A possible new phase for rheumatoid arthritis treatment
...ch published today in Arthritis Research & Therapy found that very early rheumatoid arthritis is characterised by a distinct profile of T cell, macrophage and stromal cell related cytokines in synovial fluid. This finding of a distinct phase of rheumatoid arthritis, immediately after the onset of clinical...People can learn motor skills by watching
... or their roles in the experiment. The researchers found that, compared to subjects who watched nothing, th...s' arm muscle activity during video watching. They found no such muscle activity when subjects watched the videos. Also, the researchers tested whether the l...Bacterial infection associated with heart attack in young men
...itory before the men had their heart attacks. They found that high levels of C. pneumoniae antibodies in blood were associated with the occurrence of heart attack. This association was particularly strong in blood collected one to five years before the men's first heart attacks. However, lead author Christ...Women with heart attacks benefit from stenting
...ndomized, controlled clinical trial, stent use was found to significantly reduce major adverse cardiac events in women at one year, 19.1 percent for stents compared to 28.1 percent for balloon angioplasty. The need to re-intervene was reduced from 20.4 percent with balloon angioplasty to 10.8 percent with...Scientists to study actions of botanical oils
...roject will explore the hypothesis that a rare oil found in nature known as echium reduces atherosclerosis ...determine the therapeutic potential of fatty acids found in several natural oils to treat sufferers of many of the most common diseases that affect mankind."...OHSU researchers demonstrate how Alzheimer's disease impacts important brain cell function
...ople in the same age range. "More importantly, we found that the decrease of synaptic protein levels in the frontal cortex of the brains of Alzheimer's patients was more severe than in other portions of the brain," explained P. Hemachandra Reddy, Ph.D., scientist at the Neurological Sciences Institute and...Study: Level I trauma centers boost head injury survival
...pril issue of the journal Health Services Research found that mortality risk dropped 10 percent among patients with head injury transferred from rural trauma centers in Oregon and Washington to level I trauma centers in both states. Researchers from the Center for Policy and Research in Emergency Medicine ...Belgium doctors treating critically ill infants favour legalising euthanasia
...n minors is illegal in Belgium. However, the study found that lethal doses or lethal drugs were administere...tion in some cases. Professor Deliens states: "We found that about three in four physicians who are confronted with critically ill neonates and infants are ...Post-traumatic stress disorder common among refugees in western countries
...ished between January 1966 and December 2002. They found 20 eligible surveys that included data from 6743 adult refugees from seven countries (Australia, Canada, Italy, New Zealand, Norway, the UK and the USA). The combined analysis of these surveys suggest about one in ten adult refugees in western countr...Unchaperoned examinations risk misconduct allegations
...letter to this week's BMJ. However, a recent study found that nearly half of male general practitioners nev...nes when intimately examining women, while another found only 37% of general practitioners had a chaperoning policy. The authors carried out a survey on pati...Lupus and the role of Epstein-Barr virus
...mmon in African Americans with lupus. EBV-IgA was found in 66 percent of African-American patients, and calculated at increasing the odds for lupus by 5 to 6 fold. Among white lupus patients, the EBV-IgA association was modest, yet increased significantly with age. The association also appeared stronger...IOM report should end nevirapine controversy, HIVMA says
...the National Institutes of Health (NIH), IOM today found that the study was conducted appropriately and ethically, although there were some problems with data collection and record keeping. However, IOM said those errors did not bias the results of the study: that single-dose nevirapine cuts the risk of ...Competition in health care may not result in better quality
... on the HEDIS and CAHPS measures. The researchers found that plans that make their data available publicly performed significantly better on both HEDIS and CAHPS measures. "Since public reporting remains voluntary, consumers cannot make informed decisions if comparable data for plans is not available," ...Institute of Medicine news: Review of HIVNET 012 study
...e database created for the study. No evidence was found that the trial researchers either failed to report...w of source documents for the subset of 49 infants found that deaths, hospitalizations, and serious adverse events observed during clinic visits also were re...OHSU develops instant, computerized notification system to communicate patients' end-of-life wishes
...d system ensures that an advance directive will be found when needed. This legal document allows health care professionals to clearly understand and follow the patient's wishes, even when family members passionately disagree. "The alert system makes it possible for me to quickly and easily locate a patient...Liver may be source of 'good' cholesterol
...protein that it manufactures. The ABCA1 protein is found in many parts of the body, so scientists have been... researchers measured HDL levels in these mice and found that concentrations of HDL were 80 percent lower than in normal mice. The mice also had higher level...OHSU scientist helping explain basis of psychotic behavior
...oceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that found a link between dopamine supersensitivity and incre...inity for dopamine. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter found in the brain that plays an important role in the regulation of behavior involved in movement control...About 70 percent of older adults use alternative medicine
...umer sciences at Ohio State University. This study found that 71 percent of older adults used some form of ...lternative medicine in 2000. A study done in 2002, found a lower rate -- about 62 percent among all adults. "The percentage of older adults who used alterna...Certain weight control behaviors may precipitate obesity among adolescent girls
...f the University of Texas at Austin and co-authors found that 496 adolescent girls (11-15 year olds) who us...ly to become obese. On the other hand, the authors found that eating high fat foods, binge eating or infrequent exercise were not as much linked to predictin...Fifteen-year hunt uncovers gene behind 'pseudothalidomide' syndrome
... recent developments. For example, the researchers found important genetic changes in part by comparing different species' genetic sequences, most of which were published only within the last four years. "In 1989, we were collecting samples and characterizing the chromosome problem in cells from people wit...