M. D. Anderson, BCM, launch research effort targeting asthma and allergic diseases
...ing cooperative program and both institutions will gain from this collaboration." In addition to several shared clinical and cancer-related research projects, this is the second major research collaboration established between M. D. Anderson and Baylor College of Medicine to study a disease other than ...VIRTUE clinical trial opens to primary immunodeficiency patients across the U.S.
...physicians and patients with Vivaglobin. They will gain more data on SC treatment and how that impacts the quality of life for patients. In addition to comparing the historical IV experience of patients, researchers will be looking at adverse events and if SC treatment improves that area as well....National study compares delivery methods of schizophrenia medicines
...effects including drowsiness, constipation, weight gain and Parkinson-like movements. Newer drugs, including oral and injectable forms of risperidone, share many of these but there is some evidence side effects are less frequent, Dr. Buckley says. Older injectables also are delivered in oil, a downside fo...Bone mass continues to increase in liver transplant patients, despite early loss
... duration of liver disease before transplant. Bone gain during the first two years after transplantation was greater for patients who were pre-menopausal; had lower pre-transplant and/or 4-month post-transplant bone densities; received lower doses of glucocorticoids; and had higher blood levels of vitamin...Identifying risk for obesity in early childhood
... parents can prevent the escalating rate of weight gain as the child grows taller, parents will be able to keep the child in the lower normal BMI ranges, which will greatly decrease the chances of becoming obese in adolescence and possibly later in life. "Parents should demand that the environment that...Overweight in early childhood increases chances for obesity at age 12
...oal of limiting the progression of abnormal weight gain that results in the development of obesity-related morbidity." The researchers also reported some risk of overweight at age 12 for children who were not overweight during the preschool and elementary years but had still had relatively higher BMIs at...New cell-based targets for treating autoimmune inflammatory diseases
...relationship to immune-mediated inflammation. To gain understanding, a team of researchers in Japan began by analyzing a spontaneous mutant strain of EOD mice. Their study, published in the September 2006 issue of Arthritis & Rheumatism ( http://www.interscience.wiley.com/journal/arthritis ), indicates...Rising health expenses are a good value, researchers say
...ded year of life. Of the portion of this longevity gain attributed to improvements in healthcare, the researchers estimated that some 70 percent was due to reductions in deaths from cardiovascular disease, while reductions in infant mortality accounted for 19 percent. Comparing this $19,900 against the ...Jefferson radiation oncologists among first to use cone beam CT to improve treatment accuracy
...ght during a period of therapy. They might lose or gain fluid. Tumors may shrink or unfortunately, continue to grow. As a result, radiation target sites change, which can be problematic for treatment. Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia and the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson are amon...Multiple sclerosis damage found in 'normal' brain tissue
...isease activity outside the visible lesions." To gain a better understanding of the effects of MS on the whole brain, Dr. Vrenken and colleagues studied T1 changes in normal-appearing white and gray brain matter in patients with MS. T1 is a measurement of proton relaxation after exposure to a magnetic...ASTRO annual meeting again named a fastest growing tradeshow
... demonstration that radiation therapy continues to gain recognition as one of the least invasive, most effective and cost effective treatment for people with cancer." ASTRO will be formally recognized by Tradeshow Week at an awards ceremony this November in Boston. ...A little TLC goes a long way toward reducing high cholesterol
...r heart disease. Inactivity contributes to weight gain and raises LDL as well as lowering HDL, the "good" cholesterol. The booklet offers a step-by-step program to get people moving and includes a chart of calories burned in common activities. Overweight and obesity increase a person's LDL level and ...Canada high in ulcerative colitis and Crohn's cases: Is Canada too clean?
...gues are studying IBD incidence rates in Canada to gain insight into the causes of the disease and determine why, as other studies have shown, it occurs more often in northern regions of the world. "We know that people need a certain genetic mutation to be vulnerable to the disease," said Fedorak. "How...Grasso, Stevens alumni deploy next generation information systems platform
... surgeon and software architect enable the team to gain subtle insights into the overall design and deployment of the system, while maintaining a 'patient comes first' perspective", said Joseph MacFarlane, VP of Business Development for MedAppz. Charles McElwee, Director of Healthcare Services for DP Solu...The Lancet calls on research community to address neglected disease that causes heart failure
...ted diseases with profound cardiac consequences to gain more interest from the world research community? A full and frank discussion at the upcoming World Cardiology Congress would be a good place to start." ...Idursulfase is effective treatment for Hunter syndrome, clinical trial concludes
... results from a pivotal clinical trial that helped gain U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for the first treatment for Hunter disease has been published online by the journal Genetics in Medicine. The article is available to journal subscribers at www.geneticsinmedicine.org . It will also appea...U of M study shows teen body dissatisfaction predicts use of behaviors that can lead to poor health
...weight control behaviors, which can lead to weight gain and poorer overall health. Teenage girls who weren't satisfied with their bodies were more likely to binge eat, participate in less physical activity, eat less fruits and vegetables, take diet pills, and induce vomiting five years later. Adolescent...Compound in dairy products targets diabetes
...to treated this disease, CLA does not cause weight gain and may in fact decrease overall body fat," says Vanden Heuvel, who has been granted a patent on the new method of treating diabetes with CLA. ...TB relapse due to low weight gain after initial treatment
... adjusted for other relapse risk factors, a weight gain of 5 percent or less between diagnosis and complet...in persons with greater than 5 percent body weight gain and a 50.5 percent relapse rate in persons who gained less than 5 percent in weight. The researche......tine. "The study shows our vaccine slows weight gain and decreases stored fat in rats," said a senior a...tor. What is known is that ghrelin promotes weight gain and fat storage through its metabolic actions, decreasing the breakdown of stored fat for energy as ...