New study shows antibiotic treatment does not reduce risk of secondary cardiac events
... Journal of Medicine . Many previous studies have found the bacteria Chlamydia pneumoniae in the arterial ...ough the air and can cause pneumonia. "This study found no benefit from treating the C. pneumoniae bacteria with antibiotic in order to reduce the risk of h...Used in a new way, RNA interference permanently silences key breast cancer gene
...rmanently silences activated STAT3, a crucial gene found in some human breast tumors, thus reducing the can...er a single exposure of this delivery system, they found 75 percent of laboratory breast cancer cells stopped expressing the STAT3 protein. The researchers a...New research pinpoints best treatment for stroke
...of tPA use in more than 2600 acute stroke patients found the intracerebral hemorrhage rate was 5.2 percent. The WVU study shows that CT perfusion, which measures blood flow, is very accurate at determining which patients would best benefit from treatment and which should not receive clot-busting drugs. In ...Propensity for obesity, diabetes, may occur in utero
... level or a change in islet structure. They also found changes in the hypothalamus, the brain's center of appetite regulation, that result in appetite stimulation. While these studies were done with rats, Mulchand Patel, Ph.D, UB distinguished professor of biochemistry and first author on the study, spe...UT Southwestern sports medicine doctor pedals advice on gearing up for safe cycling season
...ercent to 8 percent carbohydrates, which have been found to cause fewer gastric problems and are ideal for absorption," he said. "Cyclists should also try different sports drinks during training to get an idea of which one works best for them, as research has shown that taste is the most important factor f...Study finds possible mechanism for link between sleep disturbances and metabolic syndrome
...d cholesterol, and a large waist. Scientists have found that circadian rhythms (which control the sleep/wa...ome. In this latest work, Turek and his colleagues found that mutant mice weremore active during times when rodents usually sleep. They also had lessfluctuat...Genetic variation linked to alcohol dependence found in a Russian population
... for developing alcoholism in a U.S. population is found in a Russian population, according to a published ...o be mediated through GABRA2." This gene is often found in persons who do not become alcoholic, but its presence causes a small increase in risk that appear...Canadian youth 4th highest in international obesity study
...t). The highest prevalence of overweight youth was found in Malta (25.4 per cent), the U.S. (25.1 per cent)...re obese. "The fact that similar associations were found across countries and cultures demonstrates the robustness of these findings," says Dr. Janssen. "Phy...Anti-malarial drugs given to infants can protect them for two years
...risk of malaria increased during this period. They found the opposite: the rate of clinical malaria was 36% lower in recipients of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine than placebo recipients. Dr Schellenberg states: "We have shown a continuing reduction in the risk of first or only episodes of clinical malaria in ch...Anti-malaria drug combination could help address treatment crisis in Africa
...lure to clear malaria parasites from the blood was found in 42% of patients on amodiaquine, 20% on amodiaqu... amodiaquine is high. Dr Mutabingwa concludes: "We found that the artemether-lumefantrine combination is effective taken unsupervised. The cost of the drug m...Adolescents not receiving health counseling, Stanford study shows
...g discussions was about 8 percent. The study also found the most common reason for teen girls' medical vis...ana?" Still, the Stanford researchers consistently found gaps between expert recommendations and medical practice. "The gaps are huge," Ma said. "And the imp...Nanoparticles offer new hope for detection and treatment
...ny "hooks" that link only to complementary "loops" found on cells in newly forming blood vessels. When the nanoparticles hooked the "loops" on the new vessels' cells, they revealed the location of the tumors. Nanoparticles are particularly useful because of their adaptability, according to Lanza, who sees ...High levels of immunosuppressant may lead to tumor recurrence
... on the incidence of liver cancer after transplant found that high levels of the immunosuppressant cyclospo... 2 and 40 months after transplant. The researchers found that the absence of recurrence was significantly related to blood levels of cyclosporine, which were...Monoclonal antibody cures West Nile virus-infected mice
...urvival rate after West Nile infection, scientists found that single doses of the antibodies given soon after infection could boost survival rates to 90 percent or higher. "To our knowledge, these experiments are the first successful demonstration of the use of a humanized antibody as a post-exposure ther...Study sheds light on age-related changes of prion diseases
...t causes GSS in this family the mutant protein was found to assume its normal shape in the cell, but after it was unfolded it failed to return to its normal shape. This may explain why the disease is age-related since the healthy young cell can properly fold and maintain the mutant protein, but the defici...Significant fall in serious violence in England and Wales
...tistics as a measure of violent crime. The study found that an estimated 25,700 fewer people attended major Accident and Emergency departments after violence-related injury in England in 2004 compared with 2000 and 2,800 fewer in Wales. The greatest decreases in England and Wales were observed in 2004. ...54 per cent of air passengers experience significant reduction in oxygen levels
...esia. The study, by a team of Belfast researchers, found that oxygen levels fell by an average of four per cent when people reached cruising altitude. 84 passengers, aged from one to 78, had their oxygen saturation levels measured by qualified anaesthetists on the ground and at cruising altitude. Groun...New study shows simple actions wipe out huge higher heart risks for Asian diabetics
...mmunity diabetes specialist nurse. The researchers found this approach provided a number of benefits but one of the most significant was an average drop in blood pressure of around 4mmHg in the Asian patients research has shown that such a drop in blood pressure leads to a 35% reduction in the risk of hea...Class effect of statins in elderly patients
... for a statin within 90 days after discharge. They found that the 5 statins were equally effective for secondary prevention after AMI. However, the costs of statins differ, as Wright points out in a related commentary, which gives physicians an opportunity to reduce costs to patients and the health care s......153,000 adults from all 50 states, the researchers found that only three percent of U.S. adults maintain a healthy lifestyle with all four healthy lifestyle characteristics. Seventy-six percent of are nonsmoking. People were less likely to smoke if they were older, had more education, higher incomes and we...