US service academies to collaborate with UNC, Andrews Air Force Base, Duke in knee injury study
...ill help define what aspects of human movement may predispose an individual to be at greatest risk for ACL injur...icular regard to those risk factors that appear to predispose women to those injuries," Marshall said. The study's feasibility is due largely to the opportunity ...Hormonal birth control, bacterial infections in women linked to increased shedding of type-2 herpes
...rpes, treating the bacterial infections that could predispose women to higher HSV-2 shedding frequency is probably one of the best ways to keep the virus in check, according to Dr. Cherpes. "I think it's going to be an important thing--it's not going to be a panacea, but it will help slow the spread [of HSV-2]...Pessimism and depression increase dementia risk
...ion in determining if one's personality traits may predispose to dementia. "One has to be cautious in interpreting a study like this," says Dr. Geda. "One cannot make a leap from group level data to the individual. Certainly the last thing you want to do is to say, 'Well, I am a pessimist; thus, I am doomed to ...Early detection of lung cancer
...s, it is fundamental to find any risk factors that predispose having this pathology. This study discovered that there was a greater risk amongst asymptomatic smokers than amongst those who were diagnosed with obstructive pulmonary disease with spirometry. In any case, it is essential to continue with these line...Study links cigarette smoking with progression of multiple sclerosis
...e myelin, a protective coating for neurons, or may predispose smokers to autoimmune responses. According to Hernn, "Our findings raise a number of other questions that future research needs to address. Does a dose-response relation between cumulative exposure to tobacco and risk exist? How long does the tobac...Report reveals need to improve physical health of people with schizophrenia
...n the general population. Such lifestyle 'choices' predispose them to poor physical health and diseases. Schizophrenia is a disabling mental illness where disordered thinking disturbs an individual's ability to function normally in society. It affects around one in 100 people across Europe. 10-13% of people wi...Study finds maternal exposure to parasitic infection may increase risk of schizophrenia in offspring
...ated toxoplasma antibody in a pregnant woman could predispose her unborn child to develop schizophrenia later in life." The PDS study is based in the Child Health and Development Study (CHDS) cohort initiated by Jacob Yerushalmy at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1959, in collaboration with Kaiser P...Breastfeeding as good for children's blood pressure as exercise and salt restriction
...drome comprises a constellation of conditions that predispose to a high risk of coronary artery disease. These include high blood pressure, diabetes, high insulin levels, high triglyceride levels, and low "good" (HDL) cholesterol levels. Breastfeeding did not have an impact on every element of the metabolic syn...Penn study points to how COX-2 inhibitors can eventually lead to heart disease
...lp explain how selective inhibitors of COX-2 might predispose individuals to heart disease and stroke. In Circul...ve fat prostacyclin, which is made by COX-2, could predispose individuals to a rise in blood pressure which, in turn, can accelerate hardening of the arteries, or...Knee injury causes decrease in lubrication, has implications for arthritis
...a progressive loss of joint lubrication, which may predispose people to arthritis. They have also found a way to quantify how much lubrication is lost following injury. The results, which appear in the June issue of Arthritis & Rheumatism, are from a study by Rhode Island Hospital, University of Rhode Island, a...Gastric bug link to irregular heart rhythm
...tis, caused by persistent H pylori infection, may predispose to atrial fibrillation, they suggest....Nature publication reports key links between mechanisms of aging and metabolic disorders
...athogenesis of metabolic disease and these factors predispose organisms to premature aging. Several of these gene products, i.e., the encoded proteins, represent good molecular targets for drug discovery for the major metabolic diseases (obesity, type 2 diabetes). The article provides a roadmap to identify ...Chronic sinus infection thought to be tissue issue, Mayo Clinic scientists show it's snot
...sue during surgery. Leaving the mucus behind might predispose patients for early recurrence of the chronic sinus infection." Dr. Ponikau conducted this research along with Hirohito Kita, M.D., and Gail Kephart, Mayo Clinic allergic diseases researchers. David Sherris, M.D., and Eugene Kern, M.D., both former Ma...Mayo Clinic Cancer Center receives SPORE grant for breast cancer research from NCI
...ited alterations in genes to determine those which predispose women to breast cancer Developing a vaccine that could effectively treat as many as 90 percent of breast cancers Identifying ways to determine which women will respond to aromatase inhibitors (the major class of hormonal treatment drugs for breast ...Do the Europeans turn ill sitting up so late?
...ecrease in the quality of life.Sleep loss may also predispose individuals to conditions such as burn-out and cardiovascular diseases. The EU has granted a 4,4 million Euro funding for this research project from the Marie Curie 6th Framework Program. In addition to Finland there are partners from UK, Belgium, Ge...Researchers shed light on anxiety and alcohol intake
...ers have suggested that high levels of anxiety may predispose some individuals to becoming alcoholic. Researchers led by Subhash C. Pandey, Ph.D., Associate Professor and director of neuroscience alcoholism research in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Illinois and Jesse Brown VA Medical Center ...Study shows that dialysis patients often have close family members also on dialysis
...detected chronic kidney disease or conditions that predispose to chronic kidney disease," Freedman said. "Periodically screening family members for chronic kidney disease and risk factors may be appropriate." He said that chronic kidney disease has a long pre-clinical period, during which there are no symptoms...Study finds low birth weight rates vary widely across US
...ntrolling for different characteristics that could predispose a child to being low birth weight, researchers then split the country into three groups that were above, the same, or below the national average of 6 low birth weight babies out of every 100 born. They found that of the 246 regions of the country use...Pneumonia hospitalization rates on the rise for older adults
...se in the prevalence of underlying conditions that predispose individuals to pneumonia might partially account for the increase in rates of pneumonia hospitalization among patients aged 65 to 84 years. Our findings suggest that efforts to prevent pneumonia among older adults should focus on those at the extreme...Study suggests mechanism for recurrent sudden infant death syndrome
...ates: "Our findings suggest a mechanism that would predispose a women to recurrent cases of SIDS and provide direct evidence that the risk of SIDS after a given birth is not statistically independent of whether the previous infants died."...