UT Southwestern sports medicine doctor pedals advice on gearing up for safe cycling season
... of which one works best for them, as research has shown that taste is the most important factor for consumers." Chafing and skin irritation often called "saddle sores" are a common annoyance for cyclists. But they can be minimized by buying properly fitted seats and wearing cycling shorts with plenty of...Study finds possible mechanism for link between sleep disturbances and metabolic syndrome
...s have metabolic syndrome, a cluster of conditions shown to increasea person's risk of heart disease and stroke. The National CholesterolEducation Program defines metabolic syndrome as having at least 3 of thefollowing risk factors: high blood pressure, high glucose (sugar) levelswhich can indicate risk ...Anti-malarial drugs given to infants can protect them for two years
...acebo recipients. Dr Schellenberg states: "We have shown a continuing reduction in the risk of first or only episodes of clinical malaria in children aged 10 months to 2 years from intermittent preventative malarial treatment for infants. This finding increases the potential public-health benefits of such ...High levels of immunosuppressant may lead to tumor recurrence
...le. They conclude that new immunosuppressant drugs shown to have anti-cancer effects are particularly promising for HCC patients....NIH awards funding to biotech firm for heart disease
...ocyte's unique combination of blood cell types has shown encouraging results in animal studies. Laughlin is director of the Allogeneic Transplant Program at University Hospitals of Cleveland and associate professor of medicine and pathology at Case Western Reserve University. Pompili is director of Interv...Breast cancer detector that uses electricity instead of X-rays under study
...asily than normal tissue. Preliminary studies have shown the technique, which takes about 10 minutes and doesn't require often-uncomfortable breast compression, can pick up very small tumors, according to its developers, Z-Tech, Inc., which has offices in South Carolina and Ontario. The study of some 4,500...Genetic screening for iron blood disorder feasible in the workplace
...amme is currently ongoing. If genetic screening is shown to be cost-effective, it should be implemented sin...atosis can be prevented by simple measures and, as shown in our study, the risks of such screening are very low and genetic discrimination need not occur." I...New study shows simple actions wipe out huge higher heart risks for Asian diabetics
...sity Hospital campus at Walsgrave in Coventry, has shown that very simple interventions to target the healt...f around 4mmHg in the Asian patients research has shown that such a drop in blood pressure leads to a 35% reduction in the risk of heart disease. The simple...Class effect of statins in elderly patients
Evidence has shown that the use of statins after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is effective in reducing the incidence of both fatal and nonfatal cardiovascular events. Since they belong to the same drug class, they are generally thought to be therapeutically equiva...Increased risk associated with combining carotid artery, coronary artery surgeries
...High Risk for Endarterectomy (SAPPHIRE), that have shown carotid angioplasty and stenting, pre-operative alternatives to CABG surgery, can be performed with a low combined stroke and death rate in high-risk patients with carotid stenosis. "As a result of the SAPPHIRE study, pre-CABG carotid angioplasty wit...American Academy of Neurology sums up scientific highlights from 57th annual meeting
...hich is also used to treat breast cancer, has been shown to improve survival in a mouse model of the disease, but a 12-month trial in ALS patients did not show an effect. The current trial extended the earlier trial to 24 months, and examined five different doses of the drug. Results showed that patients t...Exercise slows development of Alzheimer's-like brain changes in mice, new study finds
...imer's disease. In this study, scientists have now shown in an animal model system that one simple behavioral intervention--exercise--could delay, or even prevent, development of AD-like pathology by decreasing beta-amyloid levels. Results of this study, conducted by Paul A. Adlard, Ph.D., Carl W. Cotman, ...Report reveals need to improve physical health of people with schizophrenia
...espiratory problems and some cancers. Research has shown that people with schizophrenia are more obese than the non-schizophrenic population. Weight loss interventions for people with schizophrenia should start with regular and frequent weight monitoring and address exercise, and lifestyle advice. Switchin...Herbal medicine may alter cell response to cancer therapeutic agents
...Cancer Research and Treatment. Recent studies have shown that many patients receiving cancer therapy are also self-medicating with complementary and alternative medicines, often without telling their physicians, said the lead researcher, Sara Rockwell, professor of Therapeutic Radiology and Pharmacology at...Study finds moderate hypothermia a safe treatment for traumatic brain injury in kids
A first-of-its-kind multi-center trial has shown that cooling the body can have positive affects on children who suffered traumatic brain injury. The study's lead investigator, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh neurosurgeon P. David Adelson, MD, and fellow researchers determined that induced modera...OHSU study finds ginkgo beneficial for MS symptoms
... During the test, called a "Stroop," patients are shown colored boxes and asked to name the colors. They are then shown the names of colors printed with different-colored inks, such as the word "green" printed in red, an...Antibiotic might fight HIV-induced neurological problems
...till working out the details, the researchers have shown that minocycline "calms down" as yet undefined bio...ations. Notably, these laboratory experiments have shown that minocycline somehow suppresses replication of HIV and SIV in macrophages -- the immune cells re...New prognostic markers help identify risk of relapse
...rmal white blood cells at the end of induction, as shown by a low absolute neutrophil count (ANC), was highly predictive of relapse. "Many traditional predictive factors have lost their significance over time, so there is a real need to find new markers that can be used to identify high-risk patients," sa...Eliminating enzyme dramatically reduces cardiovascular disease
...hat women have lower levels than men. Research has shown that estrogen can lower ACAT2 production, which may explain why women are less likely than men to get heart disease during their estrogen-producing years. "All of these findings tell us that a potential treatment for protecting against heart disease ......e Williams of LaGrange, Ga. "Previous studies have shown higher rates of unhealthy behaviors and risk factors among veterans of Vietnam and more recent wars compared to population controls," said Johnson, who led the study. "However, little has been known about combat veterans from earlier conflicts. For t...