Lupus Foundation Of America Awards Summer Internship To Student Working At Wistar Institute
...ect was on the "generation ofa monoclonal antibody against a breast adenocarcinoma specific antigen." Ms. Seo is currently enrolled in a joint Ph.D./M.D. degree program atthe University of Pennsylvania. She is doing her graduate rotation at Wistar,where her research focuses on antigens targeted in...Six Football Players Died In 1997 Season: New Study
...ctwith his head when blocking and tackling. That's against the rules, but moreimportantly, it's dangerous." In 1968, 36 young men died after injuries in practices or in games.Mueller said. The drop in deaths directly attributable to football resulted fromrule changes adopted in 1976 that prohibited u...Policy Methods For Eliminating Child Labor
...ment rates rather than pursuing legislative action against child labor, which could be effective only in certain countries, say two Cornell University economists. These findings from Kaushik Basu, a professor of economics at Cornell, and Pham Hoang Van, a Cornell doctoral student in economics, appear in thei...Immunosuppressive Treatment Is Important For Sufferers Of Rheumatoid Arthritis
... prevent joint damage but possibly also to protect against lymphoma. Contact: Dr Eva Baecklund, Rheumatologist, Department of Medicine, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden......ide may not be effective as a chemopreventiveagent against prostate cancer, at least in men with high PSA levels," saysRonald K. Ross, M.D., USC professor of preventive medicine and deputy directorof the USC/Norris Cancer Center. "There may even be a subgroup of patients in whom the drug actually could behar...Epilepsy Drug Found To Stop Cocaine's Effects In Animals
... Abuse. "The Clinton Administration?s war against drugs is being fought on allfronts -- not just in the streets but in the laboratory as well," said ActingEnergy Secretary Elizabeth Moler. ?We want Americans to know that we've got thebest scientific minds in the country working hard to halt the des...The Health Consequences Of Nuclear Arms Trade In The Subcontinent Should Not Be Overlooked
... enormous costs of nuclear weapons must be weighed against the abysmal state of human development and health in south Asia." He notes that the region boasts over half of all the malnourished children in the world and with high infant mortality and a lack of basic facilities for health and education he finds...International Study Finds Statins Raise Good Cholesterol, Wake Forest Physician Reports
... better, and HDL above 60 appears to be protective against heartdisease. "We did not expect to see such dramatic effects of a statin on low HDL,nor did we expect to find that there was a differential effect betweensimvastatin and atorvastatin," Crouse said. Patients in the study got one of f......es and other serotonin uptake-blockersclearly warn against combining these drugs with MAO inhibitors, no red flagsabout phentermine's MAO-inhibiting ability were raised because the Bible of drugfacts--the Physician's Desk Reference--and the drug's own FDA-approved labeldon't list it as an MAO inhibitor. ...Health Promotion: Can Scare Tactics Work?
...atened by HPV were motivated to protect themselves against the disease. Those who did not feel threatened failed to respond "in either positive ornegative ways to the campaign -- they simply ignored it" and made no changes inattitudes or behavior. The research team also found that the fear-based campa...Jefferson Physician Warns Further Study Of DHEA's Safety Needed
...od stores for its purported protective properties against such age-related diseases as cancer, heart disease, Alzheimer's disease and diabetes. Blood levels of DHEA, the most abundant hormone in the body, rise after puberty, peak between the ages 25-30, then decline throughout the rest of life by as much...DNA-Based Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise To Successfully Treat Melanoma In Mice
...r of thestudy. The same strategy is being tested against prostate, breast and lymphomacancers in mice, as t...d autoimmune response that would lead toprotection against tumor spreading," said Dr. Houghton, a pioneer in the fieldof melanoma research and cancer vaccines....Patients are sought for a clinical study to determine
...eplacement therapy has been shown to protect women against heartdisease, stroke and Alzheimer's disease. Now, researchers atRush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center have begun a clinical trial todetermine if estrogen also improves the effectiveness of drugs used to treatParkinson's patients. Currently th...UCSF AIDS Expert Warns Against Early Treatment For HIV Infection
...'s research has focused on natural immune response against the AIDS virus.The accepted treatment guideline, L...finding suggests the function of the immune system against HIVhas been compromised. He suggests that the most valuable treatment in the future might be one th......al data showing thatBNP7787 can completely protect against cisplatin-induced kidney toxicity,vomiting and bon...trate thatBNP7787 appears to substantially protect against the common major toxicities ofplatinum chemotherapy and does not interfere with the antitumor activi...Microwaves May Provide Early Detection Of Breast Cancer
..., the microwave antennaarray will gently rest flat against the breast much as a book would if you werelying in bed." Data from microwave imaging will be inherently digital, with no film to developor scan. "After signal processing, the operator will see a three-dimensionalimage of the breast that can be rota...Encapsulating Insulin-Producing Cells For Possible Diabetes Therapy
...ibodies,a key part of the immune system's defenses against foreign invaders, to enterthe microcapsule. The microcapsules wrap each islet in a semipermeable mesh. "IgG has a molecular weight of about 150,000, and insulin's is about6,000," Grinstaff said. "That's a very big difference. So the idea is t...Pairing Two Drugs With Angioplasty May Offer Best Success In Treating Heart Attacks
...lasty,a procedure that presses plaque obstructions against an artery wall by inflatinga small balloon from a catheter. Of the 305 patients tested, up to 80 percenthad angioplasties, and of this group, another 80 percent received a stent. It was also unique in that it enrolled patients within 60 minu...Study Reveals Possible Link Between Osteoarthritis, Diet
...ccurringantioxidants in the diet appear to protect against knee arthritis, adegenerative condition that will become an increasing national health problem asbaby boomers age, a new University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School ofMedicine study shows. The study, presented Monday (Nov. 9) at the Am......s in Dallas,shows that DHEA does protect the heart against some cardiovascular diseases. Scientists s...e inner lining of the arteries and offerprotection against a wide range of cardiovascular disorders, includingatherosclerosis. Though DHEA has becom...