NHLBI Asthma Clinical Research Networks and ALA ACRC Network to present at ATS 2007
...of Medicine that showed that preschool children at high risk for asthma had decreased asthma-like symptoms... away. In this study, children considered to be at high risk of asthma include those with recurrent wheezing in the first three years of life, as well as th...When it comes to preventing amputation in diabetics, site, not size, matters
...y to help us predict and prevent the unnecessarily high rate of complications in persons with diabetes, worldwide."...'Supersize me' mice research offers grim warning for America's fast food consumers
..., shows the dangers of high-fat food combined with high fructose corn syrup and a sedentary lifestyle in ...of a diet that was 40 percent fat and replete with high fructose corn syrup, a sweetener common in soda and some fruit juices. The research is being present...Small infants have greater survival rate in high level intensive care facilities
... "Previous studies have established a link between high volume and high quality among NICUs, and this study offers further evidence of that relationship," said Carolyn M. C...Ireland Cancer Center researcher lays out benefits of aspirin to prevent colon cancer
...demonstrated that two-thirds of colon cancers have high levels of expression of the COX-2 enzyme, which is...6% decrease in the risk of developing one of these high COX-2 expressing colon cancers. These results again demonstrated that drugs that block COX-2 can de...Follow-up care for breast cancer patients is 'devalued and deregulated'
... follow-up than district hospitals for patients at high risk from either recurrence or treatment-related p... community-based care actually deliver consistent, high quality care as envisaged by NICE, whilst allowing the savings from reduced hospital visits to be pa...GI screening: Racing time or wasting time?
...o detect advanced neoplastic lesions (lesions with high risk of progression to cancer or actual cancer), seeking to identify possible racial disparities between Caucasian and African American patients in detecting and diagnosing colorectal cancer, as well as the usefulness of colonoscopies in detecting co...New Mayo Clinic MRI technology enables noninvasive liver diagnoses
...onfirmed that MRE accurately detects fibrosis with high sensitivity and specificity. Researchers also foun...MRE can accurately measure portal hypertension, or high blood pressure in the portal vein that carries blood from the digestive track to the liver, usually ...Scientists find war vets' hand dexterity determines susceptibility to PTSD
...nd that veterans with extreme mixed handedness and high combat exposure were nearly five times more likely to have PTSD than those with lower degrees of mixed handedness. Joseph Boscarino, PhD, MPH and Stuart Hoffman, DO of the Geisinger Center for Health Research measured PTSD and handedness among a n...Article outlines current recommendations for treating malaria in the US
.... residents traveling to regions in the world with high levels of malaria, there continues to be a need for treatment of this disease in the United States, with there being an annual average of 1,200 cases reported, almost all imported, resulting in up to 13 deaths per year. The researchers write: Impo...New doctors' test kit to help prevent debilitating osteoporosis
...r people are more likely to have osteoporosis than high cholesterol so preventing this cruel disease is vital for healthy ageing. "The Dubbo Study has shown there are markedly greater health care costs than previously considered for osteoporosis," Dr Bennett said. "This exciting new initiative has the p...Studies show role of age, gender, race and weight on cancer risk and treatment
...ls in the liver, is on the rise in part due to the high prevalence of chronic hepatitis C infection, which increases the risk for the disease. Surgery is the only potential curative treatment for HCC and this study sought to determine the patterns of use for this treatment. Researchers from the Univers...NYP/Weill Cornell Urologists present at 2007 AUA Conference
...ions that often occur together, including obesity, high blood sugar, high blood pressure and high triglycerides, which can lead to cardiovascular disease -- have higher incid...Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, May 2007
...ood for improving the U.S. business climate. These high savings enable these industries to be more competitive as money saved from high energy costs can be rerouted to other aspects of doing business in a large industrial setting, Wrigh...To get blood pressure under control, combination of medicines may be best
...ional study involving more than 10,700 people with high blood pressure. Just six months of treatment wa...diastolic. As many as 60 million Americans have high blood pressure. But because high BP doesnt cause symptoms, most people who have it dont know it. Ove...UCLA imaging study reveals how pure oxygen harms the brain
...they respond to oxygen therapy." Earlier data on high oxygen's harmful effects have already resulted in policy changes overseas. Instead of using straight oxygen, many European hospitals now resuscitate patients with room air, which contains a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen and carbon dioxide; or with a b...The hepatitis C link: Diagnose, treat, transplant
...o determine whether one could identify patients at high risk for the development of cancer. Differences between groups were tested by ANOVA, a statistical test that determines the significance of any given observation. Within purine metabolism, several genes were expressed between normal liver and both...Sleep apnea may increase risk of diabetes
...s a cascade of events, including the production of high levels of the hormone cortisol that ultimately leads to insulin resistance and glucose intolerance, pre-diabetic conditions that, if left untreated, can lead to the development of diabetes. Low oxygen levels also appear to play an important role. Th...Statin use linked with decreased prostate cancer mortality rates, lower PSA levels
... insurance coverage in black men. The link between high cholesterol and declining mortality was unexpected...o the increased use of statin medications to treat high cholesterol. This abstract will be presented during Podium Session 4 on May 20 starting at 8:00 a.......al literature for a VA-based population. Having a high SVR rate means a cure is 95 percent of the time based upon long-term follow up that is greater than six months after treatment. The SVR rate for patients taking triple therapy, PI+R plus a statin, was 63 percent. Statins appear to be associated ...