Grandmothers' smoking linked to grandchildren's asthma decades later
...in the April issue of the journal Chest, the study suggests that tobacco's harmful effects on the lungs can be passed down through generations, from grandmother to grandchild, even when the child's mother appears unaffected. "This is the first study to show that if a woman smokes while she is pregnant, both h...Early stage breast-cancer rates are rising as incidence of invasive cases are leveling
...S, have declined during the last five years. "This suggests a further downshifting of severity within in situ cancers themselves," Li said. The researchers also found that rates of a less common precancerous condition called lobular carcinoma in situ, or LCIS, has increased nearly fourfold in postmenopausal w...Columbia research suggests need to rethink causes of heart failure
...t NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/The Allen Pavilion suggests that the most common type of heart failure is caus...the April issue of the Journal of Cardiac Failure, suggests the majority of heart failure cases might be better treated with drugs to target specific disorders ...Bad outcomes related to, but not caused by, misdosing of clotbusters in heart attack patients
...s of placebo that we found in misdosing t-PA. This suggests that most, if not all, of the associations between incorrect dosing of t-PA and adverse events were due to other confounding factors." When the researchers adjusted the data for these confounding factors, they found that the association was greatly r...Adverse outcomes from blood clot therapy may be due to patient characteristics, not dosing errors
..., and 5.4 percent for correct dose). This strongly suggests that modest errors in dosing this medication, while associated with much worse outcomes, were not the cause of the worse outcomes. This was further supported by the finding that the higher rates of adverse outcomes with incorrect dosing were largely...Being too clean could be hazardous to your health and the environment
...rial. "This is the first work that we know of that suggests that consumer products, such as antimicrobial soap, can produce significant quantities of chloroform," said Vikesland. The implications of these reactions to consumers are not known. "There are numerous potential exposure pathways that can be envisio...Suicide in one partner substantially increases suicide risk in the other
...t, or have untreated or undetected mental illness, suggests the author, in a bid to explain the differences between the sexes. Being separated or divorced roughly doubled the risk of suicide, but affected both sexes to the same extent. ] The loss of a child through suicide or other causes roughly doubled the ...Study challenges current treatment for mild asthma
...ngs should change the standard of practice, but it suggests that adults with mild asthma may do about as well if they have the medication on hand and are advised to take them for a week or two just when their symptoms flare up." About 20 million Americans suffer from asthma, with most experiencing symptoms th...Anxious and pessimistic personalities linked to Parkinson's disease later in life
...nality testing many years before. This observation suggests that pessimism is linked to anxiety, according to Walter Rocca, M.D., Mayo Clinic epidemiologist and another study investigator. Dr. Bower explains that this study's findings are not proof that anxiety or pessimism causes Parkinson's. Therefore, ris...Independent voice rises to help consumers navigate health care
...red when they were contacted a month later. "This suggests that the HCA played a role in helping consumers obtain coverage," Nascimento said. "Moreover, the HCA appears to be making a contribution to the state's efforts at increasing public health insurance enrollment by identifying individuals who are eligi...Obesity common among Chinese adults
...ber of risk factors for heart disease are present, suggests a study published in this week's issue of THE LANCET. The metabolic syndrome is characterised by a clustering of cardiovascular risk factors, including abdominal obesity, raised blood pressure and glucose concentration, and abnormal blood lipid level...Execution by lethal injection is not humane or painless suggests study
...oncentrations consistent with awareness. The study suggests that the current practice of lethal injection for execution fails to even meet veterinary standards for putting down animals. Dr Koniaris states: "Our data suggest that anaesthesia methods in lethal injection in the US are flawed. Failures in protoco...Prostate cancer therapy - study suggests new molecular screening theory
...d 2-ME's ability to cause cell death. This finding suggests that the levels of Smad7, and other proteins in this molecular pathway, might predict the cell-killing ability of other cancer therapeutics and thus their effectiveness for treating individual patients." Smad7 was originally discovered at the LICR Up...Hormone aids recovery in rats with hemorrhagic stroke
...ry in behavioral and functional tests. "Our result suggests that erythropoietin could be a novel drug for treatment of hemorrhagic stroke. It not only reduces inflammation and cell death, but also improves functional recovery after stroke," said Sinn....College students likely drink much more alcohol than they think they do
...beverages than they had previously reported. This suggests that college students, and perhaps other groups, may underreport the amount of alcohol they consume, but that education about the definition of 'a drink' can improve the accuracy of self-reported drinking." "If we tell students that binge drinking f...Gene expression pattern predicts multiple drug resistance, treatment failure in pediatric leukemia
...ring treatment. Cross-resistance to multiple drugs suggests a poor prognosis and likely involves biochemical mechanisms that are different from those linked to single-drug resistance. The investigators sought to identify the specific pattern of gene expression in ALL cells that is linked to de novo cross-res...Tea may help prevent diabetes and cataracts
...enefits from drinking tea: New research in animals suggests that tea may be a simple, inexpensive means of preventing diabetes and its ensuing complications, including cataracts. The report, scheduled to appear in the May 4 print issue of the American Chemical Society's Journal of Agricultural and Food Chem...Scientist works to reduce side effects of radiation therapy
...ntrol fat and glucose metabolism, and new evidence suggests they are also involved in inflammation. Drugs already on the market are designed to treat obesity and diabetes by blocking the receptors. Robbins believes that the same drugs may be able to prevent or reduce the severity of cognitive impairment afte...American Heart Association telephone news briefing
...rdiovascular consequences of childhood obesity and suggests prevention strategies. Women with large waistlines and elevated triglycerides face a dramatic increase in the risk of death from heart disease and stroke Enlarged waist and high triglycerides were a better predictor of cardiovascular risk in wom...New research reveals working mothers do not adversely impact on children's diets
...hers dishing out ready-made less healthy meals and suggests that children of working mothers might be fed more healthily. But the factors which had the strongest relationships with poorer diet were living in a deprived area and having a mother with fewer qualifications."...