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

...larial drug hydroxychloroquine may help reduce the risk of patients with rheumatoid arthritis developing d...association between hydroxychloroquine therapy and risk of diabetes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. During the observation period, incident diagno...

Scientists Identify "master Switch" for Brown Fat in Mice

...ount of engineered precursors in people who are at risk for being obese. In theory, you would only have to reduce the accumulation of white fat by 1 percent or so to have an effect," said Dr. Spiegelman....

Researchers Develop First Mouse Model of Lung Transplantation

...ironment, and we think this exposure increases the risk of chronic rejection and the eventual failure of t...hers evaluate whether gastric reflux increases the risk of lung rejection. Additionally, the time between surgery to harvest a donor lung and transplant ...

Alternative Option for Type2 Diabetes Treatment

...ts, while DPP4 inhibitors had a slightly increased risk of infection (nasopharyngitis [inflammation of the... adequate pancreatic beta cell reserve, who are at risk of hypoglycemic sequelae and in need of weight loss may benefit from this new class. However, the...

Smokers may Develop Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

...on with smoking, this genetic variant represents a risk factor for COPD. Emphysema and chronic bronchiti...one of several genetic variants that influence the risk of a smoker developing COPD. About 25 percent of smokers develop the disease, suggesting that geneti...

Drinking More Milk may Lessen Type 2 Diabetes Risk

...m and vitamin D in the diet, could help lessen the risk of type 2 diabetes by nearly 15 percent. In the ...min D were linked to as high as 46 percent greater risk of type 2 diabetes. However, increasing vitamin D only would likely have little effect in healthy ad...

Daily Antibiotics may Not Prevent Future Urinary Tract Infections Risk in Kids

...it not help, but it may also end up increasing the risk that bacteria causing the infection might develop ... with severe vesicoureteral reflux had the highest risk of recurrent UTI. Receiving a daily dose of preventive antibiotics was not associated with a lowe...

Mild Stress During Pregnancy may Worsen Offspring's Risk of Cerebral Palsy

... finding that chronic mild stress may increase the risk that their offspring will develop cerebral palsy . Cerebral palsy is a group of neurological disorders marked by physical disability. Though the study was conducted on a mouse model, the researchers from Inserm, l'Institut national de la sante et...

Protein Interaction is a Drug Target for Blood Clot Prevention

...nt of future anti-thrombotic drugs, with a reduced risk of pathological bleeding....

Targeted Food Tax to Improve Health

...th. The syndrome has been linked to an increased risk of diabetes, coronary artery disease, and prematur...try into the study.These men had almost double the risk of coronary artery heart disease and four times the risk of diabetes of those without the syndrome. ...

Larger HIV Prevention Programs in India are Cheaper, Increase Efficiency

...ormation, education and communication initiatives, risk reduction programs for injection drug users and programs preventing transmission of HIV from mother to child. "We found that, on average, each doubling of scale of a prevention program reduced unit costs by a third. Although our analysis is broad-...

Canadian Cancer Society Calls for Ban on Asbestos

The persistent risk caused by exposure to asbestos has prompted the Ca...posure to asbestos has been linked to an increased risk of lung cancer, mesothelioma, asbestosis, laryngeal cancer, cancers of the gastrointestinal tract an...

Src Inhibitors in Breast Cancer Therapy

...ich binds estrogen receptor alpha (ER-alpha), is a risk factor for breast cancer development. However, one-third of new breast cancers lack detectable ER-alpha . These ER-alphanegative cancers are more aggressive and have a worse prognosis than do ER-alphapositive breast cancers, and have been thought t...

Steroid Drugs to Preterm Delivery Mothers may Cause Risk

...ng repeated courses of steroid drugs to mothers at risk of preterm delivery is based on sound evidence . ... making the same errors in subgroup analyses or we risk repeating the errors made in the conclusions of the original antenatal steroid trials....

EPA to Improve Nanotechnology

...untary basis with scientific information about the risk management practices now used by manufacturers of existing nanomaterials. Starting the Stewardship program will be a positive step toward filling in some of the information gaps facing the agency. But there should be an interplay between modifying ...

Wear Headgear While Playing Soccer

...ring this period, the results are significant: the risk of concussion was 2.65 times higher for players who were not protected. In fact, 52.8% of the adolescents who did not wear headgear reported being injured compared to only 26.9% of those who did. These results are indeed noteworthy, particularly si...

Genetic Variation in Some Smokers Increases Chances of Developing COPD

...on with smoking, this genetic variant represents a risk factor for COPD," said Alireza Sadeghnejad, M.D., ...one of several genetic variants that influence the risk of a smoker developing COPD. About 25 percent of smokers develop the disease, suggesting that geneti...

Too Much White Rice, Pasta and Bread may Increase Chances of AMD

...age for their gender and age-group were at greater risk of developing advanced AMD. The severity of AMD in...a high total amount of carbohydrate, increased the risk of developing early AMD," said first author Chung-Jung Chiu, DDS, PhD, scientist in the Laboratory f...

Trial of VivaGel in Sexually Active Young Women Commences

...ers. Women under the age of 25 are particularly at risk of infection. "We have already conducted clinical trials on the safety of VivaGel(TM) in sexually inactive women and men, but this is the first time the product will be used in sexually active young women, one of our target populations. This study,...

Southeast Missouri State Provides High-tech Protection Against Staph Infections

...orts facilities, surfaces and textiles against the risk of microbial contamination. SAS is made up of SportsAide, TurfAide(TM), FabricAide(TM) and SportsClean(TM). "Single celled microorganisms such as bacteria and mold need a few key things to survive- food, light and a comfortable place to live," said...

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(Date:12/1/2009)...en in Central and South America, study finds , ... 50 percent of intensive care unit patients worldw...f dying in the hospital, a new study finds. , R... (May 8, 2007) on 13,796 patients, aged 18 and old... 51 percent of patients were classified as infecte...
(Date:12/1/2009)...ecember 1, 2009)The Clinical Research Building (CR...dicine, has been honored for its sustainability co...ation, established by the U.S. Green Building Coun...on Institute (GBCI). LEED is the nation,s preemine...ion of green buildings., "Having a LEED certified...
(Date:12/1/2009)...GH VALLEY, Pa., Dec. 1 A...eted the previously announced sale of the assets o... under the Airthane® and Versathane® tra... of global polyurethane chemicals producer COIM Sp...anufacturing facility in Paulsboro, N.J. Terms of ...
(Date:12/1/2009)...Patient Safety Authority Encourages Older Persons ... New Consumer Tips Based Upon Authority Data ,... -- Ninety percent of all vaccine preventable deat...s in nursing homes, according to highlighted studi...2009 December Patient Safety Advisory . ,, Acc...
(Date:12/1/2009)...ents in California are unable to successfully obta...ospitals despite recent state legislation intended... study. , Posing as low-income uninsured patient...than one-third of the hospitals they approached an...an those allowed under California law, according t...
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(Date:12/1/2009)...e Georgia Institute of Technology has been awarded...anostructures for energy harvesting and adaptive m...l cognitive processes of the modern warfighter. ,...-enabled Inorganic/Organic Nanostructures and Impr...adimir Tsukruk and Kenneth Sandhage, professors in...
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