Link between income and happiness is mainly an illusion
...rrelation. But when the order of the questions was reversed for another group, the link between their love lives and general happiness became much greater. To test whether this illusion applied to income, Krueger, Kahneman and their colleagues studied the responses given by the women in the 2004 DRM survey....Cycles of cell death, proliferation key to liver cancer
...NK1, prevented the development of liver cancer and reversed the tumor-enhancing effect caused by ablation of IKK. "We found that long-term JNK activation leads to cell death; if activated briefly, it stimulates proliferation of pre-malignant and cancerous tumor cells," said Karin. Blocking JNK prevents liver...Behavioural therapy can restore ovulation in infertile women
...rosis, but chronic cortisol increases can often be reversed with behavioural therapy In a pilot study, Professor Berga's team randomised 16 women with FHA into two groups. One group received cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) for 20 weeks; members of the other group were observed. "A staggering 80% of the w...Exercise reverses unhealthy effects of inactivity
... decided to see if these negative effects could be reversed after the participants spent the same amount of time in an exercise program." Of the 61 STRRIDE participants randomly assigned to the control group 53 agreed to the take part in the new study, which ran an additional six months. The researchers measu...Experts call for balance in addressing under treated pain and drug abuse
...ccording to Dr. Fishman. On Nov. 4, 2005, Congress reversed itself and rescinded the DEA's new authority. As healthcare's regulatory authority shifts from health agencies to law enforcement agencies, the DEA and Federal prosecutors have used the courts to bypass state medical boards when scrutinizing physicia...Declines in exercise capacity may be due to lack of training, not just age
...e due to reduced exercise efficiency, which can be reversed with training, according to a new study in the Mar...nt than younger subjects. This inefficiency can be reversed by aerobic exercise training," said Wayne C. Levy, M.D., F.A.C.C. from the University of Washington ...U of M reaches milestone in diabetes research using pig islets
...r Immunology and Transplantation have successfully reversed diabetes in monkeys using transplanted islet cells from pigs. Survival of pig islet transplants was made possible with a novel immunosuppressive protocol. Graft survival did not require genetic modification of donor pigs or coating or encapsulation o...UCSF research pinpoints brain molecule's role in developing addiction
...d this critical neuron-to-neuron communication and reversed cocaine-craving behavior in rats. "This is an exciting finding," said Antonello Bonci, MD, senior author of the paper and UCSF associate professor of neurology, Howard J. Weinberger Chair in Addiction Research and principal investigator at the Gallo...New compound stops brain cell degeneration in Alzheimer's disease
...s found that 188WH and related compounds slowed or reversed the progression of the neuroinflammatory cascade and reduced human amyloid beta-induced glia activation in a mouse specially designed to develop many of the signs of Alzheimer's disease, including neuroinflammation, neuronal and synaptic degeneration...UCSD laser technique sheds light on strokes
...ion of the clot, blood flow downstream of the clot reversed itself. "People tend to think of blood flow like a river," said Chris Schaffer, the lead author on the paper, who was an assistant project scientist working with Kleinfeld in physics at the time of the discovery. "If you dam one tributary, then ever...Testosterone therapy may help elderly men with mild Alzheimer's disease
..., and changes in cognition, conditions that may be reversed with testosterone replacement." The authors add that the age-related decline in testosterone is potentially relevant to AD as previous studies have found significantly lower concentrations of the hormone in middle-aged and elderly men who developed A...Immunosuppressive drug appears effective in reducing new brain lesions in MS patients
... the evaluation period, but they were transient or reversed after dose reduction and no patient interrupted therapy. Neurologic disability was stable, and the relapse rate decreased consistently with the new brain lesion rate. "If considered in the context of previous clinical trials, the present study indic...JCI table of contents: December 8, 2005
...nd-stage renal disease, a condition that cannot be reversed or repaired by currently available therapies. Motoko Yanagita and colleagues from Kyoto University report that mice lacking the kidney protein USAG-1 are resistant to kidney injury. The authors show that USAG-1 inhibits the activity of the protective...JCI table of contents: December 1, 2005
...maintenance of a reduced body weight were actually reversed once circulating levels of leptin were restored to levels that were present prior to weight loss. These mechanisms lie at the center of why more than 85% of obese individuals that have lost weight eventually relapse. These findings suggest that thera...Battle of the bulge: Why losing weight is easier than keeping it off for good
...maintenance of a reduced body weight were actually reversed once circulating levels of leptin were restored to levels that were present prior to weight loss. These mechanisms lie at the center of why more than 85% of obese individuals that have lost weight eventually relapse. These findings suggest that ther...Research findings contradict longstanding bias against morphine
...end. In fact, this age-old advice should likely be reversed for some patients. By slowing down breathing with morphine and controlling panic, patients become fatigued less quickly. They are breathing at a slower pace, but they also require less oxygen so the condition and the drug don't act in conflict with o...Caution: New Medicare drug plan may cause headaches
... benefits to Medicare-eligible retirees. This rule reversed the agency's prior policy that such a change violates the Age Discrimination in Employment Act. "How much more likely will employers be to terminate their plans now that Medicare Part D provides an alternative?" Kaplan asked. The new law does provide...Side-effects cause some breast cancer patients to skip hormone treatment
...ions would result in fewer hot flushes the choices reversed with those opting for tablets slumping to around 27% and those preferring injections soaring to around 60%. The proportion that would opt for injections also rose to nearly three-quarters when they were given a hypothetical situation where a monthl...Flavanols key to potential chocolate benefits
...ol metabolites. In addition, the improvements were reversed when the participants were given a drug (L-NMMA) that interferes with nitric oxide signaling, thus supporting the idea that the flavanol-rich cocoa drink produced its effects by influencing the nitric oxide system. "Taken together, these findings sup...VCU researcher leads international team in developing guidelines for treating hydrocephalus
...e only forms of dementia that can be controlled or reversed with treatment. The five-member medical advisory panel was assembled in September 2000. The consensus guidelines were presented and reviewed by panels of experts in the United States, Europe and Asia....