When a pregnant woman goes into early labor, her obstetrician may give her drugs to quiet the woman’s uterus and prevent premature birth.
New research shows, however, that one popular drug works no better than a placebo at maintaining pregnancy after the initial bout of preterm labor is halted, say scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine, Lucile Read the rest of this entry »
For older adults who have lived through the Great Depression, news stories comparing present circumstances to the harsh realities of food lines, few jobs, and extreme poverty of the 1930’s may be panic-producing. Add that to the fact that an economic crisis disproportionately affects older adults who need access to retirement funds, and it’s not surprising that seniors are feeling anxious.
Saint Louis University psychiatrist George Grossberg, Read the rest of this entry »
Just under a hundred NPA members are now offering the NPA and Allergy UK Allergy Screening Service. Buy generic acomplia The service which has been recently remodelled to include a "pin prick" test as well as a screen was the subject of radio interviews conducted by regional and local stations across England last week. NPA members Read the rest of this entry »
Nanofiltered C1 inhibitor concentrate (C1INH-nf, CinryzeR) is an effective and safe treatment for all types of acute hereditary angioedema (HAE) attacks, according to results released here at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (ACAAI).
Bruce Zuraw, MD, with the University of California at San Diego, and colleagues elsewhere, presented data from a study of 82 patients in whom a total of 447 HAE attacks were treated Read the rest of this entry »
Depression is common among individuals on dialysis for kidney disease, but behavioral therapy can significantly improve their quality of life, according to a paper presented at the American Society of Nephrology’s 41st Annual Meeting and Scientific Exposition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Many patients with kidney disease must sit through hemodialysis - the Read the rest of this entry »
"Unintended Effects of Emphasizing Disparities in Cancer Communication to African-Americans," Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention: For the study, researcher Robert Nicholson, an assistant professor in the Department of Neurology and Psychiatry at the St. Louis University School of Public Health, and colleagues surveyed 300 black adults who were asked to state their likelihood of Read the rest of this entry »
02 Jan 2009
The suicide rate in older women of South Asian origin is increasing, according to new research published in the November issue of the British Journal of Psychiatry.
Suicide rates among those over the age of 65 are now double that of other women living in England and Wales. The psychiatrists who carried out the study describe the finding as "a matter of concern" and call for further research into the reasons underlying the trend.
The researchers Read the rest of this entry »
Danes are willing to pay more for genetic testing when treating depression than the cost of the testing itself, implying that genetic testing is socially useful.
Based on a survey among Danes the study estimates the supposed willingness-to-pay for genetic testing as part of the treatment of depression.
Pharmacogenetic testing conducted with a simple test with life-time valid results Read the rest of this entry »
Scientists know that different normal and diseased tissues behave differently. But a method that tells them just how they do so may one day give medical science a new way to fight obesity, hypertension, diabetes and other dangerous disorders of the metabolism.
Until now, scientists had to rely on basic observations at the cellular level, since they lacked information about the metabolic processes Read the rest of this entry »
If you’re one of the millions of Americans who suffer from allergies,* this story is for you. Scientists have determined that when it comes to allergies, it’s not just things like pets or pollen that are making you miserable- it might also be your job or your relationship. A new study is proving Read the rest of this entry »
01 Jan 2009
EPA has notified 25 governors and 23 tribal leaders that certain areas in their states and tribal lands do not meet the agency’s daily standards for fine particle pollution, also known as PM 2.5.
"These designations are an important step in our steady march toward cleaner air," said EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson. "We will continue working with our state and tribal partners to meet these air quality standards."
EPA Read the rest of this entry »
Take a kidney out of the body and it still knows how to filter toxins from the blood.
But all bets are off in the face of high blood pressure.
"How does the kidney know how to do it and why does it break in hypertension?" says Dr. Edward W. Inscho, physiologist in the Medical College of Georgia Schools of Medicine and Graduate Studies.
The kidneys filter about 200 Read the rest of this entry »
An audio relaxation program lowered blood pressure more than a Mozart sonata in a group of elderly people with high blood pressure, researchers reported at the American Heart Association’s 62nd Annual Fall Conference of the Council for High Blood Pressure Research.
In a study of 41 elderly participants Read the rest of this entry »
As children head back to the classroom, Health Canada is reminding parents of the importance of allergy awareness when packing lunches for their children. Severe allergic reactions can occur quickly and without warning, and some foods can be life-threatening to allergic children.
As Read the rest of this entry »
1. Intermittent HIV Treatment Increases Risk for HIV-Related Infections and Death Even After Resuming Continuous Treatment
A recent trial showed that continuous treatment of HIV infection is better than stopping treatment when the patient’s immune status is good and restarting it when immune status deteriorates (interrupted treatment). At the end of this trial, patients assigned to intermittent treatment were begun on Read the rest of this entry »
Researchers examined the levels of post traumatic stress reactivity (PTSR) of over 20,000 adult tsunami survivors by analyzing survey data from coastal Aceh and North Sumatra, Indonesia. The findings are from the first wave of a long-term prospective longitudinal Read the rest of this entry »
Earthquakes have aftershocks - not just the geological kind but the mental kind as well. Just like veterans of war, earthquake survivors can experience post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and anxiety.
In 1988, a massive earthquake in Armenia killed 17,000 people and destroyed nearly half the town of Gumri. Now, in the first multigenerational study of its kind, UCLA researchers studying Read the rest of this entry »
28 Dec 2008
More than half of people diagnosed with high blood pressure do not have it under control and many more go undiagnosed, according to research carried out at the University of Warwick.
Professor Franco Cappuccio from Warwick Medical School at the University of Warwick led the only UK team to participate in a European study examining awareness, treatment Read the rest of this entry »
A study released by researchers at the Columbia Center for Children’s Environmental Health (CCCEH) at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health shows that developing antibodies to cockroach and mouse proteins is associated with a greater risk for wheeze, hay fever, and eczema in preschool urban children as young as three years of age. The study, published in the November 2008 issue of the Journal Read the rest of this entry »
An international research team, with scientists from the University of Saskatchewan, has discovered that a gas produced in blood vessels regulates and lowers blood pressure.
The team’s findings, based on research in mice, may one day be used to design drug therapies for controlling high blood pressure in humans.
In a study published in Science, the U of S research team and colleagues from Lakehead University and Johns Read the rest of this entry »
Earthquakes have aftershocks not just the geological kind but the mental kind as well. Just like veterans of war, earthquake survivors can experience post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and anxiety.
In 1988, a massive earthquake in Armenia killed 17,000 people and destroyed nearly half the town of Gumri. Now, in the first multigenerational study Read the rest of this entry »
Repeated miscarriages and hormone treatment for infertility give an increased risk of pre-eclampsia among pregnant women. This comes from a new study from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. More than 20 000 first-time mothers from the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa) were included in the study.
First-time mothers who had not miscarried or had problems getting pregnant had a 5.2 % risk of Read the rest of this entry »
Adding another reason for people to watch their blood pressure, a new study from North Carolina State University shows that increased blood pressure in older adults is directly related to decreased cognitive functioning, particularly among seniors with already high blood pressure. This means that stressful situations may make it more difficult Read the rest of this entry »
The incidence of strokes among diabetics in Northern Sweden declined between 1985 and 2003, according to a population-based study published in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.
Researchers also found that survival rates improved leading to a rapid decline in the number of fatal events among diabetic people.
"Prior research has suggested that the trend in strokes was increasing, but our study shows declining incidence Read the rest of this entry »
Research conducted by a team in Switzerland suggests that a family of genes involved in regulating the expression of other genes in the brain is responsible for helping us deal with external inputs such as stress. Their results, appearing in the December 11 advance online version of the journal Neuron, may also give a clue to why some people are more susceptible Read the rest of this entry »