Eating plenty of holiday sweets may satisfy that "sweet tooth," in your mouth but cause it to decay, too, according to an American Dental Association consumer advisor
The results of a national survey indicate that people are more concerned about mistakes happening when they are in the hands of the health care system than when they are flying on an airplane. This and other survey results are now available from the Kaiser Family Foundation.
In a study conducted using animal mice models, Mayo Clinic researchers have discovered that a modified antioxidant enzyme significantly delayed the onset and increased the survival of mice affected with familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease).
Aggressive surgical removal of second lung cancers resulted in 5- and 10-year survival rates of 33% and 10%, respectively, among a series of 37 patients. (CHEST, 12-00)
Prolonged use of a breathing tube in patients who have had coronary artery bypass graft surgery is associated with both increased mortality and morbidity. (CHEST, 12-00)
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded $15.1 million to an international consortium, led by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, to develop new drugs to fight African sleeping sickness and leishmaniasis -- diseases killing millions in developing nations.
Medical College of Wisconsin researchers have discovered an area on the human chromosome-3 that may hold the key to understanding the genetic basis for obesity and its related health problems of diabetes, high blood pressure and coronary heart disease. (Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 12-19-00)
On Nov. 2, 2000, a husband and wife from Orange County, CA, each underwent four-hour operations at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. The purpose of the twin-surgeries was to reclaim the life of the husband, Tom Stich, 56.
The State of Michigan Life Sciences Corridor has awarded the first grants from tobacco settlement revenue to support life sciences research and economic development throughout the state. University of Michigan awards totaled $47.8M.
Having a supportive friend with you during a stressful event may not always be good for your health. Research showed that women who had a friend present when they gave a stressful speech showed larger increases in cholesterol than did women who spoke without a friend. (International Journal of Behavioral Medicine)
Venlafaxine, one of the newer antidepressant drugs, alleviates hot flashes in about 60 percent of breast cancer survivors and other women with postmenopausal symptoms, according to a new study conducted by the North Central Cancer Treatment Group, a clinical trials cooperative group based at Mayo Clinic. (The Lancet, 12-16-00)
Older adults who feel they have control over roles they value live longer than those who don't, according to a new study. (Psychology and Aging, 12-00)
Two new meta-analytic studies show that anxiety has increased substantially since the 1950's. In fact, the studies find that anxiety has increased so much that typical schoolchildren in 1980's reported more anxiety than child psychiatric patients did during the 1950's. (Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 12-00)
A chemical derived from soybeans has been found to shrink abnormal growths that lead to oral cancer, a UC Irvine College of Medicine clinical study has found. (Clinical Cancer Research, 12-00)
Researchers at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center have shown in laboratory studies that a molecule found in the human body can halt the growth of the AIDS virus. (Federation of the American Societies of Experimental Biology Journal, 1-1-01)
A Mayo Clinic study has found that a less radical surgical procedure that removes only the tumor for treatment of kidney cancer results in equivalent long-term survival when compared to its more radical alternative, removal of the entire kidney, and is less likely to result in renal failure in the second kidney. (Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 12-00)
A service project led by a psychologist now with University of Iowa Health Care is providing insight into how counseling helps inner-city youth better deal with bereavement associated with violence and how other interventions might help reduce the violence altogether. (J. of Community Psychology, 11-00)
Gonorrhea rates increased between 1997 and 1999, while syphilis rates continued to decline, according to a recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
A Mayo Clinic study provides new evidence that estrogen is dominant in the regulation of bone resorption in elderly men. Based on the study conclusions, men also need to be concerned about the long-term effects of bone loss, or osteoporosis. (J. of Clinical Investigation, 12-00)
A major study of patients who were hospitalized because of life-threatening blood clots after hip replacement surgery report that pneumatic compression--external devices that massage and compress the legs--can dramatically lower the risk rehospitalization but it is only effective in average-weight patients. (NEJM, 12-14-00)
Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center may have identified the cause of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), a gastrointestinal condition that afflicts about 20 percent of the adult population and is diagnosed in twice as many women as men. (The American Journal of Gastroenterology, 12-00)
In the early days of Hollywood, the movies portrayed it seductively: the couple smoking together, enjoying a romantic interlude. Today, some couples find it extremely difficult to break that bond despite overwhelming medical evidence that smoking kills.
The Sequella Global TB Foundation announced the first recipients of the inaugural series of VIP grants designed to fund high risk/high reward research that could lead to successful new vaccines against tuberculosis.
Based on their recently completed survey of high school athletes, Mayo Clinic doctors are recommending a large-scale study on the use and long-term effects of creatine, a supplement used by athletes who believe it enhances athletic performance. (Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 12-00)
Understanding why a terminally-ill patient wishes to die has become a focus for improving end of life care as well as a crucial part of the physician-assisted suicide debate.
New research appearing in the December 13 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, finds that an innovative model for home health care used at U.S. Department Veterans Affairs medical centers yields more satisfaction for patients and family caregivers, than private-sector home care.
An innovative Veteran's Affair's home health care model provides patients and their caregivers with higher health-related quality of life and satisfaction with care than does private-sector home care, according to a study jointly conducted by researchers from the UIC, the VA and Northwestern University.
A new study by researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) provides new information about how HIV-associated dementia develops in patients infected with HIV. (Journal of Virology, 10-00)
A cellular signaling system that responds to THC, the active substance in marijuana, as well as to anandamide, a cannabinoid-like molecule normally produced in the body, may regulate sperm functions required for fertilization in humans, a study headed by scientists from the University at Buffalo has found.
People at risk for heart disease shouldn't wait for results from big clinical trials of homocysteine-lowering nutrients before having their levels tested and taking more folic acid and vitamin B12 to cut homocysteine levels and heart risk, a new cost-benefit study finds. (Archives of Internal Medicine, 12-11-00)
Scuba diving has no long-term effects on the brain, according to a study in the December 12 issue of Neurology, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
Mouse allergen, in the form of mouse urine or dander, is widely distributed in the inner city and may be a significant contributing factor to the childhood asthma epidemic in urban areas, according to two studies by Johns Hopkins researchers. (Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 12-00)
People diagnosed with first-episode schizophrenia may fare much better when treated with newer anti-psychotic drugs than with traditional medications that were first introduced over forty years ago.
An estimated 35 million Americans are plagued with sinusitis every year. Sinusitis, an inflammation or infection of the sinuses, can start out like a cold, with a scratchy throat, stuffy nose and cough, but it may last longer and be impervious to over-the-counter remedies.
Berlex Laboratories, Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Schering AG, Germany, announced that the U.S. FDA approved MIRENA (tm) (levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system), a contraceptive that is as effective in preventing pregnancy as tubal ligation (better than 99 percent) and lasts for five years or until removed.
Consider the odds: Ten to 15 percent of people with colon cancer have a family history of the disease. If someone in your family has diabetes or high blood pressure, you are at greater risk for those health problems. But does a family history of a disease mean you are doomed to get it yourself?
Nearly everyone knows that exercise has numerous health benefits for people of all ages and physical conditions. But for one group in particular, people with arthritis, exercise is crucial. Sound strange? After all, arthritis can cause extreme pain and stiffness. Who can exercise in that condition?
The University of Colorado community and the public will celebrate the grand opening of the Anschutz Centers for Advanced Medicine. This the first new building of the new University of Colorado Health Sciences Center campus at Fitzsimons.
Three standard drug treatments for high blood pressure - ACE inhibitors, beta blockers and diuretics - are significantly more effective than the newer, widely prescribed calcium channel blockers at preventing heart attacks and heart failure. (Lancet, 11-00)
Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham are testing a new HIV vaccine to determine if it is safe and whether it induces an immune response in the body.
Clinical data was presented this week at the 42nd annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology on the use of THALOMID (thalidomide) to treat the bone marrow disorder myelodysplastic syndromes.
An operation developed at Johns Hopkins to halt blinding retinal damage from age-related macular degeneration improved vision in nearly half of the first 100 patients treated, according to a recent report in the American Journal of Ophthalmology.
Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced the presentation of preclinical and clinical study results demonstrating that an investigational proteasome inhibitor, LDP-341(formerly PS-341), the first in a new class of anti-cancer agents, is active against multiple myeloma.
Researchers from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School presented data results of Hematology on laboratory studies evaluating the activity of Celgene's IMiDs on multiple myeloma cells. The five abstracts presented suggest that IMiDs may be beneficial in the treatment of multiple myeloma.
In the first study of its kind to include "baby boomers" in its results, researchers predicted demand for medical services provided by critical care and pulmonary specialists will outpace the future supply of these doctors by 2007. (JAMA, 12-6-00)
Substituting margarine for butter reduces "bad" cholesterol - called low-density lipoproteins (LDL) - in adults and children, according to researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. (JAMA, 12-5-00)
A radioactive compound used for decades to find cancer is now showing surprising promise in helping to kill those tumors too. All 11 children treated for neuroblastoma in the drug's first clinical test initially had a positive response with no significant side effects.
Forty-six abstracts studying thalidomide in hematological disorders were published at the 42nd Annual American Society of Hematology Meeting, December 4, 2000.
A new study published in the Annals of Neurology shows that treatment with interferon beta-1a, or Avonex, has a significant beneficial effect on the cognitive impairment often suffered by people with relapsing multiple sclerosis (MS).
Osteoporosis isnÃt the only reason that some people have weak bones. PagetÃs disease can cause affected bones to become deformed and more likely to break, according to the December issue of Mayo Clinic Health Letter.
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