Autistic children's abnormal metabolic profile findings
...ibute to the development of autism, no firm causal evidence exists. And with no available physiological or biochemical markers, diagnosis currently is made entirely on a behavioral basis. Dr. James and colleagues measured plasma levels of the major intracellular antioxidant glutathione and its metabolic precu...If you fill it, they will slurp, and slurp, and slurp ...
...ty of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign report dramatic evidence of the importance of visual cues in the control of food intake in the current issue of Obesity Research, a leading nutrition journal. The researchers served a free soup lunch to 54 adults, half of whom ate from normal 18-ounce soup bowls, while the ...Largest NIH grant for NYU will create research network in dental practices
...three regional networks dedicated to expanding the evidence base in dentistry. The NYU College of Dentistry was selected to create and lead the regional network for the east coast of the United States. Each regional network will conduct approximately 15 to 20 short-term clinical trials over the next seven yea...Pezcoller Foundation-AACR International Award for Cancer Research
...de cancerous with oncogenes. In addition, genetic evidence indicated that activation of PI3K by oncogenes was...laboratories has supported this model and provided evidence that PI3K plays a critical role in many human cancers. In addition, research from Cantley's labora...ACP guidelines to treat obesity cover diet, exercise, drugs and surgery
...h as 1.9 per 100 surgeries. ACP says that existing evidence shows a technical 'learning curve' in bariatric su...ation," said Snow. ACP based its guidelines on an evidence report and background papers funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The guideline...Sex hormones hold key to higher rates of abdominal aortic aneurysms in males
...searchers at the University of Kentucky now report evidence that the answer lies in male sex hormones. They found that removing circulating androgens, including testosterone and dihydrotestosterone, from male mice lowers their risk of aneurysm to that of females, while giving females these same male sex hormo...Differential heart-attack risks among blacks, whites remain mystery
... than the Lp(a) in African-Americans. "We found no evidence to support a relationship between the protein's size and related levels of atherosclerosis in any of the groups we studied," said Guerra....West Africa: meningitis epidemics driven by the wind
...limate variations. Statistical methods brought out evidence of a coincidence between the seasonal variability of the number of cases of meningitis recorded in Mali and the climate dynamics on the scale of this zone. The Harmattan winds are the dominant feature of the winter climate of Sahelo-Sudanian Africa....Exercise, stress management show physiological benefits for heart patients
...experience chest pain while at rest, and exhibited evidence of myocardial ischemia, or reduced blood flow to the heart, during exercise. All participants underwent a battery of psychological and physiological testing before randomization, which was repeated four months later. One of the physiological markers...Study examines effectiveness of anti-anemia drug in treatment of cancer patients
...prove hematologic response in cancer patients, but evidence that the treatment affects survival is inconclusiv...researchers also found suggestive but inconclusive evidence that erythropoietin may improve overall survival. However, this contrasts with the results of two re...Studies examine menopausal hormone therapy and risk of breast cancer recurrence
...the results of these two trials provide additional evidence that use of combined estrogen and progestin is ass...t cancer. However, they write, "the lack of direct evidence for the effects of estrogen alone from these two trials, especially in the context of divergent data...Study reveals drinking alcohol reduces breast milk supply in women
...es their milk supply, rather than boosting it. New evidence shows that alcohol consumption causes hormonal dis...ty of her milk, she needs to know that there is no evidence to support this claim. In fact, the hormones underlying lactation and her milk production will be al...People can learn motor skills by watching
...ersity of Western Ontario have developed startling evidence that people can unconsciously learn complex motor behaviors by watching such performances. Their experiments indicate that subjects who watched a video depicting a person learning a motor skill would engage their neural systems for movement planning ...Bacterial infection associated with heart attack in young men
...s a common illness--by age 30, half of people have evidence of previous C. pneumoniae infection. Researchers in Wisconsin and Maryland conducted a study of young men in the military to determine whether there was a link between C. pneumoniae infection and heart attack, also called myocardial infarction. They ...Scientists to study actions of botanical oils
...cts are widely used by Americans despite a lack of evidence of whether they are safe or effective. The 2002 National Health Interview Survey conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicated that 38.2 million American adults (about 19 percent) use nonvitamin, nonmineral natural products, p...Belgium doctors treating critically ill infants favour legalising euthanasia
...e acts of killing to a minimum, we need far better evidence from various practice settings about the impact of end-of-life-care policies on actual clinical practice."...Lupus and the role of Epstein-Barr virus
... Providing solid new serum-based evidence on the link between lupus and Epstein-Barr virus, this study also calls attention to the need for continued research into the role of race, age, and genetic variation in autoimmune diseases. The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences is ...Mediterranean diet leads to longer life
...modest intake of alcohol, mostly as wine. Current evidence suggests that such a diet may be beneficial to health. The study involved over 74,000 healthy men and women, aged 60 or more, living in nine European countries. Information on diet, lifestyle, medical history, smoking, physical activity levels, and o...Competition in health care may not result in better quality
... and plan purchasers such as employers need better evidence to understand and evaluate the benefits and costs of competitive versus regulatory policies. "The health care environment is complicated and multi-layered, and perhaps the most effective change may require a mix of approaches involving competition an......nd findings is based on several factors, including evidence that the study's design was both scientifically so...rmation in the database created for the study. No evidence was found that the trial researchers either failed to report or mistakenly reported the deaths of an...