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'Bad' metabolism cloggs up arteries

Scientists are now saying that a 'bad' metabolism may explain why some people who have never smoked and do not have high cholesterol levels suffer from a potentially lethal build-up of plaque in the arteries.

26 May 2005

Scientists renew warnings over a bird flu pandemic

Scientists have again renewed their warnings about the potential global effect of a flu pandemic on health and economy.

26 May 2005

BMA(NI) concerned about affect on NHS waiting lists if proposal to cut consultants' additional programmed work goes ahead

Hospital consultants in Northern Ireland have expressed their dismay and frustration to the British Medical Association about Department of Health plans to cut their programmed work across NI by 1800 hours each week, for at least the next year. This, in effect, equates to removing 53 consultants from the NHS in Northern Ireland.

26 May 2005

New type of inhalation chemotherapy

Pediatric cancer specialists at The Children's Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM) are investigating a new type of inhalation chemotherapy with the potential to treat children with a deadly bone cancer that has spread to their lungs.

26 May 2005

Researchers discover way to reduce plaque deposits on the brain that could slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease

Their findings, which will be highlighted at the upcoming 2005 American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists' (AAPS) National Biotechnology Conference in San Francisco, brings renewed hope to the 4.5 million Americans who have Alzheimer's disease.

26 May 2005

Direct link between inefficient metabolism and atherosclerosis

An experiment that turned out very differently than expected led scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis to the first direct link between inefficient metabolism and atherosclerosis.

26 May 2005

Stimulating innate immunity helps ease Crohn's disease symptoms

Like throwing oil on a fire or prescribing a high cholesterol diet for heart patients, gastroenterologists traditionally have believed that it would not be a good idea to stoke up the body's immune system to treat Crohn's disease.

26 May 2005

A small kidney stone should not preclude people from being donors

Results from a Mayo Clinic study suggest that using kidneys which have kidney stones for living donor transplant has little impact on the organ's function one year later.

26 May 2005

Increase in heart surgery mortality from SSRIs or depression?

Duke University Medical Center researchers have found that patients who were using a class of anti-depression drugs known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) prior to undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery have significantly higher death and rehospitalization rates up to five years after the procedure than patients who were not on SSRIs.

26 May 2005

Research provides roadmap for the development of human therapies for cytomegalovirus (CMV)

McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) researchers have defined genetic resistance to the widespread virus, cytomegalovirus (CMV)--a member of the viral group that causes some of the world's most prevalent diseases, such as herpes, chicken pox and mononucleosis.

26 May 2005

Retina and its circuits are much more pliable than scientists previously thought

A new Oregon Health & Science University study is opening scientists' eyes to the retina's ability to rewire itself so it can adapt to different levels of ambient light.

26 May 2005

Tobacco use persists after liver transplant for alcoholic liver disease

Alcohol and tobacco often go hand-in-hand. Studies have shown that approximately 90 percent of problem drinkers also smoke or chew tobacco. But tobacco use is not adequately addressed when patients undergo liver transplantation due to alcoholic liver disease, say authors of a new report.

26 May 2005

HIPAA privacy rule makes it harder, costlier to do research that improves the quality of medical care

New research reveals a clash between two of the biggest issues in health care today: protecting individual patients' privacy and improving the quality, safety and cost of medical care for all patients.

26 May 2005

Researchers pinpoint circuit in the brain responsible for encoding decision-making

Researchers at The Johns Hopkins University have pinpointed a circuit in the brain responsible for encoding decision-making behavior, a circuit that - if damaged - appears to prevent a person from altering that behavior when circumstances change.

26 May 2005

Most serious side effects in statins may be higher in one of the newest drugs, rosuvastatin (Crestor)

A post-market analysis of cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins indicates that some of the most serious side effects may be higher in one of the newest drugs, rosuvastatin (Crestor). The drug is the strongest statin available because it has the greatest effect per milligram on low-density lipoprotein ("bad" cholesterol).

26 May 2005

'Brown fat cells' hold clues for possible obesity treatments

Joslin Diabetes Center scientists have discovered a group of genes that govern the genesis of calorie-burning fat cells. This discovery may lead to novel ways to treat obesity in humans.

26 May 2005

Researchers have succeeded in mapping the unique patterns of neural activity produced by a wide range of odors

Revealing these distinct - but often overlapping - patterns of neural activity represents a significant step in understanding how the brain translates complex signals from odorant receptors in the nose into odor perception in the brain, the researchers said.

26 May 2005

Medical News

'Bad' metabolism cloggs up arteries

Scientists renew warnings over a bird flu pandemic

BMA(NI) concerned about affect on NHS waiting lists if proposal to cut consultants' additional programmed work goes ahead

New type of inhalation chemotherapy

Researchers discover way to reduce plaque deposits on the brain that could slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease

Direct link between inefficient metabolism and atherosclerosis

Stimulating innate immunity helps ease Crohn's disease symptoms

A small kidney stone should not preclude people from being donors

Increase in heart surgery mortality from SSRIs or depression?

Research provides roadmap for the development of human therapies for cytomegalovirus (CMV)

Retina and its circuits are much more pliable than scientists previously thought

Tobacco use persists after liver transplant for alcoholic liver disease

HIPAA privacy rule makes it harder, costlier to do research that improves the quality of medical care

Researchers pinpoint circuit in the brain responsible for encoding decision-making

Most serious side effects in statins may be higher in one of the newest drugs, rosuvastatin (Crestor)

'Brown fat cells' hold clues for possible obesity treatments

Researchers have succeeded in mapping the unique patterns of neural activity produced by a wide range of odors

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Tendency to be prejudiced is a form of common sense, hard-wired into the human brain

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