Team approach works better to reduce blood pressure in African-American men
... these men healthier and out of expensive hospital care later." Results of the study of 309 hypertensive A...hensive, individualized intervention by the health care team. Nurse practitioner visits were scheduled every one to three months and all participants got fr...Fruits offer powerful protection from skin cancer
...t the argument to incorporate this agent into skin care products and regular diets, through the moderate consumption of grapes and red wine." Resveratrol significantly inhibited UVB-mediated increases in skin thickness and edema; epidermal cyclooxygenase (COX-2); ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) enzyme and p...'Dog-on-a-chip' could replace drug-sniffing canines
...acks. They require expensive handlers to train and care for them, and the seized drugs must still be sent to the lab for further analysis adding trained technicians and costly lab equipment to the tab. Plus, scientists still don't know exactly what chemicals the dogs are sensing, allowing for significant...Case researchers discover the mouth's defenses against AIDS
...ons within the body, which result in annual health care costs of over $15 billion....Eastern Europe urged to prepare now for growing threat of HIV resistance
..., in an effort to provide a consistent standard of care and avert a potential healthcare crisis. We need to ensure that all European countries are benefiting from new treatments and are allocating vital resources where they will be of most value." The increasing prevalence of HIV drug resistance means tha...Young cancer researchers honored
... latest research to advance the standard of cancer care worldwide....Exercise and healthy weight delay cancer even among women with highest genetic risk
...ry of breast cancer is advised to consult a health care provider for a thorough evaluation and careful discussion of all options. Not all women with a family history of breast cancer have an increased risk of developing the condition. THE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION Founded in 1993 by Evelyn H. L...Landmark study offers new information about breast cancer genes
... to help patients make informed, autonomous health care and reproductive decisions."...UCSD, VA and Cal-(IT) wireless technology to enhance mass casualty treatment in disasters
...ated wireless technology to coordinate and enhance care of mass casualties in a terrorist attack or natura...at the current technologies supporting acute field care of victims of disasters are simply inadequate," Lenert said. "The new technologies deployed by WIIS...Improving the body's 'homeland security' against TB
...roduce toxic side effects. Even in the best health care facilities, patients with TB often balk at the lengthy and often wearying regime. In developing countries with numerous public health challenges, the long treatment and side effects of this treatment are prohibitive. As a result, TB, like staph and o...Scientists determine identity, cell locale and quantity of nearly all proteins in an organism
... "imperfect proxies" for the information we really care about, which is the proteins," Weissman added. "The reason we've been looking at the messages the genes -- is because we could, but what is more informative is proteins where they act, how they act and in what kind of abundance." "There has been a ...Highlights of the October 2003 Journal of the American Dietetic Association
..., then the Association promotes a team approach to care for clients receiving concurrent MNT and pharmacot...tics professionals and other members of the health care team. "Adequate nutrition is essential in the recovery of a patient from disease or the treatment as...Gene expression tied to social behavior in honey bees
...ent bees who were working either as nurses (taking care of the brood within the hive) or foragers (gathering food outside). A computer program was able to use the profiles to determine correctly, for 57 of 60 the bees, which individual belonged to what group. Behavioral differences between nurses and fora...Hospitalization injuries prove costly to patients, health care system
...particular medical injuries on patients and health care resources," said the study's senior author, Marlen...s down, and ultimately provide the safest possible care for patients." Chunliu Zhan, M.D., Ph.D., of the AHRQ, was a co-author of this study....UCSD researchers find promising new avenues for treating infections
...leading cause of pneumonia contracted in intensive care units. Furthermore, treating these infections is often problematic due to the antibiotic resistance of the bacteria. So the researchers wanted to better understand how the toxin killed cells in the hope that such insight would lead to alternative tr...'Injectable' tissue implant could repair ravages of breast cancer surgery
...nts for approximately 50 percent of a total health care cost of $400 billion in the United States. Burg's research has drawn wide attention from the scientific community. In September, Technology Review, MIT's Magazine of Innovation, named Burg to its 2003 list of the world's 100 Top Young Innovators --...New way of examining lymph tissue detects hidden melanoma
...ients, and could ultimately improve our ability to care for patients with melanoma." Dr. Hoon and his team designed a molecular test to detect the presence of four melanoma-associated proteins, or "markers," in lymph node tissue. They obtained archived tissue samples from 77 patients. Standard tests rev...Manual, low-tech method for 2nd trimester abortions found safe and effective
...have an unexpected pregnancy and other children to care for," he says. Study coauthors were C.S. Todd, M.E. Soler, L. Castleman, and M.K. Rogers....NIH announces strategy to accelerate medical research progress
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...r pressure ulcer treatment; and SCI clinic or home care visits for pressure ulcer treatment. Stage IV pressure ulcers were the most prevalent. Duration of pressure ulcers varied from one week to three years. More severe ulcers were less likely to heal and more likely to be referred for surgery. Patients w...