AIDS inflicts specific pattern of brain damage, reveals UCLA/Pittsburgh imaging study
...AART). "Two big surprises came out of this study," explained Paul Thompson, Ph.D., first author and associate p...or immune function also show severe brain damage," explained Thompson. "This was a revelation. We used to consider these separate phenomena, because HIV harms ...Study questions widespread use of C-reactive protein test to assess cardiovascular risk
...ved that only 50 percent of heart attacks could be explained by traditional risk factors," says Dr. Miller. "However, this turned out to be one of the greatest myths in cardiovascular medicine as recent studies have affirmed that more than 90 percent of heart attacks can be accounted for by traditional risk fa...Study finds surprising links between depression, suicide, and epilepsy
...ee whether the co-occurrence of these disorders is explained by shared genetic susceptibility, and with studies that examine possible common underlying neurotransmitter abnormalities," said Hesdorffer....VGTI researchers receive $12.6 million to study West Nile virus in the elderly
...lness is much more common in those older than 50," explained Janko Nikolich-Zugich, Ph.D., a senior scientist a...ave a greater ability to create serious illness.," explained Nikolich-Zugich. The scientists and their colleagues also believe the findings of this research may...Other illnesses play role in difference in breast cancer survival rates between blacks and whites
...-adjusted hazard ratios indicated that comorbidity explained 49.1 percent of all-cause and 76.7 percent of comp...ts and reducing racial disparity. That comorbidity explained more than 40 percent of the survival disparity in patients younger than 70 years indicates that effe...Penn researchers discover the powerful tool of simultaneous fMRI and PET imaging
... integrated way to look at the brain's functions," explained Andrew Newberg, MD, a radiologist in nuclear medicine at UPHS and lead author on this clinical study. "We can now get a more comprehensive view of what's happening in the brain at a particular time, than we've ever been able to do before. We can look...Cold treatment protects against infant disability and death from oxygen loss
...al cord, and rupture of the uterus. Dr. Shankaran explained that HIE is estimated to occur from 0.5 to 1 times... to 62 percent in the control group. Dr. Shankaran explained that when the study's three principal outcomes--death, moderate disability, and severe disability--w...Work on cancer-killing compound nets FSU professor major grant
...s of future pharmaceutical drugs," he said. Dudley explained that the overall mission of his lab is to develop better access to synthetic versions of "biologically important" chemicals for which nature provides alimited supply. Typically, he said, he and his students choose a molecule that has showninteresting...Pain drives Canadian youth to seek alternative medical treatment
...McColl suggests that the east-west gradient may be explained by the fact that complementary and alternative medicine receives more regulatory and financial support (through publicly-funded insurance coverage) in the western provinces. While the study does not look at the effectiveness of these treatments, "wha...Kids who drink early in life: What does it mean for their future?
... history of alcohol dependence. "Three variables explained 45 percent of the model variance," said Kuperman. "Age at interview accounted for 38.3 percent, conduct scale score accounted for 6.2 percent, and the number of alcohol-dependent adult siblings accounted for 0.5 percent. No family history measures ...High blood pressure a greater risk for stroke and heart disease in Asia says new study
...s at the George Institute, who authored the paper, explained that "Cardiovascular disease is already the leading cause of death in many Asian populations, but the relationships between risk factors and cardiovascular disease can differ in Asian and Western populations. "A lack of data in the past has preven...Fox Chase study: Radiation then tamoxifen after lumpectomy for early-stage breast cancer pts
...llowing lumpectomy had not been well-established," explained Penny Anderson, M.D., a radiation oncologist at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia and lead author of the study. "Some studies have suggested a potential negative effect of tamoxifen on radiosensitivity when the drug was administered during rad...Fox Chase study shows TURP patients with intermediate PSA should be considered high-risk
...s secreted from both normal and cancerous tissue," explained lead author David J. D'Ambrosio, M.D., a resident in the radiation oncology department at Fox Chase Cancer Center. "Patients who have had a TURP prior to their prostate cancer treatment may have lower pretreatment PSA levels because there is less pr...Surviving breast cancerDoes a woman's marital status matter?
...h head and neck cancers who undergo radiotherapy," explained Shelly B. Hayes, M.D., chief resident in the radiation oncology department at Fox Chase. "What we found was that men who faired better in terms of survival were married. There didn't appear to be a link between survival and marital status for the w...Study: No effects of type II diabetes on aggressiveness of prostate cancer; long-term survival worse
...atment factors used to stage the prostate cancer," explained Khanh H. Nguyen, M.D., lead author of the Fox Chase study and a resident in the radiation oncology department at Fox Chase. "These factors include the initial PSA, Gleason score and T-stage. The men with type II diabetes didn't have a significantly...Fox Chase study examines which women could benefit from adjuvant therapy with aromatase inhibitor
...result in only a 1 to 2 percent clinical benefit," explained Freedman. In clinical practice, a benefit level of 3 percent is commonly used to select patients for adjuvant chemotherapy and/or hormonal therapy as primary adjuvant therapy. Freedman continued, "In this study, women with factors placi...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for October 2005 (second issue)
...ater chance of developing the disease. The authors explained that a major strength of the study was the very large number of mesothelioma cases used to assess the potentially weak association between exposure to naturally occurring asbestos and mesothelioma incidence. The research appears in the second issue f...Have researchers found a biomarker to signal a more agressive form of prostate cancer?
...ely useful in predicting prostate cancer outcome," explained Pollack. "However, new biomarkers hold promise in strengthening our ability to predict response to treatment. By identifying the more virulent forms of prostate cancer, we may be able to tailor treatment or develop therapies to target the abnormali...Treatment regimen offers greater survival advantage for recurrent head and neck cancers
...s were among those with the most serious cancers," explained Horwitz. Eight of the patients in the study had grade 5 toxicities, or fatal side effects. Thirty-four percent of the patients had grade 4 acute and late toxicities. Other acute toxicities included leukopenia, anemia and diarrhea. The impetuses ...Should doctors consider male marital status when planning palliative treatment for bone metastasis?
...deal of pain if their cancer spreads to the bone," explained Andre Konski, M.D., M.B.A., M.A., F.A.C.R., director of clinical research in the radiation oncology department at Fox Chase Cancer Center and lead author of the paper on the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group study (RTOG 97-14). "The pain can be allev...