery blockages: the angiogram. An angiogram uses X-rays and a contrast dye that is injected into the heart via a thin, flexible tube inserted in the arm or leg. The procedure is almost always performed after s...Institute of Medicine advisory: Cord blood stem cells
...od are used to treat a number of diseases, but the current system for collecting, storing, and allocating donated cord blood is fragmented and less efficient than it could be. ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL CORD BLOOD BANK PROGRAM, a new congressionally mandated report from the Institute of Medicine of the Nationa...Evaluating virtual reality therapy for treating acute post traumatic stress disorder
...eogame-like qualities, will resonate well with the current generation of warfighters." The program is funded through ONR's Medical and Biological Science and Technology Division. PTSD is of particular concern to the U.S. Department of Defense because its effects can be debilitating. It develops after very tr...Charter activation brings space dimension to European emergency exercise
...tential to assist such an organisation, along with current Agency work on satellite telecommunications for disaster relief. This latter subject is also being convened at the French Senate in Paris on April 29, 2005 jointly by the Agency and the French Civil Protection Agency. The Charter on Space and Major...Too much water may be as dangerous as too little during long-distance athletic events
...iratory distress. In a perspectives article in the current issue of The New England Journal of Medicine, Dr. Benjamin Levine, professor of internal medicine at UT Southwestern, said competitive runners are less likely to suffer from hyponatremia. "Those who are running to finish the race very fast don't have...Smoking doubles risk of degenerative eye condition
...nd cardiovascular disease, the results showed that current smokers were twice as likely to be visually impaired as non-smokers. Those who had kicked the habit more than 20 years previously were not at risk. Based on the numbers of people in the UK who are blind or who are partially sighted as a result of m...Study challenges current treatment for mild asthma
...ring periods of bad symptoms, rather than daily as current guidelines recommend, a new study shows. Symptoms ...ess -- than if they took the steroids every day as current NIH guidelines recommend. The multi-center study, known as the Improving Asthma Control Trial (IMPAC...Pathological gambling associated with brain impairments
... to abstract, plan, organize, shift set, and adapt current and past knowledge to future behavior," said co-author Facundo Manes, MD, of the Raul Carrea Institute for Neurological Research (FLENI) in Buenos Aires, Argentina. "Decision-making involves assessment of possible reward and punishment outcomes from ...Scientists identify protein that controls cancer cells
...anti-cancer drugs. The research is reported in the current issue of Molecular Cancer Research. "This protein seems to be important in how cells acquire malignant characteristics and how they spread to healthy tissue," said Waldemar Debinski, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Brain Tumor Center of Excellence at W...Ovary removal elevates risk for Parkinson's disease and parkinsonism
...lone." Dr. Rocca indicates that the design of the current study does not provide the data needed to address the question of whether a woman's risk of parkinsonism after having both ovaries removed is altered by taking estrogen therapy. The Mayo Clinic investigators studied 1,202 women who had both ovaries ...