Adverse housing conditions contribute to diabetes risk
... Aging Research and Regenstrief Institute research scientist at Indiana University School of Medicine. "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 st...Draining away brain's toxic protein to stop Alzheimer's
... ready for testing within two years. Zlokovic, a scientist widely recognized for demonstrating that blood vessels, blood flow, and the blood-brain barrier are all central to the development of Alzheimers disease, likens the new approach to how statins help people with heart disease. Statins lower excess chol...Geriatric health conditions have major effect on half of all seniors
...vision of Geriatric Medicine at U-M and a research scientist at the Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System GRECC. Such obstacles need to be overcome so that older adults can receive the best health care possible, she says. Geriatric conditions are integral to the health and function of older adults and...Statin drugs may delay progressive artery damage in children
...issers, Ph.D., co-author of the study and a senior scientist in vascular medicine at the Academic Medical Centre.In 2004, the team reported that two years of therapy had reduced the progression of atherosclerosis in the pravastatin group when compared to the placebo group. This study reflects the findings from...Method shows promise for early detection of pancreatic cancer
...sk factors in the patients, said Liu, now a senior scientist at Johnson & Johnson. The markers dont depend on age -- the cells know if they are old or if they are cancerous. The markers do not change if the patient is a smoker. And the markers do not change with the location, stage or size of the tumor in the ...Organic farming can feed the world, U-M study shows
...incipal investigators. Catherine Badgley, research scientist in the Museum of Paleontology, is a co-author of the paper along with several current and former graduate and undergraduate students from U-M. "My hope is that we can finally put a nail in the coffin of the idea that you can't produce enough food t......ibiotics ineffective. Holly Dolliver, the lead scientist in this study, notes that antibiotics consumed by plants may be of particular concern to the organic farming industry. Manure is often the main source of crop nutrients for organic food production, since regulations prohibit the use of synthetic fer...Shoulder tapping -- Young males are most willing to purchase alcohol for underage youth
...ly, added Joel Grube, director and senior research scientist at the Prevention Research Center, youth are more likely than adults to drink heavily and to the point of intoxication. Overall, it has been estimated that the costs of underage drinking in the U.S. are as much as $61.9 billion annually in medical c...New mangosteen research establishes xanthone measurement standard
...udy director Susan McPherson, MSc, senior research scientist at Charles River Laboratories, said preliminary research findings demonstrate that the proprietary whole fruit formula in XanGo Juice leads to high levels of xanthone absorption. Ongoing research shows high absorption of xanthones in defined dosages,...Parents of chronically ill kids are helped by better access to federal and employer leave
...s, said lead author Dr. Paul Chung, senior natural scientist at RAND and assistant professor of pediatrics at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Children in our study missed an average of four weeks of school or daycare a year, added Dr. Mark Schuster, senior author of the study and director of the...New survey uncovers how insomnia affects job performance and safety
...afety, said Dr. Mark Rosekind, president and chief scientist of Alertness Solutions, who conducted the survey. The results from this study show that insomnia affects workplace productivity, performance and safety, regardless of the type of insomnia experienced. Yet in spite of the significant effects that wer...Hormone therapy offers new hope for ovarian cancer patients
...search at the University of Edinburgh and the lead scientist behind this trial, said: Ovarian cancer can be a devastating disease, so this new discovery is particularly exciting. We still have a lot to do, but this research has furthered our understanding of the hormone control of ovarian cancer, which could p...Tony Hunter receives Robert. J. and Claire Pasarow Award for Cancer Research
La Jolla, Calif. - Salk scientist Dr. Tony Hunter is the recipient of the 2006 Pasarow Award in Cancer Research for his key discoveries of the chemical switch that turns healthy cells into cancer cells. The annual Pasarow Medical Research Awards, presented by the Los Angeles-based ...Aluminum foil lamps outshine incandescent lights
...e diameter of a human hair, said visiting research scientist Sung-Jin Park, lead author of the paper. We can pack an array of more than 250,000 lamps into a single panel. Completing the panel assembly is a glass window 500 microns (0.5 millimeters) thick. The windows inner surface is coated with a phosphor fil......American Aging Association, University of Michigan scientist Richard A. Miller reports early results from a mou...e U-M Geriatrics Center. Miller is also a research scientist at the Ann Arbor VA Medical Center. No significant difference occurred in female mice. The scienti...VA tops private hospitals in infection-control study
...dations," said Sarah Krein, PhD, a research health scientist with the Center for Practice Management and Outcomes Research at the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, and a research assistant professor at the University of Michigan. The recommendations include: Maximal sterile barrier preca......is designed so that you dont have to be a computer scientist to use it." Orosz hopes to distribute a beta version of RAW later this year....Both alcohol and neighborhood characteristics can affect intimate partner violence
...ed, according to Carol B. Cunradi, senior research scientist at Prevention Research Center and sole author of the study. However, she noted, IPV researchers are increasingly examining the role of other factors that may exacerbate this link. "Social disorganization theory, along with other macro-sociological......Akira Yoshii, a pediatric neurologist and research scientist in her lab, use the rodent visual pathway as an accessible model for studying how the signaling properties of synapses change during development and how those changes relate to structural changes in the brain and developmental milestones in behavior....A Cardiff University scientist is to receive a prestigious international prize in recognition of outstanding research breaking new ground in the understanding of the eye and its disorders. Professor Wolfgang Drexler, from the School of Optometry and Vision Sciences, will receiv...