Scientists Produce New Anti-Malarial Compound
...gents is important because Plasmodiumparasites are becoming increasingly resistant to chloroquine andother traditional drugs used to treat malaria patients. The anti-malarial drug artemisinin, extracted from the plant Artemisiaannua, has been successful in curing malaria patients in China.But plants contain o...Raising The Retirement Age In The United States Could Save Billions In Social Security Payments
...ate level and you getthese large baby boom cohorts becoming eligible in 2011 -- when they firstpass age 65 -- something more than a simple tax rate change has to be done.Or if you do it only by a tax increase, then you get a very high tax burdenthat could potentially slow down the growth of the U.S. economy,"...UW, Siemens Unveil New Panoramic Ultrasound Imaging Application Using Programmable Technology
...y new applicationsto come." Ultrasound is rapidly becoming the most widely used imagingtechnology in medicine because it is non-invasive, portable and lessexpensive than MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) and CT (ComputedTomography). It uses no ionizing radiation, making it safer than X-rayimaging. Also, it is...... High-dose chemotherapy coupled with BMT is becoming an increasinglyimportant way of treating breast cancer. Chemotherapy kills dividing cells,particularly cancer cells and immune system cells. To avoid killing immunecells, physicians remove the bone marrow that produces them before beginningtreatmen...Hollywood Increases Film Portrayals Of People With Disabilities
...reflect the trend that people withdisabilities are becoming more visible members of our schools and society," saidSteve Safran, a professor of education at Ohio University, who conducted thestudy as part of his work on media portrayal of disabilities. "Unfortunately,the high frequency of psychiatric disabilit...Hospitals Discourage Consumer Questioning Of Bills, Study Suggests
...n inquiries to the three hospitals. "Citizens are becoming more educated about hospital billing and taking th...atwith their own efforts to discourage people from becoming involved withchallenges or audits because it costs them a great deal of time and money." The study s...Acceptability Of Alternative Health Care Growing In U.S.
Alternative health care is becoming more acceptable to Americans because of their concernfor wellness. The issue of accessibility is not quite as clear, however. Pressed by the aging baby boom generation, an increasing number of insurance companiesare responding to market press......on, sodium stibogluconate, to which the disease is becoming increasingly resistant. An additional advantage of aminosidine is that it lowers the overall burden to the health system, owing to the fact that the drug is cheaper than regular treatments and the shorter period of hospitalisation required. Contact:...Teen Marijuana Use Is Fueled By Change In Attitudes
...le valuein asking whether young people are somehow becoming more rebellious ordelinquent in general, because the evidence indicates that this is not the case. "We need to ask why it is that young people have become less concerned in recentyears about the risks of marijuana use, and why they do not disapprove ...National Science Foundation Awards Knowledge And Distributed Intelligence Grants
...e." KDI will help keep the "information age" from becoming the "information overload age," said Bordogna. Through KDI, NSF aims to achieve the next generation of human capability to generate, model and represent more complex and cross-disciplinary scientific data from new sources and at enormously varying s...Changes In Care Lower Costs Of Surgery To Prevent Stroke
...ta clearly indicate that carotid endarterectomy is becoming less costlywithout becoming inefficient or compromising the quality of patient care, as isproven by the decrease in complication......atite crystals will grow solelyon their end faces, becoming ever longer. With the nanospheres acting asspacers, these early crystals build a scaffold on which mature enamel caneventually form. After enzymes have broken down the amelogenin proteins, thecrystals start to grow on all of their faces. They thic......unting decisions because of the surfeit of choices becoming available,"he says. "I think the CDC realized that developing sophisticated butuser-friendly tools for helping make such decisions would be a valuable serviceto its constituents in the immunization community. OR offers the analyticaltools to help th......ve procedures, such as spinal-cord stimulation, by becoming part ofan interdisciplinary approach to treating pain associated with certain types ofcancers and, eventually, other chronic conditions. "Our goal is to complement, not eliminate, other pain-management techniquesby introducing PENS as an integra...Campaign Targets Oral Complications Of Cancer Treatment
...lications, or, if they do occur, to keep them from becoming severe, said Dr. Deborah McGuire, oncology nurse and associate professor of nursing at Emory University. Information for oncology and oral health professionals details the different roles of each in preventing and managing oral complications. The m...Stent Procedures May Be Unnecessary In Some Heart Cases
...after theballoon has opened it up. However, it is becoming increasing common forcardiologists to automatically implant the stent before seeing if the balloonachieved the desired effect, according to Duke cardiologist Dr. Magnus Ohman,the study's senior researcher. "This a very controversial topic, without mu...Space Research May Accelerate Development Of Flu-Fighting Drug
...rall phases of testing the drug in humans. Before becoming available in theU.S., the drug must undergo this testing and be approved by the Food and DrugAdministration. Pure, precisely ordered protein crystals of large size and uniformityare in high demand by drug developers for efforts such as this f...Should Doctors Urge Patients To Take Breaks From Their Drugs?
...e therapy willincrease the likelihood of the virus becoming drug resistant. However, expertssay the real problem is continuing with therapy but failing to take the properdoses. "It seems unlikely there should be resistance if you stop all three drugsat once," says Paul Johnson of the New England Primate Cente...Prevalence Of Sexual Abuse In Men
...ntrated on the possibility of sexually abused boys becoming perpetrators in adulthood and that the possibility of early abuse leading to further victimisation as adults is a concept that has been neglected. Contact: Professor Michael King, Head of Department, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences,...Active Aging Makes A Difference: World Health Day 1999 Set April 7
...particularly stimulating and productive ones." "By becoming and staying physically and mentally active, we can give life to ouryears and not just years to our life," Dr. Alleyne said. Today there are anestimated 580 million people in the world age 60 and over, 330 million of whomlive in developing countries....