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Gene therapy and exercise may help sufferers of Lou Gehrig's disease

A new study in mice gives hope that a combination of gene therapy and exercise may extend the lives of people who have Lou Gehrig's disease.

15 Nov 2005

Bullying in schools - Are Victorian attitudes towards children partly to blame?

Professor Al Aynsley-Green, the new children's commissioner, has announced that tackling bullying in schools is his number one priority.

14 Nov 2005

Largest hepatitis-C U.S. study defines optimal therapy

Final results of the WIN-R trial,[1] the largest hepatitis C study conducted in U.S. patients, showed that weight-based REBETOL (ribavirin, USP) in combination therapy with PEG-INTRON (peginterferon alfa-2b) achieved significantly higher rates of sustained virologic response (SVR)[2] and lower rates of relapse compared to the combination therapy using a flat dose of ribavirin.

14 Nov 2005

Grandma was right all along, getting chilly can give you a cold

Welsh researchers have confirmed what your grandma always said was true that getting cold and chilly can give you a cold.

14 Nov 2005

Norvasc better than beta blockers for lowering blood pressure

According to a study presented at a meeting of the American Heart Association, Norvasc, was more effective at reducing blood pressure near the heart than standard, older treatments such as beta blockers.

14 Nov 2005

Edifoligide no better than placebo for clogged veins

A new drug, edifoligide, designed to prevent the clogging of veins used in coronary bypass surgery was no more effective than a placebo, according to the results of a Phase III clinical trial led by researchers at Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI).

14 Nov 2005

Race may play a role in whether a patient accepts surgical treatment for lung cancer

A study in the November issue of CHEST, the peer-reviewed journal of the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP), found that blacks with lung cancer declined surgery at a higher rate than whites

14 Nov 2005

Early changes in the oxygenation of the skin may help predict foot disease in diabetes patients

Foot ulcerations are one of the most serious complications of diabetes, resulting in more than 80,000 lower-leg amputations each year in the U.S. alone.

14 Nov 2005

For older people, the risks outweigh the benefits of taking sleeping pills and other sedatives

Insomnia can often affect the quality of life for older people and between 5% and 33% of older people in the UK are prescribed sleeping pills such as benzodiazepine.

14 Nov 2005

$230 billion in health care spending nationally is devoted to insurance administration

Billing and insurance paperwork consume at least one out of every five dollars of private insurance health spending in California, according to a new study by health policy researchers.

14 Nov 2005

Meditation may slow down brain aging

The regular practice of meditation appears to produce structural changes in areas of the brain associated with attention and sensory processing.

14 Nov 2005

Protein discovery may have implications for treating E. coli 0157:H7 infection

A discovery by Queen's researchers of a previously unknown protein may open the door to more effective treatment of a deadly strain of the E. coli bacteria.

14 Nov 2005

Mayo Clinic provides new strategy for designing better treatments for juvenile dermatomyositis

Mayo Clinic researchers, working with colleagues at the University of Minnesota and University of Pittsburgh, are the first to describe a new role for a specialized cell of the immune system in children suffering from a rare muscle-damaging disease known as juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM).

14 Nov 2005

Positive aspects of bipolar disorder

Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have shown for the first time that a sample of children who either have or are at high risk for bipolar disorder score higher on a creativity index than healthy children.

14 Nov 2005

Why the bird flu virus H5N1 is so deadly to humans

A study published today in the open access journal Respiratory Research reveals that, in human cells, the virus can trigger levels of inflammatory proteins more than 10 times higher than the common human flu virus H1N1.

14 Nov 2005

Study suggests that subtle breakdowns in attention may offer a reliable clue to Alzheimer's-related dementia

People in early stages of Alzheimer's disease have greater difficulty shifting attention back and forth between competing sources of information, a finding that offers new support for theories that contend breakdowns in attention play an important role in the onset of the disease.

14 Nov 2005

African-American patients have worse quality of life after heart attacks

African-American patients have more chest pain, worse quality of life, and worse physical function than white patients one year after suffering acute coronary syndromes, such as heart attacks or unstable angina, according to a new study in the Nov. 15, 2005, issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

14 Nov 2005

Circadian rhythm - two key groups of neurons control morning and evening activity

A Brandeis University study published in Nature shows for the first time that a molecular signal maintains coherence among brain clock cells that regulate daily activity of Drosophila melanogaster (fruit flies).

14 Nov 2005

The relationships between body image and sexual response changes in midlife women

Penn State researchers, who analyzed the responses of midlife women, ages 35 to 55, to a survey on body image, have concluded that the emphasis in U.S. culture on being young and thin has a more important influence than menopause on sexual functioning and satisfaction.

14 Nov 2005

Physical discipline makes children anxious and aggressive

No matter what the cultural norm, children who are physically disciplined with spanking and other such approaches are more likely to be anxious and aggressive than children who are disciplined in other ways.

14 Nov 2005

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Gene therapy and exercise may help sufferers of Lou Gehrig's disease

Bullying in schools - Are Victorian attitudes towards children partly to blame?

Largest hepatitis-C U.S. study defines optimal therapy

Grandma was right all along, getting chilly can give you a cold

Norvasc better than beta blockers for lowering blood pressure

Edifoligide no better than placebo for clogged veins

Race may play a role in whether a patient accepts surgical treatment for lung cancer

Early changes in the oxygenation of the skin may help predict foot disease in diabetes patients

For older people, the risks outweigh the benefits of taking sleeping pills and other sedatives

$230 billion in health care spending nationally is devoted to insurance administration

Meditation may slow down brain aging

Protein discovery may have implications for treating E. coli 0157:H7 infection

Mayo Clinic provides new strategy for designing better treatments for juvenile dermatomyositis

Positive aspects of bipolar disorder

Why the bird flu virus H5N1 is so deadly to humans

Study suggests that subtle breakdowns in attention may offer a reliable clue to Alzheimer's-related dementia

African-American patients have worse quality of life after heart attacks

Circadian rhythm - two key groups of neurons control morning and evening activity

The relationships between body image and sexual response changes in midlife women

Physical discipline makes children anxious and aggressive

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Global and Local Efforts to Take Action Against Hepatitis

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