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Boston researchers say they have discovered a reversible lipid imbalance that may be responsible for the common symptoms of cystic fibrosis. The discovery, in mice carrying the genetic defect that causes cystic fibrosis, could lead to a treatment.
Positive words picked up the walking pace of older persons, according to a Boston study that blames a pessimistic outlook on aging for the slower treads typical of many older people. Walking speed can predict future health and independence in older persons, according to research published in the November issue of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.
Age plays only a small role in the risk of short-term death among seriously ill people, according to researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. People who were the sickest had the highest risk of death, according to the report in the Nov. 16 Annals of Internal Medicine.
A new arthritis drug provides the same relief of pain and inflammation in people with rheumatoid arthritis as a typical nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug but with fewer ulcers and other gastrointestinal side effects, according to a study led by a researcher at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.
As published in the monthly journal Nature Medicine, cardiology researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center have discovered a potentially more potent way to grow new blood vessels in the heart to bypass clogged arteries.
In the first hour after smoking marijuana, a person's risk of a heart attack can shoot up nearly five-fold, say researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
The painfully sensitive skin that accompanies many migraines has revealed a new understanding of the debilitating headaches; the study, by Boston researchers, is the first human test of a migraine model that may explain why current medications are ineffective in many cases and suggests a new target for the next generation of migraine drugs (Annals of Neurology, 5-00).
People who used self-hypnotic relaxation techniques during surgery needed less pain medication, left the operating room sooner, and had more stable vital signs during the operation, according to a Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center study in the April 29 Lancet.
Testing guidelines aimed at preventing life-threatening heart infections, Boston researchers find underuse of antibiotics before dental work among people at moderate risk and overuse of antibiotics among low-risk patients, according to a study of 218 patients.
People who never smoked or quit smoking after undergoing balloon angioplasty and other procedures to open obstructed heart arteries had greater improvements in health-related quality of life compared to people who continued to smoke, say researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Journal of the American Heart Association, 9-19-00).
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