New study shows the benefits of eating fish greatly outweigh the risks
...miology and nutrition at HSPH, did a comprehensive search of publications through April 2006 to evaluate the evidence from studies that looked at the relationship between fish intake and major health benefits as well as at the health risks of mercury, dioxins and PCBs. For benefits, the researchers focused ...Significant amount of binge eating occurs in restaurants
...s place in private. "Obesity experts continue to search for solutions to the epidemic of obesity," writes WJNR editor, Gayle M. Timmerman, author of the article. "The trend to eat at restaurants continues to rise. This frequent dining out, along with the consumption of additional calories, could contribut...Newest in CT imaging technology -- dual energy source -- now being utilized on patients at Penn
...ngle scan. Radiologists utilize these images to search for narrowing or blockages in the coronary arteries of the heart. Litt continues, "We can use these images to figure out the cause when patients are complaining of chest pain. Specifically, we may be able to characterize different types of atheroscle...Sports cheats beware -- new test detects previously undetectable drug
...ists have developed a method that can specifically search for the minute traces of synacthen in a blood sample. Called immunological purification, this technique can find any synacthen molecules even though its concentration is 10,000,000 less than other proteins in blood plasma. There are severe penaltie...Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute -- cancer study
... research findings should dramatically advance our search for a cure," said Dr. Saba. Dr. Saba and her team conducted their year-long research by studying a number of different human cell lines as well as human colon cancer tissues and mouse intestinal polyps. They wanted to see what happens when you inc...New Inteleos features gives users the ability to tailor information
...sis tool, Inteleos. These features enable users to search drug records by Mechanism of Action and Drug Class...rt competitor drugs using a new analysis tool, and search and review clinical trial reports from ClinicalTrials.gov. Users can increase productivity and impro...UW-Madison researchers clear way to stronger glass
...lts, the group plans to test more materials in the search for additional applications....Inflammatory bowel disease doubles risk of pregnancy complications
...In all, the dozen studies, drawn from an extensive search of published material, involved almost 4000 women with IBD and more than 320, 000 people without the condition, with whom they were compared. Around two thirds of the women had Crohn's disease; the remainder had ulcerative colitis. The results show...Mistletoe is not an anti-cancer drug, say doctors
...insurance system pays for this treatment. A Google search also showed that 145,000 websites promote or mention mistletoe as a treatment for cancer. So, is mistletoe an effective anticancer drug and how safe is it? The theory that mistletoe might help treat cancer is based on the fact that, like cancer,...Tuberculosis risks for health workers in developing countries
... systematic review, which involved a comprehensive search for studies that had collected data on TB infection in health-care workers in these countries. Averaged out over the 51 studies which they found, 54% of health workers had latent TB. The TB disease rates in health-care workers were also substantially...Nutrition studies' conclusions tied to funding source
...s. The researchers began by conducting a Medline search of all existing scientific literature about soft drinks, juice and milk published during a five-year period (1999-2003). They retrieved 538 articles, of which 206 were eligible for analysis. Eligible articles had to look at health outcomes or disease...Penn researchers demonstrate ability of new therapy to treat severely elevated cholesterol levels
...ng this information, Bristol-Myers Squibb began to search for inhibitors of this protein and discovered the study drug, originally known as BMS-201038. Bristol-Myers Squibb then donated it to Penn for use in clinical trials in patients with severe cholesterol problems. Rader and his team at Penn designed an...The Society of Hospital Medicine and Wiley to launch InfoPOEMs for hospitalists
...er of evidence-based medical content and web-based search tools, in October 2005. The flagship services of InfoPOEMs form the basis of a medical information management system that improves patient care and increases clinical efficiency. POEMs are published in many of the world's leading medical journals and...New research brings initial find of Alois Alzheimer to fore once again
...a Rochester biotech company created by Zlokovic to search for new treatments for Alzheimer's and stroke. Miano has served as a consultant to Socratech and is now leading a research effort there looking for compounds to inhibit SRF and myocardin. ...Mayo Clinic research shows young people who died suddenly and inexplicably had genetic heart defects
...n says. "It must involve a careful and sleuth-like search for these inherited glitches in the heart's electr...ould be performed on the victim of sudden death in search of the cause. Now, one-third of the time, we can find the cause." Warning Signs To prevent th...Link found between muscle damage during childbirth, condition causing fallen bladder, uterus
..."Our findings are an important step forward in the search to identify what causes pelvic organ prolapse and subsequent difficulties with other problems, such as incontinence," says lead author John O. L. DeLancey, M.D., the Norman F. Miller Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the U-M Medical School an...Mimicking how the brain recognizes street scenes
...omobile driver's assistance, and eventually visual search engines, biomedical imaging analysis, robots with realistic vision. On the neuroscience end, this research is essential for designing augmented sensory prostheses, such as one that could replicate the computations carried by damaged nerves from the r...Disposable sensor uses DNA to detect hazardous uranium ions
...e that poses the greatest threat to human life. To search for the unique sequence of DNA that could distinguish uranyl from other metal ions, the researchers used a combinatorial approach called in vitro selection. Simple and cost-effective, the selection process can sample a very large pool of DNA (up to 1...Study links attempted suicide with genetic evidence identified in previous suicide research
...e adds that the next step is to further narrow the search and find the address. Once we have located the specific gene, she says, we can better identify people who might be at risk of suicide and offer drug companies a target for possible therapies. The data used by Willour and her team -- DNA samples, me...