Jefferson scientists find zinc may help prevent esophageal, oral cancers
...on to esophageal cancer for some 20 years, and has developed animal models of zinc deficiency and cancer suscep... given a carcinogen while on a zinc-deficient diet developed esophageal cancer. Giving zinc prevented the cancer. Dr. Fong wanted to know if zinc could regulate...Simple sputum test for confirmation of childhood tuberculosis
...rget. Several innovative and rapid tests are being developed with the support of FIND. The development of improved tools for the diagnosis of tuberculosis is one of the research goals of the National Institutes of Health in the USA. Someone in the world is infected with the tuberculosis bacillus every second, ...Mayo Clinic Cancer Center receives SPORE grant for brain cancer research from NCI
...s. This project exploits unique viral gene therapy developed in Mayo's Molecular Medicine program. Mayo research teams will conduct a clinical trial testing the effectiveness of this treatment on adult gliomas. Project 3 will study a protein that brain cancers use to invade surrounding tissue so that research...Shepherds whistle while they work and brains process sounds as language
...row's issue of the journal Nature . "Science has developed the idea of brain areas that are dedicated to language and we are starting to understand the scope of signals that can be recognized as language," said David Corina, a University of Washington associate professor of psychology and co-author of the st...Study finds herpes virus in 98% of healthy participants
...where and it's unavoidable," said Dr. Kaufman, who developed the first effective antiviral drug for herpes infections of the eye. In addition to Dr. Kaufman, the research team included Drs. James Hill, Hilary Thompson, Gregory Sloop, as well as Emily Varnell and Ann Azcuy. They concluded that control of virus...Substance in urine predicts development of preeclampsia
...ers analyzed stored urine samples of 120 women who developed preeclampsia and compared them to samples from 118...significantly lower for the women who subsequently developed preeclampsia than they were for the 118 women who did not develop the condition. For the women who ...New findings on patient safety at children's hospitals
...and the Children's Hospital of Wisconsin. The AHRQ developed the standard patient safety indicators, or PSIs, i...nged intravenous therapy. And of the children who developed bedsores (called decubitus ulcers by doctors), many were found to have low blood flow to their skin ...Good parent-doctor relationships may improve the advice parents receive
...elationships between pediatricians and parents are developed through mutual understanding of the 'Medical Home' concept - primary care physician services that are accessible, family centered, coordinated, comprehensive, continuous, culturally effective, and compassionate," adds Calvin C.J. Sia, M.D., FAAP, Pro...Stanford study shows hypnosis helps kids undergoing difficult procedure
...this study - that could change if more evidence is developed that documents the benefits of hypnosis....Pegaptanib provides benefit for neovascular age-related macular degeneration
...loss of vision in people 50 years and older in the developed world and remains an area of unmet medical need. T...levels of VEGF protein were increased in eyes that developed abnormal new blood vessels, and that VEGF-blocking drugs were able to prevent the growth of these ab...Veterans in better health than other residents of nursing homes, new test for evaluating tinnitus
...lexibility. A three-dimensional computer model was developed to study the structural behavior of monolimbs and interactions between the socket and the residual limb. The data revealed that stress is reduced at the socket-limb interface when a more flexible shank is used, providing a more comfortable fit. Wal...Specialist available to discuss the polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and patient quality of life
...d the University of Alabama, Birmingham (UAB) have developed a PCOS-specific questionnaire. It is the first health-status instrument to measure disease-related dysfunction in PCOS sufferers for use in clinical trials and other research. The Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Questionnaire (PCOSQ) is described in the De...Study explores antibiotic misuse
...cent of the time, says Dr. Wilde. Patient handouts developed by the CDC reinforce what conditions merit antibiotics and what happens when antibiotics are misused. The interactive kiosk, in use in four of eight cities in the study, runs through scenarios with patients describing familiar respiratory i...Triple-drug therapy promising against African HIV subtype
...y associated with the subtype that predominates in developed countries (subtype B), the implication is that the...he developing world: that the benefits obtained in developed countries cannot be replicated in poor settings, and that patients in developing countries are too i...Finding lymph node metastases in cancer
...ts with a range of different cancers--36 that they developed the technique on and 34 that they tested the results on--the authors were able to see different patterns for normal and malignant nodes. It was then possible to design a computer program that could recognize metastases. And then the program was able ...Is it ethical to use enhancement technologies to make us better than well?
A variety of biomedical technologies are being developed that can be used for purposes other than treating disease. Such "enhancement technologies" can be used to improve our appearance and regulate our emotions, with the goal of feeling "better than well." While these technologies can help people adapt to...Mice with depression-like behaviors reveal possible source of human depression
...nd of obstetrics and gynecology. "To test this, we developed an animal model that would tell us if changes in glucocorticoid receptor function could impart the animal equivalent of depression." The researchers engineered mice that lose glucocorticoid receptors from their forebrains, specifically from the corte...Small band of nurses plays key role keeping germ threats at bay
...., professor of medicine and director of the unit, developed a system to inoculate so many volunteers quickly, so that the study results would be in on time to benefit planning for next year's flu season. Volunteers first were screened via a telephone call to make sure they met most eligibility requirements, ...McMaster researchers develop test for rare bleeding disorder
... 2004) -- Researchers at McMaster University have developed the first assessment tool of its kind for evaluati...detecting different symptoms and complications was developed in the laboratory of hematologist Dr. Catherine Hayward, an associate professor in the departments o...Radon in the home responsible for 9% of lung cancer deaths across Europe
...ung cancer and 14,208 controls (people who had not developed lung cancer) across Europe. In the largest study of its kind, they examined radon levels in the present and past homes of all the lung cancer sufferers and the controls. They also obtained detailed smoking histories, including the effects of second...