Other highlights in the March 16 JNCI
... cancer in African American women, among those who developed breast cancer, mortality was higher in African American women than in white women. Breast cancers in the African American women were more likely to have the characteristics of poor prognosis tumors than those in other racial and ethnic groups. The au...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for March 2005 (second issue)
...s from 5 intensive care units (ICUs), patients who developed bloodstream infections while in the unit were 7 ti... rate among the less severely ill ICU patients who developed a bloodstream infection was higher than that for more severely ill patients. The researchers found ...Mountain life spells longer life
...disease and all causes are among the lowest of any developed country. One of the villages is located in a mountainous area almost 1000 metres above sea level; the other two are located on the plains. But the principal livelihoods in all three villages are similar - farming and animal husbandry for the men and ...New fingerprint visualization method uses X-rays to reveal missing clues
...luable forensic clues. Now, chemists say they have developed a new fingerprint visualization technique using X-rays that leaves prints intact and, in addition, reveals chemical markers that could give investigators new clues for tracking criminals and missing persons. Their technique was described today at the...UCLA Medical Center becomes first hospital to introduce remote presence robots in ICU
...ilable, remote wireless mobile patient data system developed at UCLA Medical Center. Patient and family reaction to the robot has been very positive. In a study done by Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Md., half the patients preferred a tele-rounding visit by their own doctor to a "real" visit by another p...2005 Craniofacial Biology Research Award
...bone deformation. The techniques and approaches he developed have been widely applied in craniofacial biology, and his eminence has already been recognized by a variety of awards, including the highly prized Merit Award from the NIH....2005 Basic Research in Periodontal Disease Award
... can act as specific antimicrobials, the group has developed close collaboration with a biotechnology company, Medivir. This partnership aims to determine molecular targets for protease inhibitor design using a genome-screening approach. In the case of bacterial virulence determinants, glycosylation is likely ......ctorate level. During the past two decades, he has developed an international reputation for the breadth, depth, and thoroughness of his experimental investigations in dental biomaterials science. He leads a very significant research group in dental biomaterials, based in Athens, and undertakes major internati...2005 Pulp Biology Research Award
...involved in the formation of reparative dentin and developed a novel culture system to study the responses of these cells to various growth factors in vitro. More recently, he has described profiles of gene expression in odontoblasts using two original culture systems from pulp tissue and thick slices of human...Common anesthetics appear safe for developing fetal brain
...ve cells. For their new experiments, the Duke team developed a model using pregnant sheep. When the sheep fetus was approximately 17 weeks old an age that approximates a third-trimester human pregnancy the researchers exposed the mother to a three-drug anesthetic combination commonly used to produce general ...New scale predicts recovery of consciousness from coma after brain injury
...ICAGO --- A Northwestern University researcher has developed the first truly reliable measure of neurobehavioral functioning during coma from severe brain injury that predicts recovery of consciousness up to one year after injury, with up to 86 percent certainty. Theresa Louise-Bender Pape, assistant research...News tips from the 2005, 54th Annual Scientific Sessions of the American College of Cardiology
...e them in their bodies. The Hopkins team has also developed new guidelines for their use, making MRI scans more available to people who might benefit from early detection of cancer and other diseases, when treatments are most likely to succeed, and for guiding devices during minimally invasive surgery. Duri...Cigarette smoke worsens respiratory infections in infants
...e kids who lived with mothers or others who smoked developed more severe RSV infections than the kids who were ...other secretions more easily than the bigger, more developed airways of older children. Surprisingly, the RBEL study also found that African-American children te...Gender gap for lung cancer rates narrowing
...o use. For example, nearly half the women (44.7%) developed adenocarcioma, while the men were most likely to develop squamous cell carcinoma (36.3%)." The study also found that women had significantly higher rates of survival at every stage of the disease. From 1975 to 1987, the five-year survival rate was...Laughter helps blood vessels function better
... produced mental stress, their blood vessel lining developed a potentially unhealthy response called vasoconstriction, reducing blood flow. That finding confirms previous studies, which suggested there was a link between mental stress and the narrowing of blood vessels. The results of the study, conducted ...Common schizophrenia symptoms often overlooked by physicians, according to expert panel
...ement. The supplement and consensus statement were developed to encourage physicians to address the debilitating effects of depression, cognitive impairment and other aspects of the disease that dramatically impact the quality of life for people with schizophrenia," said David L. Ginsberg, MD, director of Outp...Proteins found in urine of pregnant women could help diagnose preeclampsia
...e School of Medicine. Buhimschi and his colleagues developed a new algorithm to calculate the ratio for the presence or absence of three specific proteins that are normally secreted by human placenta. They examined samples of urine and blood from 132 women, some of whom had other causes of hypertension. The ra...Curious female rats survive tumors longer
... their lives. In the study, 93 percent of the rats developed these tumors. Cavigelli says,"Tumor progression is...signated "cautious." The cautious and curious rats developed equal numbers of breast and pituitary tumors over their lifespan but those identified as more curiou...UCSD-Utah team develops mouse model to test therapies for macular degeneration
...School of Medicine and the University of Utah have developed a mouse model of Age-Related Macular Degeneration ...LOVL4 to AMD and STGD, the UCSD-Utah investigators developed mice with a mutant form of ELOVL4, which caused the mice to develop significant lipofuscin accumulat...The impact of cruciate ligament rupture on osteoarthritis of the knee
...atients with complete ACL rupture who have already developed some degenerative changes, the role of ACL reconstruction to reduce progression of knee OA has not been addressed."...