M. D. Anderson receives SPORE grant for melanoma research
...is. M. D. Anderson's nine SPORE grants in the past eight years total more than $99 million. One $4.5 million grant for lung cancer research was awarded jointly to M. D. Anderson and the UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas in 1996; $6.5 million in renewed funding for that grant was received in 20...Herbal, nutritional supplements linked to ocular side effects
...al supplements. Out of 323 reported cases he found eight products associated with clinically significant ocular side effects: ginkgo biloba, Echinacea purpurea, chamomile, licorice, canthaxanthine, Datura, niacin and vitamin A. One of the best-selling herbal medicines in the United States and worldwide ...McMaster University researchers find simple handgrip exercise lowers blood pressure
...handgrip (IHG) contractions three times a week for eight weeks led to lower blood pressure in people who we...sive medication. Results indicated that following eight weeks of IHG training, blood pressure decreased significantly, suggesting that IHG exercises improve...Respiratory therapists twice as likely to have asthma than other therapists
...ry therapists who used an oxygen tent or hood were eight times more likely to have asthma and over three times more likely to have experienced an asthma attack in the past year than those who did not use the equipment. Respiratory therapists who reported sterilizing instruments with glutaraldehyde-based s...Global air pollution map produced by Envisat's SCIAMACHY
...st part of the atmosphere, extending up to between eight and 16 kilometres high. Nitrogen dioxide is produced by emissions from power plants, heavy industry and road transport, along with biomass burning. Lightning in the air also creates nitrogen oxides naturally, as does microbial activity in the soil....Revolutionary HIV drug Fuzeon wins most prestigious award for innovation
... of antiretroviral HIV drugs to emerge in the last eight years. Fuzeon markedly contributes to a significant increase in patients' quality of life", said Professor Walter Osswald, the President of the International Prix Galien Jury. "This distinguished award is another testimony to Roche's unique innovatio...Eight New Hartford doctoral fellows in Geriatric Social Work selected
...e Gerontological Society of America (GSA) selected eight outstanding doctoral students for the Hartford Doc...es A. Smith, University of Maryland-Baltimore. The eight Hartford Fellows will administer dissertation projects that look at an array of issues in the geriat...Glue-like polymer could replace sutures used for cataract surgery
...ery technique; two were repaired with sutures; and eight were repaired with the hydrogel sealant. The researchers hope to begin animal testing with the hydrogel in the near future....Men with advanced, incurable prostate cancer can benefit from docetaxel
...te cancer is the most common cancer in men. One in eight Canadian men will develop the disease during their lifetime, and most cases are diagnosed in men over the age of 65. Initially, prostate cancer may be treated by surgery, removing the prostate gland, or by radiation therapy. In some cases, the cancer...Denver physician patents minimally invasive technology for hair transplantation surgery
...al hair transplant surgery which average less than eight percent and transection rates for FUE, which in my experience can be up to 20 percent. " ...$5 million grant awarded to U.VA health system targets leukemia drug development, creates new jobs
... Bushweller also expects the grant to create about eight new research jobs at the U.Va. Health System. He cites the success of the targeted chemotherapy drug Gleevec forchronic myelogenous leukemia as a powerful example of the potential of this targeted approach. "Our project is based on this concept...VA study finds rural veterans in poorer health
...d a questionnaire called the SF-36, which measures eight areas of physical and mental health. The average physical health score among rural veterans was around 33, compared to 37 for urban veterans. The disparity was somewhat less marked in mental health: Rural veterans scored 44.5, compared to 45.6 for ur...DMS offers guidance on educational research
...al education research in which DMS was one of only eight medical schools around the world asked to address this critical issue. "We are extremely pleased that Dartmouth Medical School was invited to write an article about why our program is so successful," said lead author David Nierenberg, MD, senior ass...A glass of red wine a day may keep prostate cancer away
...ggest that modest consumption of red wine four to eight 4-ounce drinks per week is the level at which you might receive benefit. Clearly other studies show that more than that may have adverse effects on health." For the study, the researchers interviewed 753 newly diagnosed Seattle-area prostate-cancer ...Teenage smoking still 'worryingly high': Girls twice as likely as boys to puff away
...as likely to be smokers (16 per cent compared with eight per cent). In the latest work, this pattern was found to be continuing among the 15-16 age group, with 31 per cent of girls and 16 per cent of boys at that age now regularly indulging. Dr Conner said: "From the results of our study, the pointers to s......image for the human face. After an average of eight sessions, subjects could name individual Greebles quickly and accurately. Then they were connected to 64 electroencephalogram (EEG) leads as they sat in front of a computer. Either a Greeble or a YUFO another computer-generated creature they'd never...Rating medical journals by importance to clinicians
...,073 review articles met the inclusion criteria in eight categories. For the internal medicine review title, ACP Journal Club, four journals provided 56.5% of the content. 53.2% of the content in the mental health title, Evidence-Based Mental Health, was taken from a selection of only nine different journa...VA beats managed care for diabetes, study finds
...from five VA medical centers and 6,920 patients in eight commercial managed care health plans. They compared how often patients received standard processes of care, such as recommended tests, and their outcomes related to diabetes control. The VA patients fared better than managed care patients on receivin...Women who early in life care for elderly parents are at higher risk of poverty later
...rent during 1991-92 and were at least 65 years old eight years later (1999-2000). To understand the effects of caregiving on women's receipt of SSI, the researchers used a second sample of 465 women from these same categories, but with one additional criterion: the women were not receiving SSI or Social S......cational attainment and social competencies. Over eight million adults in the U.S. may exhibit the symptoms of ADHD, while only 600,000 are actively taking medication. "ADHD in adult patients may significantly impair a person's social and family relationships, as well as his or her career," said Richard H...