'Star Trek'-type scanning may reveal genetic activity of tumors, Stanford study shows
...to the body and visualizing its molecular secrets, once the stuff of science fiction, is one step closer t...h like being able to identify the aromas from wine once the lexicon of wine-tasting is realized, radiologists - already experts in recognizing the visual di...Scavenger cells may have role blocking obesity, Stanford study shows
...o an MD/PhD student in Chawla's lab. Macrophages once seemed an unlikely participant in obesity. They are white blood cells that swallow and digest cellular debris and pathogens, triggering other immune cells to aid in the response to a pathogen. But in recent years, macrophages found in fat tissue of o...Cure for hepatitis C announced by VCU researcher
...eatment, researchers monitored serum levels of HCV once a year for an average of 4.1 years (range 0.4 to 7 years). Of the 997 patients, 989 maintained undetectable levels of HCV. The remaining eight patients tested positive for HCV at an average of two years following treatment completion. The study found...To get blood pressure under control, combination of medicines may be best
...heir blood pressure under control. Fortunately, once the condition is diagnosed, doctors have a broad range of medicines to choose from to try to get it under control, including many inexpensive generic medicines. But studies have found that patients often have trouble taking the multiple medication...Clinical trial data for Perforomist Inhalation Solution presented at International ATS Conference
...s, allowing patients to nebulize just twice a day once in the morning and once in the evening for convenient, long-term control of their symptoms. And because the product is neb...The hepatitis C link: Diagnose, treat, transplant
...ed to three treatment groups: 1) celgosivir 400 mg once daily in combination with peginterferon alfa-2b and ribavirin (PRC); 2) celgosivir 400 mg once daily in combination with peginterferon alfa-2b (PC); or 3) placebo with peginterferon alfa-2b and r...Eating apples and fish during pregnancy may protect against childhood asthma and allergies
...pple consumption. Children of mothers who ate fish once or more a week were less likely to have had eczema than children of mothers who never ate fish. The study did not find any protective effect against asthma or allergic diseases from many other foods, including vegetables, fruit juice, citrus or kiwi...Long-term anti-clotting therapy sweetens stenting outcomes in diabetic patients
...es are more prone to very late thrombosis than was once believed. The ideal length of clopidogrel therapy remains unknown, however, particularly in patients with diabetes. In the study presented during the SCAI Annual Scientific Sessions, Dr. Brar and his colleagues identified 671 diabetic patients who...Why Lincoln fell gravely ill after delivering his Gettysburg Address
...urpose only: namely, to get something from me. For once in my life as president, I find myself in a position to give everybody something!" Goldman said that he and his co-investigator, Dr. Frank C. Schmalstieg, also of UTMB, hope that their findings will encourage future historians to recognize in thei...The quest for an effective HIV vaccine presents new possibilities, challenges
...vent long-term HIV infection may close permanently once a pool of latently infected cells is in place, Drs...xposure remain disease-free for a prolonged period once they are infected" Additionally, T-cell vaccines may reduce secondary HIV transmission if they ca...Asthma study shows patients have more options to control disease
...aled steroids may be able to reduce inhaler use to once a day or switch to a daily pill according to new...and salmeterol in a single inhaler (Advair Discus) once daily or the oral medication montelukast (Singulair) that blocks chemicals produced by the body that...Obesity increases risk of injury on the job
...ded in the study, 29 percent were injured at least once between January 2, 2002, and December 31, 2004. Approximately 85 percent of the injured workers were classified as overweight or obese. More than 28 percent of injuries occurred among employees classified as overweight, 30 percent in the obese I and ...Drugs users are increasingly more cautious with needles
...at drug users did not exhibit more risky behaviour once the perspective of HIV-infected drug users improved. Due to improved hygiene drug users acquired less HIV and less hepatitis C. Hepatitis Smit also examined coinfections. Due to the increased life expectancy relatively more HIV patients have die...Testosterone may help men with multiple sclerosis
...g 100 milligrams of testosterone to his upper arms once daily for 12 months. "One year of treatment with testosterone gel was associated with improvement in cognitive performance and a slowing of brain atrophy [deterioration]," the authors write. During the first nine months of the studythe period of ti...Experts debate role of stenting, bypass surgery in left main coronary artery disease
...ape, said Dr. Mehran. This breakthrough technology once again raises the possibility that catheter techniques can safely and effectively treat left main disease. "We now have devices that have the ability to deal with much more complex disease that would previously have been treated with bypass surgery," ...FDA approves Dey, L.P.'s Perforomist inhalation solution for maintenance treatment of COPD
... with Perforomist Inhalation Solution twice a day once in the morning and once in the evening many COPD patients can achieve better control of their disease symptoms. The conveni...SCAI'S Hildner Lecture traces progress through 30 years of interventional cardiology
...rventions, but in advanced new catheter procedures once unimaginable to all but the most innovative thinke...t always been smooth, however. For example, it was once thought that atherectomy would play an important role in treating restenosis by slicing away, boring...Childhood obesity intervention shows promising results
...ore, given the intractable nature of the condition once established, proactive strategies that begin during childhood are needed to prevent overweight."...Comparison of patients' access to new and better cancer drugs reveals inequalities between countries
... causes. However, these benefits are only realised once the drugs get to the patients. Our report highligh...thorisation of new cancer drugs; Ensuring that once authorisation is obtained, the drug is available at national level without further delays due to pri...... by UNOS in 2002 so that higher risk donor organs, once considered unsuitable, could be transplanted safely. The category includes kidneys from deceased donors over age 60 years or those over age 50 with health conditions such as high blood pressure, stroke or elevated levels of a protein called creatinin...