DNA vaccine against multiple sclerosis appears safe, potentially beneficial
...lligrams, 1.5 milligrams or 3 milligrams), with or without 80-milligram pills of atorvastatin calcium, a lipid-lowering drug previously shown to be effective in autoimmune conditions. After 13 weeks, participants who initially received placebo received four injections of BHT-3009. Magnetic resonance imagin...Adverse housing conditions contribute to diabetes risk
...ubgroups in the population and thus improve health without understanding how a persons environment can affect that persons health. We looked at several factors to see if they could clarify why housing conditions were contributing to the development of diabetes, but none of these factors seemed to explain t...Grandparents, older adults encouraged to seek help for a sleep disorder
...on, adding that researchers have noted that people without major medical or psychiatric illnesses report better sleep. Several studies that outline the negative consequences of bad sleep among older adults were presented at SLEEP 2007, the 21st Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies,...Adverse housing conditions contribute to diabetes risk
...in health status among subgroups in the population without understanding how a person's environment can affect that person's health." This study grew out of a larger health study involving African-Americans. In the original study, researchers looked at several factors responsible for the higher incidence o...Stomach cancer rate set to fall further 25 percent over next decade
... by at least 24% over the next decade in the West, without the need for treatment. The authors say that the fall in the number of cases of gastric inflammation caused by Helicobacter pylori infection largely explains the figures....Hispanic drug use rises in US culture
... to report drinking continuously for days in a row without sobering up, also known as bender drinking. When people immigrate to the U.S., their patterns of illegal drug use and alcohol abuse increase over time, Akins said. In states such as California, you have large Hispanic enclaves that have a protecti...New study shows promise in reducing surgical risks associated with surgical bleeding
...ent safety tool to stop moderate surgical bleeding without some of the concerns associated with the current s...95 percent of patients within 10 minutes and do so without introducing foreign proteins that can carry greater risk of development of antibodies, said William ...Nationwide data highlight encouraging trends, 'staggering' costs of ESRD
...ential to enhance the lives of people with CKD and without CKD." ...Reductive stress linked to heart disease
...n. By lowering the levels of reduced glutathione without the altering mutant gene encoding thee alpha B-Crystallin, , the study shows reductive stress can be addressed through new drugs that target the genetic pathway causing the problem, according to Benjamin. This field of medicine has not appreciated ...Stanford researchers find culprit in aging muscles that heal poorly
... to the stem cells of our muscles deteriorate and, without the full instructions, it takes longer for injured muscles to heal. Even then, the repairs aren't as good. But now that the researchers have uncovered the conduit that conveys the work orders to muscle stem cells, that knowledge could open the door t...Women with migraines and visual symptoms may have higher stroke risk
... categories: having no migraine; probable migraine without visual aura; or probable migraine with visual aura. Kittner and colleagues also reported that, compared to women with no history of migraine, women with probable migraine with visual symptoms had a 1.5 greater risk of ischemic stroke. Young women w...Bioengineering to prevent iron deficiency?
... deficiency are supplementation (provision of iron without food), fortification of foods, and the relatively new approach of genetic engineering and plant breeding. The authors say: Although dietary modification and diversification is the most sustainable approach, change of dietary practices and preferences...Preventive treatments in elderly people needs rethinking
...f death, we are simply changing the cause of death without the patients informed consent" This is fundamentally unethical, undermining the principle of respect for autonomy. Financial incentives for doctors that are linked to guidelines and targets may coerce doctors into persuading patients to accept su...Indiana University Imaging Center receives $6M grant for kidney research
...mso that scientists can make use of the facilities without having totravel here, Dr. Molitoris said. The O'Brien grant also includes provisions for several pilot projectsfor technology development with researchers at IU, the University ofPittsburgh and Harvard University. The pilot projects, Dr. Molitor...States taking action to insure nation's 13.3M uninsured young adults
...s also continue to represent the largest age group without health insurance. Despite comprising only 17 percent of the under-65 population they account for 30 percent of the uninsured in that group. Two-fifths (41%) of uninsured young adults ages 19-29 are in families below the poverty level, and 72 percent ...Geriatric health conditions have major effect on half of all seniors
...ly living. Just 2.6 percent of survey participants without any of the geriatric conditions were dependent on others for help with activities. That percentage jumped to 8.1 among people with one of the conditions, 19.4 among people with two conditions, and 45 among people with three or more conditions. All...Osteoporosis screening and treatment may be cost-effective for selected older men
...white men age 65, 70, 75, 80, or 85 years, with or without prior clinical fracture. Data from several sources...ures by a range of 2.1 percent for 65-year-old men without a prior fracture to 4.5 percent among 85-year-old men with a prior fracture. Regarding cost-effect...Michigan-CDC study supports value of social restrictions during influenza pandemics
...and baseline rates for what would have been normal without a pandemic, the researchers found there were 115,340 excess pneumonia and influenza deaths attributable to the pandemic in these cities during the period studied. In comparing the death rates to when NPIs were turned on and off, they found that NPIs ...Maternal obesity prior to pregnancy associated with birth defects
...ming pregnant than mothers whose children are born without such defects, according to a report in the August ...omen were compared with 4,065 women who had babies without birth defects during the same time period. Mothers of babies with the following seven of 16 birth ...