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More than 2,000 geneticists will present their latest research results at the 47th Annual Meeting of The American Society of Human Genetics in Baltimore, Maryland October 29-November 1, 1997. Topics range from determining genetic predisposition to certain cancers, to revealing the genetics of HIV and obesity.
Contrary to conventional wisdom, aerobic exercise is a safe and effective way to improve the strength and cardiovascular fitness of stroke patients, even if they begin exercising six months or more after their stroke.
When a person's heart stops, standard resuscitation includes treatment with 100 percent oxygen. Now researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences report that regular air - which is 21 percent oxygen - may be a better choice in some casess, helping prevent neurological damage that can occur after the brain is deprived of oxygen.
The University of Maryland Psycbiatric Research Center will be the site of one of three centers funded nationwide by the National Institute of Mental Health to focus on schizophrenia research.In controlled studies, the new Intervention Research Centerwill evaluate the relative effectiveness of new drugs for treating schizophrenia.
Neuroscientists at the University of Maryland at Baltimore have found that sugar and suckling activate natural pain-modulating systems in babies. They also learned that the pain of inflammation and injury is controlled at least in part in the spinal cord. EMBARGOED for release February 17, 1997, 5 p.m. EST
Thyroid hormone may play a role in the hyperactive and impulsive symptoms of children with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Elevated levels of certain thyroid hormones correlate positively with hyperactivity and impulsivity, although not with inattention.
The microbe that causes cholera has revealed the underlying mechanism for a promising new technology for oral delivery of drugs not normally absorbed through the intestines, such as insulin and immunoglobulins. Embargoed for release March 19, 1997
New technology has enabled physiologists at the University of Maryland School of Medicine to visualize the organization of intracellular calcium stored in the reticulum of cells. They also have located sodium pumps with a high affinity for the hormone ouabain next to the reticulum, where they play a vital role in controlling the storage and release of calcium. Findings could lead to new and better therapies for hypertension, heart failure, stroke.
Endocrinologists have learned how estrogen helps maintain pregnancy and stimulates the process of fetal maturation. Estrogen helps prevent miscarriage by regulating the production of another hormone, progesterone, and jumpstarts the fetal maturation process by activating fetal production of cortisol, a steroid hormone vital for maturation of lungs and other organs. Embargoed until 3-22-97
When high blood pressure goes untreated, it enlarges the cells of the heart and produces a silent defect in the heart's pumping mechanism, a defect which turns out to be identical to one seen in heart failure. Embargoed: 05/02/97.
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