Novel drug therapy tackles third 'pathway' causing congestive heart failure
...n on the heart. However this is thefirst clinical attempt to inactivate the third biological factor -- TNF," saysDouglas Mann, M.D., the study's principal investigator and professor of medicineat Baylor College of Medicine and chief of cardiology at the Houston VA MedicalCenter. New drug therapies to treat ...New book explores timely social issues of family relationships & raising of children
...tsin legal contexts where unwed biological fathers attempt to reverse thebiological mother's decision to place the child up for adoption. Uma Narayan explores a variety of criticisms leveled at the practiceof commercial surrogacy in "Family Ties: Rethinking Parental Claims in the Lightof Surrogacy ...Religious attendance linked to lower mortality in elderly
...graphic factors. Future EPESE studies will attempt to identify the specific psychosocial,behavioral and biological mechanisms by which religious involvement could affecthealth and mortality....New anti-angiogenic proteins discovered
... sophisticated molecular andcellular techniques to attempt to understand living systems on a basic level. For more about the Department's research and teaching programs, see its Web siteat http://www.lifesci.ucla.edu/mcdbio . UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center has more than 300 member physicians andscie...NSF award to five Georgia universities for new Science and Technology Center
...ed by scientists from Emory and GeorgiaState, will attempt to discover how brain mechanisms regulate complex socialbehaviors and emotions, and conversely, how social experience may sculpt thedeveloping brain. Scientists will study behaviors such as fear, affiliation,aggression and reproductive behaviors at t...Double transplant frees patient from need for immunosuppressive drugs
...r-white-blood-cell infusions were also given in an attempt to suppress hermyeloma, which remains at a nearly undetectable level at this time. Thomas Spitzer, MD, director of the MGH Bone Marrow Transplant Program and leadauthor of the Transplantation paper, says, "The great results we've seen in thispatien...UCSF Center for Health and Community receives over $11 million for infertility treatment research
...gies (ARTs) or to continue treatment if theinitial attempt fails, the psychological effects on the woman and the couple,the economic and social costs of the new technologies, and the medical outcomesfor babies that are born as a result of infertility treatments. "The issue of in vitro fertilization is very c......tember 1999issue of the journal AIDS, is the first attempt to establish referencemeasurements for cells that act as immune system markers for both HIV-infectedand healthy adolescents. At the time of the study, the infected teenagers hadnot been treated with the antiretroviral medicines commonly used against ...UI study indicates physicians' questions are often not pursued
...wering those questions. He foundthat if doctors do attempt to research their queries, they mostly consulttextbooks that are often unhelpful. "Textbook authors often don't know what to put in their books, so they justguess," Ely said. "This area is one that hasn't been studied much, althoughasking questions i...HIV's deep pocket may reveal vulnerability
...sed on theinformation gained from this study in an attempt to identify compounds lackingthe protein fragment entirely. Such compounds would, in theory, be still easierto turn into drugs. Though this research involved HIV, it could have application to a number ofother viruses, including influenza and Ebola. ...New alternative medicine center opens at OHSU
... a lack of scientific data on the subject. Now, an attempt isunderway at Oregon Health Sciences University to...y,"said Oken. "This center and others like it will attempt to close that gap." Researchers at all of the center's member institutions believe the Northwest?...UI findings indicate DNA methylation process may lead to oral cancer
...rchers have focused on tumor suppressor genes inan attempt to answer the question of how cancer grows and spreads. When theywork properly, tumor suppressor genes do just what their name suggests: Theysuppress cancer. However, if something disrupts the genes, the cancer grows andstretches into other areas of ...We do 'feel with the mind's eye,' confirm Emory researchers in Nature
...With their eyesclosed or blindfolded, the subjects attempt to distinguish, via touch, theorientation of the g...cortex associated with sight is engaged whenhumans attempt to distinguish orientation via delicate touch, as in thefingertip grating task (NeuroReport, 1997). ......nique Environments . Most live musical recordings attempt totransport listeners to the environment of a musical performance, whether it isCarnegie Hall or Giants Stadium. But now, researchers have attempted to do thereverse: record and play back music so that it can tailor itself to the uniqueenvironment o...Depression costs UK economy 2 billion a year, conference will be told
...so result. A quarter of seriously ill depressives attempt suicide. Fifteen per centsucceed. Depression is the second biggest cause of morbidity in the country. In no other specialist life-threatening disease is the management left to GPs,who are often inadequately trained to cope. Depressed people can b...... these new findings in ongoing clinical studies to attempt to eradicate HIV in certain patients....The American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists releases latest findings at Annual Meeting
...nt, many patients suffer from severe nausea. Some attempt to stop the nausea by taking an anti-nausea agent orally, only to find they can not keep the medication down. The problem could be solved by administering an existing FDA-approved medication (Zofran) in a nasal spray form, which by-passes the stomac...How long-term alcohol consumption can damage the immune system
...l or perceived. Our bodies' stress response is an attempt to get back into equilibrium or homeostasis. How effectively our bodies react to stress can determine our well-being. Long-term alcohol intake can "blunt" the body's ability to respond to stress. Short-term stress is an everyday reality for most......ten have social or psychological problems. In an attempt to ease the problem of patients blocking emergency rooms with conditions that could be treated in the community setting, the authors devised a care plan for frequent users. Through the involvement of social workers, emergency and family physicians, p...... Mitch. The program involves a multi-disciplinary attempt to better prepare Honduras for future hurricanes. -- Bruce Sharky, director, LSU School of Landscape Architecture, 225-388-1441, lasharky@aol.com . -- Ivor Van Heerden, associate professor, Louisiana Geological Survey, 225-388-5974, heerd@...