Does air pollution have a bigger effect on the immune system of females than males? It did among mice exposed to ozone — a major component in air pollution that is known to negatively affect lung function — and then infected with pneumonia, as significantly more females died from the infection than males.
The first-ever phase 1 clinical trial using gene therapy to battle Parkinson’s disease is completed by a team led by physician-scientists at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center.
Novo Nordisk (NYSE:NVO) has announced results of a new study that further demonstrated the safety and efficacy of insulin Levemir? (insulin detemir [rDNA origin] injection).
Stroke is a leading cause of hospital admission among older adults. Yet more hospital readmissions after stroke are for pneumonia or for heart disease than for another stroke, according to a study published in the June 2007 issue of the journal Stroke. This finding may alter the standard medical management of post-stroke patients.
Researchers tracing the development of violent behavior have found a link between teenage violence and domestic violence. Adolescents who engaged in violent behavior at a relatively steady rate through their teenage years and those whose violence began in their mid teens and increased over the years are significantly more likely to engage in domestic violence in their mid 20s than other young adults, according to a new University of Washington study.
Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids protect against the development and progression of retinopathy, a deterioration of the retina, in mice. This is the major finding of a study that appears in the July 2007 issue of the journal Nature Medicine.
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences studying links between an early sign of heart disease called coronary artery calcification and body fat have found that, paradoxically, more fat may have some advantages, at least for people ? particularly women ? who have type 1 diabetes.
Scientists at the University of Virginia and the Medical College of Wisconsin have discovered that a gene that participates in the regulation of the body?s biological rhythms may also be a major control in regulating metabolism.
Gestational diabetes may place a much higher percentage of pregnant women – and their unborn babies – at risk for adverse outcomes than previously believed, according to a major international study presented at the American Diabetes Association’s 67th Annual Scientific Sessions.
Treatment with the oral antiviral Tamiflu (oseltamivir) and prophylaxis for people exposed to infected patients could be one of the most cost-effective strategies for reducing illness and death during an influenza pandemic.