Parasite, mosquito genomes complete malaria picture
...ffectively control malaria and, ultimately, lift a burden of suffering from millions," he adds....Report offers action plan for curbing diseases that kill millions
...ions for allocating resources to lessen the global burden of these illnesses. The document makes specific recommendations for the clinical arena, research, education, disease prevention, and communication. The issues outlined include active surveillance and reporting systems, epidemiological training for c...JCI Table of Contents, November 18, 2002
... onlydecreases bone lesions but also reduces tumor burden in animals. Preliminaryresults from human patients treated with bisphosphonates, a group of drugsalso used to prevent and treat osteoporosis, suggest that the same might betrue in humans. An article in the November 18 issue of the Journal of Clinica...Tailor-made sugar coated proteins manufactured in novel E. coli system
...seful in the development of vaccines to reduce the burden of Campylobacter-related disease"....First awards for FIC global health research initiative program for new foreign investigators
..., environmental pollution, cancer, and the growing burden of neurological and mental illness. The GRIP provides support on a competitive basis to assist well-trained young investigators from the developing world to contribute to health care advances of benefit to their home countries and the global communit...First study to show the potential for effective prevention of migraine with an AT1 receptor blocker
...ine attacks, without having to bear the additional burden of unpleasant side-effects," commented Dr Erling T...six days per 1000 working people. Alleviating the burden of migraine allows sufferers to live normal lives, unhindered by the incapacity and considerable dis...Exercise and imaging tests predict heart events in high-risk families
...s a potentially fruitful approach for reducing the burden of death and disability from heart disease," they conclude....School of Public Health awarded $30 million to develop and introduce pneumococcal vaccine
... vaccine in developing countries. Establishing the burden of pneumococcal disease and the safety and effectiveness of pneumococcal vaccines are major priorities for the ADIP team.As a milestone driven project, the ADIP is a new approach to public-private partnerships for improving global health. The team se...Underserved US minorities face 'unequal burden of cancer' that must be corrected
...esident Nixon -- cannot be won until this "unequal burden of cancer" is corrected, according to reports by a... who assembled the panel for an October 2001: "The burden of cancer is not equally distributed within the U.S. population, but differs by race, ethnicity and,...Genetically modified mice provide information on treatments for cocaine dependence
Drug abuse places a tremendous burden on our nation each year, both in terms of crime, law enforcement demands, lost productivity, added costs of health care delivery, and premature death. Among those drugs that are abused, cocaine is considered one of the most powerful. Yet no effective...Obesity in Costa Rican children 'alarming,' likely future health burden
...ion there is "alarming" and that the future health burden attributable to excess weight gain "is likely to be huge," if the current trend continues. The study, the first of its kind in Costa Rica, appeared in a recent issue of the "Revista Panamericana de Salud Pblica/Pan American Journal of Public Health,"...St. Jude researchers reverse blood disease using genetically modified stem cells
...conditioning--is less toxic, but still reduces the burden of abnormal cells. Non-myeloablation is especially attractive to researchers who want to develop relatively non-toxic treatments for blood diseases that require eliminating large quantities of abnormal stem cells....Reduced daily eye patching effectively treats 'lazy eye'
...s will be available this fall." "Because the daily burden to administer treatment for amblyopia falls on the parent, the findings from this study will immediately affect families that have young children with this eye disorder," he added. "The findings make it much easier for parents to monitor their childr...NIH awards grants for six new autism research centers
...ts and help us achieve our mission of reducing the burden associated with autism spectrum disorders." The six new centers, their directors, and this year's grant amounts are: University of Washington, Geraldine Dawson, Ph.D., $1.6 million; University of California, Los Angeles, Marian Sigman, Ph.D., $1.4 mi...Diabetes in the elderly linked to fewer cellular 'power plants'
...percent of the population." The estimated economic burden of diabetes in United States is about $100 billion per year, a substantial proportion of which is due to diabetes in the elderly, said the researchers. At the biochemical level, the hormone insulin promotes the transfer of glucose in the blood into c...UNC HIV-AIDS screening, prevention method could become national model for cutting illness
...at pale by comparison with the financial and human burden of missing a case or missing the opportunity to prevent further HIV transmission. An additional feature of the program is a rapid response team of about a dozen public health specialists deployed across North Carolina and responsible for contacting, ...U-M researchers seek answers for African-Americans at risk for prostate cancer
...gh our study was modest in size, the public health burden of prostate cancer in the African-American community warrants further attention to potential genetic risk factors," says David Miller, M.D., a resident in Urology at the U-M Medical School and lead author of the report. While scientists believe there...Strategy to treat AIDS patients in Africa with less drug, reduced toxicity set for clinical test
...cost could be well over $1 million - a significant burden for a team of nonprofit scientists. (In the U.S., the same drugs would cost approximately ten times as much.) The consequence of this situation is that this promising study with important public-health implications may never happen. "As an academic r...From Hopkins: Children may outgrow peanut allergies
...er. "Because of these findings, and the tremendous burden peanut allergies can cause for children and their families, I recommend that children with peanut allergy be retested on a regular basis, every one or two years." The researchers found that children were more likely to outgrow their peanut allergy if...New opportunities for accelerating the conquest of human cancer
...ncer entirely," he continued, "but eliminating the burden of the disease by preemption of the process of cancer initiation and progression is a goal within our grasp." To describe how the genetics revolution -- and other scientific and policy-related issues are presenting new opportunities to accelerate th...