Nerve changes from diabetes begin earlier than previously known
...er J. Dyck, M.D., Mayo Clinic neurologist and lead researcher on the study. Results were published in the September issue of Diabetes Care. "Changes begin much earlier than previously demonstrated," he says. About 500 patients from Olmsted County, Minn., home to Mayo Clinic, participated in the longitudinal s...Obesity, history of weight gain could help predict prostate cancer progression
...s that occur early in life," says the study's lead researcher Sara Strom, Ph.D., an associate professor in the Department of Epidemiology. Given further validation of the results, Strom suggests a man's history of body weight should be a factor oncologists consider when designing a treatment plan for patients n...Fellowship funds major research project on medulloblastoma
... on brain tumour research in Australia to a senior researcher at Children's Cancer Institute Australia (CCIA) for Medical Research in Randwick, NSW. Dr Wayne Thomas has received a three-year $600,000 Career Development and Support Fellowship to work on medulloblastoma, a solid tumour in the lower brain that oc...Adolescents' HIV risk reduced with community intervention
...sexually transmitted diseases and HIV/AIDS, a Yale researcher reports in AIDS. The intervention consisted of AIDS education, skills training, peer influence and both family and neighborhood support to avoid and reduce high-risk behavior among adolescents. The authors said community-level interventions have prov......hem. A new study by a Medical College of Wisconsin researcher indicates that up to half of childhood asthma hospitalizations could be prevented with improved parent-physician communication regarding the child's condition, medication, follow-up care and asthma triggers. Results of the studies appeared in the Oc...Brain protein linked to alcoholism and anxiety
...anxiety and alcohol-drinking behaviors," said lead researcher Subhash Pandey, associate professor of psychiatry and director of neuroscience alcoholism research at the UIC College of Medicine. In P rats, but not in NP rats, alcohol was shown to reduce anxiety and increase the levels of active CREB and neuropep......omprehensive Transplant Center at Hopkins and lead researcher in the study, said the results could pave the way to a national matching registry that would enable hundreds and perhaps thousands of patients who cannot receive a kidney from a loved one to be transplanted by exchanging donors with a stranger. "Thi...Call for research funding to prevent pregnancy complications
...nancy complications from a Yale School of Medicine researcher at the 7th annual Women In Government regional conference on September 28. The incidence of preterm birth and low birthweight infants are the most pressing obstetrical issues today, in addition to the malpractice crisis, according to Michael Paidas, ...Opening wide for new clues about lupus
... technician Jennifer Barnard; former post-doctoral researcher Amedeo Cappione III, Ph.D., now at Guava Technologies; and former graduate student Aimee Pugh-Bernard, Ph.D., now at the National Jewish Medical and Research Center. Gregg Silverman from the University of California at San Diego also worked with the ...Doctors sue Safeway and other dairy retailers
... D. Barnard, M.D., president of PCRM and nutrition researcher WHEN: Thursday, October 6, 10 a.m.-11 a.m. WHERE: National Press Club, Zenger Room, 529 14th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. TELECONFERENCE: Credentialed journalists only: Please call 888-343-7265....Fat rat enables studies of debilitating vascular disease
...even die," says Dr. David W. Stepp, cardiovascular researcher in the Medical College of Georgia Vascular Biology Center. "What is underappreciated is that there are vascular changes and cardiovascular effects of obesity well before you become diabetic." The Obese Zucker rat model shares the symptoms of obesity...Leading pediatricians group recommends infants sleep in cribs, not parents' beds
...s at Saint Louis University and a world-recognized researcher on SIDS. Kemp was one of three physicians acknowledged in the American Academy of Pediatrics new position paper on sudden infant death, which was released on Oct. 10. October is SIDS Awareness Month. The policy statement strengthens recommendations ...Australian Cancer Research Foundation announces biggest ever private grant
...ir David Lane. It will be awarded to an Australian researcher who provides the most compelling proposal for cancer research including potential cures for cancer, cancer prevention and the treatment of cancer patients. "This is an exciting announcement for not only the scientific community but everybody who has ...UQ leads the State in NHMRC grants
...l Queensland funding. It included funding for a UQ researcher working on developing a drug to block the growth o...ck the growth of fat cells The School of Medicine researcher is working on a project entitled FGF-1 In Development of Human Obesity. Obesity is a major contribu...Early life stress can lead to memory loss and cognitive decline in middle age
...er in life." In their study, Baram, post-graduate researcher Kristen Brunson and colleagues found that limiting the nesting material in cages where neonatal rats lived with their mothers led to emotional stress for both mothers and pups. All evidence of this stress disappeared by the time the pups reached adul...Cool therapy reduces brain injury and death from oxygen loss in newborns
...results in loss of oxygen to the brain," said Yale researcher Richard A. Ehrenkranz, M.D., professor of pediatric neonatology and obstetrics and gynecology at Yale School of Medicine and Yale-New Haven Hospital. "Less injury means a better outcome and fewer cases of cerebral palsy and other complications." Ehr...Work on cancer-killing compound nets FSU professor major grant
...stry and biochemistry, called Dudley an innovative researcher in a promising field of cancer research. "Many labs across the world have been and continue to be interested in roseophilin," Dalal said. "Here at FSU, Professor Dudley has devised a strategy aimed at providing relatively easy access to synthetic ros...Sexes differ in their immune reactions to burnout on the job and depression
...ce in how men and women react to emotional states, researcher Sharon Toker, Ph.D., candidate of Tel Aviv University and co-authors examined micro-inflammation blood markers and levels of burnout, depression and anxiety in 630 healthy, employed women and 933 healthy, employed men to determine which emotions are ...Subtypes of ependymomas arise from rare stem cells in the nervous system
...gically (as seen under a microscope), the St. Jude researcher said. For example, although all ependymomas look alike, supratentorial ependymomas arise in the top part of the brain in both adults and children; often cause weakness in the arms and legs, visual problems and seizures; and have a survival rate of 50......ilizing capacity when compared to nonsmokers. Lead researcher Loni Burkman, Ph.D., presented the results today (Oct. 17, 2005) at the American Society of Reproductive Medicine annual meeting in Montreal, Quebec. Burkman is associate professor and head of the Section on Andrology, Department of Gynecology and...