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...es in the May 1, 2007, Annals of Internal Medicine find that infliximab, a widely used anti-tumor necrosis drug, has no benefit in patients receiving standard corticosteroid treatment for giant-cell arteritis (GCA) or polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR). The diseases, common overlapping inflammatory rheumatic di...Study suggests antithrombotics cause more intracerebral hemorrhagic stroke deaths in 'over-75s'
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...ed the records of one large childrens hospital, to find out where children had died, and of what causes. The period of analysis spanned seven years from 1997 to 2004 and included all age groups from 0 to 18 years. During the seven years, 1127 children died, over half of whom (58%) were younger than ...Review finds ways of helping children of drug and alcohol misusers
...dren brought up in these kinds on environments, we find in practice that some children are resilient; they...families have been affected by substance misuse to find out why this might be, and how we can encourage similar results elsewhere." The findings highlight...Scientists find missing link to understand how plants make vitamin C
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... way of testing thousands of druglike molecules to find any that could turn the potassium switch on or off. Their approach involved chemically shaving off all the potassium channels on the cell surface and forcing the cells to make new channels. By measuring the activity of the new channels, the researche...New blood test can diagnose and monitor treatment of Parkinson's disease
...ether it is applicable for all types of PD, and to find out if it can measure the rate of progression and severity of the disease. "If the results of our large-scale study are encouraging, this test could be available for clinical use within the next two years," Prof Horne said. "We are now refining t...Outdated policies are impediment for Americans with disabilities
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... PhosphoMotif Finder tool allows any researcher to find potential phosphorylation sites in any protein of interest. The power of this technique is not just in the numbers, says Pandey. Rather, weve found what you might call new information about old proteins, and we hope the new data will help research...RAND study finds school playgrounds can help fight childhood obesity
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...hospital administrators to the city. "We need to find patients who have these bacteria on them and who, as such, are not only at risk of personal infection, but also pose a serious threat of infection to other patients and hospital staff," she says. According to Perl, a professor of medicine and patho...Change in neuroticism tied to mortality rates, researcher says
...es would show vastly different results. "You can find the full range of personalities in any ethnic or gender group," Mroczek said. "There are those who are laid back and then there are those who worry, who react very poorly to stress, who are always on edge." Mroczek will begin testing later this yea...Strong marriage helps couples deal with tempermental baby
... fathers work together as parents. "We wanted to find out how coparenting is affected when a couple has a child who cries a lot, cries intensely, and has trouble adjusting to new situations and new circumstances," she said. The study involved 97 couples from Illinois who were expecting a baby (two-thi...Study links breast cancer risk to epigenetic changes related to race, smoking and birth size
...0s and early 60s," said Terry. "Were interested to find if early life factors are associated with breast c...ly in progress. "Were going to try to see if we find these patterns holding up in a much larger sample now," Terry said. "We see this as a first step to...Mayo Clinic Cancer Center researcher finds mold by-product kills multiple myeloma
... says, "we will continue working with chaetocin to find the best way to use it for our patients. We are al... within Mayos Dysproteinemia and Myeloma Groups to find promising natural or man-made agents for the treatment of myeloma and other blood diseases and to in...