Antioxidants show no clear benefit against cardiovascular events, death in high-risk women
...r individually or in combination, do not appear to reduce the risk of cardiovascular events or death among women at high risk for heart disease, according to a report in the August 13/27 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Oxidative damageharm to cells caused by expo...Adverse housing conditions contribute to diabetes risk
.... However, it is clear that it wont be possible to reduce disparities in health status among subgroups in the population and thus improve health without understanding how a persons environment can affect that persons health. We looked at several factors to see if they could clarify why housing conditions ...RAND finds cases of undiagnosed diabetes drop sharply
...ast, rising levels of education actually served to reduce the prevalence of the disease. Smith examined in...dicines and making the lifestyle changes needed to reduce the consequences of the illness, according to the study. Smith said one troubling finding from the...Adverse housing conditions contribute to diabetes risk
...ine. "But it is clear that it won't be possible to reduce disparities in health status among subgroups in the population without understanding how a person's environment can affect that person's health." This study grew out of a larger health study involving African-Americans. In the original study, resea...Draining away brain's toxic protein to stop Alzheimer's
... in the brain. Zlokovics group decided to try to reduce amyloid-beta levels in the body by synthesizing an altered, super-potent form of sLRP that binds amyloid-beta more efficiently than natural sLRP. In blood samples from patients with Alzheimers disease, the modified version of sLRP, known as LRP-IV, s...New study shows promise in reducing surgical risks associated with surgical bleeding
... bThrombin. We constantly look for new ways to reduce risks in surgery and stopping surgical bleeding safely and effectively is of foremost interest to surgeons. The results from this phase III trial show that we can stop bleeding in 95 percent of patients within 10 minutes and do so without introducing...Nationwide data highlight encouraging trends, 'staggering' costs of ESRD
... improvements in preventive care may be helping to reduce diabetes-related kidney disease, although several years of new data will be needed to confirm this trend. Still, diabetes remains the leading cause of ESRD. In particular, rising rates of diabetic ESRD among younger African-American adults suggest...Women with migraines and visual symptoms may have higher stroke risk
...en with probable migraine with visual symptoms can reduce their risk of stroke by stopping smoking and finding alternatives to the use of estrogen-containing contraceptives, said Kittner, who is also professor of neurology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and director of the Maryland Stroke ...Bioengineering to prevent iron deficiency?
... breeding and genetic engineering could be used to reduce the incidence of iron deficiency worldwide by improving the quality of dietary iron, conclude authors of a Seminar in this weeks edition of The Lancet. Dr Michael Zimmerman, Laboratory for Human Nutrition, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zur...Hormone regulates fondness for food
...he bloodstream to reach the brain where it acts to reduce hunger and increase fullness. The authors studied patients with a rare genetic disorder resulting in a complete lack of leptin. These patients eat excessively, like all types of food (including really bland foods) and develop severe obesity. After tr...Drug-eluting stent controversy explored in the American Heart Hospital Journal
...al antiplatelet therapy, a common practice used to reduce blood clotting, is unlikely or impossible. Dr. Peter Fitzgerald of Stanford University Medical Center, who writes with his colleagues, Drs. Shimohama and Honda of the Center for Cardiovascular Technology, offers his view of the future of DESs. Whil...Metabolic study in mice could lead to 'good cholesterol' boosters
... Existing LDL-C-lowering drugs such as statins can reduce the risk of heart attack by 20 to 35 percent, Jin ...breaks down HDL-C. Proprotein convertases normally reduce EL function, they reported. Thus, the loss of proprotein convertase activity leads to an increase in...Michigan-CDC study supports value of social restrictions during influenza pandemics
...lly socially harsh NPI measures can save lives and reduce the numbers of those infected, says lead author Howard Markel, M.D., Ph.D., the George E. Wantz Distinguished Professor of the History of Medicine, professor of pediatrics and communicable diseases, and director of the U-M Center for the History of M...Electrical implant steadies balance disorder in animals
...device will be available. Efforts are underway to reduce electrical interference to other nerve branches and to refine the timing patterns of electrical stimulation to make them more like normal. In addition, they plan to work on making the device smaller and hermetically sealed so that it can fit complet...Novel candidate biomarker for heart failure also strongly predicts risk of death
...c peptide tests, we have miles to go before we can reduce the considerable risk that accompanies that diagnosis, says James Januzzi Jr., MD, of the MGH Cardiology Division, who led the study. Its highly likely that examining a patients pattern of several complementary biomarkers will be superior for predic...In women, caffeine may protect memory
.... Caffeine is a psychostimulant which appears to reduce cognitive decline in women, said study author Kare...we can start promoting caffeine intake as a way to reduce cognitive decline. But the results are interesting caffeine use is already widespread and it has fe...Early-childhood intervention may improve well-being through young adulthood
...cation. Such programs could, among other benefits, reduce the number of prisons and prisoners in the United States, Forman concludes.(Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2007;161(8):809-810. Available pre-embargo to the media at www.jamamedia.org .) Editors Note: Please see the article for additional information,...ACC/AHA release revised UA/NSTEMI guidelines
.../NSTEMI patient is discharged from the hospital to reduce risk of a recurrent heart attack. We are emphasizing the use of ACE inhibitors---drugs that protect the muscle--- and prescribing aldosterone receptor blockade, a new drug category that wasnt available previously for people with heart failure, said W...Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet for Aug. 7, 2007, issue
... seat belts and the dangers of drunk driving might reduce death and injury from car accidents. Reviewing published research on the effects of such counseling, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) concluded that office-based counseling did not provide any more benefit than other programs that p...