New N.C. ferry-linked water monitoring begins generating useful data for analysis
...ites across the estuary that may not be covered by routine monitoring at restricted locations. Trying to establish cause and effect relationships between changes in water quality and those events has been one of the more frustrating aspects of understanding how complex estuarine environments work." Ramus and...Mouse allergy contributes to inner-city asthma crisis
... children for mouse allergy. "Currently, it is not routine to test asthmatic children for allergies to mice," says Wood. "We think that doctors need to change their approach to inner-city asthma and take this into account. We need to test for this allergy, ask families about mouse infestation, and recommend ...Biological warfare: an emerging threat in the 21st century
...he military`s vaccination effort. As for smallpox, routine vaccinations in the United States ended in 1980, the year the virus was officially eradicated, so few Americans still have immunity today. The Centers for Disease Control will make 40 million new doses of the vaccine available beginning in 2004, but ...Veterinary researchers seek secret to reversing birth defects
... says these observations may suggest that there is routine cross-talk between fetus and mother via chemical mediators, and that mothers may play a much greater role than once believed in fetal development. Not only does this indicate that optimal maternal immune health may be important for protection against...Drug decreases blood vessel stiffness in older primates
...ts ended. No significant changes in body weight or routine chemical measurements were detected during the follow-up period. The finding was published in the January 30, 2001 issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Arterial stiffening is a major factor in many of the vascular diseases a...Novel route to lupus-like disease in mice
...mune disease will not be known until clinics begin routine testing for such disordersespecially in the 50 percent of children who show symptoms of unknown inherited metabolic diseases. Additional studies are needed to understand how knocking out a -mannosidase II produces an autoimmune disease, he said...Organgutan numbers plummeting worldwide; species may vanish in ten years, study says
...d more social behavior. Van Schaik has documented routine use of at least two kinds of feeding tools to extract honey from tree holes and seeds from a woody fruit protected by stinging hairs. The geographical distribution of this tool use implies that it is handed down to generations, similar to what occur...Freezing human eggs - new findings point way to greater success
...l adopt the technique and that it will soon become routine practice. "It is very important that we improve the possibilities for women to become pregnant after having their eggs frozen. It will offer hope to women who lose their fertility through medical treatments or who may be at risk of premature menopaus...Gulf war veterans report more ill health than other service men and women
...lems, and that efforts should be made to implement routine surveillance, risk assessment and systematic record keeping to prevent or reduce these problems.......hurdle to diagnosing very early infections is that routine antibody tests to HIV are likely to be negative during this period. It's necessary to use other, more sophisticated tests such as polymerase chain reaction to directly detect the presence of the virus during primary HIV infection. Those more revealin...Common genetic mutation linked to uterine cancer
...f pre-malignant disease should still be based upon routine histologic examination. The role of special PTEN studies in patient management has not yet been defined."...Hopkins selected to participate in first major study of digital mammography
...gital mammography to asymptomatic women coming for routine screening mammography."...Study allays fears about the physical and psychological development of ICSI children
... ICSI children compared with children conceived by routine IVF or naturally, and that there might be a slight increase in the transmission of paternal sex chromosomal defects. However subsequent studies have concluded that ICSI children are performing normally, and that the prevalence of congenital and chro...Israeli fertility experts call for international chromosome registry
...peripheral blood karyotyping should be part of the routine work-up of the couple. Treatment can then be tailored to fit the individual patient's gynaecological background and the type of chromosomal changes detected. That treatment may be pre-implantation genetic diagnosis, further attempts at IVF or oocyte ...Computers to help doctors identify rare diseases
... of computer screening could easily become part of routine history-taking and physical exam of patients, increasing the discriminatory power of clinical history and physical signs and symptoms in suggesting the presence of a rare infectious disease in any particular patient."...Two programs will follow up on Human Genome Project
...l's genetic sequence can become part of a person's routine medical record. While the centers are funded for an initial five-year period, the centers' grants may be renewed for an additional five years....Study: Infected people need not carry AIDS virus long before passing it on
... infection is the earliest stage of infection, and routine tests for HIV antibodies are not yet positive. Patients often develop flu-like symptoms within one to four weeks of contracting it. Symptoms may last for several days and are sometimes called the "acute retroviral syndrome." The research project inv......ies suggest that the high levels of oxygen used in routine cultivation of stem cells can alter their efficiency," adds Csete. "Our results indicate that the conditions under which approved human embryonic stem cell lines were cultured may have limited their potential in important ways." In her current resear...Baxter's HomeChoice Pediatric dialysis system receives market clearance from FDA
...atient sleeps so interruptions in a childs daytime routine are minimized. For instance, the therapy does not interfere with a childs school or day care schedule, and it eliminates the need to travel to a dialysis center for treatments. The HomeChoice Pediatric system is specifically designed to deliver a...New research findings offers possible clues for avoiding sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)
...pt supine. Seventeen infants (81 percent) received routine periods of prone positioning while awake and supervised. Infants were studied during natural sleep during a morning or afternoon nap after a feeding. They were placed in a plastic crib. Bedding used in this study consisted of a corrugated foam pad co...