2005 Potamkin Prize goes to neurologists for research in early detection of Alzheimer's disease
... and results in the accurate identification of the earliest symptomatic stage of the disease. Current efforts ...d cognitive impairment (MCI). "This represents the earliest clinical features of the disorder that will ultimately become Alzheimer's disease," Petersen said. "...Dr. Gutin selected as Fulbright Senior Specialist
...activities and sports," says Dr. Gutin. One of his earliest studies had children run 1.2 miles around a track. "We wanted to see the factors that led them to perform better or worse in this kind of running event. The dominant factor, more important than any other physiological factor, was how fat they were. I...New recommendation encourages more activist approach to lung cancer screening
...he other hand, when lung cancer is detected in the earliest stage, the survival rate is 70 to 85 percent....Combination chemotherapy shows small survival benefit in advanced stomach cancer
...ough small tumors can be surgically removed in the earliest stages of the disease, the only cure for advanced stomach cancer is complete removal of the stomach. When Wagner and colleagues compared survival rates among 1,338 patients receiving combination versus single-drug care, they found that half the pati...Early detection of lung cancer
...tected in 14 individuals, thirteen at stage 1, the earliest and most curable stage. This work confirmed the conclusions obtained by ELCAP from more than 30,000 persons. Despite the direct link between tobacco and lung cancer, only 15% of smokers develop the disease. Thus, it is fundamental to find any risk fa...Misunderstanding real cost a barrier to mammography
...hy screenings can help detect breast cancer in its earliest stages, when it is most curable. Although the American Cancer Society recommends all women age 40 and over get screened annually, mammography remains underutilized, especially among poor and minority women. Studies show that nationwide, roughly 25 pe...New research raises questions about buckyballs and the environment
...s human skin cells, but the new study is among the earliest to assess how buckyballs might behave when they come in contact with water in nature. Scientists have generally assumed that buckyballs will not dissolve in water, and therefore pose no imminent threat to most natural systems. "We haven't really thou...New test for early detection of prostate cancer shows promise
...en, can successfully detect prostate cancer in its earliest stages. At the same time, the marker successfully avoids the problem of false positive results that plagues prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing. Study results appear in the May 15, 2005, issue of Cancer Research. The lead author is Robert H. Ge...Researchers prevent post-traumatic brain damage
...ted at Georgetown. Rather than trying to stop the earliest damage that results from the direct mechanical injury--the approach that is now most often used clinically--the Georgetown researchers took the tactic of trying to limit a second, and much larger, "wave of damage" which they have found usually peaks ...Test accurately predicts aggressiveness of breast cancer
...ere valid also when the 'pT1' subgroup of the very earliest stage cancers was considered. "This means that very early invasive breast cancer gathers very different tumors in terms of prognosis and Ki67 could be a reliable and easily obtainable marker in order to identify which pT1 have worse prognosis," Dr. G...Stem cells grown in lab mirror normal developmental steps
...pkins scientists have developed a way to study the earliest steps of human blood development using human embryonic stem cells grown in a lab dish instead of the embryos themselves. The process avoids some of the ethical and technical obstacles involved in such research, according to the Johns Hopkins investig...Chiropractors aim to slash waiting times
...allowed Macquarie University to participate at the earliest level in this process. The database that we will establish as a result of this spin-off will become potentially one of the most significant research tools, both from a scientific point of view but also in terms of proper patient management, so we're ...Study links adolescent IQ/activity levels with risk of dementia
...help scientists in their efforts to understand the earliest roots of dementia," said Fritsch. "The knowledge gained from our research may also be useful to those who are developing models of AD. Such models might provide clues as to when it's best to try intervene with new therapies and treatments for persons...NIAID funds Center for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology (CHAVI)
... will focus on Understanding what happens in the earliest stages of HIV infection and what events take place...hese events because identifying individuals at the earliest stages of infection has been extremely difficult. Using new research tools to determine how the im...Breast-conserving surgery underused in Asian American and Pacific Island women
...east-conserving surgery even when diagnosed in the earliest stage or with tumors less than 1 centimeter in size. The researchers also found that while use of breast-conserving surgery increased over time, foreign-born Asian American and Pacific Island women had breast-conserving surgery substantially less of...Gene found in 90 percent of breast cancers may be cancer vaccine target
...indings, we believe that TRPS-1 is involved in the earliest stages of breast cancer," he says. The success of the breast cancer drug Herceptin, an antibody that specifically attacks breast cancer cells in which the Her2/neu gene is active, has made immunotherapy an attractive option for treating breast cancer...Once-dreaded leprosy 'replaced' by tuberculosis, say researchers
.... Helen Donoghue of University College London. The earliest case of co-infection of both leprosy and tuberculosis was found by the researchers in the DNA from a body discovered in a 1st century CE burial cave in Jerusalem. This prompted the investigators to re-examine DNA samples from other ancient sites that...Biosensor reveals new information about suspected cause of Alzheimer's disease
...searchers now suspect that ADDLs cause some of the earliest symptoms of Alzheimers disease. ADDLs, they theorize, attack and disrupt synapses, the sites on nerve cells that are critical for memory formation and information processing. ADDLs tend to stick together, and some researchers suspect that as they agg...Scientists develop screening method for pancreatic cancer
... enable doctors to treat the killer disease at its earliest stages. They are also now able to show how the risk of cancer for these patients changes with age. The Liverpool-based study group known as EUROPAC (European Registry Of Hereditary Pancreatitis And Familial Pancreatic Cancer), working in collabora...Nerve changes from diabetes begin earlier than previously known
...amage develop. "We've found what we believe is the earliest sign of nerve change due to diabetes," says Peter J. Dyck, M.D., Mayo Clinic neurologist and lead researcher on the study. Results were published in the September issue of Diabetes Care. "Changes begin much earlier than previously demonstrated," he s...