Three Abbott chemists honored as Heroes for development of HIV therapy for children
...of Chemistry have developed and commercialized has dramatically advanced the health, well-being and lifestyles of children around the world," said ACS President Elsa Reichmanis, Ph.D. "The chemical advances made by the honorees serve as testimonials to the valuable role chemists and chemical engineers play in imp...Three Pfizer Inc chemists win Heroes award for epilepsy treatment for children, adults
...of Chemistry have developed and commercialized has dramatically advanced the health, well-being and lifestyles of children around the world," said ACS President Elsa Reichmanis, Ph.D. "The chemical advances made by the honorees serve as testimonials to the valuable role chemists and chemical engineers play in imp...Three Merck chemists win Heroes of Chemistry award for major asthma treatment advance
...of Chemistry have developed and commercialized has dramatically advanced the health, well-being and lifestyles of children around the world," said ACS President Elsa Reichmanis, Ph.D. "The chemical advances made by the honorees serve as testimonials to the valuable role chemists and chemical engineers play in imp...Wyeth chemists honored for Prevnar first combined pneumococcal vaccine for infants
...of Chemistry have developed and commercialized has dramatically advanced the health, well-being and lifestyles of children around the world," said ACS President Elsa Reichmanis, Ph.D. "The chemical advances made by the honorees serve as testimonials to the valuable role chemists and chemical engineers play in imp...New prevalence study suggests dramatically rising numbers of people with Alzheimers disease
...er people with AD -- now at 4.5 million will grow dramatically as the population ages. The most notable increases will be among people age 85 and older, when by mid-century 8 million people in that age group may have the disease. The projections appear in the August 2003 issue of the Archives of Neurology. "T...JAMA study: Medicare coverage boosts cancer, cholesterol screening for previously uninsured adults
...eventive testing rates between the two groups were dramatically reduced. Differences in cholesterol testing rates between previously uninsured and insured patients fell from 35 percentage points before Medicare eligibility to 18 percentage points after Medicare eligibility; differences in mammography testing rate...False memories, failing recall are not an inevitable consequence of aging, research suggests
... research shows that memory skills tend to decline dramatically in old age, with decreasing levels of accuracy and increasing errors. However, new research from Washington University in St. Louis suggests age-related cognitive decay may not be as inevitable as Twain contended. "Our study suggests that the failin...Job stress may be missing link between workplace exercise and heart risk
...They found that atherosclerosis progression slowed dramatically as the level of physical activity during leisure increased. This effect on atherosclerosis was stronger than that for most other risk factors, such as smoking and LDL cholesterol levels. The team also found that moderate exercisers, such as regular w...Household falls may produce more severe brain injuries in infants than previously thought
... These inflicted impacts resulted in decelerations dramatically higher than those from even a five-foot fall onto concrete. The findings by Margulies and her colleagues may help abuse investigators differentiate accidental falls from injuries caused by the striking of a child's head against a surface. Brain inj...UCSF-led team discovers possible cancer 'susceptibility' gene
...re, inherited, full-fledged genetic mutations that dramatically increase the risk of cancer, such as the brca1 and brca2 genes in breast cancer. But scientists have come to recognize that such "high penetrance" genes account for only 5-10 percent of cancers. Evidence from mouse models and human epidemiologic stu...Cedars-Sinai researchers detail events that enable brain tumors to weaken immune system
...he number of healthy T cells leaving the thymus is dramatically reduced, preventing a large-scale attack on the tumor. Changes to the thymus and "recent thymic emigrant" (RTE) T cells are similar to those seen in advanced cases of AIDS, in which HIV causes thymocyte death. In glioma progression, researchers belie...The nature of the healing process using alternative means to conventional medical care
...ngness to consider alternative medicine has jumped dramatically in the last 15 years. This is due in part to some of the limitations of conventional medical care, frustration with medical bureaucracies, and the growing desire of consumers to use a natural, holistic approach for preventing and treating chronic dis...Mayo clinic proceedings study supports shorter waiting period for driving privileges after a seizure
...s and standards governing driving eligibility vary dramatically from state to state. Because of the lack of good data on driving risks for people with epilepsy, such regulations and standards are often arbitrary," Dr. Krumholz says. The study by Dr. Drazkowski and others provides evidence that the three-month sei...UCLA report shows disparities in children's health
...search findings that a child's brain develops most dramatically during the first five years, First 5 California has spearheaded efforts to improve the quality and availability of health and early-childhood development programs for children ages 0 to 5. To date, nine County Commissions have allocated approximately...Blood test could detect heart attack early
...h as the neck, jaw or arm. "I think this test will dramatically improve the ability of physicians to rapidly and unambiguously diagnose heart attacks," says John Marshall, Ph.D., chief investigator for the study and a consultant with Syn.X Pharma Inc., in Toronto, Ontario, which is developing the test. If all go...Robo-thespians help mothers of kids with cancer
... figure. The user-mother's choices are worked out dramatically on screen, and Gina recommends appropriate IDEA applications to respond to the action. The idea, according to the presentation paper: "If Gina gets Carmen to apply the IDEAS technique with a positive attitude, she potentially wins over the learner, b...Russell Berrie Foundation gift to Columbia University propels diabetes treatment into new era
... on the disease using cellular and gene therapy to dramatically change the course of the disease and the lives of diabetes patients, said Dr. Gerald D. Fischbach, executive vice president and dean of the faculties of medicine and health sciences at Columbia University Health Sciences. Cellular therapy Cellula...Kids' backpacks may not cause back pain after all
... of students who walked or biked to school dropped dramatically in the older kids, so they're much less active. At the same time, they reported watching much more TV and spending more time playing video games," Haig says. "Frankly, I think that might be more of a factor in back pain than the backpacks." Exercise ...Conference considers compensating organ donors
...nt of living donors. Such payments, however, could dramatically increase the number of donors, argues Becker, who has worked with economics department colleague Julio Elias to predict the effects of reimbursing organ donors. They estimate that if a kidney were priced at about $15,000, that would attract enough d...... of ER use. The rate of asthma among children rose dramatically in the 1980s and 1990s, and researchers have documented that the rate is disproportionately high among members of racial and ethnic minority groups, and among children living in inner cities. Asthma is 26 percent more common in African American child...