Items by By GINA KOLATA
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A Long View on Health Care: Think Like an Investor
Posted: May 21st, 2012, 2:38pm EDT by By GINA KOLATA
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A conversation with the economist Dana Goldman, who believes that prevention should drive health care reimbursement.
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HDL ‘Good Cholesterol’ Found Not to Cut Heart Risk
Posted: May 17th, 2012, 10:54am EDT by By GINA KOLATA
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People genetically prone to higher levels of HDL, often called “good cholesterol,” showed that they did not have any significant decrease in risk of cardiovascular disease.
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Personal Best: Personal Best: Can Runners Have 'Too Many Miles on the Tires'?
Posted: May 17th, 2012, 1:35am EDT by By GINA KOLATA
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If you start racing when you are young, will you be slower in middle age than if you started when you were older?
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Lenin’s Death Remains a Mystery for Doctors
Posted: May 8th, 2012, 5:49pm EDT by By GINA KOLATA
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Pathologists took up the question of what contributed to the death of the Soviet leader Vladimir Ilyich Lenin at the age of 53.
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Food Deserts and Obesity Role Challenged
Posted: April 18th, 2012, 3:19pm EDT by By GINA KOLATA
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Two new studies say that poor neighborhoods have a wider variety of food choices than do more affluent ones, and found no relationship between the type of food being sold and obesity.
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Study Says DNA’s Power to Predict Illness Is Limited
Posted: April 3rd, 2012, 1:02pm EDT by By GINA KOLATA
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Personalized disease forecasts and therapies are not the wave of the future, research on twins suggests.
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The ABC’s of the Health Care Law and Its Future
Posted: April 2nd, 2012, 11:36pm EDT by By GINA KOLATA
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Q. and A. with an expert on health policy and management about President Obama’s Affordable Care Act.
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Personal Best: Road to Race Recovery Is Littered With Variables
Posted: March 20th, 2012, 11:35am EDT by By GINA KOLATA
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There's not much rigorous research on recovery after strenuous exercise, and this aspect of competition is rife with unsubstantiated dogma.
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An Interview With Victor Fuchs on Health Care Costs
Posted: March 6th, 2012, 10:59am EST by By GINA KOLATA
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Victor Fuchs says change is unlikely from within the health care system.An interview with Victor Fuchs, who has spent decades studying the economics of health care.
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Personal Best: Workouts May Not Be the Best Time for a Snack
Posted: February 22nd, 2012, 12:03am EST by By GINA KOLATA
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There is no end to the crazy foods people will eat at endurance events, but do they actually raise performance?
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Heart Disease Risk May Be Tied to Y Chromosome
Posted: February 9th, 2012, 1:34am EST by By GINA KOLATA
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Men’s higher risk for heart disease may result in part from genetic variants on the one chromosome unique to men, researchers have found.
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Alzheimer’s Spreads in the Brain Like a Virus, Studies Find
Posted: February 1st, 2012, 9:04pm EST by By GINA KOLATA
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The discovery in studies of mice solves a mystery surrounding the disease’s grim march and has immediate implications for developing treatments, researchers said.
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Alzheimer’s Spreads in the Brain Like a Virus, Studies Find
Posted: February 1st, 2012, 8:50pm EST by By GINA KOLATA
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The discovery in studies of mice solves a mystery surrounding the disease’s grim march and has immediate implications for developing treatments, researchers said.
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Brown Fat Burns Ordinary Fat, Study Finds
Posted: January 24th, 2012, 9:39pm EST by By GINA KOLATA
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In separate studies, researchers have determined that in cold conditions, people’s calorie-gobbling brown fat uses ordinary fat as fuel — and that exercise may convert ordinary fat to brown fat.
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Brown Fat Burns Ordinary Fat, Study Finds
Posted: January 24th, 2012, 8:01pm EST by By GINA KOLATA
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In separate studies, researchers have determined that in cold conditions, people’s calorie-gobbling brown fat uses ordinary fat as fuel — and that exercise may convert ordinary fat to brown fat.
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Dutasteride Is Seen to Curtail Cancer Left in Prostate
Posted: January 23rd, 2012, 11:28pm EST by By GINA KOLATA
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A study suggests that dutasteride may slow or stop tumor growth in men who decide against surgery.
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Osteoporosis Is So Slow, Bone Density Tests Can Wait, Study Says
Posted: January 19th, 2012, 1:30am EST by By GINA KOLATA
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A new study is asking whether frequent bone density measurements make sense for the majority of older women whose bone density is not close to an osteoporosis danger zone on an initial test.
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Personal Best: Workouts Have Their Limits, Recognized or Not
Posted: January 16th, 2012, 4:31pm EST by By GINA KOLATA
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Physiologists are fretting over an increasing focus on extreme exercise among some recreational athletes.
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Personal Best: GPS Watches May Not Track Runs Accurately
Posted: December 19th, 2011, 10:50pm EST by By GINA KOLATA
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Discrepancies in recording distances and pace can be frustrating for those training for races.
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Personal Best: GPS Watches May Not Track Runs Accurately
Posted: December 19th, 2011, 10:50pm EST by By GINA KOLATA
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Discrepancies in recording distances and pace can be frustrating for those training for races.
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Essay: Cancer by Any Other Name Would Not Be as Terrifying
Posted: November 22nd, 2011, 2:20pm EST by By GINA KOLATA
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“Cancer,” some medical experts say, is an imprecise term that is used too loosely these days.
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The Athlete's Pain: Hip Impingement or Bone Shaving Surgery Grows Popular
Posted: November 16th, 2011, 7:51am EST by By GINA KOLATA
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It’s one of the most popular operations in sports medicine, but some researchers wonder if hip impingement or bone shaving surgery actually helps.
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The Athlete's Pain: Hip Impingement or Bone Shaving Surgery Grows Popular
Posted: November 16th, 2011, 7:51am EST by By GINA KOLATA
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It’s one of the most popular operations in sports medicine, but some researchers wonder if hip impingement or bone shaving surgery actually helps.
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Personal Best: For Beginning Runners, Advice Can Be a Hurdle
Posted: November 15th, 2011, 1:50pm EST by By GINA KOLATA
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It can be hard for someone to suddenly take up running, but all the advice offered makes it even more complicated.
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Personal Best: I’m Keeping My Coach, but You May Not Need One
Posted: October 18th, 2011, 6:00pm EDT by By GINA KOLATA
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How does someone qualify to be a coach? And why do so many athletes want a coach in the first place?
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Separate Cancer Studies, but a Single Suspicion of Bacteria
Posted: October 18th, 2011, 5:10pm EDT by By GINA KOLATA
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An unexpected finding: A bacterium never particularly prevalent in the colon seems to have an affinity for colon cancers.
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Lancet Report Cites Rate of Late-in-Life Surgery
Posted: October 6th, 2011, 2:22pm EDT by By GINA KOLATA
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Nearly one in three Medicare recipients had an operation in their last year, and nearly one in 10 in their last week.
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Personal Best: A Little Deception Helps Push Athletes to the Limit
Posted: September 20th, 2011, 12:48am EDT by By GINA KOLATA
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A look at why most people run or ride or swim faster in a race than they can ever manage to do in practice.
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Squirts of Insulin May Help Those With Early Alzheimer’s
Posted: September 13th, 2011, 1:29pm EDT by By GINA KOLATA
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An intriguing study suggests that aerosolized insulin may help people who are in the early stages of Alzheimer’s.
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Stent to Prevent Strokes Fails in Study, Surprising Researchers
Posted: September 7th, 2011, 4:24pm EDT by By GINA KOLATA
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A promising device to prop open blocked arteries in the brain to prevent strokes failed in a rigorous study, researchers reported.
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Stent to Prevent Strokes Fails in Study, Surprising Researchers
Posted: September 7th, 2011, 3:41pm EDT by By GINA KOLATA
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Those who got a device to prop open blocked arteries in the brain had many more strokes than those assigned to simply control risk factors, like blood pressure and diabetes.
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The Athlete's Pain: As Sports Medicine Surges, Hope and Hype Outpace Proven Treatments
Posted: September 5th, 2011, 1:43pm EDT by By GINA KOLATA
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The popularity of sports medicine stems from the fact that celebrity athletes, desperate to return after an injury, have been trying unproven treatments, giving the procedures a sort of star appeal.
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For Those With Sjogren’s Syndrome, There Are No Easy Answers
Posted: September 2nd, 2011, 1:09pm EDT by By GINA KOLATA
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The long-term outlook for patients, like the tennis star Venus Williams, with Sjogren’s syndrome is not good, a specialist said.
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For Those With Sjogren’s Syndrome, There Are No Easy Answers
Posted: September 1st, 2011, 11:20pm EDT by By GINA KOLATA
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The long-term outlook for patients, like the tennis star Venus Williams, with Sjogren’s syndrome is not good, a specialist said.
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Bacterial Genome Sequencing Offers Latest Tool Against Diseases
Posted: August 30th, 2011, 3:10pm EDT by By GINA KOLATA
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Dr. David A. Relman of Stanford studies the microbes that live peacefully in or on the human body.Investigators can now take precautions against diseases starting to emerge, like flu or food-borne bugs and antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria.
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Personal Best: Perks of Cross-Training May End Before Finish Line
Posted: August 15th, 2011, 11:46pm EDT by By GINA KOLATA
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If you want to improve your performance and avoid injury, cross-training is not the definitive scientific answer.
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Catching Obesity From Friends May Not Be So Easy
Posted: August 8th, 2011, 11:10pm EDT by By GINA KOLATA
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Researchers who published studies suggesting that conditions and behaviors like obesity, happiness, smoking and loneliness could be contagious are under serious critical fire.
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Catching Obesity From Friends May Not Be So Easy
Posted: August 8th, 2011, 11:10pm EDT by By GINA KOLATA
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Researchers who published studies suggesting that conditions and behaviors like obesity, happiness, smoking and loneliness could be contagious are under serious critical fire.
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News Analysis: Add Patience to a Leap of Faith to Discover Cancer Signatures
Posted: July 19th, 2011, 1:33am EDT by By GINA KOLATA
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There have been few successes in the brave new world of cancer research: the quest for genetic signatures.
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Personal Best: For Runners, Soft Ground Can Be Hard on the Body
Posted: July 18th, 2011, 10:20pm EDT by By GINA KOLATA
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An exercise physiologist and other experts said that contrary to popular wisdom, they could find no scientific evidence that a softer surface is beneficial to runners.
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Pills Morph as Patients Try to Cope
Posted: July 12th, 2011, 12:30am EDT by By GINA KOLATA
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With generics accounting for 70 percent of all drugs on the market, their ever-changing appearances affects almost anyone who fills a prescription.
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How Bright Promise in Cancer Testing Fell Apart
Posted: July 8th, 2011, 5:00pm EDT by By GINA KOLATA
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A Duke University program to tailor cancer treatments to certain patterns of genes has ended in disaster and lawsuits.
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First Study of Its Kind Shows Benefits of Providing Medical Insurance to Poor
Posted: July 7th, 2011, 2:10am EDT by By GINA KOLATA
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The study adds to a long-running debate on Medicaid in a climate of cutbacks across the nation.
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Unusual Traits Blended in Germany E. Coli Strain
Posted: June 23rd, 2011, 5:34am EDT by By GINA KOLATA
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Scientists say that the combination may be what made the outbreak among the deadliest in recent history.
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Personal Best: When Running Up Mileage, 10 Percent Isn’t the Cap
Posted: June 21st, 2011, 2:47pm EDT by By GINA KOLATA
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One of the most widely known rules in running, the 10 percent rule, may not have any benefit, according to researchers.
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In Update on Sperm, Data Show No Decline
Posted: June 7th, 2011, 1:13am EDT by By GINA KOLATA
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The idea of plummeting sperm counts caused by environmental has been refuted by 15 years of data from 18-year-old Danish men taking their military physicals.
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Week in Review: Side Effects? These Drugs Have a Few
Posted: June 5th, 2011, 12:10am EDT by By GINA KOLATA
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Warning labels keep growing longer. The average label lists 70 possible reactions. What’s going on?
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Personal Best: One Runner’s Suffering Is Another’s Inspiration
Posted: May 16th, 2011, 10:40pm EDT by By GINA KOLATA
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An NPR host says pain is why people run, but others beg to differ — maybe because “pain” has more than one meaning.
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Low-Salt Diet Ineffective, Study Finds. Disagreement Abounds.
Posted: May 4th, 2011, 11:32am EDT by By GINA KOLATA
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Officials at the Centers for Disease Control publicly criticized a European study that found low-salt diets increased the risk of death from cardiovascular ailments.
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With Liposuction, the Belly Finds What the Thighs Lose
Posted: April 30th, 2011, 10:30pm EDT by By GINA KOLATA
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A study on liposuction confirms the patient’s worst fears: that weight loss is temporary.
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Drug That Stops Bleeding Shows Off-Label Dangers
Posted: April 19th, 2011, 3:03pm EDT by By GINA KOLATA
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A $10,000-per-dose drug is being used in cases in which it was not rigorously tested 97 percent of the time, new studies show.
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Personal Best: For an Exercise Afterburn, Intensity May Be the Key
Posted: April 18th, 2011, 9:50pm EDT by By GINA KOLATA
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One study finds a hard workout’s calorie-burning benefits continue after the exercise is done.
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Screening Prostates at Any Age
Posted: April 11th, 2011, 5:12pm EDT by By GINA KOLATA
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Older men are getting screened for prostate cancer at a higher rate, though many experts discourage screening for men whose life expectancy is 10 years or less.
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Vast Gene Study Yields Insights on Alzheimer’s
Posted: April 4th, 2011, 10:01am EDT by By GINA KOLATA
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The two largest studies of Alzheimer’s disease led to the discovery of five genes that provide intriguing new clues to why it strikes and how it progresses.
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Elite Runner Back After Radical Cancer Surgery
Posted: March 19th, 2011, 1:34am EDT by By GINA KOLATA
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A runner loses a leg muscle in cancer surgery but manages to return to elite form.
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Medical Detectives Find Their First New Disease
Posted: February 3rd, 2011, 2:50am EST by By GINA KOLATA
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The federal Undiagnosed Diseases Program uncovered a mutation that causes crippling buildup in blood vessels.
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F.D.A. Sees Promise in Alzheimer’s Imaging Drug
Posted: January 21st, 2011, 2:00am EST by By GINA KOLATA
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A committee voted that the agency approve the first test that can show Alzheimer’s in the brain of a living person.
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F.D.A. Sees Promise in Alzheimer’s Imaging Drug
Posted: January 21st, 2011, 2:00am EST by By GINA KOLATA
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A committee voted that the agency approve the first test that can show Alzheimer’s in the brain of a living person.
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Two Tests Could Aid in Risk Assessment and Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s
Posted: January 19th, 2011, 10:07am EST by By GINA KOLATA
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Researchers report major advances on two vexing questions about Alzheimer’s: How do you know if someone who is demented has it? And how can you screen the general population for risk?
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Personal Best: Close Look at Orthotics Raises a Welter of Doubts
Posted: January 17th, 2011, 11:10pm EST by By GINA KOLATA
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Researchers say it’s not clear how to make effective shoe inserts.
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Trial in a Vacuum: Study of Studies Shows Few Citations
Posted: January 17th, 2011, 11:00pm EST by By GINA KOLATA
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A study of studies showed that nearly half of clinical trials cite none or only one of previous trials addressing the same question.
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In a Giant’s Story, a New Chapter Writ by His DNA
Posted: January 6th, 2011, 1:24am EST by By GINA KOLATA
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Researchers report that an 18th-century Irishman who gained wealth and fame as a 7-foot-7 freak of nature had a rare gene mutation that is probably shared by 200 to 300 people living today.
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Personal Best: Basking in a Workout’s Long, Mysterious Afterglow
Posted: December 21st, 2010, 12:20am EST by By GINA KOLATA
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Marathoners at the Asian Games in China last month. Some will feel warm for hours afterward.It turns out that there is no easy answer to why exercisers feel so warm for hours after finishing a grueling session.
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The Vanishing Mind: Early Tests for Alzheimer’s Pose Diagnosis Dilemma
Posted: December 18th, 2010, 2:40am EST by By GINA KOLATA
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Dr. Mony J. de Leon of New York University has conducted studies of people who are at increased risk for Alzheimer’s or other dementia, especially those whose mothers had Alzheimer’s disease.Since there is no treatment, doctors wonder if they should tell people, years earlier, that they have the disease, or a good chance of getting it.
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The Vanishing Mind: Early Tests for Alzheimer’s Pose Diagnosis Dilemma
Posted: December 18th, 2010, 2:40am EST by By GINA KOLATA
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Dr. Mony J. de Leon of New York University has conducted studies of people who are at increased risk for Alzheimer’s or other dementia, especially those whose mothers had Alzheimer’s disease.Since there is no treatment, doctors wonder if they should tell people, years earlier, that they have the disease, or a good chance of getting it.
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Staph’s Trail Points to Human Susceptibilities
Posted: December 16th, 2010, 2:50am EST by By GINA KOLATA
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Researchers are delving into why staph infections can be fatal for some people and hardly a nuisance for others.
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The Vanishing Mind: Insights Give Hope for New Attack on Alzheimer’s
Posted: December 14th, 2010, 2:23pm EST by By GINA KOLATA
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A wave of unexpected findings are enriching scientists’ views of the genesis of the disease.
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F.D.A. Panel Rejects Expanded Use of Prostate Drug
Posted: December 3rd, 2010, 2:30am EST by By GINA KOLATA
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If the drug advisory panel had supported the changing of two drugs’ labels, dutasteride and finasteride would be only the second class of cancer-prevention drugs on the market.
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Report Questions Need for 2 Diet Supplements
Posted: November 30th, 2010, 9:10am EST by By GINA KOLATA
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Most people do not need extra calcium or vitamin D, and too much could cause harm, a report said.
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Report Questions Need for 2 Diet Supplements
Posted: November 30th, 2010, 9:10am EST by By GINA KOLATA
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Most people do not need extra calcium or vitamin D, and too much could cause harm, a report said.
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Personal Best: Fell Off My Bike, and Vowed Never to Get Back On
Posted: November 30th, 2010, 12:40am EST by By GINA KOLATA
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Bikers pedal along a road in Warren, Vt. In a cycling accident, the sudden loss of control can affect a rider’s response, one risk expert says.A collarbone is broken, and so is the will to ride outside — at least at first.
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Glimpsing the Future as Fields Heat Up
Posted: November 8th, 2010, 4:07pm EST by By GINA KOLATA
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Some advances are unpredictable, but others we see coming. We’re still waiting on gene therapy, though.
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The Vanishing Mind: Money Woes Can Be Early Clue to Alzheimer’s
Posted: October 31st, 2010, 2:35am EDT by By GINA KOLATA
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An early sign of dementia is an inability to understand money, leaving financial advisers in a bind with clients.
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Personal Best: How to Push Past the Pain, as the Champions Do
Posted: October 18th, 2010, 5:30pm EDT by By GINA KOLATA
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“Mental tenacity” separates “the mortals and immortals in running,” an expert said. Some can be so focused as to ignore the saliva on their faces.
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News Analysis: When Drugs Cause Problems They Should Prevent
Posted: October 16th, 2010, 2:50pm EDT by By GINA KOLATA
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The difficulty is in assessing the safety of drugs that will be taken for decades, when the trials last a few years.
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Taking Early Retirement May Retire Memory, Too
Posted: October 11th, 2010, 6:00pm EDT by By GINA KOLATA
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Researchers suggest there is something to the “use it or lose it” notion. But not everyone is convinced.
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Mammogram Benefit Seen for Women in Their 40s
Posted: September 30th, 2010, 2:10pm EDT by By GINA KOLATA
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Researchers found a 26 percent reduction in the breast cancer death rate in a Swedish study, but some experts said they may have overestimated the benefit.
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Mammograms’ Value in Cancer Fight at Issue
Posted: September 23rd, 2010, 7:39am EDT by By GINA KOLATA
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A new study suggests awareness and treatments are the main force in reducing the breast cancer death rate.
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Personal Best: Just Me and My Pessimism in the ‘Race of Truth’
Posted: September 21st, 2010, 1:10am EDT by By GINA KOLATA
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A time trial bike race illustrated the power of one mental strategy in racing and exemplified what motivates some people to stay with a sport.
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Finding Suggests New Aim for Alzheimer’s Drugs
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 3:00am EDT by By GINA KOLATA
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A discovery by Paul Greengard, an 84-year-old scientist and Nobel winner, has illuminated a new direction.
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Years Later, No Magic Bullet Against Alzheimer’s Disease
Posted: August 29th, 2010, 2:00am EDT by By GINA KOLATA
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Though recent evidence shows two types of tests can detect Alzheimer’s early, so far nothing has been found to prevent or delay the devastating disease.
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Years Later, No Magic Bullet Against Alzheimer’s Disease
Posted: August 29th, 2010, 2:00am EDT by By GINA KOLATA
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Though recent evidence shows two types of tests can detect Alzheimer’s early, so far nothing has been found to prevent or delay the devastating disease.
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Stem Cell Biology and Its Complications
Posted: August 25th, 2010, 1:50am EDT by By GINA KOLATA
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Scientists have long wondered if they could sidestep an ethical debate by creating embryonic stem cells without the embryos.
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What to Tell the Patients After a Trial Goes Awry
Posted: August 24th, 2010, 12:10am EDT by By GINA KOLATA
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Do families now need extra protection or warnings about the Lilly experience when they sign up Alzheimer’s patients for studies?
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Junk DNA Can Revive and Cause Disease, Study Finds
Posted: August 20th, 2010, 1:10am EDT by By GINA KOLATA
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Geneticists report they have seen a dead gene come back to life and cause a common form of muscular dystrophy.
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Junk DNA Can Revive and Cause Disease, Study Finds
Posted: August 20th, 2010, 1:10am EDT by By GINA KOLATA
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Geneticists report they have seen a dead gene come back to life and cause a common form of muscular dystrophy.
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News Analysis: Lilly Alzheimer Drug’s Failure Puts Theory in Question
Posted: August 19th, 2010, 2:10am EDT by By GINA KOLATA
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The failure of a promising Alzheimer’s drug highlights the gap between diagnosis and treatment.
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Personal Best: Repeat Injuries Don’t Stop Some Amateur Athletes
Posted: August 16th, 2010, 5:20pm EDT by By GINA KOLATA
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Despite strains, fractures and tears, we keep going, switching sports or even doctors. At least one expert would say we stubborn athletes have a psychological problem.
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Rare Sharing of Data Leads to Progress on Alzheimer’s
Posted: August 13th, 2010, 1:30am EDT by By GINA KOLATA
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The key to a collaborative Alzheimer’s project was an ambitious agreement to share all the data, making every single finding public immediately.
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Spinal-Fluid Test Is Found to Predict Alzheimer’s
Posted: August 10th, 2010, 2:40am EDT by By GINA KOLATA
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Researchers reported that a test of spinal fluid could identify with great accuracy patients with memory loss who were on their way to developing Alzheimer’s disease.
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Spinal-Fluid Test Is Found to Predict Alzheimer’s
Posted: August 10th, 2010, 2:40am EDT by By GINA KOLATA
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Researchers reported that a test of spinal fluid could identify with great accuracy patients with memory loss who were on their way to developing Alzheimer’s disease.
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A Key to Open Failed Egg Cells to Fertilization
Posted: August 10th, 2010, 1:10am EDT by By GINA KOLATA
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Reproductive biologists may have figured out how to induce immature egg cells that fail to develop to grow into mature eggs that can be fertilized.
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News Analysis: In Push to Detect Early Alzheimer’s Markers, Hopes for Prevention
Posted: August 5th, 2010, 3:00am EDT by By GINA KOLATA
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Groups that have proposed new diagnostic guidelines seek to counter criticism that drug companies will be the main beneficiaries.
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Personal Best: With This Rinse, Performance Improves
Posted: July 19th, 2010, 4:59pm EDT by By GINA KOLATA
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A carbohydrate solution that doesn’t even have to be swallowed gives athletes a boost, exercise scientists find.
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The Vanishing Mind: Promise Seen for Detection of Alzheimer’s
Posted: June 24th, 2010, 1:45pm EDT by By GINA KOLATA
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If one company’s findings hold up, doctors would for the first time have a reliable way to diagnose Alzheimer’s.
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Hospice Patients Aid in Research
Posted: June 23rd, 2010, 11:50pm EDT by By GINA KOLATA
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The patients agreed to be scanned for Alzheimer plaque before they died and then have their brains examined after death to see if a company’s new system worked.
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New Devices to Help Heart Patients
Posted: June 22nd, 2010, 12:04am EDT by By GINA KOLATA
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A grouping of the new smart, implantable defibrillators that monitor heart information and transmit it to doctors and hospitals.Smart, implantable devices are designed to help patients manage their conditions, similar to the way diabetics do.
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Personal Best: After Heatstroke, When Is It Safe to Exercise?
Posted: June 15th, 2010, 11:38am EDT by By GINA KOLATA
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Heatstroke, a potentially deadly consequence of exercising strenuously in the heat, remains poorly understood — misunderstood, some say.
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Personal Best: Warm-Ups Before Exercise: Many Methods, Little Research
Posted: May 17th, 2010, 6:56pm EDT by By GINA KOLATA
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There is theory about why warming up should work, but little solid research on whether it actually does.
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Personal Best: Drink a Slushie Before Hot-Weather Workouts
Posted: April 27th, 2010, 1:20am EDT by By GINA KOLATA
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New research suggests that a syrup-flavored ice slurry before a workout in hot conditions can improve endurance.