New Vancomycin Structure May Point To Path For Overcoming Antibiotic Resistance
...at the vancomycin resistance problem will get much worse rather thango away, adequate funding to solve the problem will probably not materializeuntil it is more generally perceived as an immediate and broad threat to publichealth." Recently, Loll and Axelsen teamed up with Penn professor of chemist...Fetal Lead Exposure May Reduce Immunity
...her sources," Dietert said. "And the situation is worse in developing countries, where leaded gasoline is still sold and women work in factories where lead is used." Lead exposure is just one of the risk factors for immune-related disease now under consideration by epidemiologists in the United States. A...Social Stress Shortens Lives Of Monkeys With AIDS
...ts. "Overall, animals in unstable associations did worse than did animals in stable associations. However, early on, it was clear that some unstable monkeys were somewhat protected by their greater ability to navigate the stormy social waters," Capitanio said. "Plus, there were a couple of monkeys in stab...Allergies To Rubber Affect 12.5 Percent Of Health Care Workers
...th. "These reactions become progressively worse with repeated exposures, soit's important to identify both those who are sensitized and those who alreadyhave allergy symptoms," says Hamilton. "By stopping exposure, we should beable to stop the sensitized but asymptomatic group from developing s...Non-Surgical Treatment Ends Pelvic Pain In Women
...nificantlydisrupted." The problem is made worse in part because many doctors are unfamiliarwith the condition and fail to diagnose it, according to Venbrux, and a fourthof those undiagnosed women undergo unneeded hysterectomy--removal of theuterus--which rarely solves the problem. To det...Virulent Fungus Devastating Potato Crops
...because the strain is more aggressive. "Things are worse now than they were a few years ago," says Fry. He and Stephen B. Goodwin, a U.S. Department of Agriculture researcher at Purdue University, warn of the effects of the aggressive new strain of the fungus in an article in the journal Plant Disease . ......ingthose that occur in humans." These lesions are worse when the mice are fed ahigh-cholesterol, high-fat, Western type diet. "These mice now give us a good animal model to test the effects of dietconstituents, such as monounsaturated fats, trans fatty acids, fish oils, andvitamins, not only on the l...Good Ergonomics Is Good Economics
...next three six-month periods. In short, things got worse rather than better (Bill Brough, personal communication and supporting documentation). Coupled with both management's and labors' active support, Tokyo Marine traces these reductions in strain-type injuries for the six participating companies direc...Genetics May Explain Why African Americans More At Risk For Strokes Caused By Bleeding In The Brain
... be morelikely to have bleeding strokes and have a worse outcome," says Alberts. "Webelieve the e4 allele ...ur concept that this e4 allele doesn't onlylead to worse outcomes, but it also may also lead to an earlier onset," saysAlberts. Co-researchers inclu......men and womenbetween the ages of 60 and 75 perform worse on working memory tests than matchedgroups of people between 25 and 35. In the study being presented this week, older men tested first withoutsupplementation then again after one month of testosterone supplementationshowed significant improv...Common Childhood Virus Poses Threat To Adults, Research Shows
...two, then, despite taking antibiotics, developed a worse fever,shortness of breath, or wheezing before entering the hospital. Some hadunderlying medical problems such as heart disease or lung disease that wereexacerbated by the illness, but 8 of the 57 RSV-positive people were previouslyhealthy and less th...Hot 'Lanta: NASA, School Kids Team To Study How Trees Help Cities Keep Their Cool
... about it for decades. The change - for the worse - was so gradual that we didn't notice it. And fixing problems that we have caused may start with planting a few trees downtown and using the same observation techniques developed for studyi...Isle Royale Moose Continue Decline
...eeded, resulting in serious overbrowsing that grew worse each year as moose continued to increase," says Peterson. "The length of last winter proved especially costly for calves and older, weaker moose, but it also killed a surprising number of young adults." Peterson says the only thing that saved most of...No Such Luck: Nitrogen From Air Pollution Unlikely to Moderate Global Warming
...ollution is a problem that will grow progressively worse as the human population rises unless we take direct steps to counter it."......ons in several yet unidentified genes, may be made worse when there are numerous copies of these mutations, called a triplet repeat. "Our finding of genetic anticipation in Crohn's disease will help researchers look for the genes responsible for the disease and help identify those at risk for developing it...