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PET Imaging Identifies Aggressive Kidney Cancers That Require Surgery

...osed with kidney cancer.// A newly published study demonstrates that imaging with Positron Emission Tomography (PET) using a radiolabeled antibody accurately identifies whether a patient has clear cell renal carcinoma – the most common and aggressive type of renal tumor – and arms the urologist with crucial infor...

Stem Cell Finding Could Help Reduce Transplant Rejection

...f stem cells from the lungs of transplant patients demonstrates for the first time that these progenitor cells //reside in adult organs and are not derived from bone marrow, which leads to the possibility that the cells may be able to help with the rejection of donated organs and with various kinds of lung diseas...

Zinc Supplements Enhance Immunity in Children

...ld deaths worldwide each year. “This large trial demonstrates that the benefits of zinc supplementation include mortality reduction in addition to the reduction in cases of pneumonia, diarrhea and malaria that we found in previous trials,” said Robert Black, MD, the study’s senior author and professor and chair...

Gene Variants Linked to Preterm Birth in Hispanic Women

...etween January 1989 and June 2005. "Our analysis demonstrates that, in an Hispanic population, mothers who carried any one of four polymorphisms were significantly more likely to have a spontaneous preterm birth," said Norwitz. The four polymorphisms included CYP2C9S144, IL6S174, CCR5S1 and ENPP1S121. The ris...

Low-dose Aspirin Beats High-dose After Cardiac Surgery

...f aspirin and other maintenance therapies, and one demonstrates that lower doses of therapies may prove to be just as beneficial while also lowering side effects. "Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death today, and the major focus of research is to find better ways to help these patients through p...

Role of Lifestyle Choices in Heart Risks

..., Mich. "The research presented here today further demonstrates how researchers are beginning to understand the links between cardiovascular diseases and changes in lifestyle, including quitting smoking, geographic location, diet and weight, and other related factors." Flavonoids, a group of antioxidant compoun...

Stem Cells to Treat Liver Cancer

...an patients who received PVE only. “Our research demonstrates that stem cells are a powerful adjunct to PVE for patients undergoing surgical resection,” said Jan Schulte am Esch, M.D., co-author and surgery staff member. “Based on our results, we also believe that adult stem cell administration may be a promisi...

Stem Cells Speed Growth of Healthy Liver Tissue

...an patients who received PVE only. “Our research demonstrates that stem cells are a powerful adjunct to PVE for patients undergoing surgical resection,” said Jan Schulte am Esch, M.D., co-author and surgery staff member. “Based on our results, we also believe that adult stem cell administration may be a promisi...

Figures on Substance Abuse in School Going Teens Released

...s revealed some very encouraging results. "This demonstrates that our policies are having a real impact in terms of tackling substance misuse amongst young people. "Despite these promising figures, we are not complacent - just one young person smoking or misusing alcohol or drugs is one too many." Flint add...

Family Members Most Often Source of Whooping Cough in Infants

...percent). “Ongoing research, such as this study, demonstrates that adolescents and adults can transmit pertussis to infants,” Van Rie said. "Pertussis immunization of adolescents and adults, especially those in contact with young infants would not only protect themselves form pertussis, but would also protect y...

New Placenta Screening for High-risk Pregnancies

... related to abnormal placental function. This data demonstrates that the placenta screening tests can provide a good indication of which women may experience complications during pregnancy. “This is an important first step in identifying placental abnormalities in early pregnancy, at a time when a number of i...

Super Bug Turns Super Killer

...ersity of Edinburgh, has provided statistics which demonstrates the increase in cases of C difficile, up by 5.5 per cent annually; in contrast, MRSA cases had dropped by 4.3 per cent. Nearly 50,000 patients above the age of 65 suffered C difficile infection in hospitals in England in 2006 and 7000 patients suffer...

Junk Food Ad Overkill Shows Urgent Ban Needed

...grams promotes junk food. 'This startling study demonstrates that junk food manufacturers focus their advertising efforts on vulnerable children and young people,' Dr Haikerwal said. 'Children are unsophisticated consumers of media – there’s a very real danger that exposing them to a high volume of junk foo...

HRT Increases Incidence and Deaths from Ovarian Cancer

...s study, along with our previous research, clearly demonstrates the cancer risks of taking HRT." Previous results from the Million Women Study have linked the use of HRT with breast and endometrial cancer (cancer of the womb lining). Combined with ovarian cancer, these three diseases account for almost 40 per c...

‘For-profit Dialysis Centers’ in the Spotlight Over Anti-anemia Drug Overdoe

...n the Journal of the American Medical Association, demonstrates how over dosing patients with anti-anemia drugs could endanger their lives. Abnormally high hemoglobin increases the risk of heart attacks, strokes and blood clots. Healthy kidneys secrete a hormone called erythropoietin which is the catalyst behind...

To Understand the Big Picture, Give It Time -- and Sleep

... the big picture is quite another. Now a new study demonstrates that// relational memory -- the ability to make logical "big picture" inferences from disparate pieces of information – is dependent on taking a break from studies and learning, and even more important, getting a good night's sleep. Led by research...

Vaccine for Pancreatic Cancer Halts Progression of Disease in Some Patients

... cells and attack them. Our study, although small, demonstrates that this strategy can be used with some success in pancreatic cancer patients by slowing down, or even stopping, the progression of cancer." The Pitt team created a therapeutic vaccine for pancreatic cancer made up of a synthetic version of MUC1 ...

Inhaled Insulin Study Moves Ahead

...pe 2007 Conference in Paris, France. The study demonstrates that the insulin powder can be effectively administered to the deep lung using an off-the-shelf dry powder inhaler designed for upper airway drug delivery. A total of 30 subjects participated in the randomized, two-way crossover study conducted in Ge...

Antioxidants May Aid Chemotherapy Patients

...king abilities of the chemotherapy. “This review demonstrates that there is no scientific support for the blanket objection to using antioxidants during chemotherapy. In addition, it also appears that these supplements may help mitigate the side effects of chemotherapy,” said Keith I. Block, MD, lead author of ...

Men and Women Change Attitudes to Sex When in an Intimate Relationship

...e relationship. The University of Florida study demonstrates that men are under a lot of pressure to have sex with a number of different partners, and women are regarded as porters of sexuality, but this conventional notion vanishes once both the genders bond in a romantic relationship. Men experience a lot ...

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