Oxygen trick could see organic costs tumble
... for longer. A simple week long pre-treatment with low levels of oxygen at 20C was shown to prevent scald formation - a type of chilling injury associated with prolonged cold storage. Pesis said that 90% of the treated apples were saved from the scald problem in addition to other physiological diseases, ...Low libido in menopause linked to trouble sleeping
... inferring cause and effect between depression and low libido. They are each so complex that the interactions can be difficult to tease apart. Dr. Reed noted a well-established catch 22: Like depression itself, treating depression with a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI), the most common t...UK and other European countries should introduce universal childhood hepatitis B vaccination
...Although all eight countries are classed as having low endemicity, factors such as increased travel and i...antages include cost-effectiveness in countries of low endemicity and concerns about adding another vaccine into the childhood vaccination programme. The...Meningitis: effectiveness of preventive vaccination demonstrated
...sive at 0.3 to 0.5 euro, but which, because of its low immunity capacity, is generally kept only for emergency vaccinations, when epidemics occur. IRD researchers have been running a follow-up study of the people of the Niakhar region (located 150 km from Dakar, in Senegal) for more than 40 years. They ...Dartmouth's alternative breast imaging techniques sort abnormal from normal tissue
... in concert. EIS: This painless test uses a very low voltage electrode system to examine how the breast... MIS: This exam involves the propagation of very low levels (1,000 times less than a cell phone) of microwave energy through breast tissue to measure ele...Born to lose: How birth weight affects adult health and success
...are outcomes for siblings to isolate the impact of low birth weight apart from other common family condit... Compared to their normal birth weight siblings, low birth-weight children are 30 percent less likely to be in excellent or very good health in childhood...Study identifies new regulator of fat metabolism
...ereby burn calories. "When the diet is extremely low in starches and sugars, blood sugar levels drop su...this metabolic state is characterized by extremely low insulin levels, as would occur during periods of fasting or starvation or while consuming a low-carb...Explaining a link between strokes and Alzheimer's
...s in oxygen levels. The scientists suspect that in low oxygen conditions these molecules could begin the increased production of a toxic protein called amyloid which builds up in the brains of people with Alzheimers. The work at Leeds is part of a network of research projects nationally and internation...Dating violence and sexual assault associated with suicide attempts among urban teens
...creen for violence victimization and should have a low threshold for referring these at-risk teenagers for mental health services. (Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2007;161:539-545. Available pre-embargo to the media at www.jamamedia.org .) Editors Note: Please see the article for additional information, i...Low doses of ecstasy associated with decline in verbal memory
Even low doses of Ecstasy may be associated with a decline ...nd memory. In conclusion, our data indicate that low doses of Ecstasy are associated with decreased verbal memory function, which is suggestive for Ecsta...Antipsychotic drugs increase risk of death in older people with dementia
...One Year In a study of 259 people with subacute low back pain, a combination of exercise and advice directed by physical therapists improved pain and function in the short term (Article, p. 787). At six weeks, patients who received real exercise and real advice had less pain and more mobility than a ...African-American men understimate risk of prostate cancer
...ch to better understand the reasons for the overly low estimates," says Dale. "That would hopefully lead to greater attention to prostate cancer for those at highest risk such as African Americans."...Hot flashes may be welcome sign in women with breast cancer, study says
...f a diet high in vegetables, fruits and fiber, and low in fat on the recurrence of breast cancer. The WHEL participating institutions are University of California, San Diego and Davis, Stanford University, Kaiser Permanente in Oakland and Portland, University of Arizona at Tucson, and the University of T...AMPAKINE compounds a new potential treatment for respiratory depression
...the license Cortex will evaluate a number of novel low and high impact AMPAKINE compounds for a range of new respiratory applications, such as, respiratory depression induced by opiates and barbiturates to start and others to be named at a future time. In return, Cortex will provide the University wi...Revlimid data presented at ASCO stands to change the way physicians treat multiple myeloma
... greater survival advantage for patients receiving low dose dexamethasone compared to those receiving the...s in all age ranges benefit from Revlimid with the low dose dexamethasone (LDD). Patients under age 65 had the greatest one year survival: 98% wit...Nonhormonal drug reduces hot flashes in men treated for prostate cancer
...o.edu/ ) in Rochester, Minn., have discovered that low doses of a drug used to prevent epileptic seizures and to treat nerve pain caused by shingles substantially reduces hot flashes in patients who are undergoing anti-hormonal treatment, or androgen-deprivation therapy, for prostate cancer. In present...GSK's Pazopanib shows positive results in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma
...change, nausea, and hypertension. Pazopanib had a low incidence of hand-foot syndrome (10%), rash (12%), hemorrhage (9%), and mucositis (5%). Please see safety considerations below. The incidence of RCC is rising throughout the world with 208,000 new cases diagnosed annually. Although patients wit...GSK's Pazopanib shows positive results in patients with advanced RCC and ovarian cancer
...change, nausea, and hypertension. Pazopanib had a low incidence of hand-foot syndrome (10%), rash (12%), hemorrhage (9%), and mucositis (5%). Please see safety considerations below. The incidence of RCC is rising throughout the world with 208,000 new cases diagnosed annually. Although patients wit...VEGF Trap shows activity in patients with advanced ovarian cancer
...ere protein in the urine, renal dysfunction, and a low incidence of bowel perforation (one percent). Ovarian cancer may be unusual among solid tumors because vascular-targeting agents like VEGF Trap appear to have significant single-agent activity in advanced ovarian cancer, said Dr. David R. Spriggs,...OHSU Cancer Institute, VA researchers find way to identify which men need a second biopsy
...icate how likely it is that a tumor will spread. A low Gleason score means the cancer tissue is similar to normal prostate tissue and the cancer is less likely to spread; a high Gleason score means the cancer tissue is very different from normal tissue and the tumor is more likely to spread. A high grade...