Statin simvastatin linked to protection against endothelial dysfunction in diabetic rats
...mplication, Medical College of Georgia researchers set out to determine the effects of simvastatin on endothelial cell dysfunction, an early pivotal event in atherogenesis and a major cause of the microvascular complications in diabetics. The researchers found that in addition to lowering cholesterol lev......tion algorithms turn into 3D images. In the first set of experiments using the HUTT system, the Marmarelis team easily located a set of small metal balls smaller than a millimeter in diameter embedded in agar medium. Many critical r...Money doesn't buy happiness - - except when disability strikes
... the difference eased a few years after disability set in, the researchers say the finding has important implications for such things as personal savings, retirement planning and "safety net" government programs for the seriously ill and disabled. The study will be published in an upcoming issue of Psyc...Bacterial infection associated with heart attack in young men
...bacteria from the body, and once C. pneumoniae has set in, it may be too late to ward off heart attacks related to the infection. Further studies are being conducted to gather more information about the organism. Eventually, researchers may discover how to prevent C. pneumoniae infection altogether....National trial shows older children benefit from treatment for childhood's most common eye disorder
...en 7 to 12 years of age. The study investigators set the standard for successful vision improvement in the amblyopic eye as the ability to read at least two more lines on a standard eye chart. Those investigators found that 53 percent of children ages 7 to 12 years who received both glasses and treatme...To boost efficiency, hospitals borrow principles from factory floor
...r hours," said Lin. "The system is just not set up right," he said. "No one is actively seeking to get patients through efficiently. It has to be built into the process."...Scientists identify protein that controls cancer cells
...-1. For example, the protein is able to regulate a set of different genes. Fra-1 is what is known as a transcription factor. It is one of many proteins that "reads" the genetic material in cells. If effect, transcription factors help control whether the instructions of genes are carried out by the cells...One-meter waistline predicts high risk of diabetes and heart disease
...ccuracy of these figures. So researchers in Sweden set out to assess the ability of different body measurements and biological markers to predict insulin sensitivity. Their study involved 2,746 healthy male and female volunteers aged between 18-72 years with body mass indexes from 18-60 kg/m2 and waist c...Shape-altering genes linked to ovarian cancer
... Therapeutics and her colleagues discovered that a set of shape-altering genes become activated in ovarian cancer. These HOX genes, better known for their role in normal embryonic development, direct the cancer cells to take a variety of different forms, depending on which of the genes is turned on. The ...Scottish health minister launches major new clinical trials project to boost business and health
...err MSP, Minister For Health and Community Care is set to launch Glasgow Biomedicine, a groundbreaking initiative set to boost health and business in Scotland on 19 April 2005. The joint NHS Greater Glasgow and Univers...American Dietetic Association statement on new 'MyPyramid'
..., and we will be just as involved in using them to set the nation's policy directions in nutrition programs, research, education, food assistance, labeling and promotion. On an individual level, our members will incorporate MyPyramid and its accompanying materials into our client counseling, patient care...Number and quality of kidney transplants much greater if national matching program adopted
...the authors. For example, individual patients can set their own priorities based on distance they are willing to travel or on the quality of the kidney matched to them....The Cochrane Library newsletter, 2005, issue 2
...toring and problem solving, as well as learning to set realistic goals for themselves. The authors concluded that, when combined with dietary and exercise strategies, behavioural and cognitive behaviour therapy can help a person lose weight. "This work should encourage people to look more seriously at th...Findings about anti-cancer agent could make it more effective
...e 1 in Cancer Research. Eleven years ago, Gmeiner set out to develop a compound that would be more effective and have fewer side effects than fluorouracil, one of the most common chemotherapy drugs for prostate cancer. Laboratory studies show that FdUMP[10] is 300 to 400 times more effective than fluoro...The Roll Back Malaria partnership has done more harm than good
...ations such as WHO, UNICEF and the World Bank, was set up seven years ago to highlight the existence of low-cost and effective interventions for malaria and low levels of spending on this disease. RBM is the main instrument through which African leaders were hoping to achieve the goals of the Abuja Decla...How medical research is taking care of your heart
...ler, claiming 70,000 lives each year. The event is set to outline the pioneering progress made in the tre...ng, treatment and knowledge of heart conditions is set to be debated and highlighted during this prestigious event"....Revised Bethesda guidelines effective at identifying patients at risk of colorectal cancer
...sed Bethesda guidelines as the most discriminating set of clinical parameters. "In conclusion, our results demonstrate that the revised Bethesda guidelines constitute a very useful approach to select patients at risk for HNPCC. In patients fulfilling these criteria, both microsatellite instability testi...Antibiotic might fight HIV-induced neurological problems
..., and that monkey's condition was deemed mild by a set of standard measures. After the same amount of time -- 84 days after infection -- five of the six untreated monkeys had evidence of moderate or severe encephalitis and much more physical evidence of damage to brain cells, the researchers report. "Th...UK politicians failing to address low morale among doctors
.... Their debates about the NHS have been based on a set of entirely false notions about what matters to patients, states the editorial. Meanwhile doctors have been left demoralised by targets that compromise patient care, shift work that compromises professionalism, and a massively over-managed health ser...... an important area of research. Our research group set out to investigate whether hormonal contraception influenced response to HAART," said Stephen J. Gange, PhD, corresponding author of the study and an associate professor in the Bloomberg School of Public Health's Department of Epidemiology. Data from...