Isolated in Medical News

Few friends combined with loneliness linked to poor mental and physical health for elderly

... Waite explained. Older adults who feel most isolated report 65 percent more depressive symptoms than ... feel isolated. Older adults who feel least isolated are five times as likely to report very good or ... those who adapt to losses so that they don't feel isolated fare better with respect to both physical and ...

Also in the Nov. 11 JNCI

... , (301) 496-6641 isolated Breast Cancer Cells in Sentinel Lymph Node ... Node Metastases Women who are found to have isolated breast cancer cells upon sentinel lymph node ... tumors in other lymph nodes associated with isolated tumor cells in a sentinel lymph node. However, ...

Candidate markers for gastric cancer

... by Professor Liu from Ruijin Hospital of China isolated and identified differentially expressed proteins ... by 2-DE and MALDI-TOF-MS. Total proteins were isolated from tumor and normal tissues and then separated by 2-DE. Differentially expressed proteins were isolated and identified by MALDI-TOF or MALDI-TOF-TOF-MS. ...

Study suggests why heart attack victims do better with social support

... may occur when heart attack victims are socially isolated from others. The study in mice found that ... While studies in humans have shown that socially isolated heart attack victims have a lower survival rate ... Results showed that the mice that were socially isolated prior to the heart attack showed five to eight ...

JCI online early table of contents: June 5, 2008

... Cells expressing the protein CD133 were isolated from infantile hemangioma tissue and individual ... have now shown that rats transplanted with cells isolated from human nasal polyps have improved brain ... and olfactory nerve fibroblasts (ONFs) were isolated from human nasal polyps and characterized in ...

Blood Clots in Legs, Lungs Predispose Patients to Repeat Episodes

... diagnosed with pulmonary embolism (549) and isolated deep vein thrombosis (1,142) in 1999, 2001 or ... transfusion). Among the 1,142 patients with isolated deep vein thrombosis, 64 (5.6 percent) developed ... venous thrombosis compared with patients with isolated deep vein thrombosis," the study authors noted. ...

Forever young: Differentiation blocked in tumor stem cells

... in cancer stem cells, Dr. Fine and colleagues isolated TICs from primary human glioblastomas and ... stages. The researchers found that the TICs isolated from an adult patient are more similar to early ... restored normal differentiation capacity to the isolated TICs, halting further cell division and inducing ...

Asacol treats UC symptoms of isolated proctitis

... all extents of ulcerative colitis (UC), including isolated proctitis. The results showed that patients with isolated proctitis who took Asacol, dosed at 2.4 g/day for ... approximately 30 percent of UC patients have isolated proctitis , a condition that is thought to be a ...

JCI table of contents: Oct. 25, 2007

... of beta-amyloid protein in cultured neurons isolated from mice engineered to be susceptible to an ... period. In the study, peripheral blood cells isolated from patients who had received a lung transplant ... type V [col(V)], whereas peripheral blood cells isolated from healthy individuals did not. Strong col(V) ...

Study provides documentation that tumor 'stem-like cells' exist in benign tumors

... Cedars-Sinai Medical Center's Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute have isolated stem-like cells in benign (pituitary) tumors and used these "mother" cells ... this hormone-producing capability. In these studies, the scientists isolated stem-like cells from both hormone-producing and non-producing pituitary ...

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons approves new guideline for the treatment of pediatric diaphyseal femur fractures

... of published studies from 1966 to October 1, 2008, on the treatment of isolated diaphyseal femur fractures in children*; 14 specific recommendations; ... trained surgeons and all qualified physicians considering treatment of isolated diaphyseal femur fractures in children. "Treating a child's ...

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Approves New Guideline for the Treatment of Pediatric Diaphyseal Femur Fractures

... of published studies from 1966 to October 1, 2008, on the treatment of isolated diaphyseal femur fractures in children*; 14 specific ... trained surgeons and all qualified physicians considering treatment of isolated diaphyseal femur fractures in children. "Treating a child's ...

Statement for Attribution to Andy Braner, President, Kanakuk Colorado, Bayfield CO

... mild fever, and scratchy throats. Within 30 minutes these campers had been isolated from the camp population and evaluated by the on-site Health Care staff. ... Because the health and safety of our campers is of top priority to us, we isolated the ill campers and contacted their guardians to arrange for their return ...

Easy Strength Training Exercise May Help Treat Tennis Elbow, Study Shows

... rubber bar, may provide a practical and effective means of adding isolated wrist strengthening exercises to a treatment plan," said lead author ... heat and ice for treatment. The eccentric training group performed isolated eccentric wrist extensor strengthening using the rubber bar (Flexbar, ...

Leading Alzheimer's Disease Researcher Mark A. Smith, PhD Named Scientific Advisor at Advana Science

... existing beta-amyloid formations. These natural compounds have been isolated from plant materials and are ready for the immediate use in nutraceutical ... in Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis. These natural compounds have been isolated from plant materials and Advana is in the process of obtaining strategic ...

1976 Swine Flu Outbreak Offers Echoes, Lessons Today

... from person to person, it's unclear how easily that happened in 1976. isolated cases of swine flu in humans are not uncommon, Lamb noted. "Every year, ... at the Texas A&M Health Science Center in College Station, isolated a swine flu virus on campus a few years ago in a student who had just ...

Carefx Showcases Expanded Fusionfx Solution Suite and Profiles Changing Roles of CIOs at Executive Roundtable

... Fusionfx specifically addresses the problem hospitals have with isolated information silos, where data is locked within applications that don't ... they never before thought possible," says Hurd. "It not only transforms isolated applications into connected information delivery systems, but also ...

'Green chemistry' could ease manufacture, boost usefulness of cancer drug

... paclitaxel -- better known as the blockbuster drug Taxol. First isolated from the bark of the Pacific yew in 1967, paclitaxel has since been made by synthetically modifying an intermediate substance isolated from yew needles using toxic solvents or by fermenting cell cultures. ...

UT Southwestern researchers reveal how the brain processes important information

... at the Dallas Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and his research team isolated slices of the hippocampus region of the animals' brains and then ... to change the animal's behavior. "While the current study involved isolated mouse brain tissue containing the memory circuits, the human brain likely ...

Exacerbations in COPD: One thing leads to another

... Prior to this research, however, exacerbations were assumed to be isolated events unrelated to one another despite observational data that suggested ... more typical of viral infection are significantly more common during isolated events." "This knowledge is very important for physicians," wrote Shawn ...

Psychological impact found in adolescents with kidney transplants

... social competence diagnoses and were found to be more withdrawn and isolated than their peers. Post-operative treatment after transplantation ... scores, worry more and have poorer body image. They are more socially isolated and have limited opportunities for psychosexual development and peer ...

Living with females extends the reproductive life of the male mouse, says Penn veterinary researcher

... analysis indicated that abnormal spermatogenesis occurred sooner in isolated males, suggesting that defects in spermatogenesis may play a role in the greater decrease in fertility in isolated males. "If it turns out that this reproductive effect is mimicked in ...

NC State researchers find new bartonella species that infects humans

... College of Veterinary Medicine, and NC State colleague Dr. Ricardo Maggi isolated the bacterium Bartonella melophagi from samples of human blood. B. ... has been associated with human neurological illnesses and fatigue, was isolated from one of the samples. The research marks the first time that this ...

What is the pathogenesis of C. jejuni-related disease?

... Hospital of United Kingdom investigated whether different strains isolated from patients with Campylobacter infection had different effects. ... strains from community patients with acute bacterial enteritis were isolated and three of them were compared with the laboratory strain 12189. All ...

Voriconazole: A highly potent treatment for fungal infections

... of America and New Zealand, analyzed susceptibility data for the yeasts isolated from patients taking part in the voriconazole phase III clinical trials. ... fluconazole, amphotericin B and voriconazole versus 1763 yeasts isolated from samples obtained from 472 patients. The yeast cultures obtained were ...

Mini heart attacks lessen damage from major ones

... study is that LNO2 is formed naturally in mitochondria during IPC in an isolated rat heart, and that adding extra LNO2 protects heart muscle cells from IR injury. The team measured the ability of isolated rat heart cells to survive ischemia using a dye that the live cells keep ...

Hormone shows promise in reversing Alzheimer’s disease and stroke

... refuse to let them in and evict them if they do get in. The scientists isolated the particular gatekeeper than evicts PACAP27. Then they designed an ... symptoms of Alzheimers's disease and stroke in a mouse model. We have isolated the particular roadblock that keeps the treatment from getting into the ...

Apples and oranges: Tumor blood vessel cells are remarkably atypical

... and tumor endothelium." Dr. Klagsbrun and lead author Dr. Andrew Dudley isolated TECs from mice that spontaneously develop prostate tumors very similar to ... the potential to differentiate into multiple different types of cells. The isolated TECs differentiated to form cartilage- and bone-like tissues. "These ...

Cancer therapies from the ocean?

... much more detail." There is another possible application of molecules isolated from marine creatures that has the potential to have just as great an ... where they are required," Professor Jaspars reveals. "However, we have isolated one compound from a Mediterranean sponge that may help to end this trend. ...

JCI online early table of contents: June 12, 2008

... deterioration associated with obesity. In the study, when adipocytes isolated from mice lacking proteins known as FABPs, which are molecules that govern ... reduced levels of inflammatory molecules. Likewise, when macrophages isolated from mice lacking FABPs were cultured with normal adipocyes, the ...

New HIV browser gives researchers access to valuable data from vaccine trials

... and evolves in response to attacks by the immune system. As a result, HIV isolated from a patient years after the initial infection is genetically different ... Berman said. Yet all the vaccines tested so far have been based on viruses isolated from patients with longstanding infections. "A current hypothesis in ...

UCLA researchers identify leukemia stem cells

... Stem Cell Research, the UCLA team has for the first time identified and isolated the stem cells responsible for a type of leukemia known as T-cell or acute ... markers, was able to identify the leukemia stem cells. Those cells were isolated and then transplanted into other mouse models to see if they developed ...

Suspected cause of type 1 diabetes caught 'red-handed' for the first time

... 1 diabetes. Researchers were able to examine the immune cells from isolated insulin-making structures in the pancreas known as the islets of ... a step closer to finding ways to treat this condition. "Now that we've isolated dendritic cells from the pancreas, we can look at why they get into the ...

The spring in your step is more than just a good mood

... does about three times the work for the same amount of energy compared to isolated muscles---in other words, the spring in your step is very real and helps ... burn with the ankle is much lower than what would be predicted with just isolated muscle studies," Ferris said. Researchers suspect this is largely ...

Embryonic Stem Cells Turned Into Three Types of Heart Cells

... beat, or other [cardiac] cells. That's much more difficult when we haven't isolated the cells." Also, when these cells were transplanted, they didn't form ... often happens when a group of cells is more mixed. "In essence, we have isolated the most immature human heart cells, and we think we can control these ...

International health experts to enlist the public in war on African malaria

... of artemisinin drugs Artemisinin is a strong antimalarial drug isolated from the Chinese anti-malarial traditional medicinal plant, Artemisia ... the plants specific anti-malarial properties in the early 1970s when they isolated and tested the active ingredient artemisinin. Subsequent trials have shown ...

Researchers Find Gene Mutation That Increases Asthma Risk

... finding led to the current study, which measured levels of YKL-40 in an isolated population called the Hutterites. The Hutterites settled their isolated religious community in South Dakota in 1874. They live communally, share ...

New Version of Microsoft Amalga Now Available to Hospitals and Health Systems

... hospital enterprises to unlock the power of all their data sitting in isolated clinical, financial and administrative solutions. Amalga is part of the ... hospital enterprises to unlock the power of all their data sitting in isolated clinical, financial and administrative systems. Without replacing ...

Relaxation training may improve control of hard-to-treat systolic hypertension

... of dollars. Among the elderly patients in whom it is most common, isolated systolic hypertension an increase in only the peak arterial pressure is ... elevated systolic and diastolic pressures, its usefulness in treating isolated systolic hypertension has not been investigated. The present study ...

A ton of bitter melon produces sweet results for diabetes

... treatment program for someone with Type 2 diabetes. The four compounds isolated in bitter melon perform a very similar action to that of exercise, in that ... the Shanghai Institute and a specialist in natural products chemistry, isolated the different fractions from bitter melon and identified the compounds of ...