Conventional prognostic factors fail to explain better prostate cancer survival in most Asian men
...s in the process. Interestingly, the data to date show that compared to non-Hispanic white Americans, some Asian ethnicities, such as Japanese-Americans, have higher survival rates, despite worse clinical disease, whereas others, such as Filipino-Americans, have worse survival rates. However, South Asia...New treatment boosts muscle function in myasthenia gravis
...oteins. This is the first time weve been able to show that antisense is effective and safe when taken orally for a neurological disease, said study author Zohar Argov, MD, with Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center in Jerusalem and member of the American Academy of Neurology. Oral delivery of antis...Even low levels of weekly exercise drive down blood pressure
...ease, say the authors Furthermore, the findings show that moderate intensity physical exercise below the recommended weekly levels still makes a difference to health, they add....Draining away brain's toxic protein to stop Alzheimer's
...ts from the University of Rochester Medical Center show how the bodys natural way of ridding the body of the substance is flawed in people with the disease. Then the team demonstrated an experimental method in mice to fix the process, dramatically reducing the levels of the toxic protein in the brain and ...Childhood obesity indicates greater risk of school absenteeism, Penn study reveals
...eing overweight. The study builds on others that show that the medical and psychosocial consequences of being overweight are numerous and still being discovered. The disadvantages that arise from missing school such as increased drug use, increased rates of pregnancy and poor academic performance have ...New study shows promise in reducing surgical risks associated with surgical bleeding
...to surgeons. The results from this phase III trial show that we can stop bleeding in 95 percent of patients within 10 minutes and do so without introducing foreign proteins that can carry greater risk of development of antibodies, said William C. Chapman, MD, FACS, Department of Surgery, Washington Univer...Nationwide data highlight encouraging trends, 'staggering' costs of ESRD
...dults is another area of concern. The USRDS data show improvement in several indicators of the quality o...gful improvement since 1993. In contrast, the data show continued reductions in risk of death during the second through fifth years of dialysis. "While mo...Pathway links inflammation, angiogenesis and breast cancer
...cts individually. In the Cell paper, researchers show IKK does its damage working in the cytosol of the cell, the internal fluid outside of the nucleus. Together, the two kinases previously were known to free the oncoprotein nuclear factor kappa B (NF"B) from the cytosol, allowing it to move to the nucl...Using MRI for diagnosis could help prevent breast cancer progression
...And an accompanying Comment says that the findings show that MRI should now be used as a distinct method in its own right to detect breast cancer in its earliest stage. Professor Christiane Kuhl, Department of Radiology, University of Bonn, Germany and colleagues studied 7319 women over a five-year peri...Warfarin better than aspirin at stroke prevention in elderly people with atrial fibrillation
...han in those on aspirin, adding that their results show that warfarin could safely be used much more widely by older people. They conclude: We recorded no evidence that anticoagulants [warfarin] were more hazardous than aspirin therapy in this age group, although the study had limited power to detect th...Bioengineering to prevent iron deficiency?
...n bioavailability, however a major challenge is to show that they can increase iron content to nutritionally useful levels and that the additional iron is bioavailable....Most seniors now have drug coverage, U-M study shows
... were able to go beyond the official statistics to show that rich and poor were equally likely to sign up ... Equally importantly, the researchers were able to show that the most common reason people chose not to obtain prescription drug coverage was that they used...Hormone regulates fondness for food
... and desires. Using brain imaging technology, they show that these areas of the brain light up when individuals deficient in leptin are shown images of food. Hunger influences what and how much we eat, but is not the only determinant of our eating behaviour. Eating is a very pleasant experience and the ...Where's the beef? Not enough of it is on elders' plates, muscle-metabolism study suggests
...and maintaining muscles. Since nutritional studies show that many elderly individuals eat less protein than the average person, researchers have reasoned that if the elderly simply increased their protein intake, they might slow down muscle loss as long as old age doesnt inherently interfere significantl...Obesity linked to hyperparathyroidism in chronic kidney disease
...ese other mechanisms." The study is the first to show that a higher body mass index is associated with higher parathyroid hormone levels in CKD. The results raise the possibility that weight loss might help to lower PTH levels in patients with CKDor, conversely, that other treatments for hyperparathyro...Electrical implant steadies balance disorder in animals
...aid the 30,000 Americans the experts own estimates show are coping with profound loss of inner ear balance. These people often suffer from unsteadiness, disequilibrium or wobbly vision. Problems with vestibular sensation can be inherited at birth or result from use of antibiotics, chemotherapy drugs, Mn...Sports concussion research using fMRI provides insight for safe return-to-play decisions
...RI is one of the few brain scanning tools that can show brain activity, not just the anatomy. Traditional brain scanning techniques such as MRI and CT are helpful in viewing changes to the brain anatomy in more severe cases, but cannot identify subtle brain-related changes that are believed to occur on a ...In women, caffeine may protect memory
...hose who drank over three cups were less likely to show as much decline in memory. Moreover, the benefits...hie said researchers arent sure why caffeine didnt show the same result in men. Women may be more sensitive to the effects of caffeine, she said. Their bodi...Early-childhood intervention may improve well-being through young adulthood
... of children from low-income households. They also show that no single intervention is enough: good early-childhood education needs to be accompanied by (among other things) adequate health care and needs to be followed by quality K-through-12 education. Such programs could, among other benefits, reduce t...ADHD appears to be associated with depressed dopamine activity in the brain
...th attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) show a blunted response to the drug methylphenidate (Ritalin), which increases brain dopamine levels, according to a report in the August issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. This suggests that dopamine dysfunction m...