Mecca pilgrims a priority for meningococcal vaccination
... of meningococcal disease among pilgrims and their contacts this year, conclude authors of a research letter in this weeks issue of THE LANCET. An outbreak of a previously rare strain (W135) meningococcal disease was seen in 2000 and 2001 among pilgrims returning from Saudi Arabia and their contacts. The Pub...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for March (second issue)
... MDR-TB in Los Angles County. They identified 946 contacts of the MDR-TB cases, with tuberculin skin test con... considerably lower than previously reported among contacts of inner city pulmonary TB cases. Despite social factors similar to New York City, the proportion of...Marijuana use linked to hallucinogen use
...g people who are using marijuana sometimes develop contacts with illegal drug dealers who may try to push other drugs like Ecstasy or LSD," explains James C. Anthony, PhD, a professor of mental hygiene, psychiatry, and epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and School of Medicine....Insulin pump effective for infants, children
...use of the insulin pump. The frequency of parental contacts with medical staff, however, declined precipitously after pump therapy began, dropping from one contact every 5.9 days to one contact every 46.3 days by six months into the study. "In conversations, parents stressed their increasing level of comfort ...Value of community treatment orders in doubt
...nd bed days decreased for all patients. Outpatient contacts increased for patients on a community treatment order compared with the control group. Otherwise, orders did not affect subsequent use of health services. This study shows that legislative solutions such as community treatment orders may not always o...Physicians and dentists play important role in smoking practices of the elderly
...e Oregon Health & Science University. Older adults contacts with physicians and dentists are strongly negatively associated with smoking among older adults. Dr. Kaplan and his colleagues base their conclusion on a study of one of the largest samples of older adults in which correlates of late-life smoking hav...Investigators stop part of drug-taking in Women's Health Initiative
... in that group will continue to have their regular contacts with the Women's Health Initiative and continue to get regular examinations and mammograms. The study investigators found some positive benefits from estrogen plus progestin: the women had a lower risk of colorectal cancer and of fractures, especia...Playful therapy garments for children receive patent
...burger costume to provide her daughter with social contacts and with tactile and proprioceptive stimulation. Different textures were used to create the bun, hamburger, cheese, etc; plus, when the children stacked themselves into a hamburger, Judy's daughter received the pressure she craved. Haar determined to...Computerized phone chats can motivate couch potatoes
.... "We relied on the users to actively initiate all contacts to access the intervention," writes Pinto. "Placing this responsibility on them may have compromised our ability to deliver the intervention." She notes that the current version of the intervention automatically calls participants according to a set ...Solving problems by phone improves well-being of stroke caregivers
...d social problemsolving therapy using face-to-face contacts with individuals or groups. "The telephone may be a cost-effective method that nurses and other health professionals may use to assist family members to feel good about themselves, to solve problems optimistically, and to use a systematic and object...All Hajj pilgrims should get meningitis jab
...he level of meningococcal carriage in 233 of these contacts was 8.2%, of whom 42% were carrying the W135 clone...ted Hajj returnees to their unvaccinated household contacts was substantial, putting contacts at particular risk of developing invasive disease, they add. "Our ...Housebound elderly benefit from early intervention
...ng. A key effect of all these is the making of new contacts and friends. Some older people reject help because it is not appropriate, in their view, to their needs and circumstances. Some older people feel that residential and nursing homes are not for them but for others who are confused, or without a carin...Novelty contact lenses offer great looks great risks
...ts wearers at great risk. "People often buy these contacts off the Internet, or at flea markets, makeup count...lications that can result from cosmetic or novelty contacts are rare, but they can be very serious. If a consumer has pain, redness, discharge or decreased vis......rs, but especially those who lack the resources or contacts to obtain syringes in other ways," said Gibson. "It also suggests syringe-exchange programs can be most effective in reducing HIV by focusing on getting sterile syringes to these most vulnerable drug users." The findings are especially relevant in Ca...Targeted smallpox vaccinations could be effective intervention against deliberate attack
Targeted vaccination of the close contacts of infected individuals following a smallpox outbr...ection offered by prior immunizations." "The daily contacts that people make within their communities could have a significant impact on the speed of smallpox s...Smallpox outbreak response: Targeted vaccination may be almost as effective as mass vaccination
...els of immunity in the population, targeting close contacts of smallpox cases may become competitive with mass vaccination as the strategy of choice" "In this model people interact in known contact groups such as households, schools, and neighborhoods. In addition, transmission occurs more probably in closer ...'Pointing and showing' problems for autistic children
...nvolved examining in close detail the face-to-face contacts of 20 pre-school children with autism and 20 developmentally delayed comparison children as they played games with an adult. The two groups were matched for mental age. A computer-based digital video analysis system was used to measure the use of voi...Physics and medicine in San Diego
...ot make it to San Diego for the meeting, the email contacts at the top of this release can help you cover the conference from your desk. REPORTER'S REPLY FORM AAPM Meeting 2003 Please return this form to Phil Schewe at pschewe@aip.org or by fax to 301-209-0846 ___I shall attend the meeting. ___I may attend...... transistor depends on the properties of the metal contacts rather than on the nanotube itself. This paper describes a new type of carbon nanotube transistor in which the flow of current in the nanotube can be switched on and off independently of the metal-nanotube contacts, allowing the researchers to study ...Household falls may produce more severe brain injuries in infants than previously thought
... rapid head rotations sustained when a baby's head contacts a hard surface during household falls may result i...eleration -- rapid changes in velocity as the head contacts a hard surface and then violently rebounds -- increased with higher falls and harder surfaces. The ...