Drugs that lower blood cholesterol levels may work by increasing the amount of a chemical that relaxes blood vessels, helping them regain flexibility, according to a study reported today in an American Heart Association journal.
A new twist in research on homocysteine is questioning whether high blood levels of the chemical, a byproduct of the body's metabolism of certain foods, really are an independent predictor of heart disease.
Discover the latest scientific advancements in the diagnosis and treatment of skin, hair and nail conditions by attending the American Academy of Dermatology's summer meeting July 31st -- August 4th in Chicago.
The authors of a meta-analysis of 19 drug studies involving 2,318 patients conclude that three-quarters of the beneficial effect of anti-depressant edications, can be ascribed to the placebo effect - the patient's belief and expectation that the pill they are taking will make them better.
The discovery of an orally available natural plant extract that prevents formation and disrupts amyloid brain deposits protein believed to play a central role in Alzheimer's disease, was reported at the Sixth International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders in Amsterdam by researchers from the University of Washington and ProteoTech Inc., Redmond, WA .
Scientists at the University of Iowa have just added a piece to the puzzle of immune sytem activation. Stimulation of the immune system involves more than a binary on-off response. When a foreign body attaches to a T cell receptor, it sets off a chain of biochemical reactions that lead to immune system activation.
1. It's never too late to exercise and reduce risk of fractures. 2. Three papers address the issue of health care delivery by telemedicine and the Internet. 3. Successful anti-smoking campaigns need consistency, controversy and cash. 4. ACP-ASIM releases new guidelines for screening for thyroid disease.
Scientists studying pregnant women and their newborn babies have found that smoking marijuana causes about as much genetic damage as smoking tobacco. The findings, by researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, mean that marijuana smokers are probably at just as much risk as nicotine junkies for developing cancer from their habit. EMBARGOED until July 17.
The federal government issued its second annual report today on the well-being of America's 70 million children, revealing some good news about their overall health and educational achievements.
Scientists at Jackson Laboratory are progressing towards identifying the gene that causes Alstrom Syndrome. The research may also provide insights into the underlying causes of obesity, diabetes, and sensory defects. Many individuals with the rare disease are meeting July 17-21 at the Second International Alstrom Syndrome Gathering.
1- New international guidelines for selecting lung transplant candidates; 2- New study showing adults with asthma exposed to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) get much sicker; 3- Research demonstrating that significant genetic or environmentally-related influence in asthma comes from the mother.
You may think you're nothing like your brother or sister, but if any of your siblings have heart disease, think again. In a study in this month's Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association, brothers and sisters of people who have heart disease before age 60 had a greater risk of developing high blood pressure, a major risk for heart disease.
Genetically altered dendritic cells could significantly improve the body's acceptance of a transplanted organ, according to University of Pittsburgh researchers in reports made at the 17th World Congress of the Transplantation Society held July 12-17 in Montreal.
The 60-year puzzle on why steroid-treated patients suffer continual bone loss is explained by scientists in the July 15 JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION.
Although knee braces may be protective for patients who have torn their ACL and not undergone surgical reconstruction, their use after surgery is controversial. It is unclear whether braces are beneficial in preventing reinjury for surgical patients.
To address the growing problem of serious knee injuries among female athletes, researchers at the Cincinnati Sportsmedicine Research and Education Foundation have studied the effects of a training program for female athletes to prevent serious knee injuries, and presented their findings at the 24th Annual Meeting of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine at the Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
The American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine released updated screening guidelines for thyroid disease. ACP-ASIM now recommends physicians screen women over 50
Patients on antipsychotic medication have a very high rate of satisfaction with and acceptability of SEROQUEL(R) (quetiapine fumarate) tablets, the most recent entrant in the atypical antipsychotic market, according to study results announced today at the 21st Congress of the Collegium Internationale Neuro-Psychopharmacologicum, Glasgow, Scotland.
A less-invasive, laparoscopic technique allows people to donate a kidney with much less pain, a shorter hospital stay, and a much faster recovery. Surgeons at the University of Maryland Medical Center also have found that kidneys removed in this less-traumatic way function as well as those taken out with a large incision.
A kidney specialist at the University of Maryland Medical Center is leading a nationwide clinical trial to determine which of two drugs might better improve blood flow to the kidney and do a better job of reducing high blood pressure in African-Americans.
Sexually active adolescent boys who have had multiple male partners are more likely than other teens to be threatened or beaten up at school and to abuse drugs and alcohol, according to a study by a team of pediatricians from Brenner Children's Hospital at the Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center.
A new automated procedure will allow physicians to quickly evaluate brain atrophy and identify patients with Alzheimer's Disease versus patients with frontotemporal dementia according to a report published in the August issue of Radiology.
Men with clinical depression are more than twice as likely to develop coronary artery disease (CAD) as their non-depressed counterparts, a Johns Hopkins study has shown.
If you've ever sprained your ankle, you know that this relatively minor injury can become a major inconvenience. Ankle sprains are one of the most common sports injuries, and account for a lot of missed sports participation. In an effort to prevent ankle sprains, many people turn to either taping the ankle or using a brace to provide support.
Cigarette smoking causes subtle damage to blood vessels, which signals an early stage of heart disease that worsens as smoking continues, researchers report in today's Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.
MRI, or magnetic resonance imaging, is the diagnostic tool of choice for detecting mensical tears in adults. In many cases, surgery is performed only after receiving positive MRI results confirming the findings of a physical exam. According to a study presented at the 24th Annual Meeting of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine at the Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre, the same does not hold true for children.
In the largest study of its kind, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, obstetrics and gynecology researchers have concluded that walking during the first stage of labor is neither harmful nor beneficial to the mother or baby.
The dangers of cigarette smoking, especially for people with high blood pressure, are confirmed in a Scandinavian study published in the current American Journal of Hypertension.
Babies who need a new kidney usually get an adult-size replacement. But a grown-up kidney demands more blood flow than a baby's tiny system can supply, Stanford transplant surgeons have found.
Researchers at the Stanford University Medical Center are developing a virtual reality model of a frog to be used as a computer-based teaching tool for middle school and high school biology students.
University of Michigan epidemiologists shows that the size of the gap between the rich and the poor may tell us more about the health status of Americans than the usual economic indicators financial analysts and social scientists typically rely on.
Older, manlnourished men with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) benefited from the same type of controversial drug that athletes sometimes use to increase muscle and enhance performance, according to a new study released today. The men experienced weight gain and increases in lean body mass.
The treatment of gastroesophageal reflux (GER) disease in asthmatics may reduce asthma symptoms and reduce the need for asthma medication but has minimal or no effect on lung function, according to a new report in the July issue of CHEST, the journal of the American College of Chest Physicians.
Researchers have shown that long-term exercise may help fight atherosclerosis, the disease process that obstructs blood vessels and triggers heart attacks and strokes.
Blood levels of a certain protein in cholesterol may be a better predictor than total cholesterol in determining a woman's certain protein as well as a man's cholesterol risk for heart disease, according to a report in today's Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology: Journal of the American Heart Association.
A new laboratory test can detect levels of 15 different blood cholesterol-containing particles called lipoproteins, an advance that will help paint a clearer picture of a person's risk of heart disease than the cholesterol blood tests now used, scientists say.
A move in Maryland toward regionalization -- centralizing particular medical services at centers performing the greatest number -- decreased the death rates for one of the most complex operations for cancer, according to a study by Johns Hopkins researchers published in the July 7, 1998 issue of Annals of Surgery.
A traumatic event in a childÃs preschool years may disrupt a key period when the brain is collecting and storing massive amounts of information, researchers say. A review of studies on animals, however, suggests that extensive corrective experiences can help over time.
A new generation of cochlear implant, approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration last week, is no bigger than a hearing aid. But it is powerful enough to restore hearing sensation and promote understanding of speech in the overwhelming majority of profoundly deaf adults and children.
An analysis of telephone calls to an emergency medical services (EMS) system shows that cardiac arrests commonly occur during the afternoon, as well as in the morning, according researchers reporting in today's Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.
As if lowering risk factors for heart attack isn't headache enough, researchers report that migraine sufferers with established heart disease shouldn't take certain anti-migraine medications.
University of Wisconsin Medical School researchers have solved the puzzle of how lithium can effectively stabilize both the wild euphoria and the crushing melancholy that are the hallmark of bipolar disorder. They found that in mice brains, lithium causes the neurotransmitter glutamate to level off in a stable zone where it can control both extremes.
A bioengineer at the University of Illinois at Chicago is developing a process to freeze and thaw skin grafts for use in treating burn injuries.
Researchers at the University of Maryland Medical Center are conducting the first controlled clinical study ever to investigate the effects of hormone replacement therapy on uterine fibroids. The $2.4 million study is sponsored by the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development in Bethesda, Md.
New data presented at the 12th World AIDS Conference in Geneva show that untreated anemia alone can significantly increase the risk of death in people with HIV/AIDS.
On June 23, 1998, doctors at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) performed the world's first cell transplant to reverse brain damage from stroke on a 62-year old woman with paralysis of the right leg and arm and loss of most speech.
A new technique developed by researchers at the University of Minnesota, the University of Glasgow and Dartmouth Medical College could cut testing times for new vaccines from several weeks to 48 hours.
DALLAS, July 3 -- High blood pressure, prior stroke and having an irregular heartbeat are all risk factors for stroke. An Australian study examining stroke risk, however, suggests that impaired breathing may increase stroke risk, while being married may lower it.
DALLAS, July 3 -- More women than men die of strokes each year and new research from German scientists may provide a clue as to why this occurs.
In a study that could have implications for how hospitals respond to competitive pressures and managed care, a University of Iowa researcher has found that inpatient care units with higher proportions of care delivered by registered nurses have lower rates of medication errors, patient falls and other adverse patient outcomes.
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