Anemia and tropical diseases; Is pharmacogenomics ready for the clinic?
...revalence of anemia in a community might be a good indicator of the burden of NTDs in that community since anem... I, McKew S, Sarkinfada F (2007) Anaemia: A useful indicator ofneglected disease burden and control. PLoS Med 4(8): e231. IN YOUR ARTICLE, PLEASE LINK TO THIS ...Waist-to-hip ratio may better predict cardiovascular risk than body mass index
...ase in the incidence of calcium deposits a strong indicator of future cardiovascular ailments including heart ...Hip circumference alone, however, was not a strong indicator for coronary calcium deposits.Fat that accumulates around your waist seems to be more biologically a...Childhood obesity indicates greater risk of school absenteeism, Penn study reveals
...ins true; however, in this study, BMI was a better indicator of poor classroom attendance than these traditional factors or any others. Researchers attempted to control for the socioeconomic differences among students by selecting inner-city schools that were homogeneously among the citys poorest. More than...STAMP system can help professionals to identify potentially violent individuals
...y), included: Staring was an important early indicator of potential violence. It was frequently noted in observational data and featured in nine of the 16 observed violent episodes. Nurses felt that staring was used to intimidate them into prompter action when they responded to this cue violence tended ...Hot flashes may be welcome sign in women with breast cancer, study says
...ides the first evidence that hot flashes may be an indicator of a better prognosis in women with early stage breast cancer," said the study's senior author, John P. Pierce, Ph.D , director of the Cancer Prevention and Control Program at the Moores UCSD Cancer Center. "Our data support the possibility of a sig...Exploring better ways to determine when to change the course of treatment
...ctive value at baseline, the CTC was also a strong indicator of prognosis as early as 3-5 weeks after treatment initiation. "Patients with unfavorable CTC had a shorter median survival time. This was even seen in those patients whose CT scan the gold standard for tumor evaluation- indicated no disease pro...OHSU Cancer Institute, VA researchers find way to identify which men need a second biopsy
...9 biopsies. What the researchers found to be the indicator for a repeat biopsy was a high prostate specific antigen (PSA) adjusted for prostate size. A Gleason score of 7 or above was indicative that life-threatening prostate cancer may be present and a repeat biopsy is advised. A Gleason score is a syste...Radium-223: An alternative treatment for prostate cancer
...ing of skeletal related events (SREs) another key indicator of HRPC progression. These include, among other factors, a 25% increase in pain severity, increased painkiller consumption, new pathological bone fractures, tumour related orthopaedic surgical intervention, and use of radioisotopes to relieve new ske...OHSU Cancer Institute researcher identifies protein marker for prostate cancer survival
...archers have identified a protein that is a strong indicator of survival for men with advanced prostate cancer. The C-reactive protein, also known as CRP, is a special type of protein produced by the liver that is elevated in the presence of inflammation. "This could mean that a simple blood test that is alrea...Exercise test may help predict mortality risk in heart failure patients
.... "The test has been previously reported as a good indicator of how serious the disease is in patients with systolic heart failure." Previous research has shown that a test score of 34 is a threshold for increased risk of death. In the current study, patients with systolic heart failure had a mean score of 3...Limiting stroke damage is focus of study
...sages from other neurons via synapses, is an early indicator of trouble. Studies are being done in an animal model for stroke and dissected but still-viable brain tissue. "The penumbra exists for several days, so this is basically a window of opportunity to save this region, but we don't yet have good drugs ...Advances in screening and markers improve early detection of colorectal cancer
...ntinue to evaluate C-reactive protein levels as an indicator of colorectal cancer and examine the gender differences found in our study." Dr. Chiu will present this study on Sunday, May 20, at 8:00 a.m. in Hall E. ...Veterans exposed to Agent Orange have higher rates of prostate cancer recurrence
...pre-operative prostate specific antigen scores, an indicator of disease aggressiveness. However, when the disease recurred, exposed veterans experienced a more rapid biochemical progression of their disease, which PSA measures. In blacks, the PSA doubled in almost half the time of their unexposed peers. A ......e School as well as Cardiff University and a clear indicator of the current importance of multidisciplinary research, especially in the field of biomedical imaging" Professor Tim Wess, Head of the School of Optometry and Vision Sciences, said: "I congratulate Professor Drexler on this outstanding achieveme...Debate focuses on door-to-balloon time in heart attack treatment
...metric, Dr. Henry said. A more clinically relevant indicator would be time to reperfusion, or re-establishment of blood flow through an open artery. Dr. Bates countered that the 90-minute cut-off is sufficiently valid that a hospital unable to offer percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) within that time ...Chunky adolescents' cardiovascular health is headed in wrong direction
...scent, the more sodium secreted in their urine, an indicator of higher sodium intake. Excessive dietary intake ...n the size of the pumping chamber of the heart an indicator its working harder from the thinnest to heaviest adolescents. "Youth at risk of overweight compar...DALYs system for 'measuring' disability
...sability-adjusted life years) the frequently used indicator for relative effects of public health interventions which specifically incorporate disability need to be updated or replaced, says a Viewpoint in this weeks edition of The Lancet. Dr Daniel Mont, Disability and Development Team, The World Bank, Wa...New, less painful wound treatment for pediatric patients
... the formation of granulation tissue, an important indicator of healing tissue." Ninety-three percent of the children given the treatment showed decreased wound volume, and the average amount of wound closure was 80 percent. "This is very good news for children with large and complex wounds, such as abdomina...Animal BiP levels determine amount of recovery sleep needed following prolonged wakefulness
...ging. Immunoglobulin binding protein (BiP), a key indicator of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress, is instrumental in determining the amount of recovery sleep following enforced wakefulness, according to a study published in the May 1st issue of the journal SLEEP. The study, conducted by Nirinjini Naidoo, Ph...Change in neuroticism tied to mortality rates, researcher says
...h. "We found that neuroticism levels are a clear indicator of how long one can expect to live," Mroczek said. "The link between mortality and the rate of change in neuroticism is similar to the way we think about change in high blood pressure and risk of heart attack. If you have high blood pressure but make...