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Snoring Can Affect The Carotid Artery
Date: Jan-27-2013People who snore regularly have a much higher risk of having thicker or abnormal carotid arteries, researchers from the Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, reported. They added that the risk is greater for snorers than overweight people and smokers. When the lining of the two blood vessels that nourish the brain with oxygen-rich blood thicken, it is usually the first step towards the development of atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries), the researchers explained. Atherosclerosis causes several vascular diseases...
In Pre-School Children, Complex Thinking Skills Are Already Beginning To Form
Date: Jan-27-2013New research at the University of Chicago and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill shows that children begin to show signs of higher-level thinking skills as young as age 4 ½. Researchers have previously attributed higher-order thinking development to knowledge acquisition and better schooling, but the new longitudinal study shows that other skills, not always connected with knowledge, play a role in the ability of children to reason analytically...
Efficient, Innovative And Environmentally Friendly Method For Producing Schizophrenia Medication
Date: Jan-26-2013In a demonstration of the power of green chemistry, scientists are reporting development of a new and more efficient process for making one of the most costly and widely used medications for severe mental illness. Described in a report in the journal ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, it produces larger amounts of the medication than the existing commercial process while reducing the use of solvents and other potentially toxic substances. Vijayavitthal T...
Oxytrol Approved By FDA For Overactive Bladder In Women
Date: Jan-26-2013The first over-the-counter medication for overactive bladder was given approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for use by women, but still remains available just by prescription for men. Oxytrol consists of a medicine called oxybutynin (a anticholinergic) that functions by easing the bladder muscle. It comes in the form of a patch that a person replaces on the skin every four days. The patch emits 3.9 milligrams of oxybutynin per day. Shaw Chen, M.D., Ph.D...
Consistent Personal Epigenetic 'Signatures' Discovered In Prostate Cancer Patients' Metastases
Date: Jan-26-2013In a genome-wide analysis of 13 metastatic prostate cancers, scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center found consistent epigenetic "signatures" across all metastatic tumors in each patient. The discovery of the stable, epigenetic "marks" that sit on the nuclear DNA of cancer cells and alter gene expression, defies a prevailing belief that the marks vary so much within each individual's widespread cancers that they have little or no value as targets for therapy or as biomarkers for treatment response and predicting disease severity...
Emergency Department Visits Reduced By Free Clinics
Date: Jan-26-2013People who receive primary care from free clinics are less likely to use the emergency department for minor issues, according to a team of medical researchers. Nationally, the number of emergency departments (EDs) has decreased yet the number of ED visits has gone up, the team reported. Therefore, it is important to figure out how to reduce unnecessary ED visits. According to the National Association of Free and Charitable Clinics, there are more than 1,200 free clinics nationwide. Many of these clinics work in cooperation with one of their local hospitals...
Fighting Deadly Infection In Cystic Fibrosis
Date: Jan-26-2013New research suggests that lowering excessive levels of a protein in immune system cells could be a strategy to clear an infection that is deadly to patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). Researchers determined that normalizing levels of the protein, called p62, in cells from mice carrying the most common mutation that causes CF will jump-start a natural cellular process that clears away the offending bacteria...
Association Between Blood Calcium And Ovarian Cancer Could Lead To Diagnostic Test
Date: Jan-26-2013A new study from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center is the first to report that high blood calcium levels might predict ovarian cancer, the most fatal of the gynecologic cancers. Lead author Gary G. Schwartz, Ph.D., a cancer epidemiologist at Wake Forest Baptist, and colleague, Halcyon G. Skinner, Ph.D., of the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center, examined associations between blood calcium and ovarian cancer in two national population-based groups...
In Obese Patients With Type 2 Diabetes, Results Of Fitness Program Show Gender Differences
Date: Jan-26-2013More than one-third of Americans are obese, and these individuals often experience accompanying health issues, such as Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular problems. In response to the so-called "obesity epidemic," many medical professionals have suggested ways to improve the health outcomes of obese individuals through diet and exercise. Now, research conducted at the University of Missouri suggests certain exercises that benefit obese men may not have the same positive results for obese women...
Mice With Reduced Caloric Intake Accumulate Longer Telomeres, Reduce Their Incidence Of Cancer, And Are In Better Health
Date: Jan-26-2013One of the indicators of a cell's health is the state of its DNA and containers - the chromosomes - so when these fuse together or suffer anomalies, they can become the source of illnesses like cancer and/or ageing processes...
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