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HIV did not arise from polio vaccine

...e journals Nature and Science, four research teams demonstrate that the Wistar vaccine did not contain chimp cells and that the virus that would become HIV likely jumped from chimps to humans just once--and not through a massive, simultaneous transfer, as it would if vaccination were to blame. Though these find...

Experimental treatment for Ebola Virus Shows promising results in mice

...sue of the Journal of Virology. The study results demonstrate that mice infected under the skin with live Ebola virus survive infection and generate high levels of protective anti-Ebola virus antibodies. The dreaded Ebola virus killed thousands in Africa and the symptoms of Ebola infection are high fever, ches...

Increase in sugar...decrease in brain function!!!

...sity of Virginia says, "For the first time, we can demonstrate that performance of the brain is impaired in the short term when a patient has too much blood sugar. Once you get above a blood glucose level of about 270, the brain starts to show evidence of slowing down. A similar thing happens when you get to a l...

Soluble IL-4 Receptor - A new boon for asthmatics

... receiving placebo. This study is "the first...to demonstrate the potential clinical efficacy of a TH2 inhibitor... in the treatment strategy of asthma. "These data demonstrate the critical role of IL-4 in the pathogenesis of asthma and the potential benefit of this approach t...

A height problem

...of the need to allow for regression and these data demonstrate that doing so might substantially alter their interpretation of a child's growth pattern."...

Hormone replacement therapy helps women

...ome studies do believe while others have failed to demonstrate benefit.A new report, from researchers, is therefore of especial interest. They followed a group of over 1,000 women from different countries for a few years - assessing them with the State Exam, which measures cognitive performance. The women al...

Alzheimer's followed by head injury

...he doctors have said that their findings to do not demonstrate a definite link between the two but show that there is a strong associated risk. Alzheimer's disease is a progressive, degenerative and irreversible brain disorder that causes intellectual impairment, disorientation and eventually death.It is estima...

Smoking Linked To Low Infant Birth Weight

...ed for presence of the genes involved. "Our data demonstrate that a subgroup of pregnant women with certain genotypes appeared to be particularly susceptible to the adverse effect of cigarette smoke, suggesting an interaction between metabolic genes and cigarette smoking" said the report from Boston University...

Air pollution may raise risk of lung cancer

...es of follow-up, during which time it continued to demonstrate a direct correlation between this fine particulate air pollution and the risk of death from heart and lung disease," says George D. Thurston. The efforts to clean up city air stir up a political debate that revolves, around huge power plants that c...

Microwave radiation has no hazards

... was to blame, other highly exposed veterans would demonstrate the same increased risk. They suggest the increased risk is more likely to do with occupational exposures other than radar, lifestyle factors that are specific to this group, or simply chance. The results, published in the May issue of the American ...

Anorexia in boys is common too

...urrounded by girls. Castro added that her findings demonstrate the importance of studying bone mass in boys, as well as girls, given that they can regain any losses while still in adolescence....

Birth weight may be influenced by genes

... the first time that researchers have been able to demonstrate a link between cytoplasmic DNA and birth weight. The results suggest that a mother's genes may have a particularly large influence on birth weight, since genetic material in cell powerhouses called mitochondria, which are found in the cytoplasm, are ...

New operation for kidney cancer

...igh-tech is this procedure, that the surgeon could demonstrate his 60 operation to a group of colleagues in Italy using telemedicine. The team now reports on progress among the first 60 patients, since April 1998 when the first operation was performed. In all, 80 tumours have been treated and there has been no...

Advanced STD programs required

...ally, studies should have the statistical power to demonstrate effectiveness and this should be calculated before being funded and implemented....

Eczema patients lack natural antibiotic in skin

...mounts of two antimicrobial peptides. The findings demonstrate the clinical significance of these peptides in humans, and suggest that a medication containing or inducing the peptides may one day be used to fight the infections that plague millions of atopic dermatitis patients. "This study helps explain why 9...

Cancers & Reconstruction

...om different specialties, recently joined hands to demonstrate how a team based approach can benefit cancer patients. Dr. Peter Costantino, an otolaryngologist, about three years ago, found a rare and often fatal tumor in Angela Carrozza’s nasal cavity and right eye socket. According to the American Society of C...

New target for antidiabetic agents identified

...s available from food. //Mice lacking the Akt gene demonstrate insulin resistance similar to that seen in humans with type II diabetes. Dr. Montminy's team found that TRB3 acts as a negative modulator of Akt and that its expression is increased under fasting conditions. By binding to Akt, TRB3 prevents the enzy...

Link Between Migraines and Behavioral Disorders

...th ADD, CD and ODD, but this is the first study to demonstrate there could be a direct link between migraines and behavioral disorders. Researchers say parents should track the frequency of their children’s headaches to determine if behavioral problems could be linked to the episodes. They say children should b...

Leech Therapy for Osteoarthritis

...ess of the treatment. "While future studies might demonstrate consistent efficacy of leech therapy, the more exciting aspect of this work is the potential for the discovery of a novel analgesic agent that could be safely administered without the need for a leech bite," he writes....

Bone Marrow Cells Help Heart Attack Patients

... Heine University in Germany, says, "These results demonstrate for the first time that transplantation of a person’s own stem cells through direct intracoronary injection increased cardiac function, blood flow and metabolism in the damaged zone." Dr. Stauer concludes, "If a prospective, randomized, multi-center...

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