New rheumatoid arthritis drug developed at UCSD promises improved treatment options
.... It is an incurable disease, with most therapies focusing on symptom relief. "Although the current available drugs pose risks to patients, the first two trials of dnaJP1 have not raised any significant safety concerns and offer an improved treatment option for patients with rheumatoid arthritis," said Alba...Bariatric surgical procedures increase substantially
..." The researchers add that public health campaigns focusing on the health dangers of obesity may help shift thinking about obesity from a cosmetic concern of women to a health concern for both sexes. "With increased knowledge of bariatric surgery indications, risks, and benefits among health care professional...Gamma knife effective in treating trigeminal neuralgia
..." of radioactive cobalt-60 at the trigeminal nerve focusing precisely on the target and minimizing radiation effects to surrounding healthy tissues. Ninety percent of patients with trigeminal neuralgia had significant pain relief within an average of four weeks. Approximately one-third of these patients di...Keck School of Medicine pediatric endocrinologist elected to Institute of Medicine
...outh Los Angeles. Kaufman is not only a physician focusing on the needs of children and teens with diabetes, but she is also a National Institutes of Health-funded researcher, administrator, teacher and advocate for kids. She has invented numerous products to help children with diabetes and their families, s...Autism problems explained in new research
...n circuits play a critical role in maintaining and focusing attention, planning and setting goals, and keeping goals in memory during problem-solving and decision-making." "Our neuroimaging findings showing dysfunction in these prefrontal brain circuits now explain why children with autism have problems with ...Women, kids and Australia's mental health crisis
...nted a major health crisis in Australia, a seminar focusing on women and mental health over the weekend was told. The Director of the Centre for Mental Health Research, Professor Helen Christensen, said at the seminar that many mental health problems were far more common in women than men. "Depression alone a...Researcher says flu responders can learn from 1918 epidemic
...he health crisis they faced," said Higgins, who is focusing his research efforts on the ability of Pennsylvania cities to respond. "Those cities that passed muster, relatively speaking, had been building a strong medical infrastructure for decades, and had sound public health policies based more upon science ...Changes in brain, not age, determine one's ability to focus on task
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- When it comes to focusing on a task amid distractions, some folks more than ...hibit inappropriate information, Kramer said. Such focusing is important when driving a car, flying a plane or making a variety of everyday decisions. Young peo...Largest survey on depression suggests higher prevalence in U.S., reports Mailman school
... abuse, a finding that indicates the importance of focusing on dependence when studying the relationship of depression to substance use disorders. This is supported by an earlier epidemiologic study conducted by Dr. Hasin and Mailman School colleague Renee Goodwin, PhD, assistant professor of Epidemiology, s...New TNS study shows most Australian women are overweight
...tralian women are trying to lose weight, primarily focusing on reducing the amount of fatty foods they eat, snacking less and exercising. "Worryingly, however, only 17% of women undertake regular exercise a symptom of not enough time in modern society for important priorities," she said. The TNS study report...Academy conference examines how our brains view art & the dynamic interface between art and science
...e of knowledge in those areas and include sessions focusing on artists who take inspiration from science and scientists' reactions to art as a means to further understand the structures of the brain that influence behavior." Among the speakers are: ARTISTS: Suzanne Anker, Visual Artist and Chair, Fine ...Broccoli sprouts, cabbage, ginkgo biloba and garlic: A grocery list for cancer prevention
...n, lead investigator of the study. Scientists are focusing on the anti-cancer properties of a chemical derived from broccoli sprouts called sulforaphane. Among other things, this chemical has the ability to help cells defend against oxidants, the highly reactive and toxic molecules that damage DNA and kill c...Study shows that dialysis patients often have close family members also on dialysis
...tients with chronic kidney disease should consider focusing screening efforts on high-risk family members in an attempt to slow the exponential growth rate of kidney failure," said Freedman, nephrology section head. According to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, the rate of...Protein suppresses prostate cancer, enhances effects of vitamin E
...ression of TAP, Yeh and the research group now are focusing on why, in prostate cancer, cells lose the capacity to express TAP. "This research has great promise," Messing said. "Why is TAP expression low in cancer cells? Is it one of the things that drives cells to become malignant? If TAP expression is impor...New strides being made in chemoprevention
...ancer Prevention Research meeting in Baltimore are focusing on new directions in this promising new field. "We have made great strides in recent years in identifying the risk factors for pre-cancer as well as cancer by studying large groups of individuals who have and do not have cancer," according to David ...New Muscular Dystrophy Cooperative Research Centers announced
...ne Muscular Dystrophy Cooperative Research Centers focusing on this group of genetic muscle-wasting diseases. The late Senator Wellstone was a major champion of muscular dystrophy issues in the Congress. The center at the University of Pennsylvania, co-directed by the university's H. Lee Sweeney, Ph.D., and ...Malaria risk it's not all in the genes
...ccess medical journal PLoS Medicine. Rather than focusing on specific genes, Mackinnon and colleagues were interested in the relative contributions of host genetics and other factors to the risk of malaria. To estimate the overall contribution of genetic factors to the difference in disease incidence betwee...The Lancet highlights the global burden of foot disease and amputation in diabetic patients
...day (Friday November 14, 2005), which is this year focusing on foot complications. The world is facing an epidemic of type 2 diabetes and the incidence of type 1 diabetes is also increasing. The lifetime risk of a person with diabetes developing a foot ulcer could be as high as 25%. If left untreated patients...New 'eye movement' test may help treat fetal alcohol syndrome
...s, who is part of a $1.25-million Queen's-led team focusing on fetal alcohol syndrome, funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. "Now we can begin to identify specific deficits in these children." Many of the behavioural tests used to assess children with FASD are geared to white, middle-class Eng......in clinical areas--diabetes and metabolic syndrome focusing on both vascular damage causes and the glucose centered disease approach. Editor of Diabetes Research & Metabolic Syndrome, Professor Philip Home noted, "Metabolic Syndrome is of particular interest from a global perspective and this gives Diabetes...