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Asymptomatic HIV babies could use earlier treatment

...f viral resistance to available treatments must be balanced against a desire to do everything possible to keep infected children healthy. Maldonado and her colleagues collected data from hospitals throughout northern California over a 17- year period. Statistical calculations indicate that their sample of 20...

Hopkins AIDS experts issue warning about global efforts to provide drug therapies

... are never completely neutral, and they have to be balanced against the society being served, so the patient-selection criteria need to be developed locally and to incorporate local values about priorities, adherence and such issues as whether or not children should be treated first. "If current global effor...

Excess liver gene protects against high-fat diet

...nt of receptors. Remarkably, in mice fed a normal, balanced diet, the excess receptors worsened blood lipid levels, the researchers reported. The findings suggest that natural variation among individuals in the quantity of the liver receptors might lead to differences among them in their susceptibility to hi...

Fat's fate depends on its source

...e. "These findings underscore the importance of a balanced diet for healthy metabolism and weight loss," he added. The results further suggest that specially engineered fats might boost healthy liver metabolism, offering an alternative mechanism for fighting chronic diseases, including obesity, diabetes, an...

Endocannabinoids ?the brain's cannabis ?demonstrate novel modes of action to stress

...ry and inhibitory synaptic transmission and that a balanced input can produce sustained changes in neuronal activity without damage to neuronal homeostasis. "Our next step is to investigate cannabinoids' effects in various stress conditions," Soya said. "Endocannabinoids may have possible involvement in stre...

Device traps, disables harmful bacteria

...ors conclude. "Engineering control methods must be balanced with constraints such as occupant comfort, economic factors, and building management strategies to ensure that the health risks associated with bioaerosol exposure are as low as practical." ...

UCSD study clarifies insulin's role in blocking release of energy in patients with type II diabetes

.... For normal metabolism to occur, the body needs a balanced input of insulin and catecholamines. One of the actions of insulin --, the main energy storage hormone, is to block activation of the protein kinase A (PKA) enzyme. After a meal, insulin levels go up, and the body stores energy primarily as triglycer...

Promising therapies for haemophilia & heart disease

...nt on to report, "Blood clotting is an intricately balanced process. Blood clots in the heart or brain can result in a heart attack or stroke. Our studies in mouse models have shown that inhibition of P-selectin reduces atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries) and the work of our collaborators shows that t...

Male elephants woo females with precise chemistry

...oth young and old males, but when the ratio became balanced - equal amounts of plus and minus frontalin - males of all ages, as well as luteal-phase and pregnant females, were repulsed. Only ovulating females were attracted. The study's results indicate that the ratio of frontalin enantiomers allows other e...

Study finds that nutritionally enhanced rice reduces iron deficiency

...perts correctly advise that the best solution is a balanced diet of fruit, vegetables and meat, but, for the very poor, such choices are simply not possible and so they depend predominantly on staple foods to stave off day-to-day hunger. This is especially true in isolated rural areas where under-resourced a...

Feeling old?

...eakdown. But adding leucine to the diet restored a balanced metabolism. The team of researchers believe that the age-related problem results from defective inhibition of ubiquitin-proteasome dependent proteoloysis, a complex degradative machinery that breaks down contractile muscle protein, and that leucine ...

Birth defects: 8 million annually worldwide

...prevention, treatment and care. Ensure a healthy, balanced diet during a woman's reproductive years. Control infections in pregnant women. Train physicians, nurses, allied health professionals and workers in the recognition and care of children with birth defects. Establish national capacity for birth def...

Tiny polyps gorge themselves to survive coral bleaching

...t 10 to 30 years," she said. "We have a delicately balanced ecosystem that is already highly stressed. It is very much interconnected and so far, we have royally messed it up." ...

Thinner and younger

Can eating a low-calorie yet nutritionally balanced diet extend human life? Preliminary research suggests it might, so researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis are launching a long-term study to find out. In an editorial in the April 5 issue of the Journal of the American ...

Surprising symbiosis: Glassy-winged sharpshooter eats with friends

...are often known to rely on resident bacteria for a balanced diet ?especially the synthesis of the "essential" amino-acids that all animals, including humans, cannot make for themselves. But researchers had assumed that the sharpshooter needed just one bacterial symbiont (in this case, B. cicadellinicola), as ...

Holiday gluttony can spell disaster for undiagnosed diabetics

... shown that maintaining a healthy lifestyle with a balanced diet, weight management and regular exercise can prevent the development of diabetes or help control an existing condition," said Dr. Chandalia, an associate professor of internal medicine. Diabetes has several basic forms and stages: Pre-diabet...

'Best of both worlds' -- Targeting a single gene could inhibit bone decay and stimulate bone growth

...can be done." Bone health is maintained by the balanced activities of osteoblasts and osteoclasts. The study shows that the inactivation of gene Atp6v0d2 in mice results in dramatically increased bone mass due to defective osteoclasts as well as enhanced bone formation. These findings may provide some cla...

Novel laboratory technique nudges genes into activity

...lls using strands of RNA to perturb the delicately balanced mixture of proteins that surround chromosomal DNA, proteins that control whether genes are turned on or off. Dr. David Corey, professor of pharmacology and the paper’s senior author, said the results are significant because they demonstrate the m...

Magic Beans -- Anti-obesity soya could help prevent diabetes

... Association, said: "Soy fits in well to a healthy balanced diet which is important in preventing diabetes ?low in fat, high in fibre and a good source of complex carbohydrates." ...

Computer imaging assists with facial reconstructive surgery

...of the JAMA/Archives journals. “The importance of balanced facial proportions has been studied for centuries ...nent facial features such as the chin and nose are balanced in relation to the structures around them. “Even a well-executed surgery will result in a poor aest...

Penn researchers replace organ in adult mice using 'single-parent' stem cells

...uniparental stem cells would work since the lack a balanced set of chromosomes from both parents would interfere with the natural outcomes of genomic imprinting," McLaughlin said. "It turns out that genomic imprinting may be more a concern for developing stages and not so much a factor in the routine functio...

New report: Explosive growth changes salmon industry

...wild salmon production; providing accurate and balanced information about salmon issues; collecting better data about seafood markets and consumers; and consider the role of hatcheries in wild salmon production. "This report shines a light on a very complex industry that has a big impact on bo...