Patient with drug-resistant form of HIV identified
... prevention remains the most effective strategy to combat HIV, especially prevention efforts that target high-risk groups, such as men who have sex with men, intravenous drug users, and sex workers and their clients."...New hand-held information system for emergency responders
...able tool for first responders in their efforts to combat the growing incidence of hazardous material incidents in the United States. Based on statistics collected by the U.S. Coast Guard's National Response Center on all hazardous substances and waste released into the U.S. environment, Hazmat incidents ha......areness about the action that needs to be taken to combat the disease, which continues to spread to this day. An honorary doctorate in medicine has been awarded to Sir Richard Doll, for his remarkable contribution to the development of epidemiological methods and research. Pivotal to his scientific work i...NYU'S Duster cautions against FDA approval of 'race-based' pharmaceutical
...ist Troy Duster concludes that a pharmaceutical to combat heart disease among blacks is based on faulty research and urges the Food and Drug Administration to obtain more reliable data before approving the drug. Duster, president of the American Sociological Association, writes that research on isosorbide d...Unsafe water and poor sanitation causes 4000 children to die each day
...ment in water is an efficient and effective way to combat waterborne and vector-borne diseases. In view of the financial constraints and shortages of trained health professionals in the poorest countries of the world, it is a priority that the international health community needs to give the attention it de...COX-2 product offers good and bad news in 'test tube' strokes
...D2 may provide a potential target for medicines to combat conditions involving brain damage, including stroke, Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease. In these neurologic diseases, nerve cell death is thought to be carried out in part by a huge release of glutamate, an important signaling molecule in ...March 9 Childhood obesity talk with expert Susan Okie
...ealth officials, physicians, and community leaders combat childhood obesity. DETAILS: Wednesday, March 9, from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Marian Koshland Science Museum, 6th and E Streets, N.W., Washington, D.C. Lunch will be provided; bring your own beverage. REPORTERS WHO WISH TO COVER THIS EVENT MUST...Nanoscale diagnostic sets sights on Alzheimer's
...rs before symptoms develop, doctors may be able to combat the illness in its nascent form when treatments may be most effective. In the first steps of the BCA process, unique microparticles latch onto the biomarker targets in this study, the ADDLs. The particles are magnetic, a property that aids collectio...Lottery funding to aid research into superbugs
... of Edinburgh, the experts aim to find new ways to combat the bacterial lung infections which eventually cause the death of 90% of those with CF. The work has been made possible by a 509,759 grant from the Big Lottery Fund to the Cystic Fibrosis Trust. At present, CF patients are often kept apart from other...Controversial drug shown to act on brain protein to cut alcohol use
...ing to the small arsenal of drugs that effectively combat addiction. Derived from a West African shrub, Ibogaine has been championed for years by a cadre of clinicians and drug treatment advocates impressed with its ability to reverse withdrawal symptoms and craving for alcohol and various drugs of abuse. I...Some US soldiers returning from Afghanistan should be screened for malaria
...onbattle injuries have caused more casualties than combat action among military personnel, with malaria havi...nt of malaria in U.S. Army personnel deployed to a combat zone. The unit studied was the 725-man Ranger Task Force that deployed to eastern Afghanistan betwe...Children at risk from unexploded military material
...ded ordnance - which includes weapons, ammunition, combat vehicles, and equipment - from January 1997 to September 2002. Of these, 57% of injuries in 2002 were caused by unexploded ordnance compared to 36% by landmines - an exact reverse of statistics from 1997*. Children aged 5-14 years are the most at ris...Most alcohol-related plane crashes occur at night and in worsening weather conditions
...n be used to design programs similar to those that combat drunk-driving to lower accident rates. "Pilots should never mix alcohol consumption with flying because it can impair their ability to think about key functions in operating a plane, such as interpreting flight instruments or coping with spatial diso...Women need less morphine after hysterectomies with new treatment
...ering from hysterectomies require less morphine to combat pain and are able to recover their lung function more quickly when they receive a combination of two non-morphine-like or "non-opioid" drugs as part of their treatment, a new Queen's study shows. In combination the two drugs also reduce pain more con...Urinary tract infections likely caused by tainted food
...te in animals, "there's not much people can do" to combat the increasing drug resistance, he added. Instead, foodborne illnesses are best avoided by smart food preparation. "The consumer has to be aware that foods can be infected and has to be careful in preparing food" by cooking it thoroughly, Dr. Riley s...Jefferson and Molecular Targeting Technologies, Inc. scientists create vaccine for wildlife rabies
...rful, safer vaccine than currently is available to combat rabies in wildlife. Wildlife rabies is no small matter in this country. It's particularly prevalent along the East Coast, and more than 90 percent of reported cases of rabies in all are in wildlife. Raccoons are the most affected, with skunk a close ...Bulimic teens also likely to suffer from depression
... bulimic patients and choose a treatment that will combat both disorders, she says. Perez says that it is possible for adults to suffer from both disorders, but she notes that the patterns between bulimia and dysthymia may change from adolescence to adulthood, making major depression more likely to c...System that regulates blood pressure may also affect aging
...ly results show that the drug has the potential to combat oxidative stress and reduce cognitive impairment....LA BioMed Medical/Research Briefs December 2004
...on on the need for the development of new drugs to combat infectious diseases. According to Dr. Edwards: We are faced now by an alarming but predictable rate of resistance of microorganisms to present-day antibiotics, the emergence of new infectious diseases like AIDS, the West Nile virus and SARS, the reem......hat doctors could treat inflammation to prevent or combat autism, however this is still speculative, accordi...the inflammation represents the brain's efforts to combat some other process damaging to brain cells. "These findings open new possibilities for understanding...