Penn study points to how COX-2 inhibitors can eventually lead to heart disease
... a receptor activated by thromboxane A2, the fatty product of COX-1 in platelets. This mirrors a similar balancing effect between COX-1 and COX-2, which has been noted in the case of blood clotting, blood pressure, and atherosclerosis. This suggests that suppression of thromboxane with low-dose aspirin could...Witnessing gun violence increases likelihood that a child will also commit violent crime
...earchers is to choose the best one - is violence a product of families, akin to a hereditary disorder? Or is violence like an environmental contaminant, lurking in some communities and leaving others unscathed? Based this study's results, showing the importance of personal contact with violence, Earls feels ...Tobacco companies designed cigarettes 'to addict women,' according to new study
...ess and thinness. Until now, however, the role of product design in targeting cigarettes to address how and ...ces in motivational factors, smoking patterns, and product preferences in order to promote smoking among women and girls. The Carpenter team say the resultin...Skin infections caused by MRSA are cured more often when treated with Pfizer's ZYVOX
... hypersensitivity to linezolid or any of the other product components. Myelosuppression (including anemia, leukopenia, pancytopenia, and thrombocytopenia) has been reported in patients receiving linezolid. In cases where the outcome is known, when linezolid was discontinued, the affected hematologic paramet...Exposure to carcinogenic crop toxin lowered by simple intervention
...equently contaminated with aflatoxins, which are a product of Aspergillus fungi. Aflatoxins are associated with an increased risk of liver cancer--a cancer accounting for one fifth of all cancers in West African men-- and impaired growth in young children. Aflatoxin contamination of foods is particularly sev...Tercica presents pharmacokinetic and safety data from several studies at Endocrine Society Meeting
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...nactivate pathogens while still delivering a 'raw' product to the consumer. The study will benefit processors and distributors by mitigating their food safety liability, but most importantly, also will help protect consumers from foodborne infectious disease. Virginia Sea Grant is part of a 30-state Nationa...Johns Hopkins team finds 'ancestral' hepatitis-C virus at the root of evolution in infections
... hundreds accidentally infected in 1977 by a blood product tainted with hepatitis C, providing the researchers with unique access to the source of the infection, which came from a single donor unaware of having the illness. Using computer analysis techniques developed at Hopkins, the scientists mapped thes...Adults and children use over-the-counter hydrocortisone creams in safe amounts
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...sed by overabundance of a molecule called c-myc (a product of the ubiquitous myc gene, which has been implicated in many human cancers). This molecule is known to suppress cell migration and to cause the skin to thicken, obstructing reparative cells from reaching the edge of the wound. The cause of c-myc ov...Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet for July 5, 2005
...r bladder cancer. Might a mixed vegetable protein product have the same blood pressure lowering effect without the risk for bladder cancer? the editorial writers ask. A major study to be released later in 2005 may answer some of these questions. 3. Study: Acupuncture No Better for Fibromyalgia than Sham A...Household dust is main source of flame retardants in humans
...ir manufacturing sources and also through everyday product wear and tear, which is the presumed source of the chemicals in house dust, according to Diamond. Asked if drinking water could be a possible source, Diamond said: No, its not a significant route of exposure. A small study published earlier this year...Ability, not disability, at heart of yacht trek
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...roducts in humans and partners the later stages of product development and marketing with major pharmaceutical companies. GroPep is listed on the Australian Stock Exchange Limited (ASX code: GRO)....New arrival at UC Davis Medical Center
... environment. The infant simulator, known by its product name "BabySIM," is manufactured by the Florida-based company METI. Acquisition of the unit was made possible by funding from the Children's Miracle Network, UC Davis School of Medicine and local contributors....National Institutes of Health accept clinical study of Zestra(TM) for women
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