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Hypertension :: Differences between blood pressure medicines and newly-diagnosed diabetes

Researchers at Rush University Medical Center analyzed the data from 22 randomized clinical trials, and have found significant differences between antihypertensive drugs. ACE-inhibitors and the newer angiotensin receptor blockers, or ARBs prevent people from getting diabetes, and the older diuretics or beta-blockers, increase the chance that a person becomes diabetic, compared to either placebo (inactive sugar-pills) or calcium channel blockers according to a study published in the January 20, 2007 issue of the Lancet.

Oral Cancer :: New screening process helps better diagnose oral cancers

Patients with early stage oral cancer may benefit from a more advanced screening process allowing for a more accurate diagnosis, according to a study presented at the plenary session today at the Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Symposium in Rancho Mirage, Calif., co-sponsored by the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the American Head and Neck Society.

Cancer :: Combination therapy spares some head and neck cancer patients from surgery

Giving patients with head and neck cancer a combination of chemotherapy and radiation therapy controls the cancer and allows many patients to avoid additional surgery to the neck, according to a study presented at the plenary session today at the Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Symposium in Rancho Mirage, Calif., co-sponsored by the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the American Head and Neck Society.

Heart Attack :: Aspirin saves lives of cancer patients suffering heart attacks

Many cancer patients who have heart attacks often are not treated with life saving aspirin given the belief in the medical community that they could experience lethal bleeding. Researchers at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, however, say that notion is now proven wrong and that without aspirin, the majority of these patients will die.

Diabetes :: New blood pressure medicines are less diabetes risky

Modern blood-pressure treatments are less likely to be associated with new cases of diabetes than older medicines — William Elliott of Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, and colleagues reported in the Lancet medical journal.

Language :: Internationally adopted children shed light on how babies learn language

Each year, about 40,000 children are adopted across national lines, primarily by families from North America and Western Europe. These joyful occasions mark the growth of new families and also provide the framework for a natural experiment in language development. Although most are infants and toddlers, thousands of older children are also adopted. Typically, these older children loose their birth language rapidly and become fluent speakers of their new language.

Fertility :: Most fertility clinic Web sites do not conform to ad guidelines

The majority of fertility clinic Web sites do not adhere to their own association’s advertising guidelines, according to a University of Illinois at Chicago study published in the January issue of Fertility and Sterility.

Aging :: Elderly’s ability to manage the cold may be due in part to some aging processes of the body

Hypothermia ? when the body’s temperature drops significantly below normal ? is especially deadly for the elderly. Older people become hypothermic despite the fact that they are more likely to live inside a home than on the street, and nearly half who become hypothermic die.

Cancer :: Buckyballs used as ‘passkey’ into cancer cells

Scientists at Rice University and pediatric specialists at Baylor College of Medicine have discovered a new way to use Rice’s famed buckyball nanoparticles as passkeys that allows drugs to enter cancer cells.

Lung :: Carbon monoxide protects lung cells against oxygen-induced damage

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have demonstrated that low-dose carbon monoxide administered in conjunction with oxygen therapy markedly inhibits oxygen-induced damage to lung cells. These findings, being reported in the Jan. 19 issue of the Journal of Biological Chemistry, have significant implications for the treatment of acute respiratory distress syndrome, or ARDS, according to the study’s authors.