RAND finds cases of undiagnosed diabetes drop sharply
...at the prevalence of the disease is not growing as rapidly as often claimed, Smith said. The study examined reasons for the rising rate of diabetes over time. The three most important reasons by far were increases in excessive weight, the transmission of diabetes from parents to children as the disease spr...Adverse housing conditions contribute to diabetes risk
...the number of people with diabetes is growing very rapidly over time. I also think it's likely that we would find comparable results if we had done similar research in Detroit or Atlanta or New York City." Schootman says more studies will be needed to determine what specifically increased the risk of diabe...Investigators uncover intriguing clues to why persistent acid reflux sometimes turns into cancer
...ted with Barretts esophagus, is currently the most rapidly rising cancer in the U.S., with a sixfold increase in cases during the past 30 years, according to the National Cancer Institute. Understanding how and why the cells change in some cases and not others has been a major challenge for investigators. ...Preventive treatments in elderly people needs rethinking
...patient and expensive for the health service. In rapidly ageing populations, we urgently need to reappraise the complex and uncomfortable relations between age discrimination, distributive justice, quality, and length of life, they argue. For example, preventive use of statins shows no overall benefit in...Where's the beef? Not enough of it is on elders' plates, muscle-metabolism study suggests
...bed again, and one of the big reasons is that they rapidly lose so much muscle mass and strength that they become physically incapable of getting up, Paddon-Jones said. Sufficient muscle is fundamental for the activities of daily living, movement and independence its definitely a quality-of-life issue. ...Even older women at high risk have little interest in being tested for HIV, study finds
...pportunistic infections. Often, they progress more rapidly to AIDS and die within a year of HIV diagnosis, which leaves little opportunity for treatment or secondary prevention for their partners. For this investigation, Dr. Akers and her colleagues analyzed data collected from 514 women ranging in age fro...Diets high in choline may increase risk for colorectal polyps
...because choline is needed to make membranes in all rapidly growing cells, the authors write. However, because this was the first study of choline and colorectal polyps, and other components of diets high in choline may be responsible for the association, the finding needs to be replicated in other studies. ...Study suggests nonpharmaceutical interventions may be helpful in severe influenza outbreaks
...ith the conventional wisdom that the 1918 pandemic rapidly spread through each community killing everyone in its path. Although these urban communities had neither effective vaccines nor antivirals, cities that were able to organize and execute a suite of classic public health interventions before the pandem...Fat is the new normal, FSU researcher says
...cument because the rise in obesity has occurred so rapidly over the past 30 years, said Heiland, who also is affiliated with FSUs Center for Demography and Population Health. Medically speaking, most agree that this trend is a dangerous one because of its connection to diabetes, cancer and other diseases. Bu...Method shows promise for early detection of pancreatic cancer
...thod of early detection, pancreatic cancer spreads rapidly and seldom is detected in its early stages. The new technique could lead to the first screening method for pancreatic cancer in asymptomatic patients, said Vadim Backman, developer of the technology and professor of biomedical engineering at Northwes...New grant fulfills wish of late Baltimore Orioles team photographer
...e number of Americans diagnosed with MCC has grown rapidly in the past 15 years to about 1,400 cases per year...different from other skin cancers in that it grows rapidly over a few weeks or months. ...The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation invests in gastroenterology's future
...(IBD) Grants. The program is unique in that it can rapidly fund innovative research proposals that will lead to improvements in diagnosis, therapy, or prevention of Crohns disease or ulcerative colitis. In recognition of his service to the field of gastroenterology, Mr. Broad was selected to receive the 20...New algorithm matches any tumor cells to best possible anti-cancer treatments
...pe of tumor. Thus, an algorithm that could help rapidly sort molecular information about a patients particular tumor and could help match this information to the right drug treatment would be a breakthrough of enormous value. Dan Theodorescu, M.D., Ph.D., a University of Virginia oncologist and cancer bio...Scaling up HIV prevention programs is cost effective
...these changes. The global HIV prevention effort is rapidly increasing, with literally billions of dollars of spending anticipated in coming years. says James G. Kahn, the projects principal investigator. We hope that research of this type will help programs better translate spending into HIV infections avert...SAGE to publish British Journal of Infection Control
... and the MMR vaccine debate. The journal has a rapidly developing, multi-professional author and readership base, which includes infection prevention and control professionals, public health and health protection specialists, pharmacists, allied health professionals, and primary care professionals. SA...Award winning book co-edited by Rutgers College of Nursing Dean updated with new information
...orldwide community, infectious diseases can spread rapidly around the world, making international surveillance and control of emerging infections vital to world health. The first edition of this book won the Book of the Year award from the American Journal of Nursing (AJN), which was also a Choice awardee....Future therapies for stroke may block cell death
...e compounds are employed to stimulate the death of rapidly multiplying cells. The molecule known as SAHA recently received approval by the Food and Drug Administration for use in cancer therapy and is the first of the histone deacetylase inhibitors to be marketed. "The use of histone deacetylase inhibitors...ESA satellite guides polar explorers across disintegrating sea ice
...en able to help the expedition to try to avoid the rapidly disintegrating ice pack in the Robson Channel between Greenland and Ellesmere Island in the extreme north of Canada, and help steer the expedition to safer ice conditions modifying their route to shore further to the east. "I noticed in satellite ...Report calls for new directions, innovative approaches in testing chemicals for toxicity to humans
...ecommends an approach that would take advantage of rapidly evolving scientific understanding of how genes, proteins, and small molecules interact to maintain normal cell function and how some of these interactions can be perturbed in ways that could lead to health problems. Specifically, the new testing app...Loss of stem cells correlates with premature aging in animal study
...hen these stem cells are needed, their progeny can rapidly divide and are able to replenish the tissue with new cells. Brown explains that in the current study the mouse cells without ATR had an overwhelming amount of DNA damage and could not contribute to tissue renewal; nevertheless, the 10 to 20 percen...