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Medical News from News-Medical.Net - May 16th 2006

Researchers discover naturally occurring growth factor that stimulates regeneration of injured nerve fibers in the central nervous system
//Medical Research News
Researchers at Children's Hospital Boston have discovered a naturally occurring growth factor that stimulates regeneration of injured nerve fibers (axons) in the central nervous system.
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German scientists synthesize new compound that reduces stroke damage
//Medical Research News
A group of German scientists has synthesized a new compound that dramatically decreases the damage to neurons in rats demonstrating stroke symptoms.
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New compound shows unique potency against cancer cell proliferation
//Medical Research News
By determining how a class of compounds blocks signaling in cells, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) scientists have identified what is perhaps the most potent drug candidate yet against a highly lethal kind of brain tumor.
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Help for elderly people to spark new research ideas
//Medical Research News
New technologies and services can help elderly and disabled people live longer at home. The Ambient Assisted Living programme will focus on this vision but can only begin after agreement on how to combine national and European initiatives. Political accord is the key, notes a project preparing the groundwork.
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New treatment for chronic eosinophilic leukemia
//Medical Research News
Leukemia - or cancer of the bone marrow - strikes some 700 Belgians each year. Chronic Eosinophilic Leukemia (CEL), a specific form of leukemia, is currently treated with Glivec.
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Nine million Americans with double whammy of obesity and smoking
//Medical Research News
According to new research from the American Legacy Foundation as many as nine million adults in the United States are affected by both obesity and smoking, two of the nation's top public health epidemics.
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First animal model that mimics human head and neck cancer
//Medical Research News
An Oregon Health & Science University Cancer Institute research laboratory has developed a novel mouse model designed specifically to study the often devastating head and neck squamous cell cancers.
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Cardiovascular disease costs the UK economy £29 billion a year
//Medical Research News
Cardiovascular disease costs the UK economy £29 billion a year in healthcare expenditure and lost productivity, reveals research published ahead of print in Heart.
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SOX2 neural stem cell gene important in eye development
//Medical Research News
Scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have demonstrated that normal development of the eye requires the right amount of a neural stem cell gene be expressed at the right time and place.
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Common genetic variation makes some people more susceptible to coronary heart disease
//Medical Research News
Caucasians who carry this polymorphism, named K55R, were at significantly higher risk of coronary heart disease, independent of other risk factors, like cigarette smoking, diabetes, and hypertension.
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Exercise protects against skin cancer
//Medical Studies/Trials
While doctors and scientists have long agreed that physical activity has health benefits, Rutgers cancer researcher Allan Conney and his New Jersey colleagues have found that exercise can even protect against skin cancer.
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Review identifies factors that influence patient treatment choice for localized prostate cancer
//Medical Studies/Trials
Variables that influence a patients' choice of treatment for localized prostate cancer (CaP) are identified in a literature review that is authored by Dr. Zeliadt and colleagues and appears in the on-line version of Cancer, 2006.
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A therapeutic method for failed bladder augmentation in children
//Medical Studies/Trials
This study by Vajda et al investigated the potential causes leading to the deterioration of a previously successful bladder augmentation. This study by Vajda et al investigated the potential causes leading to the deterioration of a previously successful bladder augmentation.
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Full year of treatment with pyrimethamine and sulfadiazine helps infants and children with toxoplasmosis
//Medical Studies/Trials
The first long-term study shows that treatment with pyrimethamine and sulfadiazine (two anti-parasitic drugs) during the first year of life leads to a lasting reduction in brain and eye damage for children with congenital toxoplasmosis.
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Diabetes troubles Australia
//Medical Studies/Trials
The Australia-wide study was conducted by the International Diabetes Institute over the last 15 months and is the first to have measured how many new cases of these diseases occur in Australia annually.
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Signaling pathways in immune cells may lead to novel HIV treatment
//Medical Studies/Trials
New research on signaling pathways in immune cells bolsters evidence of connections between the central nervous system and the immune system.
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Low affinity analogs of thyrotropin-releasing hormone are super-agonists
//Medical Studies/Trials
Chemical knockoffs resembling a key thyroid-related hormone are, in certain cases, more effective than the real thing at activating the target receptor.
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BMI standards for younger adults may not be appropriate for people in their 80s and 90s
//Medical Studies/Trials
If you're more than 80 years old, carrying a few extra pounds might not be such a bad idea. In fact, it may be beneficial.
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A dual PI3 kinase/mTOR inhibitor reveals emergent efficacy in glioma
//Medical Studies/Trials
Scientists have identified a new molecule that inhibits proliferation of a broad range of lethal malignant glioma cells in vitro and in vivo.
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Steroid and xenobiotic receptor and vitamin D receptor crosstalk mediates CYP24 expression and drug-induced osteomalacia
//Medical Studies/Trials
Long-term therapy with some antiepileptic drugs and antibiotics can cause osteomalacia, a condition marked by softening of the bones that is usually the result of vitamin D and calcium deficiency.
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When it comes to mothers and babies, top spot to be is Sweden
//Women's Health News
According to a report by the U.S. charity Save the Children, Scandinavian countries lead the stakes when it comes to the top countries to be a mother, while Australia along with the Netherlands ties for 7th place and countries in sub-Saharan Africa dominate the bottom tier.
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Study examines antidepressant therapies for pregnant women
//Women's Health News
The glossy images of pregnancy often show a woman radiant with happiness. "There is a belief that pregnancy is a state of bliss," said Rachel Manber, PhD. "That's not necessarily the case."
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Breast cancer may be on the rise in U.S.-based Latinas
//Women's Health News
Breast cancer is an understudied and poorly understood disease in Hispanic/Latina populations in the U.S., and breast cancer appears to be presenting at an earlier age in this population, on average 10 years younger when compared to Caucasian women.
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Testosterone patches help women with under-active pituitary glands
//Women's Health News
New research published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism showed the first positive effect of testosterone on bone density, body composition and emotional, cognitive and behavioral function in women with low testosterone levels resulting from under-active pituitary glands.
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Juggle that career mum, you'll be healthier in the long run!
//Women's Health News
Despite what working women may feel on a bad day, the very act of having to juggle career, motherhood and being a partner may actually be keeping them healthy.
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Life course social roles and women's health in mid-life
//Women's Health News
Holding down a job and being a mum in a steady relationship helps keep women healthy and in good shape over the long term, suggests research in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.
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Labor can be longer for obese pregnant women
//Women's Health News
It takes obese pregnant women who are given medication to induce labor longer to deliver their babies than women of normal body weight.
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Women advised to lose weight before getting pregnant a second time
//Women's Health News
Doctors should advise overweight moms considering another pregnancy to take off extra weight first because they are at greater risk of having big babies, a new Saint Louis University study finds.
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Inducing labor increases risk of developing chorioamnionitis
//Women's Health News
Women who have their labor induced or are given medication to stimulate contractions are at greater risk of developing chorioamnionitis
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