Blood lead levels currently considered safe by the U.S. government have been found to be associated with increased risk of death from many causes, including heart disease and stroke, according to a report in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.
Contrary to previous studies, folic acid, a B vitamin, does not decrease the risk of coronary heart disease or stroke for people with a history of vascular disease, according to an article published by Tulane University researchers in the Dec. 13 issue of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association.
A compound produced by specially grown soy beans may prove to be successful in fighting the growth of breast and ovarian cancers, says Tulane University cancer researcher Matthew Burow.
A Tulane University physics professor was a leader in a recent experiment that made the first laboratory observation of radiative - or light-emitting - neutron decay. Neutron decay, which creates other subatomic particles, played a key role in the formation of matter in the universe during the first few minutes after the Big Bang.
Contrary to previous studies, folic acid, a B vitamin, does not decrease the risk of coronary heart disease or stroke for people with a history of vascular disease, according to an article published by Tulane University researchers in the Dec. 13 issue of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Rising sea levels, fueled by melting polar ice caps, may well pose a greater threat to Louisiana than the sinking of its land, a new Tulane University study says.
Adult stem cells increase insulin production in mice with type 2 diabetes, demonstrating the potential of adult stem cells to address diabetes, say Tulane University gene therapy researchers. The article is published online this week in the Early Edition of the Proceedings of the National Academies of Science.
Nearly one out of two women with gestational diabetes also have periodontal disease, according to research released this month by Tulane University researchers. The study is the first to demonstrate a link between poor oral health and diabetes during pregnancy.
Major motion picture "All The King's Men," which opens in theatres across the country this weekend, premiered with star-studded pageantry at Tulane University in New Orleans.
Soy protein helps lower total cholesterol, low-density lipid "bad" cholesterol and triglycerides, and slightly raises high-density lipid "good" cholesterol, according to a Tulane University study published in The American Journal of Cardiology.
Blood lead levels currently considered safe by the U.S. government have been found to be associated with increased risk of death from many causes, including heart disease and stroke, according to a new study by Paul Muntner, associate professor of epidemiology and medicine at Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.
Daniel G. Bausch, associate professor of Tropical Medicine at Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine and an international team of researchers identified multiple genetic variants of virus in an outbreak of Marburg hemorrhagic fever in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1998"“2000, pointing to exposure to a host reservoir in mines as a possible source of the disease.
Fifty percent of adults with high blood pressure were overweight as children, according to a new study by Tulane University epidemiologist Sathanur Srinivasan. The study links childhood obesity to the development of both high blood pressure and metabolic syndrome in adulthood.
Simply giving insecticide treated bed nets to families in malarious areas of the world may not be enough to stop malaria, says Tulane University international health researcher Kate Macintyre. Macintyre and colleagues recently published research showing 17 percent of children and 50 percent of adults in Eritrean households with a bed net did not sleep under the net regularly.
Teaching young women to delay sex until marriage is a good start but is not enough to prevent the spread of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases, says Tulane international health researcher Sohail Agha. In fact, Agha's research showed that years of education was a stronger predictor of both delaying sex and using condoms.
People with high blood pressure are three times less likely to take their medications regularly if they have caretaking responsibilities for children or other relatives, says Marie Krousel-Wood, a researcher at Tulane University. Additionally, people who feel they can't see a doctor when they need to are two times more likely to report poor adherence to prescribed medicines.
Few things are more constant in summer than the ubiquitous mosquito. Mosquito season is here again, says Tulane medical entomologist Dawn Wesson, and this year she recommends that in addition to the usual precautions, locals take stock of the construction materials and debris in their area.
It's summertime, and the living is breezy. But this year for many people in New Orleans and other areas hit hard by hurricanes in the past, the warm winds of summer may feel unusually threatening, as hurricane season begins June 1 and runs through Nov. 30.
The Department of Defense is investing millions in challenging scientists to develop a way for humans to restore tissues lost to traumatic injury. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded a one-year grant of nearly $3.9 million to a group of scientists led by Ken Muneoka, professor of cell and molecular biology at Tulane University.
With the presence of presidents and the scrutiny of national media, Tulane University's 2006 Commencement entered into history as an event that rode a range of musical and emotional notes and paid homage to both the students and the city of New Orleans for overcoming the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina.
George H. W. Bush, 41st President of the United States, and William J. Clinton, 42nd President of the United States, will be the keynote speakers at Tulane University's 2006 Commencement, May 13 at 9:30 a.m. in the New Orleans Arena.
Targeting people at highest risk for HIV and STD infection may not be the best approach, says Tulane University public health expert Tom Farley. Farley and coauthor Deborah Cohen of the RAND Corporation published an article proposing broader campaigns to the general public to reduce STD risk.
Men who have survived a heart attack are at increased risk of bone loss and osteoporosis in later life, says Tulane University researcher Jeanette H. Magnus.
Chinese adults who are either underweight or obese increase their risk of early death, say Tulane University epidemiologists in an article.
Two out of three urban black women at high risk for heart disease do not consider themselves at risk, says Tulane University researcher Karen DeSalvo.
Hardening of the arteries in the legs is strongly associated with biological markers of inflammation, which may be a warning sign of heart trouble, say Tulane University epidemiologists, who suggest an inexpensive test for inflammation may identify warning signs of heart trouble.
Tulane University's Board of Administrators today approved a sweeping plan that strengthens and focuses the university's academic mission while strategically addressing its current and future operations in the post-Katrina era.
Research with female monkeys at the Tulane National Primate Research Center has for the first time shown that three different anti-viral agents in a vaginal gel protect the animals against an HIV-like virus.
Tulane University public health researchers are slated to receive over $7 million to support international health research. Carl Kendall, professor of international health and development, and parasitologist Paul Brindley, professor of tropical medicine at the school, received notification of their awards despite Hurricane Katrina.
The National Institutes of Health awarded Tulane University a grant of more than $3.8 million for a three-year study designed to develop better tests for one of the deadliest group of diseases called viral hemorrhagic fevers.
Two percent of patients visit their primary care doctor 10 or more times a year, but that seemingly small number of people represents 18 percent of all primary care visits, say researchers from Tulane University and the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine.
The Tulane University Section of Hematology and Medical Oncology is investigating a novel treatment for ovarian cancer by using intravenous Ontak to deplete harmful cells that inhibit the body's natural immune response to fight cancer.
Advanced planning is crucial to managing PTSD in large numbers of people after a terrorist event, say Tulane University researchers. Web- and phone-based counseling, preventive medication and limiting personal exposure to media coverage of the event, particularly for children, must all be considered in planning for the aftermath of a terrorist event.
Diuretics work better than newer and more costly medicines in the treatment of high blood pressure and prevention of some forms of heart disease in people with type 2 diabetes, according to results from the Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering Treatment to Prevent Heart Attack Trial.
Tulane University researchers demonstrate that people with insulin resistance and weight gain also have prematurely shortened white blood cell telomeres -- a widely recognized sign of aging.
International health advocates and policymakers still have work to do to meet the nutrition goals set by the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on Children in 2002, according to a survey of nutrition needs in developing regions published by Tulane University researchers.
The more heart disease risk factors young adults have, the more likely their arteries are to be hardening, say Tulane University researchers. Risk factors such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol and smoking have an impact on arteries even in the early 20s.
Black women, women aged 35 years or older and women admitted on weekends are more likely to have potentially unnecessary cesarean sections than others, say Tulane University researchers.
Enhancing the resources available to low-income, urban African American women to make their neighborhoods safer could protect them against poor health and symptoms of depression, says Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine community health researcher Adam Becker.
Around 18 million adults in China are obese, 137 million are overweight and 64 million have metabolic syndrome-a condition where a number of risk factors for heart disease are present, say researchers. Heart disease is the leading cause of death for Chinese adults, as it is for American adults.
Chinese men who drink more than 30 alcoholic drinks a week have twice the risk of high blood pressure than those who do not drink, say Tulane University researchers.
A new study by Tulane University researchers provides insight into one of the ways diethylstilbesterol may alter the development of the uterus.
Why do some species of African monkeys resist developing AIDS? With a new grant from the National Institutes of Health, scientists at the Tulane National Primate Research Center seek the answers.
Eating a high fiber diet can lower high blood pressure and even improve healthy blood pressure levels, say Tulane University researchers in a study.
Children who have very healthy levels of blood sugar, blood pressure, weight and cholesterol are likely to become heart-healthy adults, say researchers. The data, drawn from 1474 participants in the Bogalusa Heart Study over two decades.
A recent study reveals that married men in Uganda are more likely to seek out HIV testing and counseling if they want to help their wife have a healthy pregnancy; if they have used needles for medical purposes or IV drug use; or if there is a known testing and counseling site nearby.
The closer food-stamp recipients live to a supermarket, the more likely they are to choose healthy foods, such as fruit, say Tulane University diet and nutrition researchers in a recently published study.
Tulane University public health researchers predict that by 2025, approximately one in three adults over age 20 - or 1.56 billion people worldwide - will have high blood pressure. Nearly three out of four adults with high blood pressure will be in economically developing countries.
Adults in their 20s and 30s who were obese as children are more likely to have hearts with enlarged left ventricles, say Tulane University researchers.
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