A 'broader' look at cardiac CTA images often finds diseases/disorders beyond the heart
... for bypass grafting, and we wondered how often we would find unrelated but clinically significant findings in the heart and lungs, said Charles White, MD, senior author of the study. We wanted to know the effect of using intravenous contrast and thinner slices on the prevalence of these findings, he added...Fluctuating eye pressure associated with visual field deterioration in glaucoma patients
...sue is unable to compensate and damage occurs. I would propose for your consideration IOP modulation rath...ction as appropriate treatment, he concludes. This would not only lead to robust IOP reduction in patients with advancing disease but also establish the goal...Adverse housing conditions contribute to diabetes risk
...Atlanta, we believe it is likely that the findings would be comparable in those cities as well. The researchers say that additional studies are needed to determine what specifically increased the risk of diabetes as a result of poor housing conditions, but many factors have already been ruled out. The c...Adverse housing conditions contribute to diabetes risk
...population. "But a counter-argument against that would be that diabetes risk was associated with housing but not neighborhoods," he says. "We would have expected that if stress was playing a role, the neighborhood conditions also would be involved....New treatment effective in counteracting cocaine-induced symptoms
...y authors said, to determine whether the treatment would be effective for acute cocaine overdose in the emergency room and to gauge whether it would be effective in reversing cocaine-induced constriction of the coronary vessels to the same degree it...Draining away brain's toxic protein to stop Alzheimer's
...a floating in their bloodstreams high levels that would likely also be reflected in the brain. Zlokovics group decided to try to reduce amyloid-beta levels in the body by synthesizing an altered, super-potent form of sLRP that binds amyloid-beta more efficiently than natural sLRP. In blood samples from ...Hispanic drug use rises in US culture
...similar to white patterns of use, which is what we would expect given an acculturation/assimilation model, Akins said. When Hispanics acculturate to dominant American society their substance use behavior appears to mimic that of whites, the culture they are acculturating to. The research also showed that...Investigators uncover intriguing clues to why persistent acid reflux sometimes turns into cancer
...ow cells from invading or to identify markers that would allow an earlier diagnosis for Barretts esophagus, which doesnt usually have symptoms. ...Penn study finds pro-death proteins required to regulate healthy immune function
...nist/killer) continue living under conditions that would cause normal cells to undergo programmed cell death or apoptosis. What is less well understood, is why lymphocytes missing these key proteins are unable to trigger a strong immune response and do not proliferate as normal in response to stimulation. ...Some women benefit more from exercise when emphasis is on health, not appearance
...These same women were more likely to say that they would try a similar class in the future, compared to the...pearance by making comments about how the exercise would tone their legs or other body parts. We want to design the most beneficial exercise programs for d...Stanford researchers find culprit in aging muscles that heal poorly
...es. "We had no idea that the Wnt signaling pathway would have a negative effect on stem cell function." Rando, who also does research and clinical work at the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, is senior author of the research that will be published in the Aug. 10 issue of Science. Rando said...NIH scientists target future pandemic strains of H5N1 avian influenza
...cipating and predicting the crucial mutations that would help the virus spread easily from person to person... to recognize human cells. Additional mutations would likely need to accumulate for H5N1 to spread more easily from person to person, says Dr. Nabel. The ...UCLA researchers awarded $9M contract for study identifiying antibiotic treatment for MRSA
...d the investigation of off-patent antibiotics that would not typically be evaluated through pharmaceutical industrysupported research. Community-associated MRSA most often manifests itself on the skin as a boil or pimple that can be swollen, red and painful and can have discharge. Most MRSA cases are ...Bioengineering to prevent iron deficiency?
...on fortification reached 50% of the population, it would avert 570,000 disability adjusted life years (DALYs- an international standard for measuring the effects of disability). Iron deficiency has many reported consequences children deficient in iron have higher susceptibility to upper respiratory tra...To gain muscle and lose fat, drink milk: study
...while expected, was much larger than we thought it would be, says Phillips, associate professor of kinesiology at McMaster. I think the practical implications of these results are obvious: if you want to gain muscle and lose fat as a result of working out, drink milk. As reported in the first phase of th...Where's the beef? Not enough of it is on elders' plates, muscle-metabolism study suggests
...ounger people we tested. That difference, he said, would probably be even greater in the general population. In other words, compared to a young adult, a typical elderly person lacks the advantages provided by more than 26 pounds of muscle a deficit that in some cases could lead an older person to being p...States taking action to insure nation's 13.3M uninsured young adults
...ens Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) beyond age 18 would be an important policy solution to cover this grou...ll recently passed in the House of Representatives would allow states to extend coverage up to age 25. Currently, Medicaid and SCHIP coverage for children ty...Wireless technology shows promise in diagnosing pediatric intestinal disease
...ng us to identify signs of disease and damage that would otherwise be impossible to view in children. The camera, encased in a capsule that can be swallowed or placed into the stomach, travels through the digestive system naturally and painlessly, reducing the need for invasive tests, anesthesia or radi...Even older women at high risk have little interest in being tested for HIV, study finds
...Only 115, or 22 percent of participants, said they would be interested in HIV testing. Their most often cited reasons were curiosity and concern about a current or past sexual partners behaviors. About a third of women had already been tested. Previously tested women were more likely to be younger, sexuall...New research discovers independent brain networks control human walking
..., these modules can be individually trained, which would be critical for rehabilitation focused on correcting walking asymmetries produced by brain damage. The notion that we can leverage the brains adaptive capacity and effectively dial in the patterns of movement that we want patients to learn is incre...