Exercise helps sustain mental activity as we age, may prevent dementia-like illnesses
...were genetically predisposed to the disease. By examining the human intervention studies, a relationship was also found between fitness training and improved cognition, more efficient brain function and retained brain volume in older people, said Kramer. He cautions that different fitness training regimens ...Research shows no direct association between anxiety symptoms and adverse pregnancy outcomes
...xious in stressful situations. Previous research examining whether anxiety during pregnancy does cause harmful effects has shown mixed results until now. This meta-analysis of research that spanned 39 years and included 50 studies of 48 sample groups of women recruited from prenatal clinics and other medical...Hearing loss and high-speed dental tools
...nducting hearing tests with a portable audiometer, examining ear canals with an otoscope and asking participants to answer questions about occupational and recreational noise exposure. They also have measured the sound levels of different hand pieces while they're used on patients. "We want to compare the he...Study links asthma to increased risk for sleep apnea in young women
...nvironmental Health Sciences, is a five-year study examining the effects of environmental particulates on childhood respiratory health and allergy development. All families enrolled in the study had at least one confirmed allergy, in either the mother or the father. Environmental tobacco smoke exposure and ...Anxiety before surgery complicates recovery in children
...conclusion." Kain and his colleagues currently are examining this issue in an NIH funded study....A third of the world population faces water scarcity today
... The Assessment, the first of its kind critically examining policies and practices of water use and development in the agricultural sector over the last 50 years, was co-sponsored by the CGIAR, FAO, the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, and the Convention on Biological Diversity in a bid to find solutions to the...Long-term abstinence may resolve many of the neurocognitive deficits associated with alcoholism
...fects of alcohol. Fein and his colleagues are now examining recovery of cognitive functioning among abstinent alcoholics 65 to 85 years of age who stopped drinking before the age of 50, between 50 and 60, and after 60 years of age. This data, said Fein, will address the degree to which alcohol abuse is more ...A novel mechanism of manganese-induced neurological dysfunction discovered
...anganese neurotoxicity that this on-going study is examining that are likely to change the way that we view the risk of manganese exposure today," said Guilarte. ...Obesity in men linked to infertility
...th Study (AHS), a large project that began in 1993 examining factors that impact the health of farmers and their families in agricultural communities. "Women who are overweight or obese tend to have a more difficult time becoming pregnant than normal-weight women, but whether men who are overweight or obe...Hopkins-led study finds that chronic form of depression runs in families
... to Potash. Mondimore says a similar technique, examining a subtype of illness, was used to discover a familial relationship in breast cancer in women -- a finding that paved the way to discovering a link between the BRCA1 gene and that disease. Data for the GenRED project and for first-degree relatives w...Identifying risk for obesity in early childhood
... risk that a child will be overweight at age 12 by examining the child's earlier growth. The study demonstrates that children who are overweight at any stage of their growth before age 12 are more likely to be overweight by the time they are 12, and the more times a child is measured as overweight during thes...Ground movement risks identified by Terrafirma
...in an average of 60 deaths per year. Terrafirma is examining landslide sites, with the PSI information going to the national geoscience centres and engineers for expert interpretation using their own data and expertise. Terrafirma monitored the Cutigliano village in Italy's Tuscan Apennines for landslide ri...Studies provide new evidence on risks associated with Cox-2 inhibitors and NSAIDs
... that a time-cumulative meta-analytic approach for examining available trial safety data would have helped clarify apparently adverse effects several years earlier than the current report. The knowledge of all potential adverse effects is important and indeed time-sensitive, for physicians and patients both n...National study: Patients poorly prepared for end-of-life decisions
...e of five studies undertaken by the team. They are examining how satisfied patients are with their care; how they make decisions about the kinds of treatments they receive at the end of life; the importance of where they die; and how aware patients are of the course of their disease and the odds of recovery....Prostate cancer treatment increases risk of diabetes and heart disease
... myocardial infarction, or sudden cardiac death by examining data from approximately 73,000 men age 66 or older who were diagnosed with local or regional prostate cancer....Rochester launches Cancer Stem Cell Research Program
...laborating to discover cures for cancer by closely examining the "master cells" of this deadly disease. This program is one of only three formal programs in the United States. The two others are at Harvard and Stanford universities. This is a new avenue for scientists to pursue in an effort to find the und...$36.4 billion a year: Cost of HIV/AIDS highlights racial and ethnic disparities
...V infection in the U.S.," says Dr. Hutchinson, "by examining the impact of stage of disease at diagnosis and access to treatment on the cost of HIV infection and how this might differ by race/ethnicity." The research shows that differences in medical care result in dissimilar costs--both direct and indirect ...Tibotec Therapeutics announces start of largest US study on HIV treatment in women
...nces initiation of the largest U.S. clinical study examining HIV treatment in treatment-experienced adult women GRACE trial to explore gender-related differences in response to PREZISTA-based HIV therapy Bridgewater, NJ, [Thursday, September 28, 2006] -- Tibotec Therapeutics Clinical Affairs, a division of O...NHGRI funds assessment of public attitudes about population-based studies on genes and environment
...ture potential large U.S. population-based studies examining the roles of genes and environment in human health. "Data from the Human Genome Project, a better understanding of human genetic variation, and major advances in genetic and environmental technologies have provided an unprecedented opportunity to ...Exercise prior to hip and knee replacement reduces need for inpatient rehabilitation
...lly for the TKA [knee replacement] population, and examining the cost effectiveness of exercise for patients undergoing total joint replacement." ...