UT Southwestern sports medicine doctor pedals advice on gearing up for safe cycling season
...do" list. Whether you're riding a 100-mile race or just exercising at a leisurely pace, getting the right mix of carbohydrates and protein before, during and after a ride is essential. "Research indicates that for someone in training, carbohydrates are an important source of energy. A healthy diet would i...Anti-malarial drugs given to infants can protect them for two years
...-malarial drug sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine delivered just three times, at the time of routine vaccinations (2, 3 and 9 months of age), reduced the incidence of malaria by 59% in the first year of life when compared with a placebo. (See Lancet 2001; 357: 1471-77) In their latest study they extended follow-up...Adolescents not receiving health counseling, Stanford study shows
... it's important for policy makers and insurers-not just doctors-to know about failures in delivering preventive counseling to adolescents. "What it would take to close the gaps is substantial," Ma said. "But it's not insurmountable, and proven interventions exist to facilitate the process."...Nanoparticles offer new hope for detection and treatment
... to see the smallest melanoma tumors when they are just large enough to begin new blood vessel formation. Plus, we should be able to deliver chemotherapeutic drugs right to melanoma cells, because melanoma tumors create blood vessels using their own cells."...Monoclonal antibody cures West Nile virus-infected mice
... clear it from the body. Binding to the invader is just the beginning of the battle, though. Some antibodies can bind to an invader but do so in a way that fails to slow the invader down or trigger a response from macrophages. In one rare case that involves the dengue fever virus, antibodies can adhere t...New study shows simple actions wipe out huge higher heart risks for Asian diabetics
...ilot outreach effort to the UK Asians had thus, in just one parameter, almost completely wiped out the huge 40% increased risk of heart disease traditionally faced by that community. The researchers have now scaled their research up to a study of around 2000 people that will consider a wide range of poss...K-State professor takes chemistry to another world
...l analyses. "Essentially, a microfluidic device is just a small piece of glass with channels etched in it," Culbertson said. "Those channels are smaller in diameter than that of a human hair. We can move chemicals through these channels to either separate them or we can use them to perform chemical reacti...New portable device developed by Georgia Tech and Emory checks for concussions on the sidelines
A player just took a hard knock to the head and is lying on the ...and movement. So, a football player or soldier who just took a hard hit to the head can take the test and either be safely cleared to get back on the field ...How medical research is taking care of your heart
...ines blood and lymph vessels, was considered to be just an static layer covering the inner side of blood vessels. But, since then, major discoveries have revealed that it is a highly metabolic organ involved in the regulation of the vessel wall; indeed, alterations in its behaviour are some of the initia...Guava and AHF Global Immunity bring low cost AIDS diagnosis to resource-limited countries
...novice users learning to use the EasyCD4 method in just a day or two. Testing requires only 10 microliters...of using the system. Daily maintenance is minimal just a fast and easy 5 minute clean and shutdown procedure performed at the end of each day. Guava is cur...No wisdom in routinely pulling wisdom teeth, study says
...actice in adolescents, yet together these included just over 200 participants. The studies focused only on whether removal of wisdom teeth prevents crowding in the lower jaw within five years, and neither study revealed a significant benefit. "The conclusion drawn from [the larger] study was that the remo...M. D. Anderson announces collaboration with India's largest yoga research institution
...ments. As a comprehensive cancer center, we don't just treat cancer, we treat people who have cancer," says Cohen. "It is incumbent upon us to explore the potential benefit of therapies that have some evidence of efficacy, even non-conventional therapies such as yoga."...Eliminating enzyme dramatically reduces cardiovascular disease
...at were fed a diet high in monounsaturated fat got just as much heart disease as monkeys that were fed saturated fat, even though their levels of "bad" cholesterol decreased. "Monkeys eating monounsaturated fat had all of the positive risk factor changes, but they still got heart disease," said Rudel. "W...Facelift alternatives rid patients of neck 'wattle' without the downtime of surgery
... a "wattle" because of an overload in fat deposits just under the skin, often benefit from liposuction alone. Middle-aged patients generally have fat deposits, as well as, loose neck muscles and skin, requiring the fat removal and muscle tightening technique. Patients older than 75 usually need more conto...Prevalence of concussion effects linked to 'pot of gold' lawsuits, researcher says
... to six months, the review showed. After one year, just 7 percent to 15 percent of all people diagnosed with the condition are still experiencing symptoms. Hall says the review provides an "overall pattern of the condition" that physicians can use as a guide when a patient has "persistent, prolonged or dr...Mayo Clinic researchers discover genetic glitch in the heart's electrical system
...nd floating facedown in the swimming pool. She had just finished swimming four laps. Efforts to resuscitat...utiny when a drowning or near-drowning occurs that just does not make sense. "We estimate that 10 to 20 percent of these kind of drownings are from genetic ...Simple questions may determine children's exposure to smoke
...ETS) exposure (secondhand smoke) by asking parents just three questions, according to an article in the May issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Exposure to tobacco smoke impairs children's respiratory health, putting them at increased risk of pneumonia...Microbicide partners receive $5.7 million from Gates Foundation
...ring a safe and effective microbicide requires not just good science, but creative thinking about how to identify good products and test them wisely and well. The Gates Foundation grant will be critical to developing the evidence base that is needed for making good microbicide R&D policy and productive in...Medication combined with behavior therapy works best for ADHD children, study finds
... you get effects of behavior modification that are just as big as high doses of medication." The study's results, Pelham says, should send a clear message to parents of children with ADHD. "You definitely should be using behavior modification," he says. "You'll be giving your children much lower doses o...Stroke drug still meets resistance from doctors wary of its risks
...s to be done. Just like with major trauma it's not just one doctor, it's a system and you need dedication and teamwork to have a system that works."...