Technique that makes brain tumours fluoresce improves surgical outcome
...rmed in real-time, and has now been put to a truly prospective test", claims coordinating investigator Dr Walter Stummer. The brain tumours, known as malignant gliomas, have a poor prognosis despite the range of treatments currently available, and investigators have suggested that the poor results during surger...Cure for cancer worth $50 trillion
...f the Journal of Political Economy, calculates the prospective gains that could be obtained from further progress against major diseases. Kevin M. Murphy and Robert H. Topel, two University of Chicago researchers, estimate that even modest advancements against major diseases would have a significant impact a 1 ...Blood tests may be better than standard skin test for diagnosing latent tuberculosis
... QuantiFERON-TB Gold, might be more reliable. In a prospective study, Luca Richeldi (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy) and colleagues tested the effectiveness of all three tests in routine clinical practice in around 400 people. The performance of each blood test was compared with the skin ...Mediterranean diet lowers Alzheimer's risk in American cohort
... of Columbia University Medical Center, designed a prospective community-based study of 2,258 non-demented people in New York City. The study was funded by the NIH/NIA. The subjects were part of the Washington Heights-Inwood Columbia Aging project, and for each, the researchers gathered medical and neurological ...Study warns of growing cardiovascular disease epidemic in China
...paper, it is only a cross-sectional study. A large prospective study in China is needed to assess the relationship between metabolic syndrome and risk of cardiovascular disease mortality and incidence," he said....New research finds direct link between high cholesterol and prostate cancer
... should be confirmed by further studies, including prospective investigations with reliable measured cholesterol levels. Dr Bosetti concluded: "There are some laboratory data suggesting statins may have preventive potential against prostate cancer and our results do give an indirect suggestion that statins may ......m studies with the CRONies -- and from this brief, prospective study -- that calorie restriction does change some of the markers we associate with aging." Holloszy and Fontana are getting ready to launch a second phase of the CALERIE study, to look at the effects of calorie restriction over the course of two ye...Predicting successful outcomes in living-donor liver transplants
...n of the findings in larger patient populations in prospective studies are needed."...Researchers find why prostate drug increases likelihood of heart failure
...." The study authors note that in a large national prospective study called the Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering Treatment to Prevent Heart Attack Trial, sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood institute and conducted from 1994 to 2002, a test of doxazosin was stopped early because subjects taking it...Children's viewing time may increase requests for advertised products
...does document that screen media exposure is a true prospective risk factor for subsequent consumeristic behavior, adding to the evidence supporting behavioral and policy interventions to reduce children's exposure to screen media and advertising, whether implemented at the individual family level, institutional ...Relative risks of cirrhosis from non-alcoholic steatohepatitis
...h cirrhosis from hepatitis C. "These are the first prospective data on the relative risks of developing specific complications of cirrhosis in subjects with NASH," the authors report. NASH patients fared better overall compared to HCV patients, though many did develop complications of cirrhosis. Ascites was the ...COX-2 inhibitors significantly reduce risk of cancer
...ar that we need to have multiple retrospective and prospective studies to validate these findings," says Harris, who has been studying the impact of COX-2 inhibitors for many years. "Eventually, we may find that regular intake of a low dose of a COX-2 inhibitor may be enough to reset the COX-2 cascade and safely...Mayo Clinic study finds two genes predict outcome for breast cancer patients
...tissue from 206 postmenopausal women enrolled in a prospective study conducted by the North Central Cancer Treatment Group (NCCTG). They tested the level of gene expression of HOXB13 and IL17BR from paraffin-embedded tumors and found that the 2-gene expression ratio was an independent marker of early breast can...International study questions health benefits of moderate drinking
... The research that the team analyzed consisted of prospective studies, including hundreds of thousands of indivi...ssibility of an "abstainer error" in the design of prospective studies of the association between alcohol use and heart disease risks. "This study was performed i...American Indians with alcohol problems have more medical conditions
... objective measures of medical conditions, conduct prospective studies, and determine if and why certain populations are at greater risk for alcohol-related medical problems....New study establishes criteria to detect ovarian cancer in asymptomatic postmenopausal women
... vital to reducing mortality. This is the largest prospective cancer screening study to evaluate the risk of malignancy in an exclusively postmenopausal population, ages 55-74, when there are no symptoms. This study is particularly noteworthy because the described screening tests (ultrasound and CA-125) are im...Researchers make recommendations for reducing health risks at the Hajj
...ia) and colleagues make health recommendations for prospective pilgrims. The authors state that international collaboration, through informing clinicians and pilgrims, will lessen the risks both for the travelling and the returned pilgrim. Professor Memish comments: "Hajj management, even for a nation as well-...Bariatric surgery linked to reduced blood pressure at 18 months after surgery
...ly return to presurgical levels; perhaps a future, prospective study will resolve this issue."...New research questions antibiotic use in infants
...analysis, researchers reviewed seven studies (four prospective and three retrospective) that compared exposure to...in retrospective studies (odds ratio 2.82) than in prospective studies (odds ratio 1.12). Results also showed that high-risk infants, such as those with a family h...Depressed older adults more likely to become cognitively impaired
...in the Cardiovascular Health Study, a longitudinal prospective study of adults 65 and older living in four American communities that is sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. The researchers measured the subjects' depressive symptoms using a standard depression scale. Six years later, the su...