OHSU Cancer Institute researcher identifies protein marker for prostate cancer survival
...t evaluated treatment with docetaxel and DN-101, a high dose formulation of calcitriol or docetaxel with placebo. This analysis included subjects from both groups. The analyses were supported by Novacea Inc., the sponsor of the ASCENT study. This new finding was in collaboration with Novacea. The resu...International studies show high efficacy for HPV vaccine
...Merck under the name Gardasil, also demonstrated a high efficacy rate in protection from HPV types 6 and 11, which together cause about 90 percent of all cases of genital warts. All four types cause a large number of abnormal Pap test results and low-grade cervical lesions. Cervical cancer is the second...Older motorists improve driving performance with physical conditioning
...driving, parking lot maneuvers and low, medium and high traffic density areas. Either a specially trained occupational therapist or a former Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) assessor evaluated participants. Driving performance was rated on a 36-item scale that evaluated a number of driving m...Study: Directly observed HIV therapy for children is promising
...to their medications, Pugatch said. We know that a high degree of adherence reduces the chances of drug resistance which can lead to treatment failure and the need to put kids on more expensive, second-line therapies. The next steps researchers must take, Pugatch said, are to conduct a randomized, cont...Cedars-Sinai endocrine researchers to discuss gene that may be linked to polycystic ovary syndrome
...o have insulin resistance, a condition that allows high levels of insulin to circulate in the blood, which increases risk of developing type 2 diabetes, hypertension and heart disease. PCOS also is associated with excessive levels of androgens male hormones that normally exist at low levels in women. T...'Energy Up' demonstrates success as obesity intervention program for inner-city girls
... under review took place at an all girl, parochial high school in New York City during the school year of 2003-2004. Participants in "Energy Up" lost a significant amount of weight. Obese girls lost the most weight while normal weight girls gained what was expected for their age. The girls changed their ...New biodegradable magnesium stents for coronary arteries
... magnesium stents can be delivered and expanded at high pressure in artherosclerotic coronary arteries, providing good mechanical scaffolding and achieving a lumen enlargement similar to the immediate lumen gain obtained with conventional metallic stents." The Article says the new biodegradable stents o...Society for Prevention Research meeting May 30-June 1, Washington, D.C.
... deterrent. Obesity rates are disproportionately high among African-American and Latino children, as early as age 6. School-based prevention is one way to deal with obesity, but researchers are learning more about how family involvement can also affect obesity rates. Prevention research shows that kids...Survey shows asthma not controlled in majority of patients
...a care and suggest that clinicians should expect a high rate of uncontrolled disease among their asthma pa...troesophageal reflux (GERD), chronic sinusitis, or high blood pressure, which may contribute to the severity of their asthma. Also likely contributing to...Study: Who claims to be a pediatrician?
... Public Health. "Parents have the right to have high expectations for the physicians they have entrusted with their child's care. They should feel empowered to ask physicians if they are board certified in their field of expertise," he says. Parents also can go online to check a pediatrician's board c...Detecting cold, feeling pain: Study reveals why menthol feels fresh
...rves to fire pain signals when they are exposed to high ambient heat or the fiery properties of peppery fo...lants as wasabi and yellow mustard. In response to high temperatures, the receptor produces pain and irritation. "All of these studies use natural product...Once-fatal metabolic disorders treatable, says Stanford/Packard researcher
... maintaining a very-low protein diet that is still high enough in calories to avoid metabolizing any of th...itrogen-containing waste can lower the dangerously high levels of blood ammonia, called hyperammonemia. The 299 people in the study experienced 1,181 epis...New system for reporting toxicity burden of cancer treatment
...nsolidating clinically meaningful events that have high symptom burden or that might compromise the delivery of treatment. TAME values are presented in a way that makes it easier to directly compare overall safety among treatment options. Patients have a growing number or choices in cancer treatment, and ...Leading prevention researchers meeting in Washington, D.C., May 30-June 1, 2007
...evention on large groups of students as opposed to high risk students. The Garrett Lee Smith Memorial...eterrent. Obesity rates are disproportionately high among African-American and Latino children, as early as age 6. School-based prevention is one way to...Talking sex on the factory floor in China
...y their research published in 2004, which showed a high percentage of urban women had experienced abortion prior to marriage, Xu Qian's team targeted young female workers (aged 16-30) at a Shanghai mobile phone factory. They offered lectures, information leaflets and a free workplace contraceptive service...Huge waves from 1 storm slam coasts some 6000 km apart
...ter waves created from the same storm measuring as high as seven metres began crashing into Indonesia coastlines from Sumatra to Bali, killing at least one person and causing some 1200 people to flee their homes. Dr Bertrand Chapron of IFREMER, the French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea, a...Risk of Parkinson's disease increases with pesticide exposure and head trauma
... never been exposed. Those who had been exposed to high levels of pesticides were 1.41 times as likely to be affected. Parkinson's disease occurred 1.35 times more frequently in people who had been knocked unconscious once compared with those who had never been knocked out, and arose 2.53 times more fre...Innovative device to treat brain cancer shows promise in early studies
...r preliminary research, we believe that there is a high probability that TTFields may prove to be an effective and safe approach to treating a large number of human cancers." ...Help for pediatricians in treating behavioral health problems only partially successful
...osed by the pediatricians, who continued to have a high degree of confidence in treating ADHD with stimulants. The level of pediatricians who said they used a class of drugs called SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors) "frequently or occasionally" plummeted from 52 percent to 26 percent after ......nic disorder, panic symptoms or those subjected to high stress situations exhibited enhanced activity in the right hemisphere. This is the first study, however, to localize the affected regions to identify areas within each hemisphere that seem to matter. Miller stressed the importance of a related fi...