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Pitavastatin, Alternative Cholesterol-Lowering Drug For Patients Who Can't Tolerate Statins
Date: Mar-13-2013Heart patients who can't tolerate the side effects of cholesterol-lowering drugs may have a new option, according to a new study by researchers from the Intermountain Heart Institute at Intermountain Medical Center in Salt Lake City. Researchers found that pitavastatin, a newer cholesterol-lowering drug, may reduce the risk of heart attack, stroke and even death in up to 68 percent of patients with high cholesterol who can't tolerate other cholesterol-lowering medications due to side effects...
People With Epilepsy Benefit From Peer Support
Date: Mar-13-2013Peer support groups show promise for combating the debilitating stigma that surrounds epilepsy in much of the developing world, according to a new study led by a Michigan State University medical student. The researchers report in the journal Epilepsy and Behavior that young people with the disease felt significantly less stigmatized after meeting regularly to discuss their illness...
Robust, Solid And Viable Molecular Tools To Identify Deer DNA Even In Highly Processed Products
Date: Mar-13-2013Many Europeans are fretting these days over what they eat, and whether horse meat might have adulterated their pork chops. Food fraud has been dominating headlines globally - calling for new policies in law enforcement and more robust methods for successful food identification and authentication. As companies and manufacturers resort to fraudulent practices to extract more cash from the gullible public, it is estimated that up to 7% of the consumer supply chain contains hidden ingredients (i.e. - not disclosed on the label)...
Seasonal Fluctuations In The Foods Gambian Women Eat Around The Time Of Conception Can Affect The Development Of Genes In Their Unborn Children
Date: Mar-13-2013Pioneering studies by U. S. Department of Agriculture-funded research molecular geneticist Robert A. Waterland are helping explain how the foods that soon-to-be-moms eat in the days and weeks around the time of conception - or what's known as periconceptional nutrition - may affect the way genes function in her children, and her children's health. In an early study, Waterland and co-investigators examined gene function of 50 healthy children living in rural villages in the West African nation of The Gambia...
Adults Who Consume Fluoride In Drinking Water At Decreased Risk For Tooth Decay
Date: Mar-13-2013A new study conducted by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of Adelaide, Australia, has produced the strongest evidence yet that fluoride in drinking water provides dental health benefits to adults, even those who had not received fluoridated drinking water as children. In the first population-level study of its kind, the study shows that fluoridated drinking water prevents tooth decay for all adults regardless of age, and whether or not they consumed fluoridated water during childhood...
On-Pump Bypass Compared To Off-Pump Bypass: 30-Day Neurocognitive Differences Disappeared By One-Year Follow Up
Date: Mar-13-2013Patients who underwent heart bypass surgery without a heart- lung machine did as well one year later as patients whose hearts were connected to a pump during surgery in a study presented at the American College of Cardiology's 62nd Annual Scientific Session. CORONARY, an international, multicenter trial of on-pump (with a heart-lung machine) versus off-pump bypass surgery, enrolled 4,752 patients already scheduled to undergo a bypass procedure. The study is the largest to compare the two approaches...
Study Suggests On-Site Surgery Services Unnecessary For Patient Safety In Non-Emergency Angioplasty
Date: Mar-13-2013Non-emergency angioplasty performed at hospitals without on-site cardiac surgery capability is no less safe and effective than angioplasty performed at hospitals with cardiac surgery services, according to research presented at the American College of Cardiology's 62nd Annual Scientific Session. Emergency surgery has become an increasingly rare event following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) or angioplasty - a non-surgical procedure used to open narrow or blocked coronary arteries and restore blood flow to the heart...
Skaters Bring Their Unique Team Skin Microbiome To A Tournament, But That They Get Mixed During A Single Day Of 'Bouting'
Date: Mar-13-2013The human skin is home to countless microorganisms that we can't see, but these microbes help define who we are. Our invisible passengers - known as the skin microbiome - contribute to our health in numerous ways including educating our immune system, protecting us from pathogens, and mediating skin disorders. In a new study, researchers investigated how the skin microbiome is transmitted between players in a contact sport, using roller derby as their model system. The skin is the largest organ and an important barrier that regulates microbial entry into the human body...
The Lasting Effects Of A Single Concussion
Date: Mar-13-2013A single concussion may cause lasting structural damage to the brain, according to a new study published online in the journal Radiology. "This is the first study that shows brain areas undergo measureable volume loss after concussion," said Yvonne W. Lui, M.D., Neuroradiology section chief and assistant professor of radiology at NYU Langone School of Medicine. "In some patients, there are structural changes to the brain after a single concussive episode." According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, each year in the U.S., 1...
Researchers Explain How Prion Diseases May Spread
Date: Mar-13-2013Medical researchers at the University of Alberta have made a discovery that may explain how prion diseases, like chronic wasting disease and mad cow disease, adapt in order to spread between various types of animals. The research team, led by neurologist Valerie Sim, discovered that a miniscule change in the prions' makeup appears to give the disease the ability to adapt - to mimic and recreate new strains with which it comes into contact. The team has been studying this area for two years...
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