Concern over fast tracking of new drugs
...l of natalizumab and its recall after three months raises questions about the fast tracking of new drugs by the FDA for commercial licensing, says the author, consultant neurologist Abhijit Chaudhuri. It also highlights the potential risks for patients in trials of new drugs where knowledge of long term eff...Progeria progress: Studies show how mutant protein hurts hearts
..., was diagnosed with the condition. The foundation raises public awareness and bankrolls research about the rare disorder, which causes hair loss, osteoporosis, and other signs of premature aging in children. Children with the disorder die almost exclusively of atheroscleroris at an average age of 13. This ...Penn bioethics researcher gives talk on the neuroscience of ethics at AAAS Meeting
... peer into the brain through scanning technologies raises these issues, as well as concerns about privacy and cognitive liberty," he adds. Wolpe is also a professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Sociology at Penn, as well as Chief of Bioethics for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration....Doubts raised about illegal drug use surveys
...two related articles in the Journal of Drug Issues raises serious doubts about the nation's illegal drug use surveillance programs. Scientists, policy makers, and the media depend on surveys to identify the extent of drug use nationwide. The study documented how drug use surveys may not accurately reflect...Community-wide health program slows creep toward heart disease
...o be further evaluated," he said. "So I think this raises more questions than it answers. But the promising finding is that interventions not patient centered, but community centered do show significant public health endpoint difference," Farkouh said....Envisat altimeter watches Pacific for cold tongue of La Niña
...This warmer water adds moisture to the atmosphere, raises rainfall levels and disrupts atmospheric circulation on a global basis. La Nia is an equivalent cooling event during which the warm waters shift westwards to induce upwelling of cold water, reducing rainfall in the eastern equatorial Pacific but inc...Anti-depressant use associated with increased risk for heart patients
...This new finding of the risk from anti-depressants raises issues about the optimal way to treat depression in cardiac patients, the researchers said. According to Duke team leader Lana Watkins, Ph.D., the researchers believe their findings add further support for the potential role oft non-pharmocological a...Light-based device probes for early cancer signs
...d Barrett's esophagus, he explained. The condition raises the risk of esophageal cancer, and patients are generally tested for cancer periodically through random biopsy. Previous studies by Wax's team used a/LCI to identify pre-cancer in animal tissue. Pre-cancerous cells are characterized by an enlarged nu...UAB researchers and ONCE pioneer a new Braille keyboard
...blind people and creating a touchable screens that raises the information so that it can be felt....Yale researchers identify gene depth protects against kidney stones
...ting a potential drug target, he said the research raises the possibility that abnormal expression or regulation of the anion transporter encoded by the gene could cause kidney stones in humans, although this has not yet been tested directly....Researchers reveal possibility of separating anticancer properties of vitamin D
...the two functions at the molecular level, and this raises the possibility that vitamin D can be chemically modified into a drug that will only have anticancer effects," said Professor Stephen Byers, Ph.D. He and Salimuddin Shah, Ph.D., led an international group of investigators in this study. The human bod...Alcohol-branded merchandise associated with early teen drinking
...te drinking than students who did not. "This study raises concern about the relationship between the products that promote alcohol brands and early-onset teen drinking," said McClure, a practicing pediatrician at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. "We worry about early-onset drinking because these kids ar...JCI Table of Contents, April 3, 2006
...g that, "the finding that mast cells produce renin raises the possibility of an alternate mechanism for regulation of the RAS, controlled by inflammatory mechanisms likely to be quite different from those that regulate renin production in the kidney." TITLE: Cardiac mast cellderived renin promotes local a...Ovary removal surgery elevates risk for dementia
...variectomy, surgical removal of a woman's ovaries, raises her risk of developing dementia or cognitive impairment. Risk is especially increased if a woman has her ovaries removed at a young age. The findings will be presented Wednesday at the American Academy of Neurology meeting in San Diego. The resear...Study supports theory why brain-injured children often recover
...ized as they mature," Dr. Szaflarski says. "This raises hope for rehabilitation of brain function in children after stroke or traumatic brain injuries," he says. Dr. Szaflarski and senior coauthor Scott Holland, PhD, a UC professor who also heads pediatric brain-imaging research at Cincinnati Children's ...New research shows second-hand smoke raises diabetes risk
...the first time that breathing other people's smoke raises the risk of developing glucose intolerance, the precursor to diabetes. The US research also shows that overall, white Americans are more susceptible to this effect than African-Americans. Researchers examined 4572 men and women in four US cities, div...Researchers discover new disease-causing bacterium in patients with rare immune disorder
..."The fact that the CGD mice survived the infection raises the question, What is the critical component of the host's immune defense, and which patients other than those with CGD are most vulnerable to this newly discovered microbe?" Dr. Holland adds. "I suspect the bacterium has been around as long as we ha...T cell 'brakes' lost during human evolution
... been carried by all humans ever since. The study raises warning flags about the stimulatory and potentially destructive potential of the absence of Siglec molecules in human T cells, compared to chimpanzees and other nonhuman primate counterparts. This may explain some major differences in susceptibility ......rial, p. 692). However, the writers say, the study raises "practical concerns," such as when EMS personnel agree to perhaps duplicitous family requests, or what legal protection is provided for on-the-spot decisions....