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Regular Exercise may Slightly Increase HDL Levels

...high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death worldwide, according to background information in the article. There is strong evidence that individuals who are more physically active have higher HDL-C levels. 'Thus, the value of...

Masimo SET Pulse Oximetry Technology Significantly Reduce the Risk of ROP

... Low Perfusion pulse oximetry, reported that a new independent study presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies' (PAS) Annual Meeting in Toronto, Canada earlier this month showed that switching to Masimo SET pulse oximetry technology can reduce the risk of extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants developin...

Anti-obesity Drugs Claimed Additional Benefits on cardiometabolic Risk Factors Questioned

...nabant on HDL, triglycerides and HBA1c were partly independent of weight loss. However, it is not proven that any independent effect is wholly or partially attributable to rimonabant. The article suggests that these observed...

Older Motorists Improve Driving Performance With Physical Conditioning

...rformance, potentially leading to a safer and more independent quality of life. As the number of older drivers increases, concern about the safety implications have been raised and was a motivator for the study. Flexibility, coordination and speed of movement have been linked with older drivers on road perform...

Americans Optimistic About the War on Cancer

...cer treatment. During the meeting, scientists from independent academic institutions and Abbott will present data on several of Abbott's investigational anti-cancer compounds including a PARP inhibitor (ABT-888) that seeks to enhance the effectiveness of common cancer therapies, a multi-targeted kinase inhibitor...

New Drug to Help Kick Smoking Habit Cleared in UK

... Nice said: Having looked at all the evidence, our independent committee has concluded that varenicline appears t...Nice said: "Having looked at all the evidence, our independent committee has concluded that varenicline appears to be a good way to help people who want to quit sm...

Nexavar Significantly Extends Survival of Liver Cancer Patients

...yx halted the SHARP trial in February 2007 when an independent data monitoring committee determined in a pre-scheduled analysis that the overall survival endpoint had been met. There were no significant differences in serious adverse event rates between the Nexavar and placebo-treated groups, with the most com...

Researchers Identify Genetic Mutations for Hereditary Diffuse Gastric Cancer

...r. It states that these mutations are due to both independent mutational events and common ancestry. The study h...1 gene and whether these mutations occurred due to independent mutational events or common ancestry. The study included 38 families diagnosed clinically with HDG...

Brain Tumor Patients Survival Depends on Predicting Treatment Responses Earlier

...prior drug treatmentsFLT-PET was the most powerful independent predictor of survival," she said. The drug bevacizumab is an antiangiogenic agent, which inhibits the development of blood vessels that supply blood and oxygen that contribute to a tumor's growth, said Chen. "Until this study, there were no reliabl...

Wheat Germ Extract Inhibits Breast Cancer in Study

...rent from that of the anti- estrogen drugs, and is independent of a breast tumor's estrogen receptor status. Avemar's efficacy against both ER+ and ER- tumor types suggests the compound's mechanisms of action against breast cancer may be those that inhibited tumor growth in other cancers, including lung, pancr...

Clinical Outcomes of Nonsmall Cell Lung Cancer Patients can Be Classified by New Algorithms

... outcomes then tested it on pretreatment serum for independent validation and control groups. Patients who were p... who will benefit from an intervention from those independent of the planned intervention. Biomarkers predictive for survival benefit from an intervention are muc...

Metabolic Syndrome may Be Associated With Heart Function

...rome, regardless of symptoms. This association was independent of the 10-year predicted risk of coronary heart disease by Framingham risk score for indirect indices of diastolic dysfunction, but not systolic dysfunction. Unlike in previous studies, the association between metabolic syndrome and heart disease fo...

Fate of France's Cheeses in Doubt as Producers Cite Health Risks

...d Roger. Half a century ago there were scores of independent dairies across the Normandy region of northwest France making 'lait cru' Camembert, but now the number has dwindled to just five -- as Lactalis has steadily bought up nearly all the small family-run operations. In 2006 Lactalis produced 8,000 tonne...

Brain Swelling Halts Conjoined Twin Surgery

...ed wire coils into brains' blood vessels to create independent circulation for each child. The girls share the same circulatory system, so that any medication administered to one affects the other. Doctors feared that as the girls grew, the risk of one getting sick could endanger both of their lives. "There is a...

Sleep-related Breathing Disorder may Affect Premature Infants

...oring and an SRBD have a lower current body weight independent of age. "These findings may allow clinicians to focus on early assessment and intervention for prematurely-born children, reducing their negative developmental consequences," said Montgomery-Downs. Childhood SRBD, a condition associated with snor...

DNA Link to a Lost Colony

...he Lost Colony Center for Science and Research, an independent group based in Washington, N.C., that is trying to figure out what happened to the colony. It was established 20 years before Jamestown, America's first permanent English settlement. "I don't know what we'll find in the end," Estes told the Virgini...

Govt Sees Off Casino Challenge

... the country's first Las Vegas-style casino. The independent panel also set out plans for eight "large" and eight "small" casinos in various other towns and cities around the country. However in March, the House of Lord's rejected the government's plans by a narrow majority, forcing ministers back to the drawi...

Australian TV Channel to Study Breast Cancer Incidence in Its Women Staff

...followed the release today of a final report by an independent panel of experts into the high rate of breast canc... the Cancer Council would do the new study. The independent panel's report released today found there was a "real increase in the risk of breast cancer in women...

Boffins Find Link Between Common Sleep Disorder and Hypertension

...yet, PLMs were associated with hypertension status independent of these two factors. David Rye, MD, PhD, professor of neurology at Emory University School of Medicine, director of the Emory Program in Sleep and lead author of the study, says the association between RLS and increased risk for high blood pressur...

New Study Reinforces Aspirins Effectiveness Against Heart Disease

...g other pathways that promote platelet activation, independent of COX-1. Further research is now under way to better understand these additional pathways that may cause clotting in patients in an effort to continue to improve patient outcomes, Gurbel said. The findings of the study were published in the June i...

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