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Medical News Update from News-Medical.Net - 20th May 2007

Link between Parkinson's and narcolepsy
//Medical Research News
Parkinson's disease is well-known for its progression of motor disorders: stiffness, slowness, tremors, difficulties walking and talking.
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Potential new treatments for hemorrhagic shock
//Medical Research News
Blood loss due to severe internal injuries requires rapid action to prevent mortality.
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Suicide gene therapy kills bowel cancer cells
//Medical Research News
An innovative type of gene therapy has for the first time succeeded in making bowel cancer cells commit suicide, according to a report in Cancer Research.
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Model of proline dehydrogenase created
//Medical Research News
Researchers at the University of Missouri-Columbia recently created a model of proline dehydrogenase, an important cancer-preventing enzyme in the human body, and analyzed how it works.
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Cocoa extract may be an effective natural alternative to fluoride in toothpaste
//Medical Research News
For a healthy smile brush between meals, floss regularly and eat plenty of chocolate.
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Parks rich in species good for people's general well-being
//Medical Research News
Researchers at the University of Sheffield have found that parks rich in species are not only beneficial for the environment but also for people's general well-being.
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US soldiers in Iraq fighting drug-resistant bacteria after injuries
//Medical Research News
US soldiers in Iraq do not carry the bacteria responsible for difficult-to-treat wound infections found in military hospitals treating soldiers wounded in Iraq, according to an article to be published electronically on Wednesday, May 16, 2007, in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.
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Researchers catch moving proteins in mid-fold
//Medical Research News
Any photographer can vouch for the difficulty of capturing a clear picture of a moving target.
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Researchers develop first images of physical changes in brain cells thought to underlie memory
//Medical Research News
University of California, Irvine researchers have developed the first images of the physical changes in brain cells thought to underlie memory, a discovery that is already uncovering clues about memory loss linked to cognitive disorders.
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Yin Yang 1 regulates early B cell development
//Medical Research News
A new paper in the May 15th issue of Genes & Development reveals how a protein called Yin Yang 1 regulates early B cell development.
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Bovine protein called lactoferrin aids in treatment of gastrointestinal disorder
//Medical Studies/Trials
Recent evidence suggests that therapy currently used to treat Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection, a major cause of upper gastrointestinal disorders, is unsuccessful in around 25 percent of cases.
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Young people's attitudes toward gender
//Medical Studies/Trials
By the time they are adults, men and women have distinctive attitudes about the roles women should play in society.
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Ottawa Aggressive Protocol for acute atrial fibrillation is successful
//Medical Studies/Trials
There is no consensus on Emergency Department management of acute atrial fibrillation (AAF) or atrial flutter (AAFL).
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Post-traumatic stress disorder 10 times higher in New Orleans
//Medical Studies/Trials
Hurricane Katrina was the most significant natural disaster to strike the United States.
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Early identification and aggressive treatment of sepsis has the potential to improve outcomes
//Medical Studies/Trials
More than 215,000 people will die of sepsis in the United States each year, more than 750,000 will require hospital treatment, and the costs will be nearly $17 billion.
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Opt- out HIV testing in the Emergency Department
//Medical Studies/Trials
Using the new and highly publicized CDC guidelines for HIV screening, a university-based Emergency Department implemented opt-out screening in Washington, DC, where HIV infection rates are known to be high.
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Simple clinical criteria can eliminate pulmonary embolism risk and expense
//Medical Studies/Trials
Although clots in the lung (pulmonary embolism or PE) are the second-leading cause of sudden death in the United States, blood tests and ultrafast CT scanning to detect PE are being used on so many patients that over 90% of these tests are negative.
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ACE inhibitors help preserve kidney function in IgA nephropathy
//Medical Studies/Trials
For young patients with the kidney disease IgA nephropathy (IgAN), early treatment with angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors can reduce the long-term risk of irreversible kidney damage, suggests a study in the June Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.
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Increase in fatal car crashes involving young women
//Medical Studies/Trials
Automobile crashes remain the leading cause of death for adolescents and young adults, compounded by the effects of alcohol and failure to use seatbelts.
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Minimally invasive treatment of chronic mesenteric ischemia
//Medical Studies/Trials
Using catheter techniques perfected in the arteries of the heart, interventional cardiologists are successfully treating chronic mesenteric ischemia, a condition akin to intestinal angina.
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Sally speaks on osteoporosis story on Capitol Hill
//Women's Health News
The Society for Women's Health Research and the National Osteoporosis Foundation held a briefing on Capitol Hill to inform lawmakers about recent advances in the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis.
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Merits and risks of postmenopausal hormone therapy
//Women's Health News
The study was categorized as a primary prevention trial for coronary heart disease, although the fact that mean age at recruitment was 63 years was not given enough importance at that time. WHI investigators concluded that hormone therapy (HT) was not cardioprotective, and, in fact, its riskbenefit ratio did not favor the use of postmenopausal hormones for prevention of chronic diseases.
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Aspirin during pregnancy could reduce risk of pre-eclampsia
//Women's Health News
Women who receive aspirin or other antiplatelet drugs during pregnancy are at lower risk of pre-eclampsia, conclude authors of an article published in an upcoming edition of The Lancet.
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Hormone treatment could cut need for chemo in some younger breast cancer patients
//Women's Health News
Around 5,500 pre-menopausal breast cancer patients could be offered a hormone drug that is shown to be as effective as traditional chemotherapy - and so avoid potential infertility and long-term menopausal side effects - according to a Cancer Research UK report published in The Lancet.
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Health effects of isoflavones and breast cancer
//Women's Health News
Are soy products healthy additions to a person's diet, safe alternatives to hormone-replacement therapy or cancer-causing agents" The answer, according to University of Illinois food science and human nutrition professor William Helferich, is, "It depends."
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Just 75 minutes of exercise per week helps improve fitness levels for postmenopausal women who are overweight
//Women's Health News
New research indicates that even small amounts of physical activity, approximately 75 minutes a week, can help improve the fitness levels for postmenopausal women who are sedentary and overweight or obese, according to a study in the May 16 issue of JAMA.
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Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative increases breastfeeding rates
//Women's Health News
A new study in the May issue of the Journal of Human Lactation reports that being born in a Baby-Friendly hospital gives babies the best possible chance of breastfeeding to 6 months.
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New educational tool for women who are thinking about breastfeeding
//Women's Health News
A new website featuring personal experiences of breastfeeding has gone 'live' in time for National Breastfeeding Awareness Week (May 13 - 19).
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Female reproductive function is influenced by childhood environment
//Women's Health News
This suggests there is a critical window of time from about 0-8 years of age that determines the rate at which girls physically mature and how high their reproductive hormone levels reach as adults.
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Sex differences in health awareness
//Women's Health News
A majority of American women always or frequently read the labels of their prescribed or over the counter medications to see if they might work differently in women, but few discuss this issue with their doctor or pharmacist, according to a new survey released by the Society for Women's Health Research, a Washington, D.C., based advocacy organization.
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