UGA study finds that caffeine cuts post-workout pain by nearly 50 percent
...definitive answer in at least one sex, but men may respond differently to caffeine. And the small sample size of nine volunteers means that the study will have to be replicated with a larger study. O'Connor said that despite these limitations, caffeine appears to be more effective in relieving post-workout...NIAID DNA vaccine for H5N1 avian influenza enters human trial
...demic influenza is part of the NIAID commitment to respond to new emerging infectious disease threats and to ...onesia and represents an example of our ability to respond to shifting viruses with modern technology," says Dr. Nabel. The study will enroll 45 volunteers b...Glucose levels trigger compensation for type 2 diabetics
...diabetic because the cells of their body no longer respond to the hormone insulin, which is crucial for lowering blood sugar levels (blood glucose levels). However, before individuals become clinically diabetic their body tries to compensate for the increasing resistance to the effects of insulin by increasi...Dr. Msiska, UN leader in the worldwide fight to stem the spread of HIV/AIDS, to speak at Stevens
...designed to assist countries in Southern Africa to respond to capacity erosion resulting from AIDS, brain drain, weakened capacity to govern and recurrent disasters in the region. These countries also suffer from other illnesses, poverty, inappropriate retirement policies, poor educational systems and inf...Mechanism of black cohosh versus hot flashes revealed
...ite. Opiate receptors are chemical sensors that respond to opiates like morphine and endorphins, Wang said. Chemical substances with opiate activity bind to the receptors and produce the appropriate response, including the regulation of pain, temperature and appetite. "We used several extracts of black...Pain relief effectiveness down to mind-set?
...acebo response, which is likely to affect how they respond to real treatments too. Understanding these differences could better inform the way doctors and nurses provide treatments in the future. "It could also facilitate more effective clinical trial design, which could substantially reduce the costs of ...New report highlights aromatase inhibitor side effects
...en, its time for the medical research community to respond with additional research on the side effects of these drugs." Brenner and Zivian are both women living with breast cancer. BCA launched the online survey in August 2005 to collect data on the side effects of this new class of breast cancer treatmen...Study finds gender differences related to eating and body image
...thinking about the national obesity epidemic might respond to such abstinence with, "Good! This is what should happen." "But the fact that this happens even to skinny women means that such weight loss could be unhealthy," Harrison said. "Similarly, a man who is vulnerable to ideal-male images due to the...Genomic tests improve prediction of breast cancer response to chemotherapy, hormonal therapy
... to better predict how breast cancer patients will respond to chemotherapy or hormonal therapy. In presentations Dec. 14-15 at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, the research team reports on a highly sensitive multiple-gene test designed to predict response to chemotherapy, performed before surgery a...Brain images show hysteria not an imaginary disorder
...n MRI to study how the brains of these three women respond to stimulation of their numb body parts. In all ...nds to touch. However, that part of the brain did respond when researchers stimulated both the numb body part and the other normal feeling hand or foot. "Th...Bank on a Cure researchers identify pathways mediating myeloma treatment side effects
... screens to predict how an individual patient will respond to treatment, and apply appropriate intervention strategies." The genes identified are involved with inflammation, which has been shown to link the immune system to clotting mechanisms. Other genes identified are involved with the rapid tumor reduct...Novel brain areas associated with the recognition of gender, ethnicity and the identity of faces
...uthern California have isolated brain regions that respond selectively to the cues of gender, ethnicity and identity in faces. Using a novel adaptation technique, they found evidence for neurons that are selectively tuned for gender, ethnicity and identity cues in an area not previously thought to be associa...M. D. Anderson reports first drug activity in T315I-Positive CML, ALL and JAK-2-Positive MPD
...sistance to these treatments, the patients did not respond until they were given the intravenous MK-0457 for five consecutive days. Of the patients with the T315I mutation, eight of nine patients with CML responded as did both of the T315I-positive ALL patients who had a partial response after the second cyc...Mayo Clinic Cancer Center -- individualizing treatment for multiple myeloma patients
.... "We now have identified a group that will likely respond because these nine mutations seem to be present in...c mutations within this pathway that make patients respond better, we are working on a simple way to select those patients who are the best candidates for use ...5-year study shows Gleevec's potency against chronic myeloid leukemia
...w." The researchers also found that patients did respond less to Gleevec therapy if they were in a high-risk category due to such factors as an enlarged spleen or a high percentage of immature white cells in their blood. "Even high-risk patients have close to a 70 percent chance of getting to what we call ...Common PTSD drug is no more effective than placebo
... might be to inhibit the ability of brain cells to respond to the neurotransmitter. He notes that this is the action of prazosin, a blood pressure medication that has been found by other researchers to decrease the incidence of nightmares in combat veterans with PTSD....MRI shows brains respond better to name brands
...n of the brand. The volunteers pressed a button to respond using a four-point scale ranging from disagree to agree strongly. During the sequence, the fMRI acquired images of the brain, depicting areas that activated in response to the different stimuli. In addition to the questions asked during the scanning,...Blocking an inter-generational cycle of obesity
...ho stay obese throughout their lives. How babies respond to nutrition from their mothers before birth and how the nutritional environment before birth impacts on health after birth has been the focus of a major research program being undertaken by UniSA's Pro Vice Chancellor: Research and Innovation, Profe...Baylor Research Institute receives $6.2 million grant to establish Center for Lupus Research
... to a successful treatment of children who did not respond to other therapies. We identified an immune system protein, interleukin 1, which is over-produced in these children and found a drug that was already on the market to block the effects of this protein," says Dr. Banchereau. "Using the same technolo...More insight into Alzheimer's disease with Stanford discovery of possible cause
...tion. That molecule allows the brain to detect and respond to TGF-beta, or transforming growth factor, a prot...s: These mice had brain cells that could no longer respond to TGF-beta's salutary signal. The mutation did not directly affect the TGF-beta protein, which is ...