Survival differences by race most apparent in advanced stages of breast cancer
... factors, such as age, African American women were still more likely to die from their disease. The mortality rate among African American women was calculated to be up to 56 percent higher than whites. This study confirms statistically significant differences within stage between black and white women i...DNA vaccine against multiple sclerosis appears safe, potentially beneficial
... MS [when symptoms progressively worsen, but there still may be periods of remission]. After one, three, five and nine weeks, participants received intramuscular injections of placebo or BHT-3009 (in doses of .5 milligrams, 1.5 milligrams or 3 milligrams), with or without 80-milligram pills of atorvastatin...Pot bellies linked to early signs of cardiovascular disease
...ing several inches to the waisteven if body weight still falls within a normal rangemarkedly increases the risk of unhealthy plaque build-up in the arteries of the heart and the rest of the body. The research, conducted at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, appears in the Augu...Study suggests loss of 2 types of neurons -- not just 1 -- triggers Parkinson's symptoms
...ns while the dopamine neurons are dying and people still appear fine, says Dr. Weinshenker. "The lack of symptoms until the death of most of the dopamine neurons suggested the existence of a system that can temporarily compensate for the loss of the dopamine." "The dogma in the field is that Parkinson'...Adverse housing conditions contribute to diabetes risk
...usted for all of those factors, housing conditions still influenced diabetes risk. "So far we can't explain why that is," Schootman says. "It could potentially be related to lead. Lead is associated with the development of diabetes, and we know that in some poorer housing conditions, there's likely to be...Even low levels of weekly exercise drive down blood pressure
...sical exercise below the recommended weekly levels still makes a difference to health, they add....1 of 2 pediatric kidney disease research centers in world established
...hanisms of the majority of pediatric disorders are still poorly understood. Since renal disease also is a progressive childhood disease, it is often a harbinger of cardiovascular disease in adults. The grant will focus on three major areas: polycystic kidney disease, which is a genetic disorder characteri...Childhood obesity indicates greater risk of school absenteeism, Penn study reveals
... 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 been previously documented. Meanwhile, the rate of childhood obesity has tripled in the U...Reanalysis of controversial meta-analysis says writing off rosiglitazone may be premature
...were found to be lower. "Although the risks were still elevated, they were no longer statistically significant. There was greater uncertainty about the risk associated with rosiglitazone than was originally reported, with neither increased nor decreased risk established conclusively," the authors say. ...New study counts the economic cost of persistent pain in Australia
... along with diabetes and asthma, but its impact is still to be fully understood. Around a million Australians who might normally enjoy productive working lives struggle with persistent pain with substantial interference to their daily lives that can be so extreme that it can sometimes result in suicidal ...Hormone regulates fondness for food
...r even just the thought, of food. More challenging still is to develop an understanding of the ways in which these two sets of processes the physiological and the brain/neural interact to shape our patterns of eating. The authors sought to find a connection between the pathways in the brain that know w...Stem cell transplantation procedure results in long-term survival for amyloidosis patients
...ths. Eighteen of these patients, (23 percent) are still alive today, 10 or more years after undergoing the treatment. By comparison, only two percent of patients treated with oral melphalan and prednisone have survived more than 10 years. According to lead researcher, Vaishali Sanchorawala, MD, an as...Sports concussion research using fMRI provides insight for safe return-to-play decisions
...veries in sports concussion research but there are still many unanswered questions, said Dr. Lovell. Continued research designed to evaluate multiple parameters of concussion effects and recovery will further help structure return-to-play guidelines. ...Old McDonald's has a hold on kids' taste buds, Stanford/Packard study finds
...ector will find a way to offer better products and still make a profit," said Robinson, "but we've seen a lot of promises go by the wayside over the years. No one is going to propose we totally stop industries from promoting their products. But there is a very good argument for regulating and limiting mark...ADHD appears to be associated with depressed dopamine activity in the brain
...eurobiological mechanisms underlying this disorder still remain unclear, the authors write. Genetic, clinical and imaging studies point to a disruption of the brain dopamine system, which is corroborated by the clinical effectiveness of stimulant drugs (methylphenidate hydrochloride and amphetamine), which...World's largest respiratory health study launches next phase
...er on and that one quarter of children with asthma still have asthma at the age of 32. Anotherimportant finding was that obese seven year old girls have three times the risk of developing newasthma as adults, as normal weight girls do. The Asthma Foundation of Tasmania (AFT) CEO Cathy Beswick said the AFT...Why women get more migraines than men
... phases in different animals, Charles said. Yet we still found a consistent difference in the CSD threshold between males and females. Our results suggest that the female brain has an intrinsic excitability that predisposes them to migraine that may not be simply linked to a specific phase of the menstrual...Many heart attack patients still not getting emergency clot-busting treatment
...10 percent of eligible patients going untreated is still too many, says first author Brahmajee Nallamothu, ...are and particularly some of the at-risk subgroups still less likely to receive reperfusion therapy despite eligibility, so that we can focus our clinical ef...Electric fields have potential as a cancer treatment
...s 30 weeks. In addition, 3 of the 10 patients were still alive two years after the electrode therapy starte...t ordinarily took less than an hour to divide were still not completely divided after three hours of exposure to an electrical field of 200 kHz. Another grou...Heat-related deaths in middle, high school football players spikes in 2006
...nce 1936, when there were 18. Mueller said there still exists a hard-core mentality in some football circles, where kids feel pressured from coaches or parents not to complain about feeling ill during practices or games. But machismo doesnt affect physiology. Physical activity raises players temperatur...