Lipoprotein abnormalities found in severely obese children
...cent of black children. Obese white children were shown to have a higher risk of experiencing the dyslipidemia associated with metabolic syndrome than obese black children. Fifty-three percent of white children were identified with two or more blood lipoprotein levels associated with metabolic syndrome (...Milk thistle does not reduce deaths from liver diseases, best studies find
...ent in acute viral or chronic hepatitis, and we've shown that silymarin is totally safe." "The problem is, there is no cure for viral hepatitis except bed rest and diet, and treatments like silymarin are worth pursuing," Strickland says, calling for more research funding. "We should consider doing randomi...Giving children access to drug clinical trials is crucial, clofarabine approval shows
...atric ALL is especially significant because it has shown significant activity in different types of leukemias that were no longer responding to standard therapy," said Sima Jeha, MD, director of Developmental Therapeutics for Leukemia and Lymphoma at St. Jude and the lead investigator on the pediatric clof...Excess oxygen worsens lung inflammation in mice
... be avoided. Dr. Sitkovsky and his colleagues have shown that inflammation leads to a drop in oxygen levels in the inflamed tissues. This, in turn, triggers the release of adenosine from surrounding cells. When adenosine binds to cell receptors in the inflamed region, it serves as a tissue-protecting stop ...Exercise training in ordinary people affects the activity of 500 genes
...es in the muscles markedly more. This has not been shown before. Finally, the researchers made a comparison between the effects of endurance training and the situation in patients with Duchenne's muscle dystrophy, a muscle wasting disease. Most of the muscle genes previously claimed to be specific for Duch...Response of New York City public school children to September 11
... information in the article. Previous studies have shown that children exposed to mass trauma have elevated post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms as well as symptoms of anxiety and depression. Christina W. Hoven, Dr.P.H., of the Columbia University Medical Center-New York State Psychiatric Instit...Too many doctors fail to follow guidelines and to prescribe best treatments for heart patients
...stand why they are adopted so poorly. Surveys have shown that a limited number of doctors actually know about the existence of the guidelines, and even when they do know, they do not necessarily put them into medical practice. Sometimes physicians feel they are flooded by too much information and a plethor...American Thoracic Society journal news tips for May 2005 (first issue)
...rding to the researchers, prior animal studies had shown that acetaminophen could deplete an antioxidant found in airway epithelial lung fluid which could ultimately damage the tissue. The investigators found that the prevalence of asthma was 6.9 percent and that of COPD 11.8 percent in the NHAMES III data...All low-fat diets are not equal, Stanford study shows
...whole grains. Previous studies, Gardner said, have shown plant-based diets to be effective in lowering cholesterol. But plant-based eaters also tend to consume less saturated fat and cholesterol than conventional low-fat eaters. The Stanford study breaks new ground by comparing two patient groups eating di...Jefferson scientists create plant factories churning out antibodies against tumor cells
...rowski, Dr. Ko and their co-workers had previously shown that tobacco plant-made monoclonal antibodies could neutralize rabies virus and prevent disease in infected mice. They wanted to find out if plant-made antibodies could be effective for cancer immunotherapy. They first showed that plant-made monoclo...Acupuncture treatment no more effective than sham treatment in reducing migraine headaches
...ers, calcium antagonists, or other agents has been shown to reduce the frequency of migraine attacks; however, the success of treatment is usually modest and tolerability often suboptimal. Acupuncture is widely used for preventing migraine attacks although its effectiveness has not yet been fully establis...Scalpel-free surgery could reduce risk of HIV and hepatitis exposure for health care workers
...atients undergoing surgery. Now, researchers have shown that nearly 40 percent of surgeries at The Johns H...o close or repair wounds. Previous studies have shown that health care workers are injured in about 7 percent of operations. As many as 87 percent of sur...Human eggs can develop from ovarian surface cells in vitro
Research has shown for the first time that human eggs may develop dir.... More recent research of adult human ovaries has shown that oocytes and granulosa cells (the layer of small cells that form the wall of the ovarian follicl...Internet program launched to prevent blindness in diabetic patients
... and the reliability of their examination has been shown to be low," said Velez, a professor of medicine at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and a primary care physician himself. "A recent review of diabetic patients at the Downtown Health Plaza showed that fewer than 20 percent reported having b...Medication combined with behavior therapy works best for ADHD children, study finds
...of long-term drug side effects, which studies have shown to include loss of appetite and stunting of growth, Pelham points out. "Long-term side effects of ADHD drugs are almost always related to dosage," he says. "If you want to lower a child's dosages daily and throughout their lifetime, the best way to ...Stroke drug still meets resistance from doctors wary of its risks
...to give stroke patients the only FDA-approved drug shown to improve their prognosis, even in an ideal setting, mostly because of the fear of causing brain bleeding. But the majority of the doctors surveyed said that if they had appropriate backup from neurologists and a brain scanner available to help them...Morphine for chest pain increases death risk
...hers from the Duke Clinical Research Institute has shown that these patients have almost a 50 percent higher risk of dying. The researchers call for a randomized clinical trial to confirm their analysis. Meanwhile, they advise cardiologists to begin treatment with sufficient doses of nitroglycerin to relie...Doctor voices concerns over new NHS IT system
...ops to introduce the new system to users. "We were shown screens of a third rate computer program lifted from the existing system of US hospital administrators," while further meetings produced "lame presentations by various strategic health authority IT leaders." He goes on to describe problems with the "...Treat depression and chronic pain separately, U-M researchers say
...ther. This, however, is the first time it has been shown using fMRI brain scans. "We have seen that if you give antidepressants to the average patient with fibromyalgia, they'll come back a couple of months later and say, 'My pain isn't any better, but I don't feel so sad about it,' " Clauw says. "Our rese...Early failure to pay attention to faces, speech may influence later development in autism
...und impairments in social and language development shown by most children with the disorder. Geraldine Daw...Previous studies by Dawson and her colleagues have shown that preschool-age children with autism do not show typical brain responses to faces and speech soun...