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...ings/day) intake of fruits and vegetables. Recent advances in the development of eating pattern scores may translate more readily into complete dietary guidelines for the public that could maximize the CVD-preventative potential of a healthy diet....New gene therapy protocol: First successful treatment for 'bubble babies'
...e Salsabil was born in February, 2000, significant advances had been made in the field of gene therapy and stem cell biology. Prof. Slavin determined that if he could give the genetically treated cells an advantage, they could prevail. Clinical application of these new concepts was offered to Dr. Claudio Bord...More than 10 million developed cancer in 2000
...rease in the stomach cancer rate worldwide, to the advances in the early detection and treatment of some major cancer types particular cervical and breast cancer and to a reduction in smoking prevalence. Tobacco consumption remains the most important avoidable cancer risk. In the 20th century, approximately...Let's talk about sex -- And pain
...or Chemistry and Society, aims to highlight recent advances in the study of pain. Permission is granted to reprint in whole or in part....Infant mortality rate drops, children more likely to have working parent, be read to
...he chances of our poorest children to share in the advances in health we've experienced as a nation." Dr. Sondik noted that the adolescent birth rate also declined. In 2000, the adolescent birth rate was 27 per 1,000 young women ages 15 to 17. The 2000 rate was a record low for the nation, down from 29 per ...Panel calls for greater attention to cancer patients' pain, depression, and fatigue
... the University of Washington in Seattle. Despite advances in early detection and effective treatment, cancer remains one of the most feared diseases, not only because of its association with death but with diminished quality of life. While research is producing new insights into the causes and cures of can...Important advances in the development of drug delivery vehicles
...he University of Pennsylvania, describes important advances in the laboratory synthesis of vesicles and other types of aggregates, which are microscopic structures that have potential applications in the delivery of drugs to the body. Vesicles are hollow spheres, so small that one thousand of them placed side...Colorectal cancer drug provides important option for patients with advanced disease
...e approval of oxaliplatin was another in a line of advances for colorectal cancer patients. "When I was in medical school 20 years ago," Rothenberg said, "the median survival for these patients was six months. Today, it is 18 months. I can't think of any other solid tumor in which h the survival gains have be...Easier monitoring of diabetes is focus of symposium, Aug. 18
...W. Small, Ph.D., of Ohio University, will describe advances toward developing a device that monitors glucose levels by shining a beam of near infrared light on the skin. The researchers are evaluating several possible measurement sites, including the ear, tongue and fingers. (Arnold's paper, ANYL 10, will ...... metabolic disturbances and disorders. Since then, advances in technology have facilitated routine postmortem screening for metabolic disorders that may be the underlying cause of death in some infants and children, rather than SIDS. Among the newer technologies is one that screens for metabolic disorders. Us...Cancer revealed: New $10M grant establishes cancer imaging center
...all by U-M for brain-tumor imaging studies. "The advances in medical imaging, and in cancer biology, over the past decade have been astounding, but combining the two promises to increase our power to understand and defeat cancer," says Brian Ross, Ph.D., professor of radiology at the U-M Medical School and ...FINAL ALERT: RPB Science Writers Seminar in Eye Research to be held in Washington, DC Sept. 22-25
...ng world. BLURRY-EYE BONANZA. There's a bevy of advances to report on the refractive-error-correction front. Super Vision LASIK, for one, a procedure that yields better than 20/20 vision. SVL makes use of wavefront analysis to detect slight deviations in the way the eyes focus light -- information that's t...Mayo Clinic Cancer Center receives SPORE grant for lymphoma cancer research from NCI
...wa has a track record of using research laboratory advances to develop new treatments for cancers, including lymphoma. "Both the Mayo Clinic and The University of Iowa have excellent teams of clinical researchers with national reputations as lymphoma physicians. This combination of shared and individual stren...World Heart Day spotlights cardiovascular disease pandemic
... do a more effective job of translating scientific advances into programs that can save lives in all parts of the world. These advances have led to enormous gains in cardiovascular disease knowledge, but a gap remains in implementing th...New research adds to understanding of conscious awareness
...rent issue of the journal Neurology. "Despite many advances in our understanding of the brain, the mechanisms of conscious awareness are still poorly understood," said Kimford J. Meador, MD, professor and chair of neurology at Georgetown University Medical Center and the senior author of both articles. "As ou...Duke and federal government partner to create innovative health care model
...ng a doctor. Duke's vision is that with the latest advances in the fields of genomics and the understanding of disease origins and risk factors, it is possible for a new paradigm of interaction between people and their health care system. "We currently spend $1.4 trillion a year on health care, but we aren't ...Pill may prevent stent complication that re-blocks arteries
... Virmani, M.D., senior author of the study. Recent advances using new and better stents combined with radiation treatments dramatically reduced the complication rate from stenting. Another experimental approach using drug-eluting stents is associated with even lower restenosis rates, but neither radiation no...Fred Hutchinson Research Center awarded $7 million grant
...treatment of blood cancer. One of the most recent advances included the research by Dr. Brian Druker, who received a $500,000 grant from the Society that helped him demonstrate that the drug Gleevec (STI-571) is an effective treatment for chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML). Gleevec, manufactured by Novartis...Smoking during adolescence could increase risk of breast cancer
...iological studies will certainly take advantage of advances in the understanding of the pathogenesis and molecular biology of breast cancer to unravel the role of genetic predisposition, endocrine and reproductive factors, and environmental exposures on the initiation of cancer."...Angioplasty safer, need for emergency surgery afterward plunges
...t. 15 More physician experience and technological advances have produced a 10-fold drop in emergency bypass s...drugs to inhibit clot formation, and technological advances such as stents, which help keep arteries open. "Among the patients who did not require emergency by...