Garlic :: Stanford study drives stake through claims that garlic lowers
When it comes to lowering cholesterol levels, garlic stinks, according to a new study from the Stanford University School of Medicine.
Inflammation
Colitis :: Body responds differently to colitis
A new study being published by the American Physiological Society finds that the body responds differently to colitis (inflammation of the colon) based on whether the disease is acute (sharp and brief) or chronic (long-term).
Allergy :: Dynavax reports data from Ragweed Allergy trial at AAAAI
Dynavax Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: DVAX) reported interim data from the first year of its two-year ragweed allergy trial known as DARTT, including a prespecified regional analysis of sites that clearly showed a therapeutic benefit of TOLAMBA in the Midwest.
Hepatitis :: Positive opinion for hepatitis B drug Sebivo
On 22 February 2007 the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) adopted a positive opinion, recommending to grant a marketing authorisation for the medicinal product Sebivo, 600 mg, film-coated tablet intended for treatment of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in adult patients.
Infection :: Blood marker helps predict prognosis among those with abdominal infection
Monitoring blood levels of a compound known as procalcitonin in patients with peritonitis (a serious intra-abdominal infection) could help identify patients at increased risk of organ failure and death, according to a report in the February issue of Archives of Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Hypertension :: CRP liver protein induces hypertension
C-Reactive Protein, widely regarded as a risk factor for hypertension and other forms of cardiovascular disease, plays a direct role in the onset of hypertension, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found.
Asthma :: Drug reduces unscheduled trips to doctor for childhood asthma attacks
Young children with attacks of sporadic, recurring asthma who were treated with the prescription drug montelukast by their parents had fewer unscheduled trips to the doctor, missed less days from school or childcare, and caused their parents to take fewer days off work for their care.
Heart :: Call made for changes in women’s heart disease risk-factor list
Johns Hopkins cardiologists are calling for an expansion of the criteria widely used by physicians to detect and assess a postmenopausal woman’s chances of developing cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death among women in the United States.
Obesity :: A chemical pathway that causes mice to overeat and gain weight
The Scripps Research team, led by neuroscientists Manuel Sanchez-Alavez and Tamas Bartfai, discovered that mice genetically altered to lack a molecule known as the EP3 receptor tend to be more active during their normal sleep cycle and to eat more. In the study, this led to weight increases of up to 30 percent relative to mice with the receptors.
Pregnancy :: Prematurity accurately predicted by advances in proteomic technology
Abnormal proteins in amniotic fluid that signal a higher risk of delivering prematurely are being detected with increasing accuracy by Yale School of Medicine researchers who presented their work in two abstracts at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Conference February 8 in San Francisco.