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Smoking Linked to Lower Parkinson's Disease Risk

...develop Parkinson's disease," they conclude. The report appears in the July issue of Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals....

FDA Says Tomatoes Unlikely to Cut Cancer Risk

...t, cervical or endometrial cancer." However, the report did point to "very limited evidence for associations between tomato consumption and reduced risk of prostate, ovarian, gastric and pancreatic cancers." Edward Giovannucci of the Harvard School of Public Health said in an accompanying editorial that...

Visual Impairment Linked to Greater Mortality Risk

...e impact of visual impairment," they added. The report is published in the July issue of Archives of Ophthalmology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals....

Parkinson's Targets Two Distinct Brain Networks, Finds Study

...ollow these Parkinson's network over time. The new report appears in an online version in the journal Brain, and will be published soon in a print version. Dr. Eidelberg said that the new precise technology, to diagnose the two brain networks, could be used to measure the degenerative disease process and ...

Ice Bath by Sports Star Questioned

... finishes off the endurance test, and many clearly report that it makes them feel better."...

Folicacid Fortification Very Beneficial

... cancer were diagnosed in men and women increased, report researchers at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition...ed to the increase in colorectal cancer rates. Our report is intended to create a foundation upon which to further explore that possibility. As Mason and co...

Americas Best Hospital Reduced Heart Attack Rates

...admitted to a non-ranked hospital , according to a report in the July 9 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Using a methodology that is similar to the recently released mortality measures that are publicly reported by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (C...

Clinicians Ordering Inappropriate Prostate Screenings

According to a report in the July 9 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals , Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) tests to screen for prostate cancer are frequently performed among patients for whom the PSA test is not shown to be beneficial,...

Eco-architecture Takes Root in Thailand, but Growth is Slow

...ld improve life for millions of people. A recent report by the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said that eco-friendly buildings cut greenhouse gas emissions and reduce death and illness caused by poor air quality, especially in the developing world. Some property developers are catching o...

Early Parkinsons Show Hallucination,sleepiness

...f Neurology , People with early Parkinsons disease report a higher than anticipated development or worsening of hallucinations, sleepiness, and swelling. By identifying risk factors, it may help guide treatment decisions, allow for early intervention and possibly reduce disability, said study author Kevin...

Indian Minister Laments Country's Lack of Sex Education

... plan to introduce sex education from next year, a report said . "In our country, we do sex. But we don't ...ge on sex education, according to a Times of India report earlier this year. "We have recommended to make it a mandatory subject to be taught twice a week,"...

HIV Prevention Programs on a Massive Scale Turn Out Economical

...of the program was much enhanced. With the recent report from the Global HIV Prevention Working Group urging that funding for proven prevention programming double over the next three years, leading to billions of dollars in spending, we show that this additional funding could not only increase capacity but...

Anti-malarial Drug may Help Reduce Risk of Diabetes in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

...hose who had never taken hydroxychloroquine. "We report herein the first evidence, to our knowledge, suggesting that use of hydroxychloroquine is associated with a reduced risk of developing diabetes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Moreover, risk reduction increased with duration of hydroxychloroqu...

Urine is a Rich Source of Phosphorus

...on, according to the background information in the report published in the journal. Mitchell insists that the Government has failed to address the issue of recycling urine because of a "poo taboo". She will call for a "revolution in sanitation" across Australia when she gives a public lecture at the un...

Newborn Screening Tests for Babies

... disorders. The March of Dimes endorsed the 2004 report of the American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG) that calls for every baby born in the U.S. to be screened for 29 genetic or functional disorders. If diagnosed early, all of these devastating conditions can be successfully managed or treated to pre...

Insulin Sensitizer- Energy Conserving Signal to Brain

...al nervous system, he added. The researchers now report evidence in mice that adiponectin receptors are present in the hypothalamic region of the brain and that some forms of the chemical enter the cerebrospinal fluid from the blood. Once in the brain, adiponectin enhances the activity of a metabolic enzy...

Cell Toxin Inhibits Survival Protein in Cancer Cells

...ientists at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center report that a modified version of antimycin called 2-Methoxy antimycin is selective in killing cells that have high levels of Bcl-2 and Bcl-xL proteins. The over expression of these proteins in many types of cancer cells correlates with resistance to chem...

Tumor Blood Flow can Improve Chemotherapy

...o penetrate the tumor and kill the cancer cells. A report on this work appears in the current issue of Clinical Cancer Research. Results of the current study are especially important because drugs such as bevacizumab are being evaluated in clinical trials for children with neuroblastoma. However, there ar...

Survey Shows Emergency Services Of British Hospitals Doing A Good Job

...ore survivors for every 1,000 heart attacks. The report states other facts such as that more patients are receiving emergency treatment within 60 minutes of suffering a heart attack, though there still exists a variation between hospitals. In England, 64 percent of patients were given "clot-busting" drugs...

A New Monoclonal Antibody Kills Cancer Cells

...om the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine report a significant new advance in the search for an effective treatment for human liver cancer in the July issue of Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. Using a newly available monoclonal antibody, they demonstrated significant reductions in tumor cell proli...

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