Exercise in cold water may increase appetite, UF study finds
...archer who designed the study to better understand why aquatic exercise is often less successful than equ...y intake following exercise, which may be a reason why they don't lose as much weight," said White, an assistant professor in the College of Health and Hum...Stroke drug still meets resistance from doctors wary of its risks
...said they were very likely to give it. When asked why they wouldn't give tPA, 65 percent of the reluctant or resistant physicians cited the concern over hemorrhage, 23 percent said they didn't perceive that the drug would provide benefit, and 12 percent gave both reasons. In all, the physicians set an ...Treat depression and chronic pain separately, U-M researchers say
...ndependence from one another, and this may explain why medications used to treat patients' depression might not help them manage their pain, a new study says. Researchers at the University of Michigan Health System and the University of Cologne, Germany, have used functional imaging of the brain to deter...Fear of falling: It's not only grandpa's phobia
...ge the fear of falling first develops and to learn why the phobia appears to strike minorities harder than majority populations. "In the meantime, clinicians should be aware that fear of falling is common even in middle-aged patients and that the associated activity restrictions can have numerous adverse...Study evaluates Alzheimer's patients' ability to make decisions about treatment
...eir disease. "These results are yet another reason why people should consult a doctor if they notice any warning signs of Alzheimer's in themselves or a loved one," said study author Jason Karlawish, MD, of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. "An early diagnosis can help assure that patients ...New research raises questions about buckyballs and the environment
...environment or in living systems, which is exactly why research of this type needs to be done in the early stages of development, Hughes says. He suggests that his findings clearly illustrate the limitations of current guidelines for the handling and disposal of buckyballs, which are still based on the p...Is the vaccine industry ailing?
...y/June issue of Health Affairs, Dr. Offit analyzes why pharmaceutical companies have abandoned vaccines, and urges legislators to protect vaccines as a vital instrument of public health. The number of companies making vaccines has declined from 26 in 1967, to 17 in 1980, to just five in 2004. Although so...Kids at risk for lead poisoning don't get necessary testing
... but it doesn't tell us the specific reasons as to why follow-up testing is not occurring," says Kemper. "More research is still needed to best understand the specific barriers to optimal care for children with elevated screen blood lead levels and to clearly define the responsibilities of public and pri...Discovery of key inflammation mechanism in COPD could lead to new treatments
...ve that the loss of HDAC activity may also explain why COPD is not responsive to steroids, as steroids require HDAC in order to switch off the inflammation. Previous research by Professor Barnes has shown that low doses of theophylline, a substance occurring in tea leaves which helps relax the bronchial...Leprosy genome tells story of human migrations, French researchers report in Science
... of damaged, nonfunctional genes. This is probably why it grows exceedingly slowly, making it difficult for researchers to study because they can't grow it in culture. In fact, M. leprae only lives in humans and in armadillos (which might have acquired the bacterium by eating infected human cadavers), ...Penn study shows liver receptor key to diet-dependent differences in blood lipid levels
...ic diseases is, if two people eat a high-fat diet, why does one person's cholesterol go up but the other's does not. "If we find natural variations in people in the amount of LXR in their livers, this may help explain this conundrum of the difference in susceptibility to high cholesterol and heart diseas...Black children more likely to die from traumatic injury than white children
... suicide in pre-teen children." Part of the reason why black children may be more susceptible to serious injury is due to their environment, Groner said. "When we looked at the social and economic data, we saw that many traumatic injuries particularly assaults and burns corresponded with the severity o...Novel stem cell trial in heart failure patients to begin
... has been no research in humans that helps explain why such improvements are seen, raising questions that have become the crux of scientific debate about the mechanism and action of these cells once introduced into the heart. "People have questioned whether stem cells take on the functional characteristi...Substantial 15-year survival gains from standard breast cancer treatments
...NCET. This extra effect is one of the main reasons why breast cancer death rates have been falling rapidl...eatments such as these are one of the main reasons why breast cancer mortality rates are now falling rapidly in countries such as the UK or USA." She adds...Surgery to treat vocal-cord spasms shows high success rate
...d study more patients to better understand how and why the surgery is effective," he added. "We want to identify what causes spasmodic dysphonia and gain insights into how the surgical results vary for different people." Typically appearing between the ages of 30 and 50, spasmodic dysphonia at first s...Mount Sinai study shows Hispanics have worse lung cancer survival rate
...tors said that their future research would explore why Hispanics are less likely to undergo resection and more likely to be diagnosed at the advanced stage....Presence of high-risk prostate cancer can be predicted without a biopsy, new study says
... them the side effects of treatments." That's why researchers at the Oregon Health & Science University Cancer Institute and the Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center (PVAMC) began searching for a way to predict which men have lethal prostate cancer before a biopsy. What they came up with is a...Babies' cries linked to their health
...ignal in the studies cited in the paper -- this is why a detailed analysis of the cry signal is an important part of understanding the 'full message' of the cry," says LaGasse. The authors also note that parents tend to understand the nature of their babies' cries well, and stress the importance of pare...Medical journals are an extension of the marketing arm of pharmaceutical companies
... worth thousands of pages of advertising, which is why a company will sometimes spend upwards of a million dollars on reprints of the trial for worldwide distribution." Unlike ads, readers see these trials as the highest form of evidence, says Smith. "Fortunately from the point of view of the companies ......ay help prevent cancer. This would help to explain why vigorous activity did not show beneficial effect in this study: too much exercise may cause immune suppression and in extreme cases could cause an excessive increase of free radicals and other cellular disturbances. "In conclusion, our population-bas...