Advanced prostate cancer previously considered inoperable may be operable, curable
...prostate cancer, a more advanced form, rather than what they really had a cT2 prostate cancer in which the malignancy is confined inside the prostate. Dr. Zincke points to following patients over 15 years post-treatment as a strength of the study. "The highest incidence of prostate cancer death is not rea...Rockefeller University researchers are changing the face of drug addiction treatment
... type of behavior research will help us understand what type of treatments and interventions, often used in conjunction with targeted specific pharmacotherapies such as methadone for opiate addiction, are effective and how they can be translated into real life," says Kreek, Patrick E. and Beatrice M. Hagg...Asthma patients' immune systems respond differently with allergies
...ell response to more specific allergens similar to what was done with the prostaglandin challenge. They believe these studies will contribute to a better understanding of asthma, allergy and other inflammatory disease and guide the pharmacogenetic development of new therapies. Dr. Leal-Berumen's coauthors...Study shows light therapy to effectively treat mood disorders, including SAD
...ntervention in our meta-analysis was comparable to what has been described in the clinical literature for ...eas of controversy using well-defined standards of what constitutes good study design, and to follow this up with meta-analyses so that the data can speak f...Pediatricians must confront community-based threats to health
...pplement. "These factors have their roots outside what has traditionally been considered the realm of pediatric care. But in order to have a meaningful impact on health, we have to engage with the community to confront these problems." The supplement details several models for community-based approaches...West Africa: meningitis epidemics driven by the wind
...heir geographical distribution is contained within what is called the Meningitis Belt circumscribed between 10 and 15 of latitude North. Several factors contribute to epidemic onset, in particular loss of immunity among communities in the face of the bacterial agent, owing to the renewal of generations an...Q Chip helps make cures more effective
...oaded with drugs. "Precision and sophistication is what we offer," says Berry....US service academies to collaborate with UNC, Andrews Air Force Base, Duke in knee injury study
...CL injury prevention programs. It will help define what aspects of human movement may predispose an individual to be at greatest risk for ACL injury and how to lower that risk," Marshall said. Findings from earlier biomechanical studies at UNC and elsewhere indicate that the increased risk for ACL injury...Hormonal birth control, bacterial infections in women linked to increased shedding of type-2 herpes
...tudied 330 women with HSV-2 infection to determine what factors heighten the risk of transmitting the virus to sexual partners. They found that the use of oral or injectable hormonal contraceptives is linked with genital tract shedding of HSV-2, which had been suggested by one prior study. However, they a...Children's hospital neurologist receives Young Investigator Award in spinal muscular atrophy
... for SMA," said Sahin. "In particular, identifying what RNAs are associated with SMN protein in axons may provide possible therapeutic targets for SMA in the future."...People can learn motor skills by watching
...ual learning to move, observers can learn not only what movements to make, but how to make them as well," wrote the researchers. "Here we have shown that by observing another individual learning to move accurately in a novel mechanical environment, observers move more accurately themselves," concluded the...New health information resource from Tufts for Asian-language speakers
...an English-speaking physician or caregiver can see what patients are reading. "By providing these resources, selected from respected health sites, the Health Sciences Library at Tufts is contributing to helping these populations become better informed and, hopefully, healthier," said Director of the Heal...Vigorously active adolescents are leaner, fitter
...ntrolled physical training. "Based on this study, what you have on average is below an hour and for girls, way below," Dr. Gutin says. Most of the adolescents in this study * and likely generally * need to double their amount of physical activity, he says. Parents play an important role by influencing ...Scientists to study actions of botanical oils
...re critical to helping us determine whether and by what mechanisms botanicals may serve as effective treatments or preventive approaches," said Stephen E. Straus, M.D., NCCAM director. "The five centers we are funding will investigate the use of a variety of widely consumed botanicals, from flaxseed to t...OHSU researchers demonstrate how Alzheimer's disease impacts important brain cell function
...ore about where these changes are taking place and what appear to be the proteins most severely impacted to the disease."...Institute of Medicine news: Review of HIVNET 012 study
...' use of a narrow but acceptable interpretation of what counted as "serious." The Hopkins and Makerere re...esholds for hospitalization and interpretations of what counts as "serious." Another concern about HIVNET 012 focused on whether cases of jaundice -- or hy...About 70 percent of older adults use alternative medicine
...es or massage therapy or other treatments based on what they read in popular magazines or see on televisio... study that will take a more comprehensive look at what alternative medicines people are using and how often they are using them. "Alternative medicine prov...Certain weight control behaviors may precipitate obesity among adolescent girls
...these particular high-risk behaviors to understand what is causing the rise in obesity and to hopefully facilitate the design of effective preventative programs to stop this public health epidemic, said Stice....Study finds no link between cell phone use and brain tumors
...nd length of calls and compare the actual calls to what participants reported. Those results found that pe...sen said that finding minimizes the possibility of what researchers call "recall bias," or the chance that people with brain tumor may exaggerate or underes...Early stage breast-cancer rates are rising as incidence of invasive cases are leveling
...op invasive cancer we could better counsel them on what might be appropriate treatment options," he said. LCIS is characterized by precancerous changes in the cells that line the milk-producing lobules, or lobes, of the breast. The condition cannot be felt during an exam or seen on a mammogram, and so it ...