The Cochrane Library Newsletter, 2005, Issue 1
...lated disability each year. Since early reports of benefit in the 1960s, doctors have used corticosteroids as...s Penicillin V and erythromycin give little or no benefit to people suffering from acute laryngitis. Taking them only runs the risk of stimulating the growth ...Why attractive (but costly) males get the girls
...given time and sons that were more attractive. The benefit stems in large part, the authors argue, from siring "sexy" sons. Thus, by evaluating both the direct effects of mating on female lifetime fecundity and the indirect effects of offspring fitness, the authors determined the net consequences of a mating...Towards targeted lung cancer treatment
... therefore trying to find ways to predict who will benefit from a particular drug, so that they can better weigh the risks and benefits for an individual patient. In an article in the current issue of the international open-access medical journal PLoS Medicine , William Pao, Harold Varmus, and colleagues fr...Theory on evolution of essential genes is overturned by new finding
...rst the gene may have conveyed some as yet unknown benefit that eventually became essential during the course of evolution. It could even have been involved in the early processes leading to speciation of this group of fruit flies," said Dr Karr. Dr Steve Dorus from the University of Chicago, who collaborate...University of Arizona receives IBM grant for massive virtual storage system for life sciences data
...volve undergraduate and graduate students who will benefit IBM Tucson as they gain expertise with new technology." The grant is part of the latest series of awards, bringing IBM's contributions to foster collaborative research to more than $70 million over the last three years. The awards support the advance...Calcium may protect women from cancer
... themselves against colorectal cancer. As for the benefit of calcium for men, he said, "The results of this study are consistent with other studies that show calcium reduces risk of colorectal cancer in both women and men. A note of caution for men, however, is that dairy foods, the primary source of calciu...CMS plan recognizes PET technology for benefit of cancer patients
... action will give thousands of cancer patients the benefit of the superior diagnosis and treatment capabilities of this exciting imaging technology," agreed Peter S. Conti, M.D., Ph.D., SNM president-elect and chair of SNM's PET Center of Excellence. According to CMS, this decision reflects Medicare's empha...Rush physicians using gene therapy for heart patients with moderate to severe chest pains
...ina) who have not found relief from medication may benefit from a new gene therapy approach being used by cardiologists at Rush University Medical Center to grow new blood vessels in the heart. The phase II clinical research study uses vascular endothelial growth factor-2 (VEGF-2) in the form of a solution ...Biodiversity hotspots identify conservation priorities
...tner organizations to conserve this region for the benefit of not only its plant and animal species, but also for the millions of people whose well-being is tied to its ecological health." The Madrean Pine-Oak Woodlands hotspot is a 178,095-square-mile area encompassing Mexico's main mountain chains, some is...BioMed Central welcomes the new National Institutes of Health public access policy
...he deposition process themselves. This significant benefit is in addition to the rapid and high quality peer review, fast publication and high visibility of BioMed Central'sOpen Access journals. BioMed Central urges all researchers in the life and medical sciences to fulfil the NIH request and to submit thei...Sexual cooperation: Mating increases longevity in ant queens
...ome social insects--in which both sexes ultimately benefit from long, successful reproductive lives of female...of the social ant Cardiocondyla obscurior actually benefit from mating by gaining increased lifespan and reproductive success, living longer irrespective of wh...Asthma gene clusters identified
...is a good example of research that we believe will benefit patients, based on the use of novel algorithms and analysis from computational medicine. In this study, we show that asthma is controlled by two different genetic profiles. Now, in computational medicine, we will combine all of our clinical knowledge...Physicians recommend screening for toxoplasmosis for all pregnant women, newborns
...sing many pregnant women and their infants who may benefit from treatment," said study co-author Rima McLeod, M.D., professor of ophthalmology and medical director of the Toxoplasmosis Center at the University of Chicago. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 60 million peop...First love ruins him for all others
...from Illinois State University, says, "The primary benefit to males appears to be that wing feeding keeps the female occupied during the time it takes the male to transfer the sperm."......eral, a broad range of biomedical researchers will benefit from the PSI's technical advances, experimental data, and availability of new materials, such as reagents. "There are a lot of proteins that are incredibly important to understanding human biology and medicine, yet we know very little about most o...National Inventors Hall of Fame announces 2005 inductees
...sive group of inventors worked hard to give us the benefit of their inventions," said Rick Nydegger, President of the National Inventors Hall of Fame Foundation. "We look forward to honoring such a distinguished group, and we are glad they are receiving this much deserved recognition." This year's inductees...From Mars to Maryland: 2005 AAAS Annual Meeting spotlights
...cience and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all people." Reflecting the theme, "The Nexus: Where Science Meets Society," highlights of the 2005 Meeting will include the following events and luminaries: AAAS PRESIDENTIAL LECTURE Shirley Ann Jackson, the first African-American elected presi...Green tea extract shows promise as an anti-cancer agent, UCLA study finds
...more precisely which bladder cancer patients might benefit from taking it." Numerous epidemiologic and animal...tients to determine which subset of patients would benefit most from taking green tea extract. Researchers will be looking for specific biomarkers associated w...Experiments provide proof of how traveling in groups protects insects
...lism of injured crickets overall, there's a clear benefit to band members," Lorch said. "Predation occurs anyway, but any given individual is far better protected than it would be if it were on its own." The research, supported by the USDA, is part of a larger study designed to learn whether scientists can ...Bridging gaps to save lives: UH hosts nanotechnology conference
... describing how those agencies might work with and benefit from the Alliance for NanoHealth research efforts. The afternoon session, starting at 1:30 p.m. in rooms 336, 340 and 343, will consist of study groups followed by a panel discussion with the goal of facilitating collaborative research among the All...