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... associated with metabolic syndrome, a risk factor for cardiovascular disease and diabetes, even in norma...n in middle-aged adults may confer additional risk for metabolic syndrome, but it is not known whether this is true for older individuals. Bret H. Goodpas...Restless legs syndrome has complex genetic involvement
...es. Linkage to that location was formally excluded for six other families. The researchers compared clini... movements during sleep, was significantly greater for affected individuals from the linked families than for affected individuals from the unlinked famili...Older children may benefit from treatment for lazy eye
...sly been thought too old to benefit from treatment for amblyopia, commonly known as "lazy eye", showed im...ground information in the article. The upper limit for successful treatment response has been believed to be six to seven or nine to ten years of age. The ...Deep brain stimulation in Parkinson disease reduces uncontrolled movements
...within the brain is being intensively investigated for the management of advanced Parkinson disease, acco...ation motor scores and levodopa-induced dyskinesia for at least one year, and there is no clear superiority of STN over GPi stimulation," the authors concl...National trial shows older children benefit from treatment for childhood's most common eye disorder
...f Health (NIH), and coordinated by the Jaeb Center for Health Research in Tampa, FLA appears in the April...how important it is to screen children of all ages for amblyopia." said Dr. Hertle. "Previously, patients were told there was nothing that could be done to...News briefs from the journal CHEST, April 2005
...rogram dramatically reduced equipment repair costs for endoscopes and associated equipment at Beth Israel...osts, meals and refreshments, and travel honoraria for speakers from other institutions. An educational program that includes equipment training can great...Hopkins study shows older children also benefit from 'lazy eye' treatment
...e," may benefit from treatments usually prescribed for younger children. "Previously, many eye specialis... development of a portion of the brain responsible for sight. The most common causes are crossed or wandering eyes, farsightedness or nearsightedness. In ...Study finds no link between cell phone use and brain tumors
... cell phone use. The study found no increased risk for brain tumors related to cell phone use, frequency ... phone use, but those studies have been criticized for problems with the study design." For 27 people with brain tumors and 47 people without brain tumors,...Exercise may not be good enough to reduce mild hypertension in older people, Hopkins experts say
...e effectiveness of national guidelines on exercise for lowering blood pressure in older people. Current...mercury (mm/Hg). "Exercise is highly recommended for reducing blood pressure and is part of prevention and treatment programs for an estimated 90 percent...Nanotechnology's miniature answers to developing world's biggest problems
...e usual battery of blood work tests, plus analysis for infectious diseases such as malaria and HIV/AIDS, ... (CPGGH) at the University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics (JCB), a leading international medical ethics think-tank, several nanotechnology applicati...Older children can benefit from treatment for childhood's most common eye disorder
...can now feel confident that traditional treatments for amblyopia will work for many older children," said Paul A. Sieving, M.D., Ph.D., director of the NEI. "This is important bec...Abnormal lung cancer screening results may help smokers quit
...l results using computed tomography (CT) to screen for lung cancer are more likely to quit, suggesting an opportunity for doctors to motivate smokers to quit smoking. The study appears in the May 15, 2005 issue of CANCER (...Few women at risk for breast cancer willing to use drug to prevent the disease
...the drug's adverse effects were the primary reason for refusal. Tamoxifen, a synthetic estrogen receptor...also recognized as a breast cancer prevention drug for women. It also has the added benefit of reducing the risk of osteoporotic fractures. A recent metana...Little answers to world's biggest problems
...usual battery of "blood work" tests, plus analysis for infectious diseases such as malaria and HIV/AIDS, ...earchers at the University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics (JCB), published in PLoS Medicine , the open access global health journal, an internation...Grandmothers' smoking linked to grandchildren's asthma decades later
...and demonstrate how important smoking cessation is for both the person smoking and their family members," said Paul A. Kvale, M.D., president of the American College of Chest Physicians, which publishes Chest....Early stage breast-cancer rates are rising as incidence of invasive cases are leveling
...rcinoma in situ, or LCIS, is very rare, accounting for only about 4,200 cases annually in the United Stat...y found by chance during a breast biopsy performed for another reason. In contrast, because ductal carcinoma in situ, or DCIS, is common, accounting for m...Technology helps Stanford shed new light on coronary bypass surgery
... Pelletier, MD, used the new technology in surgery for the first time in the United States on March 16. ...n January by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for use in coronary artery bypass surgery, the most common open-heart surgery in the country with more t...University of Kentucky physician publishes fibromyalgia study in Arthritis & Rheumatism journal
...ria W. Singletary Chair and Director of the Center for the Advancement of Women's Health "Fibromyalgia is...l, study participants discontinued all medications for pain and sleep disorders except for acetaminophen, aspirin or symptomatic migraine treatment. The ...Chemical library aids in developing drug system for nerve damage
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