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...e to the chronic low-level inflammatory state that puts such individuals at higher risk for cardiovascular complications. Citation: Yang RZ, Lee MJ, Hu H, Pollin TI, Ryan AS, et al. (2006) Acute-phase serum amyloid A: An inflammatory adipokine and potential link between obesity and its metabolic complica......he debate about how we invest in human capital and puts a strong scientific stake in the ground," said Shonkoff, a former dean of the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University who is moving to Harvard University as founding director of the newly established Harvard Center on Ch...Memory loss affects more of the brain than previously thought
...readmill test for heart patients, except this test puts your brain on a treadmill," Dr. Petrella said. The test required 40 patients to recall names of familiar faces and to learn and recall unfamiliar face-name associations. All patients showed brain activation in several brain regions during the task, b...Grueling four-day race becomes Stanford lab for cardiac experiments
...is an "adventure race," a new style of sport which puts multiple adventure sports - mountain biking, sea kayaking, climbing, hiking and navigation and even horse-riding - back to back into a race format. It's a bit like a four-day, off-road triathlon that uses wilderness as an essential part of its course...Childhood obesity caused by 'toxic environment' of Western diets, study says
...ldren tend to become overweight adults, which also puts them at greater risk of high blood pressure, heart disease, and stroke. Children who are obese also are socially ostracized and teased, putting them at risk for depression and other psychiatric conditions, he adds. "Our current Western food enviro...3-D forms link antibiotic resistance and brain disease
...lecule that supplies the phosphate that the enzyme puts onto pantothenic acid. First, the researchers crystallized a sample of the enzyme and bombarded it with X-rays using the facilities at the Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois. Then they used the pattern formed by the beams as they bounced off ...Cracking the real Da Vinci Code -- what happens in the artist's brain?
...'" There are many areas in which neuroarthistory puts the study of art on a more informed foundation. None is more striking than the first appearance of art in the Cave of Chauvet 32,000 years ago. No approach other than neuroarthistory can explain why this, the first art, is also the most naturalistic,...Updated sleep apnea screening recommended for commercial drivers
...gement of OSA have left drivers undiagnosed, which puts the driver and general public at risk. We hope our joint recommendations will assist the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and states to update screening and treatment guidelines for sleep apnea which, in turn, may help identify and treat ...Prostate cancer treatment increases risk of diabetes and heart disease
BOSTON -- A treatment mainstay for prostate cancer puts men at increased risk for diabetes and cardiovascular disease, according to a large observational study published in the Sept. 20 Journal of Clinical Oncology. "Men with prostate cancer have high five-year survival rates, but they also have higher ...Diabetes, not obesity, increases risk of developing critical illness and early death
Diabetes puts people at risk of developing critical illness and dying early, but obesity without diabetes does not. A study published today in the open access journal Critical Care reveals that individuals suffering from diabetes are three times more at risk of de...Blood transfusion-transmitted infections: A global perspective
...with co-author Dr. Eleftherios Vamvakas of Ottawa, puts into perspective the continuing risk of transfusion-transmitted infections as well as the possible safety interventions that might reduce that risk even further, particularly those due to emerging agents including variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (v...Double jeopardy: Obese smokers at higher risk of death
... of obese adults in the United States smoke, which puts them at a higher risk of death caused by cancer and circulatory disease. The authors further found that, in general, being a current smoker was a far stronger risk factor for cancer death than being obese. "Smoking has been known as a very strong ri...First major study of mammalian 'disorderly' proteins
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A growing health problem affecting older Americans puts them at higher risk for dying after heart surgery and other interventional procedures, such as heart catheterizations, according to findings published in the current edition of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology and co-authored by two ...Planning for surge of disaster victims? Discharge the healthiest from every hospital, experts advise
... The system Kelen and the other panelists envision puts patients in one of five categories, based on their considered risk of a life-threatening or life-impairing medical problem within 72 hours of hospital discharge. Patients classified as "minimum" risk could go home upon being discharged. Those in the ...New research shows big improvement in survival after stroke
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...with lenalidomide. "The high dose of dexamethasone puts patients at an increased risk of developing blood clots and other side effects," says Dr. Rajkumar, who is leading the study and presenting the results. "We can"t do without this drug, but we want to see if we can reduce the dose to be safer." In a ...Why doesn't the immune system attack the small intestine?
...e antigens of their normal neighbors in a way that puts the immune system "at ease." By reading those antigens without being on alert, the immune system's T cells learn that such cells are off-limits to attack. For years, scientists have wondered whether the same mechanism is at work in tissues that com...Flu experts call for mandatory shots for health care workers
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