Diabetes management improves when patients, doctors agree on treatment goals

Author: Katte

Published: 15/11/2008

Contact: Nicole Fawcett nfawcett@umich.edu 734-764-2220 University of Michigan Health System Doctors, patients need to develop goals, strategies together, researcher says ANN ARBOR, Mich. (USA) - People with diabetes who agree with their physician’s treatment goals and strategies were more...

Children and elderly at risk as killer flu strain reaches Britain

Author: Katte

Published: 15/11/2008

A potentially deadly strain of the flu virus has entered Britain and may lead to a serious outbreak this winter, experts warned yesterday. Already this year, five children have died from flu in the Britain, at least two of whom were infected with the Fujian-like strain of influenza, which has...

UK former cabinet minister calls for free hard drugs on NHS

Author: Katte

Published: 15/11/2008

Hard drugs should be supplied free on the NHS to help sever the link between addiction and crime, says former cabinet minister Clare Short. She said the present policy was not working and 67% of crime was linked to drugs. The former international development secretary, who resigned in protest...

How we remember things that did not happen

Author: Katte

Published: 15/11/2008

People really shouldn’t believe everything they see, say scientists. Studies have shown that people often ’remember’ saying or hearing things that were never actually said. Now, a study in the United States has confirmed that they can also ’remember’ seeing things that were never...

Exercise and the brain

Author: Katte

Published: 15/11/2008

Contact: Jim Newman newmanj@ohsu.edu 503 494-8231 Oregon Health & Science University OHSU researchers study physical and mental impacts of exercise on the brainWorkouts may result in increased blood flow to the brain, allow a person to be more mentally engaged NEW ORLEANS, La. (USA) Exercise...

Heart Disease Starts in Childhood

Author: Katte

Published: 15/11/2008

Risk factors found in kids can predict problems in adulthood The risk factors for heart attack and stroke in adults often show up in childhood, and doctors and parents can take action now to provide protection decades later, new research says. ’Like the real estate people say, ’location,...

Autoantibodies Precede Disease in Lupus Patients

Author: Katte

Published: 15/11/2008

CONTACT: Susan Bettendorf 301-496-8190 A new study funded largely by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) reveals that people diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus (lupus) - an autoimmune disease in which the body attacks its own tissues - have...

Intravenous good cholesterol clears arteries in 6 weeks

Author: Katte

Published: 15/11/2008

Intravenous doses of a synthetic component of ’good’ cholesterol reduced artery disease in just six weeks in a small study with startlingly big implications for treating the nation’s No. 1 killer. ’The concept is sort of liquid Drano for the coronary arteries,’ said Dr. Steven...

New risk of CJD transmission revealed

Author: Katte

Published: 15/11/2008

Scientists have found the rogue proteins implicated in the fatal brain condition, CJD, in the muscles of some patients, raising new concerns over how the disease could be accidentally spread during surgery. Swiss researchers used far more sensitive tests than previously employed to detect the...

Explanation for breastfeeding’s protection against infant wheezing

Author: Katte

Published: 15/11/2008

The presence of transforming growth factor (TGF-beta 1) in breast milk may explain why it offers infants protection against wheezing. American research published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology examined breastfeeding and wheezing in 243 infant-mothers pairs. Levels of several...