Pitt marks 50th anniversary of its Salk polio vaccine with reunion, scientific symposium
...ideographers as part of the University's effort to document that important time. Already, the University has heard from hundreds of people who have provided memories of that frightful time when polio lurked in every neighborhood, especially during the summer months. Among those who have submitted remembrances...US attempting to flout ethical practice for patient trials abroad
...y with the Declaration and need comply only with a document describing good clinical practices. The document, written with only government and drug industry input, is much weaker regarding patient protections than the Declaration. The FDA has led the charge against many substantive improvements in several int...New studies suggest airborne SARS transmission is possible
...m. The authors cautioned that their results do not document any cases of airborne transmission of the SARS virus from one person to another, only the dissemination of the virus from an infected patient to the air, via breathing or coughing. During the outbreak in Toronto hospitals, health care workers became ...CAS science spotlight identifies most requested article
...rch service accesses the electronic full text of a document identified in a search. Listings of the most requested documents appear in CAS Science Spotlight at http://www.cas.org/spotlight . "Scientists like to know what are the exciting areas of science," said CAS Vice President, Editorial Operations, Dr. ...Common anesthetics appear safe for developing fetal brain
...n the brain," Reynolds said. The researchers could document cerebral oxygenation in real time because of a system they optimized for fetal applications. The technique, called near-infrared spectroscopy, was originally conceived in the 1970s by Duke faculty member Franz Jobsis. Light in the near-infrared range...Tobacco industry pays scientists to challenge secondhand smoke's link to infant death risk
...d childhood health issues, the documents show. One document summarized the "impact assessment" for this project as follows: "Should provide the necessary scientific background for a policy on the acceptability of smoking around children." The key article acknowledges that smoking during pregnancy can endanger...Non-lethal weapons focus of research study
... by each use. "This injury epidemiology study will document the injuries sustained by 750 to 900 patients around the country," said Bozeman. "This is the first independent study of its kind to rate the safety of less-lethal weapons." "This study promises to give us the best information yet on these weapons an...More homeless mentally ill than expected according to UCSD study: Interventions urged
...ental illness, this is one of the first studies to document and describe the other side of the picture the number of mentally ill who are homeless. "Homelessness is more common in patients with serious mental illness than I would have guessed," said the study's first author, David Folsom, M.D., co-directo...Study shows strengths, gaps in quality of care for kids in California's public mental health clinics
...children receiving psychoactive medication did not document adequate safety monitoring through vital signs or ...as made. About one quarter of the records did not document informed parent consent for release of sensitive clinical information or medication treatment. In ad...More efficient ways of managing patient flow may benefit Los Angeles County/USC hospital
...than 100 hospital administrators and clinicians to document processes currently in use for triage, scheduling and routing. "One of the major bottlenecks seems to be occurring in ancillary services, such as radiology," Altman said. "Ancillary services are at critical junctures of just about every hospital pr...Repeated unexpected infant deaths most likely to be from natural causes
...ublin, Ireland), states: "Carpenter and colleagues document the difficulties in categorising some unexpected deaths, with deaths labelled as infanticide only if supported by unambiguous evidence. Their main conclusion is that the recurrence rate of unexpected deaths or SIDS is about 6 per 1000 and that most o...Dec. 7 tip sheet Annals of Internal Medicine
...conclude that "further study is urgently needed to document the safety of COX-2 inhibitors." In the meantime, they recommend that "physicians should avoid COX-2 inhibitors as a first line agent in patients with cardiovascular risk factors and average risk of gastrointestinal toxicity." This article and the ac...NHLBI stops sickle cell anemia transfusion study
... stopping transfusions cannot be recommended. The document urges them to carefully discuss with patients and their families the stroke prevention benefits of continuing periodic transfusions as well as the risks of these transfusions, which can include such long-term side effects as iron overload. Management...Radiologists use MRI to keep basketball players on their feet
...ns can evaluate, institute appropriate therapy and document potential problems for further evaluation," Dr. Major said. The study examined 26 elite college basketball players prior to the 2003 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) season. Twenty-five of the players exhibited no symptoms. Of...Early detection reduces threat of foot injury in college basketball players
...ns can evaluate, institute appropriate therapy and document potential problems for further evaluation," Major said. ...Some harms of beta-carotene supplementation may persist after discontinuing use
... to large, healthy populations, it is necessary to document long-term safety, efficacy and, importantly, the duration of the beneficial (or adverse) effect," the authors write. "This is especially true when the basic underlying molecular and genetic mechanism of the agent is unclear. The results of CARET and ...Prevalence of human papillomavirus infection differs for men and women
...nvestigators described their study as the first to document anal HPV infection in a HIV-seronegative population of men who have sex with men who were diverse in terms of age and geography. The study was conducted between January 2001 and October 2002 and involved 1,218 men who have sex with men living in Bost...Metabolic syndrome associated with cognitive decline in elderly persons
... "To our knowledge, this is the first study to document that the metabolic syndrome is associated with poor cognitive outcomes," the researchers write. "Future studies will need to address whether preventing the metabolic syndrome or lowering inflammation prevents cognitive impairment in elderly individua...ACE inhibitors not needed for many heart disease patients, according to new study
...ion for enrollment. The two earlier trials did not document the participants' ejection fractions; thus, these participants could have had moderate to severe ventricular dysfunction. "While the results from the PEACE study demonstrate that many patients with heart disease who are already receiving state-of-th......enetic services and testing." The case study helps document that genetic testing for mutations in well-characterized, dominant genes is cost-efficient because it either rules in or rules out carriers. The need for further clinical screening is eliminated in those without the mutation. "Savings are realiz...