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Fictive learning may play a role in addiction

"What might have been" or fictive learning affects the brain and plays an important role in the choices individuals make, and may play a role in addiction, said Baylor College of Medicine researchers and others in a report that appears online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

16 May 2007

Web-based intervention programs change behavior of sedentary adults

The Internet can be an effective tool in helping inactive adults to get moving, a new study suggests.

15 May 2007

People with HIV who drop out of care do not live as long as those who remain under a doctor's treatment

While HIV is now a chronic or lifelong disease, it is one that typically strikes at a relatively young age. That makes the population different from those who have high blood pressure or adult-onset diabetes.

15 May 2007

Eating lots of fish plus vitamin D reduces risk of age-related macular degeneration

Individuals who have higher dietary intake of foods with omega-3 fatty acids and higher fish consumption have a reduced risk of advanced age-related macular degeneration, while those with higher serum levels of vitamin D may have a reduced risk of the early stages of the disease, according to two reports in the May issue of Archives of Ophthalmology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

15 May 2007

High-dose clopidogrel before stenting cuts heart attack risk in half

Pretreatment with double-dose anticlotting medication just before percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) cuts the combined risk of heart attack and cardiac death by half, according to a study reported at the 30th Annual Scientific Sessions of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI), May 9-12, 2007, in Orlando, FL.

15 May 2007

Heart-failure patients take their medicine more reliably when under the care of a pharmacist

...resulting in fewer emergency-room visits and hospital stays as well as lower health-care costs, according to a study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Pharmacy.

15 May 2007

Higher dietary intake of fiber and magnesium may be associated with a lower risk of type 2 diabetes

Higher dietary intake of fiber from grains and cereals and of magnesium may each be associated with a lower risk of type 2 diabetes, according to a report and meta-analysis in the May 14 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

15 May 2007

Just 10 minutes of exercise each day helps inactive overweight women

Researchers in the U.S. say that just 10 minutes of exercise a day can help even the most inactive overweight women.

15 May 2007

Longterm anxiety 'ups' the risk for heart attacks

According to researchers in the United States, for patients with coronary artery disease, anxiety increases their risk of heart attacks and death.

15 May 2007

Walk off that weight - use a treadmill while you work!

Researchers in the United States have come up with a method of tackling the obesity epidemic... using a treadmill while you work!

15 May 2007

Specific genes identified that are most likely to become cancer promoters when exposed to DNA promoter hypermethylation

Hypermethylation is a process that causes genes that promote normal cell growth to produce proteins that cause malignant behavior, or unregulated cell growth. Until now, data has been very limited regarding the mechanism and causes of hypermethylation, especially for hypermethylation in breast cancer.

15 May 2007

Medical training in the UK - Patients will be in the vanguard, as doctors disappear

A group of doctors from across the UK have expressed fears that the careers of 10,000 junior doctors could be irreparably damaged because of the disastrous mistakes in the Medical Training and Application Service (MTAS).

15 May 2007

Role of PCI and coronary artery bypass grafting for the treatment of patients with left main coronary artery disease

Coronary artery bypass surgery has been the preferred treatment for patients with a blockage in the left main coronary artery, the conduit that supplies blood to about two-thirds of the heart.

15 May 2007

Ethical reasoning and epidemiological studies

Medical research scientists in public health and other areas routinely make ethical value judgments, even if they're not aware of it, according to a new Weill Cornell Medical College research study.

15 May 2007

Is the 90-minute deadline for inflation of angioplasty balloons really critical?

In the treatment of heart attack, the 90-minute goal for inflation of an angioplasty balloon in a blocked coronary artery to restore normal blood flow is so revered it's been codified in clinical guidelines, accreditation standards, and pay-for-performance programs.

15 May 2007

Conference looks at reproductive choices, infant feeding and teenage parenthood

Child protection, reproductive choices, infant feeding and teenage parenthood (including planned teenage pregnancy and positive experiences of teenage motherhood) are among the topics to be discussed at an international conference on childrearing in the age of ‘intensive parenting’.

15 May 2007

Female reproductive function is influenced by childhood environment

This suggests there is a critical window of time from about 0-8 years of age that determines the rate at which girls physically mature and how high their reproductive hormone levels reach as adults.

15 May 2007

Calcium plus vitamin D may help prevent weight gain in postmenopausal women

Postmenopausal women who take calcium and vitamin D supplements may gain less weight than those who do not, although the overall effect is small, according to a report in the May 14 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

15 May 2007

Breakdown of myelin implicated in Alzheimer's

Wisdom comes with age (doesn't it"), but not without a process that takes place in the brain called myelination.

15 May 2007

Bare metal stents provide a safer choice

While drug-eluting stents are effective in keeping open diseased heart arteries, they should not be used for patients who need to have non-cardiac surgery a short time after an interventional heart procedure.

15 May 2007

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Fictive learning may play a role in addiction

Web-based intervention programs change behavior of sedentary adults

People with HIV who drop out of care do not live as long as those who remain under a doctor's treatment

Eating lots of fish plus vitamin D reduces risk of age-related macular degeneration

High-dose clopidogrel before stenting cuts heart attack risk in half

Heart-failure patients take their medicine more reliably when under the care of a pharmacist

Higher dietary intake of fiber and magnesium may be associated with a lower risk of type 2 diabetes

Just 10 minutes of exercise each day helps inactive overweight women

Longterm anxiety 'ups' the risk for heart attacks

Walk off that weight - use a treadmill while you work!

Specific genes identified that are most likely to become cancer promoters when exposed to DNA promoter hypermethylation

Medical training in the UK - Patients will be in the vanguard, as doctors disappear

Role of PCI and coronary artery bypass grafting for the treatment of patients with left main coronary artery disease

Ethical reasoning and epidemiological studies

Is the 90-minute deadline for inflation of angioplasty balloons really critical?

Conference looks at reproductive choices, infant feeding and teenage parenthood

Female reproductive function is influenced by childhood environment

Calcium plus vitamin D may help prevent weight gain in postmenopausal women

Breakdown of myelin implicated in Alzheimer's

Bare metal stents provide a safer choice

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