Mercury levels and cognitive function investigated in adults
...provides no evidence to challenge the government's current recommendations for blood mercury levels, but neither does it indicate that they are safe. The key point is that the aging population may be more sensitive to toxic chemicals and this is the first study to examine mercury exposure in the older U.S. p...Being obese, underweight, associated with increased risk of death
...(140/90 mm Hg or greater regardless of treatment), current smoking, and total diabetes (diagnosed and undiagn... factors, particularly when one considers that the current definitions of risk factor control are more aggressive than the definitions used in this trend analy...Heart failure drug associated with higher risk of death
...isk of death associated with nesiritide use in the current issue of JAMA, based on data available to Scios since 2002, the data support the need for further action." Acutely decompensated heart failure results in nearly one million hospitalizations annually, and is the most common reason for hospitalization...Study links cigarette smoking with progression of multiple sclerosis
...ecur in unpredictable patterns. Patients who were current or past smokers were 3.6 times as likely as patien...ed more quickly in patients who were identified as current or past smokers. The study also supported earlier research showing that smoking may increase the ri...Trusts perform better on chemical incidents but protective suits and tents still imperfect
... have been delivered effectively to hospitals, the current suit and inflatable shelter pose a number of considerable ergonomic and functional difficulties.'...Pregnant women with epilepsy face dilemma
...psia is the leading, most authoritative source for current clinical and research results on all aspects of epilepsy. As the journal of the International League Against Epilepsy, Epilepsia presents subscribers with scientific evidence and clinical methodology in: clinical neurology, neurophysiology, molecular...High levels of immunosuppressant may lead to tumor recurrence
...umor recurrence in liver transplant patients. The current study further examines this association and identifies possible strategies to avoid it. Led by Marco Vivarelli of the department of surgery and transplantation at the University of Bologna, Italy, the study examined 70 patients who took cyclosporine ...Breast cancer detector that uses electricity instead of X-rays under study
A painless, portable device that uses electrical current rather than X-ray to examine breasts for cancer is...ing, a technique based on evidence that electrical current passes through cancerous tissue more easily than normal tissue. Preliminary studies have shown the t...High risk of second cancers in survivors of childhood soft tissue sarcomas
... in some cases, to genetic predisposition. In the current NCI study, the research team confirmed the excess of subsequent leukemia and sarcomas, but also found an increased risk of melanoma and cancers of the breast and oral cavity, although the results were based on small numbers. For several children the...American Academy of Neurology sums up scientific highlights from 57th annual meeting
... trial in ALS patients did not show an effect. The current trial extended the earlier trial to 24 months, and examined five different doses of the drug. Results showed that patients taking the highest doses lived for up to 200 days longer than those receiving the lower doses. Larger trials are now planned to...... years onsite press conferences reporting the most current information and recent discoveries in the field. Day One: Learn about the connection between natural and synthetic compunds, called endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs), that mimic hormones or block hormones effects at the Endocrine Disrupting Che...Children do well with shorter fast before surgery
...ence does not support a shift in practice from the current established guidelines which permit children solid food up to six or eight hours preoperatively," Brady and colleagues write. The researchers found very few studies on milk drinking before surgery, which was "especially surprising given the reliance ...Nestler elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
...ies and publications regarding critical issues and current topics confronting society. Other UT Southwestern faculty who are members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the year they were elected are:Dr. Donald Seldin (1974), Dr. Michael Brown (1981), Dr. Joseph Goldstein (1981), Dr. Jean Wilson...Institute of Medicine news: Changes needed in WIC program
...ing the foods provided through WIC up to date with current nutritional science and make it easier for partici...the program. These reductions are consistent with current dietary guidance, such as the American Academy of Pediatrics' recommendation that young children dri...No wisdom in routinely pulling wisdom teeth, study says
... Maxillofacial Surgeons, and coinvestigator on two current studies on wisdom teeth. Haug, executive associate dean of the University of Kentucky College of Dentistry, says wisdom teeth that are not pulled can cause decay and inflammation of the gums." Getting these teeth out earlier makes sense." In 24 years...Antibiotic might fight HIV-induced neurological problems
...ayview Medical Center who wasn't involved with the current study, but who is one of the physicians planning the clinical trial. "One needs to proceed with a clinical research trial first to prove its safety and efficacy against HIV-associated cognitive impairment." SIV and HIV both affect the same tissues in...Burden of parasitic worm infection greater than previous estimates
...tially higher than the World Health Organisation's current estimates. The authors also found that the loss of performance in a person with schistosomiasis can be improved through intervention with specific treatment. Dr King comments: "Although in most cases schistosomiasis is unlikely to progress to a letha...Health inequalities continue to widen, despite government rhetoric
... in health widened in the 1980s and 1990s, and the current government has repeatedly expressed its intention to reduce these inequalities. In February 2001 it announced national targets to reduce the gap in infant mortality across social groups and to raise life expectancy in the most disadvantaged areas fas...Tumor detection, data encryption to benefit from UH research
...e actual technology itself. He estimates that his current quantum dots work will be put to practice in the nanoelectronics and medical arenas in the next five to 10 years. The YIP program is designed to support and encourage the teaching and research of outstanding new faculty members in higher education...... left ventricular assist system 11 as part of the current CE Mark Trial which is gathering data to support an application for permission to sell the system in Europe next year. Dr Sutton added the United States trial of the VentrAssist TM was also on schedule and that the company had received very strong i...