The Cochrane Library newsletter, 2005, issue 3
...to a better lifestyle will reduce obesity if it is kept up for long enough. Summerbell believes that the most effective programmes are the ones that put fun into fitness and good food. This means that features like dance and martial arts should be included alongside traditional sports and physical exercis...Potent spice works to block growth of melanoma in lab test
...known as "IKK" that switches NF-kB "on." The spice kept both proteins from being activated, so worked to stop growth of the melanoma, and it also induced "apoptosis," or programmed death, in the cells. Surprisingly, it didn't matter how much curcumin was used, says the researchers. "The NF-kB machinery is...Mood lighting: Penn researchers determine role of serotonin in modulating circadian rhythm
...down." The reduction of serotonin levels in flies kept in constant darkness may provide scientists with insight into the etiology and treatment of SAD, a mood disorder related to reduced sunlight during winter. "People with seasonal affective disorder will respond to medications such as Prozac to increas...New footwear reduces falls in the elderly population
...ice outdoors over their normal winter footwear and kept a diary of any falls. A total of 43 outdoor falls were reported by participants in the study group who wore their usual winter footwear, compared with just 19 falls in the group using the Yaktrax device. There were 10 minimally injurious falls in the...Voice-to-voice translation machine perfects bedside manner
...d. But rather than just moving on, both stubbornly kept trying to enter it into the system -- which kept rejecting it. "We learn from things like this," said Narayanan. He and his colleague Georgiou estima...Johns Hopkins scientists use gene therapy to prevent heart arrhythmias from stem cell transplants
...ealthy human skeletal muscle. A liquid suspension kept both cell types alive, and their electrical interactions were mapped with a voltage-sensitive dye. The team found that mixing the two cell types slowed normal conduction rates among heart muscle cells by two-thirds. Computer printouts of the optica...Tight glucose control lowers CVD by about 50 percent in diabetes
...9. Those randomly assigned to intensive treatment kept glucose levels as close to normal as possible with at least three insulin injections a day or an insulin pump, guided by frequent self-monitoring of blood glucose. Intensive treatment meant keeping hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) levels as close as possible ...Fine tuning drug levels in neuroblastoma patients is effective, St. Jude researchers show
...uning the drug levels in each child, investigators kept topotecan levels within a range that previous work at St. Jude showed was effective and nontoxic. Results of the study demonstrate that this technique for monitoring and adjusting drug levels, called pharmacokinetic-based (PK-based) dosing, can b...The bigger the serving, the more young children will eat
... consecutive days in day-care centers, and parents kept a food diary of what their children ate in the evenings and weekends. "We found that the more food children are served, the more they eat, regardless of what they've eaten previously in the day, including how big their breakfast was," said Levitsky....Study explains why up to eight percent of cancers go undetected
... I have had done every four months since then have kept me alive," says Kiske. "They have found malignancies when we weren't even looking for them and in places where we didn't realize there was a problem." Kiske has battled cancer recurrences four times. By catching her malignancies early and treating t...Exercise helps recovery from chemotherapy for breast cancer
...earch center. Women who chose to work out at home kept an exercise log, which they discussed with the trainer during telephone interviews or weekly visits to the Penn State University Park campus. During the first three months, compliance with the exercise regimen was about 82 percent, dropping to 76 pe...Research results from the 'Era of Hope' Department of Defense breast cancer research program meeting
...earch center. Women who chose to work out at home kept an exercise log, which they discussed with the trainer during telephone interviews or weekly visits to the Penn State campus. During the first three months, compliance with the exercise regimen was about 82%, dropping to 76% during the second three-...Men, women disagree on number of guns at home, new study finds
...third of U.S. gun owners with children under age 6 kept a firearm unlocked at home whereas guns were kept unlocked in 56 percent of homes where children visited, Coyne-Beasley said. The overall odds of repo...High school start times deprive teens of sleep, affect academic performance
...Results from high school senior sleep/wake diaries kept for the study also showed that adolescents lost as much as two hours of sleep per night during the school week, but weekend sleep times during the school year were similar to those in summer. The study was a collaborative project involving researche...Women rising to the challenge of weightlessness
...stage. From the moment they volunteered, they were kept fully informed about the tests they would have to ...of all the expected scientific benefits. "We were kept very well informed", adds Marjo. "We were even given presentations on bedrest. Here they really make...Clinical trial proves link between chiropractic and migraines
... form of electrical physical therapy. "Both groups kept a record of their migraines for the whole six months, noting down how often they got them, how severe they were, how long they lasted, and if there was anything they could think of that contributed to them," Tuchin explains. "For two months prior to ...Combo drug controls hypertension in hard-to-treat patients
...tional guidelines recommend that blood pressure be kept below 140/90 millimeters of mercury for the general population, and less than 130/80 for people with diabetes or chronic kidney disease. Hypertension increases the risk of coronary heart disease, heart attack and stroke. The study included at least ...Mayo Clinic researchers report on effectiveness of treatments for hot flashes
...wed by the black cohosh. Participants in the study kept a daily hot flash diary during a baseline week and...g the eight-week cross over treatment period. They kept track of the daily number of hot flashes and hot flash scores (measured by assigning points to each ...News briefs from the journal Chest, MAY 2005
...wer physician follow-up visits than pet owners who kept their pets. Researchers from Japan studied 20 pat...0 patients gave away their pets, while 10 patients kept them. All patients underwent spirometry, blood tests, and skin-prick tests and were instructed to r...Diabetes and pizza: Slow and steady insulin delivery wins the race
...person's known individual needs and the amount was kept consistent each of the three days. The timing of the administration of the insulin, however, was varied each day. On day one, all of the insulin was given immediately prior to eating the meal. On day two, half of the insulin was given in one dose imm...