NIAID expands vaccine testing network
...d vaccines and so-called combination vaccines the delivery of several vaccines at the same time have been an...ucted by VTEU researchers, and other novel vaccine delivery systems, such as an influenza vaccine delivered via a nasal spray, have been extensively tested thro...Northeastern's CenSSIS announces research agreement with ART Advanced Research Technologies
..."This will allow us to improve on biomedical image delivery through innovative algorithms"....Teacher-led sex education of limited benefit
...n behaviour was not attributable to the inadequate delivery of the programme in certain schools, stress the au...tional sex education and that modifications to the delivery of SHARE should be explored. However, we cannot rely on sex education alone to improve young people'...Bridge Medical CEO John Grotting to help launch new alliance to improve healthcare delivery
...ining Bridge, Grotting was vice president for care delivery operations at the $2.6 billion, 1859-bed Allina Health System. (See www.bridgemedical.com/grotting.shtml )...CWRU/University Hospitals of Cleveland researchers investigate new cancer treatment
...itals of Cleveland have created an innovative drug delivery device, a biodegradable polymer rod smaller than t...onal systemic chemotherapy, this intratumoral drug delivery strategy has the potential to reduce the exposure of normal tissues to the drug while increasing the...Continuous stitching method reduces pain for women with perineal damage after childbirth
...ique to repair tears to the perineum after vaginal delivery can prevent one woman in six from having pain ten ...d for the removal of stitches up to 3 months after delivery for one in ten women. 85% of women who have a spontaneous vaginal birth will have some form of dama...Weight loss likely gain from exercise study
... fat in aerobic activity provides a more efficient delivery of energy, and results in fewer waste products being produced. These waste products normally contribute to fatigue. Ms Redman's findings are of international interest to sport scientists and physicians involved in prescribing exercise programs to wo...New screening methods for Down's syndrome questioned
... cent of pregnant women were aged over 35 years at delivery - more than double the 5-7% presumed in statistical models of screening - and 58% of infants with Down's syndrome were born to women in this age range. The team found no evidence that serum and nuchal screening improves antenatal detection rates or r...Eficiency, feasibility of antiretroviral therapy in Africa demonstrated in IRD-coordinated surveys
...markets. In Senegal strict control of supplies and delivery has avoided misappropriation. Similarly, follow-up care and close support of patients has prevented any resale of the medicines supplied. Another study, this time in Cameroon, is currently being launched by IRD. Part of the Cameroon project PRESICA ...MTCT-Plus makes HIV treatment a reality for poor countries
...ocal organizations and resources. Procurement and delivery of antiretroviral therapy and other treatments for related HIV complications. Training, technical assistance, laboratory support, site monitoring, and other support services. Mothers and children are suffering the heaviest toll with HIV/AIDS, parti...Energy blocker may be potential liver cancer treatment
...l tumor in the liver, weren't affected by arterial delivery of 3-bromopyruvate, but were substantially reduced by intravenous injection. "It might be logical to treat tumors in the liver by direct intra-arterial injection, and then use an intravenous injection to kill cancer cells that have spread," suggests...Computerized phone chats can motivate couch potatoes
... Preventive Medicine, "the first to use telephone delivery of a computerized 'simulation' of physical activity counseling." The study examined 298 randomly selected participants who were sedentary and had unhealthy diets (for example, high in fat and processed foods). Half of the group received an automated ...Grant of 20 million to establish the Schistosomiasis Control Initiative
...so work with existing organizations to improve the delivery of the treatment. For example, it will add an annual drug treatment to the food deliveries provided by the World Food Program, an organization that reaches several million children. Dr Alan Fenwick, Director of the Schistosomiasis Control Initiativ...Women with a history of pregnancy complications should receive screening
...thors. Similarly, women with a history of pre-term delivery or women who have had a very low birthweight baby also seem to be at increased risk, and should be screened in their late 30s. Screening and primary prevention strategies should also be offered to women with a history of pregnancy complications, such...Preventing misuse of performance-enhancing substances a growing and difficult task
...formation, red blood cell substitutes and new drug delivery systems, says Yesalis, co-editor with Dr. Michael Bahrke of a new book "Performance-Enhancing Substances in Sport and Exercise," (Human Kinetics Publisher, 2002). "It is not too hard to imagine the day when muscles can be selectively enlarged or con......s is no greasy kids' stuff. Rather, it's a novel delivery system for peripheral nerve regeneration that could have implications for successful stem cell delivery and spinal cord repair. Shelly Sakiyama-Elbert, Ph.D., assistant professor of biomedical engineerin...Researchers discover shift in organisms causing early-onset sepsis in low-birth-weight infants
...hose mothers received antibiotics during labor and delivery and those who did not, mothers of infants with amp...hat increasing use of antibiotics during labor and delivery might be resulting in changes in the kinds of organisms involved in infection of preterm infants and...Trust mergers have negative effect on NHS services
... merger of NHS trusts has a negative effect on the delivery of NHS services, causes delays to service improvements and fails to deliver promised cash savings or improve staff recruitment and retention, says a study in this week's BMJ. Researchers based at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine studi...Important advances in the development of drug delivery vehicles
...structures that have potential applications in the delivery of drugs to the body. Vesicles are hollow spheres,...s studied to date have functioned primarily in the delivery of water insoluble drugs, work on vesicles presents a new opportunity in that they can be used to de......, pathogenesis, and therapy News systems for the delivery of drugs to the brain in neurological disease Classification and genetics of dystonia...