Clinical Research

Gum chewing leads to teens’ higher math scores?

If your child has trouble with math, give her some gum and send her to school. Researchers at a Texas medical institution say gum-chewing improves math scores. ...

Blog Post - Kathlyn Stone - Apr 22 2009 - 5:48pm

Bleach: not just for sparkling whites anymore

Now I know what happened to Michael Jackson: he tried to self-treat his eczema at home with Clorox. A study in the May 5 issue of Pediatrics suggested a combination of "bleach baths" and intranasal mupirocin ointment led to statistically signific ...

Blog Post - Becky Jungbauer - Apr 27 2009 - 8:34am

Diminuendo- Mouse Model Rats Out MicroRNA In Hearing Loss

Scientists of Helmholtz Zentrum München, led by Professor Martin Hrabé de Angelis, director of the Institute of Experimental Genetics, have developed a new mouse model with a genetic mutant in which a single base of a specific microRNA seed region has been ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 27 2009 - 3:41pm

Betaseron Top Choice For Multiple Sclerosis Treatment- Long Term Study

Following the positive outcomes of shorter studies done on Multiple Sclerosis (MS) drug Betaseron(R), continued testing also yields compelling results. Analysis from a 16 year follow up study examining long term effects of Betaseron(R) on MS patients showe ...

Article - Erin Richards - May 1 2009 - 12:31pm

Crystal Light + grain alcohol = most successful clinical trial recruiting ever

I don't qualify for the original exploratory study- I'm not 55+ or at high risk for heart disease- but I'm crossing my fingers that the initial results are promising so they go ahead with a planned larger study! Pharmaceutical companies have ...

Blog Post - Becky Jungbauer - May 6 2009 - 8:57am

11 Genes Implicated In Blood Pressure

As many as 1 in 3 adults (up to 72 million people) in the United States has high blood pressure. Hypertension can lead to coronary heart disease, heart failure, stroke, kidney failure, and other health problems, and is attributed to 7 million deaths worldw ...

Article - News Staff - May 10 2009 - 2:48pm

Stem Cell Transplants: Overhyped, But One Huge Benefit May Be Close

Although the theoretical applications for stem cell research are seemingly endless, the far-off possibilities are not as awe-inspiring as some scientists would like. Setbacks, ethical concerns and funding are all part of the hurdles that face all new scien ...

Article - Erin Richards - May 29 2009 - 1:36pm

Is Sleep Important In Maintaining Healthy Body Weight?

Could sleep be a critical component to maintaining a healthy body weight?    Studies on subjects like this tend to have correlation arrows that point in all kinds of directions but new research presented on Sunday, May 17, at the American Thoracic Society& ...

Article - News Staff - May 17 2009 - 11:20am

Early Use Of Antiretroviral Treatment Improves Survival Rate Of HIV Patients

A clinical study, led by researchers from University College Dublin, Ireland, and Stanford University, California, USA, with international collaborators, demonstrates that mortality rates of HIV patients can be almost halved when early antiretroviral (ARV) ...

Article - News Staff - May 17 2009 - 8:10pm

Cardiac Abnormalities In Marathon Runners Following Competition Are Temporary

A new study using advanced cardiac imaging technology indicates that cardiac abnormalities experienced by some marathon runners following competition are temporary, and do not result in damage to the heart muscle. The study, conducted by researchers at the ...

Article - News Staff - May 17 2009 - 8:15pm