Strategy effective against drug resistant tuberculosis
...) tuberculosis in the world. Little data exists to guide policy on how to best control and prevent tuberculosis in areas where drug resistance is prevalent. Ma de Lourdes Garcia Garcia (Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica, Mexico) and colleagues analysed data from 436 tuberculosis patients from Southern Me...Do minorities survive hospitalization better than others?
A Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) order can certainly guide family members who are faced with difficult end-of-life decisions and might have simplified the plight of Terry Schiavo. Increasing usage of these orders can factor into the interpretation of clinical observations. While two recent studies showed low...Optical technique identifies vulnerable plaques in cardiac patients
...re. Someday OCT may provide information that will guide treatments to prevent plaque rupture and its disastrous consequences." Jang is an associate professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Along with the study's senior author Bouma and Tearney, additional co-authors are Briain MacNeill, MD, Mas...New estimates for the causes of child deaths worldwide
...es of the causes of child deaths should be used to guide public-health policies and programmes." In an accompanying commentary Peter Byass (Ume University, Sweden) states: "Counting the world's children is not all that is involved in making the world's children count. It is important to look at the single ...Study provides new estimates of the causes of child mortality worldwide
...d in the March 26 edition of The Lancet, will help guide public health policies and programs that address c...es of the causes of child deaths should be used to guide public-health policies and programs," he said. Previous research by Dr. Black and others has shown t...Mechanism of RNA recoding: New twists in brain protein production
...and modifying the molecular letters and words that guide protein assembly. Often, even simple editing such as changing one letter in an RNA molecule affects the resulting protein's function. There are many different types of RNA editing. Reenan's group studies one particular method called A-to-I RNA recodi...Sleeping Through the Night: Children's sleep expert advises parents
...mple, effective--and it works! This is the classic guide to a good night 's sleep for the whole family! About the Author: Jodi A. Mindell, Ph.D., is a leading authority on clinical sleep disorders in children and the Associate Director of the Sleep Disorders Center at The Children's Hospital of Philadelp...Finances, not having a dentist are primary barriers to seniors receiving needed dental care
...f different ages face different barriers will help guide these conversations and keep seniors in the dental-health-care system," she said. Additional UB researchers on the study were Elaine L. Davis, D.D.S., associate professor of oral diagnostic sciences; Meelin D. Chinkit-Wells, M.D., clinical as...'Speaker's cramp', a new type of involuntary mouth-, lip-muscle movement
... (EMG) was applied to locate dystonic activity and guide injections of Botox into the affected muscles. After baseline recordings, the patients were followed for two to three years, with Botox injections every 3-4 months and evaluation once or twice between treatments. In response to treatment, patients re...Breakthrough in medical research: New chemotherapy gives hope to brain tumour patients
... for using the unique tumor genetic signature as a guide for individualizing therapy and optimizing outcome."...Pregnant women should exercise to keep depression away
...l, days of the week. "These results can be used to guide the expectations of women, their providers and policies around functional status during pregnancy," states lead researcher, Dr. Jennifer Haas. Statistics show that over 90% of women in the work force continue to work up to the month before delivery....83rd General session & exhibition of the IADR
... procedures for arranging interviews (blue), a guide to the releases (blue), who's who in the releases (blue), releases on selected abstracts (white), releases on the IADR Distinguished Scientist Awards (goldenrod), a release on Other Awards and Fellowships: the IADR Distinguished Service Award...Treatment guidelines for kids with bipolar disorder published
...lar disorder in children, but there wasn't much to guide them in terms of treatment," added Dr. Kowatch. ...isting research results and clinical experience to guide clinicians and families. We hope that the guidelines will not only facilitate clinical care but also...Physician roles at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo
...nd Guantanamo? What guidelines currently exist to guide health care professionals when they are in situations of dual loyalty? What makes it difficult for individual physicians and other health care providers to abide by such guidelines? What should the profession of medicine do to ensure that physician...Brain-scanning technologies need standards, according to Stanford researcher
...linical care. These unpublished results could help guide doctors considering the use of such technology in the future. Brain imaging is also making inroads in diagnosing fetal abnormalities. Women who have an unusual ultrasound can now receive follow-up MRI screening to confirm the finding. The question is...Americans support most uses of reproductive genetic testing, report on US attitudes reveals
...dvocate on behalf of any particular policy, but to guide policy makers through the difficult issues that complicate all the available regulatory options," Hudson explains. "Any decisions - including the decision to maintain the status quo - should be undertaken with clear-eyed understanding of their poten...Certain gun storage practices can reduce risk of youth firearm injuries, suicide
... interventions, using behavioral science theory to guide intervention development," they write. (JAMA. 2005;293:740-741. Available post-embargo at JAMA.com )...A Family's Guide to Living with HIV
...spitals and the general public requesting the free guide can obtain a copy by contacting the Riley Infectious Disease Department at 317-274-7260. It also can be downloaded at www.clarian.org/pdf/hivguide.pdf . The Ryan White Center for Pediatric Infectious Disease is named in honor of Ryan White, whose hi...University of Washington joins new Autism Treatment Network to provide better medical services
... treatment with few physicians or centers that can guide them," she said. "And later on because many physicians focus on autism solely as a communications and behavior disorder, they fail to recognize medical conditions that are associated with autism. Many children with autism are nonverbal and have tro......owth factors and other natural chemicals needed to guide cells from one stage of motor neuron development to another. But once past a certain point, Li found that the cells kept veering off toward different cellular destinies. After hundreds of unsuccessful variations of growth factors and morphogens, Li w...