Baseball food and drink: Healthy chemistry scores a surprise hit
...showed that drinking one 12-ounce beer a day for a month produced changes in blood chemistry that are associated with a reduced risk of heart attack. Those who participated in the study showed decreased cholesterol levels, an increase in antioxidants and reduced levels of fibrinogen, a clot-producing prote...Bedsharing, even with non-smoking parents, may increase risk of SIDS
...e leading reason given for death among infants one month to one year old. Studies have shown that sharing a bed with parents who smoke increases the risk of SIDS. A study in the July issue of The Journal of Pediatrics found a relationship between SIDS and bedsharing among infants less than 11 weeks old, ...Lorenzo's oil shows promise in reducing risk of debilitating disease in genetic disorder
...cebo. Fatty acids blood levels were assessed every month for the first six months after enrollment in the study and every three to six months thereafter. Neurological examinations and MRIs were scheduled every six to 12 months. Sixty-six patients (74 percent) were well at last follow-up. Twenty-one patien...Most perinatal strokes lead to neurologic disorders
...te of strokes during labor and delivery, or in the month after birth, was about 1 in 5,000 live births. However, the authors note that the study likely missed some cases, since strokes must be confirmed by brain imaging, a procedure that some children with subtle neurologic symptoms do not undergo. The mo...Majority of ALS patients are not depressed
...n six months. The participants were assessed every month until death; 53 of the participants died during the study period. The first study found that 57 percent of the participants were never depressed during the study period, and only eight percent were depressed at all visits. The researchers also found ...Understanding and diagnosing an inherited pain syndrome
...ythromelalgia, according to a study published this month in the journal Brain. The research provides novel insights into the molecular basis for altered firing of pain signaling neurons in primary erythromelalgia, according to Stephen Waxman, M.D., senior author of the study, chair of the Department of N...SCAI news: Drug-eluting stents prove mettle in heart attack patients
...ed a blood clot in the drug-eluting stent within a month of treatment, a serious complication known as subacute thrombosis. This is especially reassuring, given that heart attacks are themselves often caused by a blood clot, or thrombus, that blocks the artery following rupture of an inflamed plaque. "When...Discovery of T-cell 'traffic control' boosts new drug promise
...ls, or lymphocytes. The research is presented this month in a special issue of Nature Reviews Immunology. Authors are Edward Goetzl, MD, at UCSF and Hugh Rosen, MD, PhD, at the Scripps Research Institute, scientists who have pioneered the new understanding. Goetzl is the Robert L. Kroc Professor of Medicin...Every second counts for shaken babies
... about its progress to the Abused Child Trust next month but it is seeking further funding to continue its work....Recent use of antibiotics doubles your chances of being resistant
...f resistance. The team also found that over a 12 month period prior to sampling, each additional tablet o... in the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy this month [July 2005] This is the first time the risk to individuals being prescribed antibiotics by their GP ...The Cochrane Library newsletter, 2005, issue 3
... that the inconvenience of visiting a clinic every month for the next injection causes women to stop using combined injectable contraceptives. "Healthcare providers may need to think of other ways of providing the service to get over this problem," says lead author Maria Gallo, who works at Ipas in Chapel ...Less than 1 percent of health plan members are diagnosed with alcohol use disorders
...ee chemical dependency health care services in the month following diagnosis. Health plans also are failing to reach out to members in ways that would promote successful treatment, Dr. Goplerud said. For example, few plans are sending educational materials, and only 17 percent are making follow-up calls ...Mental health following stroke, spinal cord injury; sensory evaluation tools
...d twelve veterans discharged from the hospital one month poststroke completed in-home interviews and the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS), which were compared to evidence of depression from patient records. Data indicated that 35 percent of the veterans were depressed. Respondents who were depressed were s...Delirium associated with premature death
...hout delirium, according to a study published this month in the Archives of Internal Medicine . Delirium is a frequent problem for hospitalized older patients with consequences ranging from increased morbidity and mortality, persistent functional decline and increased and costlier hospital stay to higher...HIV therapy success rates similar in developing and developed world, study shows
... about 60 per cent. The results are published this month in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases. Doucette said she was not surprised with the results, except for the fact that people in developing countries who received free ART drugs did so much better--30 per cent higher rates of success--than peopl...Babies born at night have greater risk of death, study finds
... night have a greater risk of dying in their first month of life than babies born earlier in the day, according to a new study published this month in Obstetrics & Gynecology. "We're not surprised at this finding because it is supported by pr...Cognitive therapy reduces repeat suicide attempts by 50 percent
... case managers by mail and phone throughout the 18 month follow-up period. The case managers offered referrals to but not payment for local mental health and drug abuse treatment and social services. About half of the participants in both groups took psychotropic medications and about 13 to 16 percent ...'Gadonanotubes' greatly outperform existing MRI contrast agents
... metal's toxicity. The research was published this month in the journal Chemical Communications. "In prior work, we have boosted the effectiveness of gadolinium MRI contrast agents by encasing them in spheres of carbon called buckyballs," said lead author Lon Wilson, professor of chemistry at Rice. "Each n...Chemical compound inhibits tumor growth, size in new mouse study
...cantly smaller tumors (61 millimeters in volume) a month after exposure compared to 15 untreated mice (538 millimeters in volume). Tumor growth also was significantly arrested in mice implanted with melanoma cells that were pretreated with OGT2378 as a way to reduce ganglioside production. In another study...Wake up, doc: Lack of sleep affects young doctors just like alcohol does
...een on duty overnight in the hospital and worked a month of 90-hour weeks, compared with when they had consumed three to four alcoholic drinks after a month of 44-hour weeks with no overnight duties. The study involved medical residents from Brown Universi...