Melbourne researchers develop safer and more effective 'aspirin'
...I3-kinase inhibitor, CBL1309, into clinical trials later this year....Researchers identify marker of heart disease in low-birthweight babies
...tein that could put them at risk for heart disease later in life, according to a national study led by Johns Hopkins Children's Center researchers. For the study, Peter O. Kwiterovich, Jr., M.D., professor of pediatrics and director of the Lipid Clinic at Johns Hopkins, and colleagues analyzed the umbilica...NSAIDS okay for tonsillectomy, new study finds
...d such as dexamethasone during surgery to minimize later nausea and vomiting. Using these methods, says Dray, the need for narcotic painkillers decreases tremendously, and many patients can go home in less than three hours. He believes that rather than turning to NSAIDs, it's preferable to rely on "medica...Being obese, underweight, associated with increased risk of death
...HANES I. "The differences between NHANES I and the later surveys suggest that the association of obesity with total mortality may have decreased over time, perhaps because of improvements in public health or medical care for obesity-related conditions. However, such speculation should be tempered by the aw...Study links cigarette smoking with progression of multiple sclerosis
...ever smoked to develop secondary progressive MS, a later stage of the disease marked by steady deterioration of the central nervous system. This disease progression also occurred more quickly in patients who were identified as current or past smokers. The study also supported earlier research showing tha...Football players are sportsmen most at risk of injury
... the authors decided to revisit the group 10 years later to see if the effects of training manifested themselves later in life. They got responses from 203 people (male and female) to a questionnaire. These were made u...Child sex abuse policy recommendations published in Science magazine
...ns why some people do not recall their abuse until later in life, has conducted studies that show abuse perpetrated by a caregiver increases the likelihood of memory failure. "Unfortunately, many factors silence victims of abuse," Freyd said. "Myths about the nature of child sexual abuse wrongly cloud the ...NIH awards funding to biotech firm for heart disease
...e funding from the NHLBI is expected to be awarded later this year, contingent on successful completion of ...ting to occur at University Hospitals of Cleveland later this year, pending NIH and FDA approval. In the study, patients with blocked or damaged heart vessel...Breast cancer detector that uses electricity instead of X-rays under study
...thin 24 hours. A repeat study is performed a year later and participants will receive a small compensation after the second visit. Participants will not receive HEDA results but will receive their mammogram report per usual, says Helen Fain, a nurse and study sub-investigator and coordinator....High risk of second cancers in survivors of childhood soft tissue sarcomas
...antly higher risk of developing subsequent cancers later in life, according to a new study. The study appears in the June 1, 2005 issue of CANCER ( http://www.interscience.wiley.com/cancer-newsroom ), a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, and indicates children treated with combined chemo...Reducing malarial transmission in Africa
...and how able they were to infect mosquitoes 7 days later was also reduced by the six dose regimen. Although the results are promising, some patients may have difficulty taking a six-dose regimen, and as it also needs oily food for adequate absorption there might be inadequate drug levels in the blood of ma...Study of iron overload yields surprising results
...els of iron, but not hemochromatosis. He said that later phases of the study, which involve a more detailed study visit and follow-up data on these participants from their primary care physicians, will answer these important questions. The HEIRS study is being conducted at five field centers in the United ...Lower vaccination rates put children at risk
...blamed the measles vaccination for autism that was later diagnosed in a child....Specific behaviors seen in infants can predict autism, new research shows
...ertain behaviors that distinguished those siblings later diagnosed with autism from other siblings. These included a passive temperament and decreased activity level at age six months, followed by extreme irritability, a tendency to fixate on objects, reduced social interaction and lack of facial expressi...Obesity in middle age increases risk of dementia in later life
...ty in middle age increases the risk of dementia in later life, finds a study published online by the BMJ today. The study involved 10,276 members of Kaiser Permanente medical care programme in California who underwent detailed health checks from 1964 to 1973 when they were aged 40-45 and who were still mem...New study finds combat vets face more cardiovascular risks
...ightened chance of suffering heart and lung damage later in life because of unhealthy personal habits, a new University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill study concludes. The study was presented today (April 29) at the American Heart Association scientific meeting in Washington, D.C. It found combat veteran...Giving children access to drug clinical trials is crucial, clofarabine approval shows
...ic drugs were developed for use in adults and only later adapted for the treatment of children, they noted in an article on clofarabine published in the May issue of Nature Reviews/Drug Discovery . "The addition of clofarabine to the list of drugs approved for treating pediatric ALL is especially signif...Babies show ripple effects of mothers stress from 9/11 trauma
...ce for in utero or early life risk factors for the later development of adult mental or physical disorders. The study will be published online today in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, one of the four journals produced by The Endocrine Society. Previous studies led researchers to believ...Human eggs can develop from ovarian surface cells in vitro
...SE cells from younger females may be preserved for later production of fresh eggs. This may prevent the occurrence of fetal genetic alterations, which are often associated with an advanced maternal age. In addition, a colonization of premenopausal ovaries with younger oocyte and granulosa stem cells may es...Routine procedure during childbirth provides no benefits, study review finds
...fact, women who had an episiotomy were more likely later to have pain during intercourse than women who did... urinary incontinence or impaired sexual function, later on. By the 1930s, the procedure had become common in obstetrical practice. The procedure remains co...