Preventive in Biological News

Fewer deaths with preventive antibiotic use

... Administering antibiotics as a preventive measure to patients in intensive care units ... received antibiotics than in the control group. preventive use of antibiotics reduced the number of deaths ... whether the advantages of using antibiotics as a preventive measure offset the drawback of the possibility of ...

Issues at intersection of climate change and health impact global well-being

... Diego, November 18, 2008 The American Journal of preventive Medicine special issue on climate change ... in the November issue of the American Journal of preventive Medicine . The papers in this special issue ... and others yet unclear. Public health and preventive medicine, as applied disciplines, share a common ...

Meyskens honored with AACR-Prevent Cancer Foundation award

... of melanoma with suggestions for potential preventive strategies. Meyskens has published many ... and development of markers as predictors of preventive effectiveness. Currently, Meyskens is ... including the American Society of preventive Oncology Distinguished Achievement Award and the ...

Laughter remains good medicine

... can be detremential to the immune system. Lee Berk, DrPH, MPH, a preventive care specialist and psychoneuroimmunologist, of Loma Linda University, ... and blood vessel complications. They found that mirthful laughter, as a preventive adjunct therapy in diabetes care, raised good cholesterol and lowered ...

Laughter remains good medicine

... can be detremential to the immune system. Lee Berk, DrPH, MPH, a preventive care specialist and psychoneuroimmunologist, of Loma Linda University, ... and blood vessel complications. They found that mirthful laughter, as a preventive adjunct therapy in diabetes care, raised good cholesterol and lowered ...

Healthy food availability could depend on where you live -- so does the quality of your diet

... Nutrition and the December 2008 issue of the American Journal of preventive Medicine . "Place of residence plays a larger role in dietary health ... American Journal of Clinical Nutrition . In the American Journal of preventive Medicine , Franco, along with colleagues from the Johns Hopkins School of ...

Statin therapy ineffective in breast cancer prevention

... Lovastatin was given at 100 and 500 mg/kg, and it showed no significant preventive -effect similar to atorvastatin. Lubet said the research into statin ... studies do not support the use of statins as general breast cancer preventive agents" said Lubet. ...

Nutritional supplementation program helps prevent weight loss among children in African country

... of follow-up. Children in the 6 nonintervention villages received no preventive supplementation. Active surveillance for conditions requiring medical or ... is required for the prevention of wasting. The effectiveness of preventive supplementation with RUTF in other settings may depend on RUTF ...

Physical activity may not be key to obesity epidemic

... the journal Obesity . Luke is an associate professor in the Department of preventive Medicine and Epidemiology at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of ... Cooper, Ph.D., co-author of the study and chairman of the Department of preventive Medicine and Epidemiology. "We would love to say that physical activity ...

Nutrigenomics -- developing personalized diets for disease prevention

... diet offers many possibilities for targeted clinical interventions and preventive medicine. These may include modifying either diet or the biochemical ... Godard, PhD, and Vural Ozdemir, MD, PhD, from the Department of Social and preventive Medicine, University of Montreal, Qubec, Canada. "Nutrigenomics opens ...

New studies on the Mediterranean diet confirm its effectiveness for chronic disease prevention

... and can therefore influence the prevention of certain diseases. preventive feeding The researchers' hypothesis "starts from considering feeding as a preventive action of the development of chronic diseases, which are the first cause ...

Moores UCSD Cancer Center study links vitamin D, type 1 diabetes

... of California, San Diego (UCSD) and the Department of Family and preventive Medicine. This association comes on the heels of similar research ... worldwide," said Cedric F. Garland, Dr. P.H., professor of Family and preventive Medicine in the UCSD School of Medicine, and member of the Moores UCSD ...

Landon Foundation-AACR INNOVATOR Awards

... which tumors are likely to progress and whether they may be sensitive to preventive therapies. This approach offers the possibility of having a practical tool that could benefit clinical practice as well as development of future preventive therapies. The Landon Foundation-AACR INNOVATOR Award for International ...

Mutation of the COX2 gene can double or treble a woman's risk of ovarian cancer

... strongly conclusive because the individual variability in the response to preventive drugs was not taken into account. Now we need studies that will confirm ... profile of individuals may open new windows for the development of preventive strategies and for the individualisation of therapies for patients. It ...

New study warns limited carbon market puts 20 percent of tropical forest at risk

... of California-Santa Barbara calls for the HFLD countries to receive preventive credits under any carbon trading mechanism to provide incentive for them ... faces a similar circumstance as HFLD countries. According to the study, preventive credits for HFLD countries at a conservative carbon price of U.S. $10 per ...

Researchers team up to provide new hope for childhood hunger

... malnutrition will never prevent it, in 2004 he began to collaborate with colleagues at the Danforth Plant Science Center to create a formidable preventive strategy. The intent is to enhance crops so that they can thrive where malnutrition is rampant and provide a complete package of nutrients needed for ...

Frost & Sullivan Looks at Biometrics Advancement in Civil Security: Exploring Opportunities for Today and Beyond

... European Civil Security Industry. "The rising crime and terrorist attacks has compelled the government agencies and private sector to focus on preventive and early detection technologies, rather than completely investing in first responders. Biometrics provides the perfect platform to detect potential ...

Major breakthrough in early detection and prevention of AMD

... in older adults. The marker, a receptor known as CCR3, shows strong potential as a means for both the early detection of the disease and for preventive treatment. The findings were reported in an article published online Sunday by the prestigious journal Nature . "This is a major paradigm shift in ...

Scientific evidence of health problems from past contamination of drinking water at Camp Lejeune is limited and unlikely to be resolved with further study

... only crude estimates of exposure," said David Savitz, chair of the committee that wrote the report and professor in the department of community and preventive medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York City. "Therefore, the committee could not determine reliably whether diseases and disorders ...

USC researchers present diabetes findings at American Diabetes Association Scientific Sessions

... Hypoglycemia; Peripheral vs. Central Sensors Importance of Rate of Glucose Drop). Genetics Richard Watanabe, Ph.D., associate professor of preventive medicine, will discuss genome-wide association studies for type 2 diabetes and related traits focusing on genetic variants in genes involving the ...

Lombardi scientist brings 'dream team' breast cancer research effort to GUMC

... treatments. Jordan is an internationally recognized breast cancer scientist whose research focuses on the response of breast cancer cells to preventive and treatment agents. He is recognized by many as the "father" the anti-cancer drug tamoxifen, a drug that blocks estrogen from fueling some breast ...

Weed resistance to glyphosate in genetically modified soybean cultivation in Argentina

... lost. Results highlight the socio-economic impacts and responses associated with invasive species affecting agro-biodiversity. They indicate that no preventive strategies are deployed against the invasion of johnsongrass. Instead, the reactive measures are based on "gene-stacking" that allows the use of ...

Comprehensive cardiogenetic testing for families of sudden unexplained death victims can save lives

... after a case of sudden death at young age. We hope this will lead to identification of more families at risk of sudden cardiac death, in which preventive measures then can be taken" said Dr. van der Werf. "Relatives of young sudden death victims are often referred to cardiologists for cardiological ...

Novel vaccine approach offers hope in fight against HIV

... SIV-specific immunoadhesins remained in the blood for over a year. Further studies need to be conducted if this technique is to become an actual preventive measure against HIV infection in people, Johnson said. "To ultimately succeed, more and better molecules that work against HIV, including human ...

Wind, salt and water are leading indicators of land degradation in Abu Dhabi

... lag. Nebkha dunes, formed from sediment accumulations around shrubs, have been considered a reliable indicator of rapid dryland degradation. As a preventive action, afforestation has been practiced on about 330,000 ha in Abu Dhabi Emirate. In addition, many green belts in urban areas and along roads have ...

Personalized treatment for early lung cancer

... Department at Hygeia Hospital in Athens, Greece. "This is particularly important for early stage disease when following surgery, decisions about preventive therapy are based on specific prognostic and predictive factors." Prof Walter Weder, head of thoracic surgery at the University of Zurich in ...

North America works to halt invasive species

... per year. Evidence shows that the most effective way to address the potentially devastating damage to the environment and the economy is to use preventive measures. To this end, the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) today released the Trinational Risk Assessment Guidelines for Aquatic ...

Researchers identify specific lung cancer susceptibility gene

... "This study represents a significant contribution to our understanding of lung cancer susceptibility and is another step toward to the goal of preventive medicine," says David Christiani, MD, MPH, a professor of occupational medicine and environmental health at the Harvard School of Public Health, ...

Broccoli sprouts may prevent stomach cancer by defeating Helicobacter pylori

... fresh broccoli sprouts daily for eight weeks or an equivalent amount of alfalfa sprouts. "Broccoli has recently entered the public awareness as a preventive dietary agent. This study supports the emerging evidence that broccoli sprouts may be able to prevent cancer in humans, not just in lab animals," ...

Nutrigenomics -- developing personalized diets for disease prevention -- part 2 just published in OMICS

... intellectual property and policy dimensions," write Guest Editors Vural Ozdemir, MD, PhD, and Batrice Godard, PhD, from the Department of Social and preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal, Canada. "Nutrition impacts people on a daily basis in both health and disease, as well as ...

Press statement on new CDC MRSA study from SHEA president

... stewardship. "Because MRSA only causes about 8% of healthcare-associated infections, it is critical that we not concentrate all of our preventive efforts on a single bacterium. Undue emphasis on a single organism like MRSA can dilute broader-based measures that can have a dramatic effect on ...

Periodontitis and myocardial infarction: A shared genetic predisposition

... warned Schaefer. Knowledge of the risk of heart attacks could also induce patients with periodontitis to keep the risk factors in check and take preventive measures. ...

New lab evidence suggests preventive effect of herbal supplement in prostate cancer

... supplements and other botanical or herbal agents. Arnold said NCCAM will continue to study DHEA with other supplements to determine any cancer preventive effects. ...

International study identifies gene variants associated with early heart attack

... U.S. clusters in families and that some of this familial clustering is due to differences in DNA sequence," says Sekar Kathiresan, MD, director of preventive Cardiology at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and corresponding author of the Nature Genetics report. "We set out to find specific, ...

Chemopreventive agents in black raspberries identified

... in rats as whole black raspberries containing the same concentration of anthocyanins. This study demonstrates the importance of anthocyanins as preventive agents in black raspberries and validated similar in vitro findings. It is among the first to look at the correlation between anthocyanins and ...

Genetic variation may lead to early cardiovascular disease

... are a vulnerable population on whom CAD has a significant long-term impact, but they are particularly hard to identify and therefore to initiate preventive therapies for," Shah said. "These and other genetic findings may help us in the future to identify these patients prior to development of CAD or ...

UCSB scientists show how certain vegetables combat cancer

... anticancer drugs. However SFN is much weaker than these other plant-based drugs, and thus much less toxic. "SFN may be an effective cancer preventive agent because it inhibits the proliferation and kills precancerous cells," said Wilson. It is also possible that it could be used as an addition to ...

Women double fruit, veggie intake with switch to Mediterranean diet plan

... leading a study called Healthy Eating for Colon Cancer Prevention, in which she and colleagues are examining whether a Mediterranean diet can have preventive effects in the colon in persons at increased colon cancer risk. The diet used in the newly published study also should be applicable to prevention of ...

Winter brings flu, summer brings bacterial infections

... the infections in the first place. The findings were made by scientists from OSU; Dr. Eli N. Perencevich, associate professor of epidemiology and preventive medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine; and researchers from the University of Florida and the Research Institute of the Hospital ...

Bipolar disorder genes, pathways identified by Indiana University neuroscientists

... a genetic risk score." The goal, he said, is to be able to apply the risk score to test individuals even before the illness manifests itself for preventive measures lifestyle changes, counseling, low-dose medications or to delay or stop the illness from developing. "Third, in individuals who ...