An important new study has been launched by the University of Liverpool and Liverpool Women's Hospital (LWH), to test a new treatment for 'retained placenta'- a condition where the placenta does not come out naturally after childbirth.The RELEASE study is being organised by Dr Andrew Weeks and Professor Zarko Alfirevic from the University's Department of Reproductive and Developmental Medicine in...[ Details... ]
Based on a recent study, work fatigue, working overtime, job demands and dissatisfaction in combining paid work and family life are associated with weight gain.A recently published study is part of the ongoing Helsinki Health Study, carried out at the University of Helsinki, Department of Public Health.The study population consisted of 7000 women and 2000 men, aged 40-60y. All participants are employees of the City of Helsinki, therefore...[ Details... ]
Statin therapy is cost-effective for a wider range of individuals with vascular disease or diabetes than previously recognised, concludes a study published online today by The Lancet.Current guidelines generally recommend the initiation of statin therapy when the estimated 10-year risk of a non-fatal heart attack or coronary death is at least 15-20%.The Heart Protection Study (HPS) has previously shown that lowering cholesterol concent...[ Details... ]
A study by Swedish researchers has found that men who opt to have cancerous prostates surgically removed, have higher long-term survival rates than those who delay the operation, and the benefits of surgery may be greatest for men under 65.The study, was designed to help doctors and their patients find the best strategy for treating tumours which occur in 230,000 men in the U.S. each year. Because prostate cancer often grows so slowly that patients die from other causes first, the issue is compl...[ Details... ]
Diabetics are more likely to exercise if their doctors help them create and stick to a formalized exercise plan, according to new Saint Louis University research in the May issue of "Diabetes Care.""Physician advice alone was not associated with regular physical activity. However, when a physician helped to make a plan for physical activity or followed up on the plan, we saw more physical activity," says Anjali Deshpande, Ph.D., assistant professor...[ Details... ]
A Canada-wide clinical research study of more than 1000 stroke patients has put to rest a long-standing controversy about the use of thrombolysis for stroke. The two-year study, Canadian Alteplase for Stroke Effectiveness Study (CASES), recommends the widespread use of clot-busting drugs for acute stroke.CASES, to be published in the May 10, 2005 edition of the Canadian Medical Association Journal, enrolled 1135 people in 60 centres between 1999 and 2001. Its goal was to assess the safety and ef...[ Details... ]
An innovative study published in the latest online edition of the Journal of Physiology provides the first evidence that the insulin resistance typical of type 2 diabetes can be "programmed" across two generations by poor nutrition during a grandmother's pregnancy and lactation. The study, from the University of Texas Health Science Center and the Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition in Mexico City, showed that grandsons and granddaughte...[ Details... ]
A Penn State College of Medicine study suggests that a common antibiotic called minocycline may slow or prevent diabetic retinopathy, a complication of diabetes that is the leading cause of blindness in people ages 20 to 74. The team found that minocycline, often used to treat acne, limits by about 50 percent the retinal damage caused by microglia. Microglia are cells that act as the "cleanup crew" for the Central Nervous System (CNS). They des...[ Details... ]
At least 50 precent of the U.S. population are struggling to cope either with the aggravation of intermittent pain or with the misery of chronic pain which is difficult to treat. This results in less work, crankier moods and fewer activities, combined with a wide-ranging search for pain relief.Most people it appears can identify where they hurt, but are often unable to link that pain to a specific cause.Researchers carrying out a recent nationwide survey on what works for pain relief, fou...[ Details... ]
Just when we had all been convinced by information from just about every quarter, that fat was the bad guy of the diet kingdom, new research has found that a healthy dose of fat is needed for a healthy metabolism.The study by researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine, shows that fats taken in directly from the diet or generated from sugars spark a cascade of gene activity in the liver necessary for healthy blood levels of s...[ Details... ]