Implanted medical device aims to lower blood pressure
... to implant an investigational medical device that lowers blood pressure by activating the body's natural blood pressure regulation systems. The landmark procedure, performed yesterday, is part of a Phase II clinical research trial to be conducted by a limited number of medical centers in the United States....Sex hormones hold key to higher rates of abdominal aortic aneurysms in males
...stosterone and dihydrotestosterone, from male mice lowers their risk of aneurysm to that of females, while giving females these same male sex hormones increases their risk to that of males. Tracy Henriques, a graduate student in the laboratories of Drs. Lisa Cassis and Alan Daugherty, presented the study Mo...Annals of Internal Medicine, tip sheet, April 19, 2005
...pants were assigned to take metformin, a drug that lowers blood sugar levels, or to lifestyle change (intensive weight loss diet and exercise), or to a placebo pill, found that in the group that did not have metabolic syndrome at the beginning of the study, both the drug and lifestyle intervention reduced d...Medication combined with behavior therapy works best for ADHD children, study finds
...edication used alone. Lower dosages of medication lowers the risk of long-term drug side effects, which studies have shown to include loss of appetite and stunting of growth, Pelham points out. "Long-term side effects of ADHD drugs are almost always related to dosage," he says. "If you want to lower a chi...Sensor warns of gastrointestinal problems
...he electrolyte, where it initiates a reaction that lowers the pH-value. The pH-sensitive polymer tries to swell in response to this. However, because it is in a confined space it exerts a pressure which the pressure sensor subsequently measures. Conversely, if the carbon dioxide concentration falls, the pH-...Can rice bran oil melt away cholesterol?
A natural component of rice bran oil lowers cholesterol in rats, and ongoing research also shows it may have potential as an anti-cancer and anti-infection agent in humans, according to a University of Rochester scientist who has studied the antioxidant since 1996. The latest findings from Mo...Tamoxifen shows no benefit, risk for breast cancer survivors' heart health
...indicate that tamoxifen therapy neither raises nor lowers the chance of a subsequent heart attack in women who have had breast cancer. Earlier studies had suggested that tamoxifen improves lipid levels by reducing low density lipoprotein levels-resulting in lower total cholesterol-which is related to cardio...Obesity is risk factor for aggressive prostate cancer
...en alike, fat makes estrogen-like compounds, which lowers circulating levels of prostate specific antigen, or PSA, a marker for prostate cancer. If PSA levels are lower due to hormone changes from obesity, the prostate cancer is less likely to be detected at an early stage. Hormone changes observed with ob...Risk factors in contracting cancer of the endometrium
...prevents endometrial cancer, apparently because it lowers oestrogen levels - the reason why women smokers are more prone to osteoporosis and early menopause. Moreover, it has to be taken into account that tobacco increases the possibilities of other types of tumour pathologies and cardiovascular problems. R...Tight glucose control lowers CVD by about 50 percent in diabetes
...ney damage of type 1 diabetes. Tight control also lowers the risk of atherosclerosis, according to a study of DCCT participants published in 2003. But what's most remarkable about intensive control, the researchers say, is its long-lasting value. After 6 years of the DCCT, HbA1c levels averaged 7 percent ...Jimmy Buffett hosts event to benefit NYU Child Study Center
...th over 200 preschoolers and their families and it lowers levels of aggression in these children and makes them more ready for school," said Harold S. Koplewicz, M.D., Director of the NYU Child Study Center. "We are very grateful to Jimmy and Jane Buffett for their commitment to ParentCorps and to Jane Rose...Weight-loss surgery produces unexpected drop in heart disease risk, Stanford researchers find
... most effective non-surgical treatment available - lowers C-reactive protein by about 16 percent. But we found that gastric bypass lowered it by 50 percent. That's a pretty significant improvement over what's been considered state-of-the-art therapy," said senior author John Morton, MD, assistant professor ...Hopkins experts highlight strategies to raise levels of so-called good HDL cholesterol
...illigram per deciliter increase in HDL cholesterol lowers a person's risk of suffering a fatal heart attack by about 3 percent. Low levels of HDL cholesterol are known to increase overall risk of dying from heart disease and, specifically, to increase risk of arteries narrowing again after angioplasty surg...PRESERVE- 2-year study of initial combo therapy with nateglinide or glyburide + metformin
... PPG is complementary to metformin's action, which lowers fasting plasma glucose levels (FPG)," continued Dr. Gerich. "A drug combination that reduces HbA1c by lowering both PPG and FPG offers doctors and patients an effective way to reach and maintain target blood glucose goals. For many patients, Starli...Limiting resident physician work-hours might save money
...1 billion per year nationwide; thus, if this shift lowers harmful errors by more than 5 percent to 9 percent, the reforms would pay for themselves or save money for society overall, which includes patients, hospitals and insurers together. But for teaching hospitals to break even or save money, harmful erro...Cool therapy reduces brain injury and death from oxygen loss in newborns
...ygen loss who are given an innovative therapy that lowers their entire body temperature by four degrees with...rnal of Medicine. "We speculate that this therapy lowers the brain temperature as well as body temperature and slows down the injury process caused by birth ...UVa researchers show that a natural carbohydrate can help lower blood sugar
...26, 2005 -- A carbohydrate isolated from the liver lowers blood sugar levels after it is injected into diabetic rats, according to research carried out by a team of experts at the University of Virginia Health System. The UVa team believes this compound, called D-chiro-Inositol-Galactosamine, or INS2, acts...Long-term hormone use helps prostate cancer patients live longer
...trol of their prostate specific antigen levels and lowers the rate of death specifically from prostate cancer, according to a study published in the November 1, 2005, issue of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, the official journal of ASTRO. A total of 307 patients with a PSA l...Exercise may ward off death in women with metabolic syndrome
...ect, likely because it reduces other risk factors, lowers heart rate and conditions the heart to respond to stress." Cardiorespiratory fitness can be determined by measuring the maximal oxygen uptake for a given workload and can be expressed in metabolic equivalents (METs). One MET is defined as the energy...Healthy diets rich in protein and good fat, and lower in carbs linked to better heart health
...e is already agreement that reducing saturated fat lowers risk for heart disease, but the question of which macronutrient to emphasize has been controversial." Appel makes clear that his study does not support extremely high-saturated-fat, low-carbohydrate diets such as the Atkins diet, which he says is not...