The right to live gives us a right to die
...e patients refusing medical treatment or those who draw up living wills - advance directives for doctors should a patient become incapacitated - are also exercising a right to die, says Professor Grayling. The same right becomes more difficult to apply when the decision to withd...Lupus and the role of Epstein-Barr virus
...study's leading author, Christine G. Parks, Ph.D., who performed the study as a post-doctoral fellow at the NIEHS, one of the National Institutes of Health, in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. Dr. Parks is presently employed with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Sciences i...Mediterranean diet leads to longer life
...spectively. So, for example, a healthy man aged 60 who adheres well to the diet (dietary score of 6-9) ca...e about one year longer than a man of the same age who does not adhere to the diet. The association was strongest in Greece and Spain, probably because pe...Lack of vigorous activity linked to functional decline in older adults with arthritis
...ned less frequently in older adults with arthritis who engaged in regular vigorous physical activity, reg...tresses. "Motivating older persons with arthritis who are not engaged in regular physical activity to change behavior could reduce subsequent functional d...IOM report should end nevirapine controversy, HIVMA says
...the best available anti-AIDS drugs to the millions who need them, including pregnant women." In its revie...ards, MD, of Vanderbilt University Medical Center, who was a member of the HIVNET Data Safety Monitoring Board. "We're fortunate to have such an esteemed ...OHSU develops instant, computerized notification system to communicate patients' end-of-life wishes
...ter screen to alert any future health professional who cares for them of the existence of these important...cords. This service is valuable for healthy adults who suffer from sudden illness or traumatic injury -- in these cases, initially, all emergency medical t...Data show cyclosporine inhalation solution improves long-term survival in lung-transplant patients
...d both single- and double-lung transplant patients who were already on standard, oral immunosuppressive therapies. Enrollment was completed in August 2001, and all subjects were followed until study completion in August 2003. Patients received either CyIS (n=26) or placebo (n=30), in addition to maintena...Neurology Now magazine launches at AAN meeting
...will feature a cover story about actress Teri Garr who has been living with MS for several years....About 70 percent of older adults use alternative medicine
... among all adults. "The percentage of older adults who used alternative medicine was higher than I expect...as carrying groceries, eating or bathing. Of those who described their health as poor, 65 percent said they used some form of alternative medicine they con...Soy and fish oil may help prevent heart attacks
...rd deviation of normal RR intervals (SDNN). Those who received fish oil experienced a significant increa...al HF and LF domain components and SDNN. Patients who received soy oil experienced a marginally significant increase in HF and LF domain components and a ...Certain weight control behaviors may precipitate obesity among adolescent girls
...roblems than other behaviors. Furthermore, parents who are overweight may also contribute to their adoles... found that 496 adolescent girls (11-15 year olds) who used radical weight-control, were depressed and had obese parents were more likely to become obese. ...Children's Hospital, Oakland's Dr. Barbara Staggers wins prestigious award
... The award recognizes an alumnus of the university who has made "a significant voluntary public contribution to the betterment of society, particularly at the community level." The award considers major areas such as: community service (including social service), health care, environmental work, and edu...Two drugs combined more cost-effective safer for managing arthritis in high-risk patients
...fferers at high risk for gastrointestinal problems who traditionally may have used a drug like Vioxx, the...oup of 60-year-old patients with chronic arthritis who require long-term non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug therapy for moderate to severe arthritis pain...Painless test using teardrops may speed diagnosis of Sjgren's syndrome
...ein markers obtained from the tears of 57 subjects who did not have the syndrome. Using a new analytical technique called surface enhanced laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (SELDI-TOF-MS), the researchers identified about 10 protein biomarkers that appear to be specific for Sjg...Blood test can accurately diagnose heart failure in emergency patients
...heart failure in patients with shortness of breath who come to hospital emergency departments. The repor...ents with shortness of breath. About 600 patients who came to the MGH Emergency Department with shortness of breath were enrolled in the study. In additi...Tissue engineering experts discuss orthopaedics applications
...the medical implant industry. But Nerem and others who work in this emerging field said that while the area is full of promise, there are still many challenges to face before new therapies will be widely available. "These technologies are expensive and for some of them, distribution is a challenge," said...Nature provides inspiration for important new adhesive
...iosity of Kaichang Li, an OSU assistant professor, who was harvesting mussels one day from their rocky ho... attach themselves so strongly to rocks," said Li, who is an expert in wood chemistry and adhesives in the OSU Department of Wood Science and Engineering. ...Controversy in dyslipidemia guidelines
...hat the current guidelines may lead to more people who are at low risk of coronary artery disease being screened and prescribed statin therapy, which will increase cost for little overall benefit. Jacques Genest and colleagues, members of the Working Group on Hypercholesterolemia and Other Dyslipidemias...New recommendation encourages more activist approach to lung cancer screening
...ptomatic men and women over 45 to 50 years of age, who are current or former cigarette smokers, to enroll... following the diagnosis of lung cancer were those who had undergone complete surgical removal of the tumor. In addition, the authors noted that innovatio...Location of body fat associated with cardiovascular risk even at normal body weight
...ic syndrome in older adults, particularly in those who are of normal body weight," the authors write. "This suggests that practitioners should not discount the risk of metabolic syndrome in their older patients entirely on the basis of body weight or BMI. Indeed, generalized body composition, in terms of...