New study may offer fatal polycystic kidney disease cure

October 16th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Increased exposure to secondhand smoke can result in heart disease in nonsmoking adults, says a new study.he study, titled Secondhand Smoke Exposure and Cardiovascular Effects, reviewed available scientific literature to assess the relationship between secondhand smoke exposure and acute coronary events. The authors, experts in secondhand smoke exposure and toxicology, clinical cardiology, epidemiology, and statistics, found that there is about a 25 to 30 percent increase in the risk of coronary heart disease from exposure to secondhand smoke.

September 29th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Impaired kidney function may lead to cognitive decline in old age, according to a new study. Conducted by researchers at Rush University Medical Center, the study found that poor kidney function was linked specifically with cognition related to memory functions.

September 25th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A childhood kidney disorder, which was believed to disappear after puberty, is likely to persist into adulthood and cause significant long-term complications, reveals a new study. The study's researchers suggest that better treatment options are needed for children with the disorder, called minimal change nephrotic syndrome.

September 5th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine have found a key contributor in the development of preeclampsia in pregnant women - a condition that can result in miscarriage and maternal death. The researchers in the study focused on identifying the differences in the uteri of pregnant women with and without preeclampsia and how the mother's tissues vary from the immediately adjacent foetus' tissue in preeclamptic women.

August 18th, 2009 LONDON - A six-month treatment with a synthetic gastro-intestinal hormone, Lanreotide, significantly decreased swollen cystic livers, compared to a 'wait and see' policy, says a new research. At least five percent of the population have one or two cysts in the liver.

July 19th, 2009 LONDON - Kids suffering from potentially lethal nut allergies have been offered a new hope following the success of an experimental new treatment. A groundbreaking therapy which effectively "retrains" the immune systems of patients who have food allergies so that they become desensitised to the food has been developed by doctors at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge.

July 9th, 2009 LONDON - Scientists have come up with a new test that can help predict a person's risk of heart disease more accurately. An independent external validation of QRISK, a new score for predicting a heart disease risk has been found to be more accurate than the existing test.

July 1st, 2009 LONDON - A new study has suggested that minor weight loss in obese women could boost their chances of getting pregnant. Professor Bill Ledger, from the University of Sheffield, and colleagues said conducted a three-month study of 40 obese women who were not ovulating.

June 17th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Farmed fish, if fed by-products rendered from cows, could transmit Creutzfeldt Jakob disease-commonly known as mad cow disease. Questioning the safety of eating farmed fish, Dr.

May 20th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Have you ever been sick of pizza, playing the same computer game, or visiting the same bookshop? Joseph Redden, professor of marketing at the University of Minnesota's (U-M) Carlson School of Management, may have found a cure for your satiation blues. You should think of variety, he says.

May 16th, 2009 WASHINGTON - In a bid to diagnose and treat renal diseases early and more successfully, researchers from nine European countries have spent four-and-a half years to create a three-dimensional virtual "Kidney Atlas", which incorporates the latest research findings on the development and diseases of the kidney. The Kidney Atlas was part of the European Renal Genome Project (EuReGene), coordinated by the Max Delbruck Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin-Buch, Germany, which the European Union (EU) funded with more than 10 million euros.

April 27th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Drinking diet soda is likely to reduce the risk of forming kidney stone, according to a new study. The research by the University of California, San Francisco, (UCSF) suggests that the citrate and malate content in sodas may be sufficient to inhibit the development of calcium stones.

April 2nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Scientists have now discovered how probiotics successfully work in fighting against a number of animal diseases, paving way for their use in preventing and even treating human diseases. Scientists from University College Cork, Ireland, used three animal models of disease that have human counterparts - bovine mastitis, porcine salmonellosis (a gastrointestinal disease) and listeriosis in mice (an often fatal form of food poisoning) - to demonstrate the protective effects of probiotics.

March 10th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Severe depression among relatively healthy women can trigger heart attacks, often with a fatal outcome, according to a new study. 'It's important for women with depression to be aware of the possible association between depression and heart disease, and work with their healthcare providers to manage their risk for coronary heart disease,' said William Whang, cardiologist at Columbia University Medical Centre (CUMC) and lead investigator of the study.

January 20th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Seniors with damaged kidneys are more likely to suffer heart failure, stroke and other causes of mortality, says a new study. These findings indicate that the elderly with impaired kidneys should make lifestyle changes, particularly if they are at risk from high blood cholesterol and high blood pressure to avoid developing cardiovascular problems.