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Evidence for omega 3 fats less conclusive than we thought, say experts

...ga 3 fats, but suggest that the evidence should be reviewed regularly, say the researchers. Consumption of lo...uld continue at present but the evidence should be reviewed regularly, say the authors. However, it is probably not appropriate to recommend a high intake of om...

NIH launches comprehensive effort to explore cancer genomics

...lected in 2006. Applications and proposals will be reviewed by experts in the field, and awards will be based on merit and programmatic needs of The Cancer Genome Atlas Pilot Project. ...

Some good news for the world's poor

...tato. Dr. Hans Gregersen, the head of a panel that reviewed the research, described the study by Dr. Evenson and his huge team of researchers as a "milestone" and a "monumental effort." Dr. Evenson and his team found that the development of improved rice varieties between 1970 and 1995 had substantial impact...

Penicillin, amoxicillin: Step aside for strep throat treatment

...Agents and Chemotherapy in Washington, doctors who reviewed the treatment given to 11,426 children showed that even a short course of the newer drugs is more effective than the traditional 10-day dose of the older antibiotics. Pediatricians at the University of Rochester Medical Center found that 25 percent ...

Researchers know what you were about to say; fMRI used to detect memory storage and retrieval

...er they could remember them. As the research team reviewed the data, they could see how the portions of the brain that stored memories of faces, for example, would activate several seconds before the participant began to name the celebrities. According to Polyn, objects, faces and locations are all stored d...

Many smokers fail to quit after cancer diagnosis

... D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, researchers reviewed the scientific literature to provide a comprehensive overview of smoking cessation and cancer, in particular, guidelines and evidence-based treatment for smoking addiction. They found that the literature provides ample evidence that patients who qui...

Researchers find Amchitka seafood safe for now

...on that for a decade has independently studied and reviewed risk issues associated with the cleanup and long-t...heir laboratories have, for ten years, studied and reviewed risk issues associated with the cleanup and long-term stewardship of legacy wastes at sites involved...

Most embryos produced during IVF do not result in live births

...August issue of Fertility and Sterility, the study reviewed seven years of U.S. statistics from all the fertility clinics that report data on reproductive techniques. Director of the Yale Fertility Center, Pasquale Patrizio, M.D., professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Scienc...

New results validating Pall prion reduction filter disclosed at ISBT Congress

...risk of vCJD transmission by blood transfusion. He reviewed the role of new technologies to reduce the risk of...ies, no solutions are likely in the short-term. He reviewed the complexity of developing accurate and reliable tests that would meet the required criteria inclu...

Possible treatment found for 'chemobrain'

...mmendations of the coordinating committee are then reviewed and approved by NHGRI’s advisory council, which in turn forwards its recommendations regarding sequencing strategy to NHGRI leadership. The genomes of a number of organisms have been or are being sequenced by the large-scale sequencing capacity deve...

NHGRI Selects 13 More Organisms for Genome Sequencing

...mmendations of the coordinating committee are then reviewed and approved by NHGRI’s advisory council, which in turn forwards its recommendations regarding sequencing strategy to NHGRI leadership. The genomes of a number of organisms have been or are being sequenced by the large-scale sequencing capacity deve...

Menopause Symptoms May Come Back After Stopping Menopausal Hormone Therapy

...feeding or to decrease breast cancer risk. Warren reviewed the literature on herbal supplements and breast cancer risk for his report, which was reviewed by two international experts in the field as well as the five scientists on the BCERF staff. "Just ...

Women cautioned against using herbal supplements

...feeding or to decrease breast cancer risk. Warren reviewed the literature on herbal supplements and breast cancer risk for his report, which was reviewed by two international experts in the field as well as the five scientists on the BCERF staff. "Just ...

Research suggests fitness of Florida panthers improved by limited breeding with Texas animals

...ke Charitable Foundation. The authors extensively reviewed the locations and movements of both purebred and hybrid panthers that researchers had tracked by radio. In 1995, separate pairs of Texas female panthers fitted with radio collars were released in each of the four sections of South Florida where Flo...

Investigating 'brain shrinkage' in alcoholics

...edical Research on Alcoholism in Mannheim, Germany reviewed what is known about the causes, consequences and clinical implications of alcohol-related brain shrinkage. Proceedings are published in the June issue of Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research. "The outer layer of brain, also called the ce...

Hepatitis C responds best to combo of ribavirin and interferon, study concludes

...ctually had a sustained response. The researchers reviewed 72 randomized trials and 9,991 patients who had chronic hepatitis C for more than six months and were previously untreated, who had relapsed after treatment or who had not responded to other treatment. The review appears in the current issue of The ...

Doctors should stop prescribing antibiotics for the common cold, review advises

...lity of existing medical trials on a topic. Arroll reviewed 12 trials that included more than 1,900 patients with symptoms lasting for seven days or less or with colds that included runny noses with colored discharge for 10 days or less. The patients had been given either antibiotics or placebo. "People recei...

Fragile US vaccine system needs improvement despite dramatic gains in health over past century

...illion to $802 million, and five vaccines recently reviewed by the National Vaccine Advisory Committee took from two to twenty-one years from Phase I clinical trials to licensing. Safety concerns, such as the problem with the rotavirus vaccine in 1998 as well as unfounded and unproven concerns about other va...

Does vitamin C help prevent or treat the common cold? Maybe not, after all.

...rri Hemilä of the University of Helsinki, Finland, reviewed the best quality studies on vitamin C and the common cold done over the last 65 years. All of these studies compared a daily dose of 200mg of vitamin C or more against a dummy pill (placebo). Did vitamin C given for prevention reduce the risk of pic...

Hopkins AIDS experts issue warning about global efforts to provide drug therapies

...s medical historian Laura McGough, Ph.D., the team reviewed four major developments in medicine that shared the issues confronting distribution of antiretroviral therapies. The first two pivotal events were advances to treat if not cure then-fatal diseases: the discovery of insulin for diabetes in 1922 and t...

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