Why asthma sufferers struggle with the common cold
...e shown that viruses can replicate themselves more extensively in the lungs of asthma sufferers than in healthy lungs. In this study, Wark and colleagues infected lung cell cultures with the common cold virus and found that the cells from asthma sufferers produced more virus than did those from healthy controls...2005 Research in Prosthodontics and Implants Award
...ngs. The results of his numerous studies have been extensively documented in peer-reviewed journals and have had a beneficial effect on the practice of implant dentistry. Dr. Naert has had a long and productive career and has made numerous contributions to prosthodontics....Breast implant Website launched by leading plastic surgery societies
... breast revision surgery since 1992. The site also extensively covers the history of implants, medical research, safety information, clinical trials, links to other informative Web sites and more. "Deciding to have plastic surgery, takes careful consideration," said Scott Spear, MD, president of the American So...New math model of heart cell has novel calcium pathway
...tions. We have tested and validated the technology extensively in animal experiments and recently have started its application in humans." Rudy's technology, instead of using 12 electrodes like EKG, uses 250 electrodes in a vest a patient wears. This vest takes the equivalent of 250 EKGs simultaneously, gettin...UCLA-VA study names India dietary staple as potential Alzheimer's weapon
... toxicological testing in animals. It also is used extensively in traditional Indian medicine to treat a variety of ailments. Other members of the research team are Fusheng Yang, Giselle Lim, Aynun Begum, Mychica Simmons, Suren Ambegaokar, Ping Ping Chen of UCLA; Rakez Kyad and Charlie Glabe of the University ...OTC treatment for acne as good as antibiotics
...escents; antibiotic tablet treatment has been used extensively over the past 40 years. Concerns exist about increasing antibiotic resistance, and few studies have compared the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of different treatment options for acne--including the comparison of tablet antibiotics and antibiotic lo...Study helps define headaches of whiplash
...peed, rear-end collisions have not previously been extensively researched, and that has left a gray area in diagnosing soft-tissue injuries, Dr. Kumar said. The muscles and ligaments of the neck--not the bones--are more at risk in low-speed accidents, he noted. The findings will indirectly benefit people who cla...Were zoo workers infected with cancer-causing animal virus?
...died 254 zoo workers, 109 of whom handled primates extensively and the remainder not at all. An antibody assay showed that SV40 reactivity was more common among primate workers (23 percent) than among the other workers (10 percent). These low rates, which suggested absence of ongoing SV40 replication, contrasted...100,000 excess civilian deaths after Iraq invasion
...at the beginning of October. Their paper has been extensively peer-reviewed, revised, edited, and fast-tracked to publication because of its importance to the evolving security situation in Iraq. But these findings also raise questions for those far removed from Iraq - in the governments of the countries respon...Child health improvement through computer automation
...idelines because they can be costly or, unlike the extensively tested RMRS, may be unappealing to a busy physician. However, the majority of health care providers can't spend sufficient time with the patient and family to learn enough about many factors such as parental behavior, which may affect the child's hea...DMS offers guidance on educational research
...al education, and their published works were cited extensively in this paper by Carney and Nierenberg. While the authors note that impending financial pressures on medical schools may diminish the resources for educational research in the future, they emphasize that the advances of prior research success can...Emselex(R) receives positive CHMP opinion for the treatment of overactive bladder
...OAB. The safety and efficacy of Emselex has been extensively studied in over 90 pre-clinical studies and clinical trials, involving more than 5,000 patients. Pivotal studies explored key endpoints including the reduction in the number of incontinence episodes per week, the reduction in the number of voluntary ...New global trials help to make FOSRENOL(R) the most extensively studied modern phosphate binder
... will strengthen FOSRENOL's position as the most extensively studied modern phosphate binder. The trials will build on earlier phase III studies with FOSRENOL, reviewed today at the ERA-EDTA 2 Congress in Lisbon, which demonstrated that patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD) treated with FOSRENOL can la...Cedars-Sinai receives full AAHRPP accreditation for all research involving human subjects
... conducted detailed audits of research records and extensively interviewed Cedars-Sinai's leaders, administrators and staff, investigators and their research teams, as well as members of the IRB. "Although this was an intensive process for us to undertake, both the self-assessment and the site visit helped to en...Link between caffeine consumption, high blood pressure found in adolescents
...its impact on adolescent pressures has not been as extensively explored despite the fact that caffeine-consuming adolescents outnumber those who don't drink caffeine by two to one. While she says the new findings provide another reason for parents to keep an eye on the amount of caffeinated drinks their childre...Malaria: Plasmodium togetherness a strategy for breeding success
... life-cycle characteristic of Plasmodium, the most extensively studied malaria parasite. Aggregation is a means of optimizing the zygote (fertilized ova) production, which results from the encounter and binding between two gametocytes of opposite sex, and therefore of enhancing the production of infectious forms...ISHLT to recognize transplant pioneer Dr. Magdi Yacoub with lifetime achievement award
...both clinical and basic research. He has published extensively and has more than 600 Medline citations. He is now the Director of Research at the Harefield Research Foundation. He also founded The Chain of Hope, a non-profit organization dedicated to introducing routine life-saving treatment to countries with no...2004 Research in Periodontal Disease Award to Soskolne
... the study of bone remodeling, which has been used extensively to study bone physiology and the modulation of bone modeling by sex hormones for the purpose of understanding the role of sex hormones in bone pathology. Dr. Soskolne was also a part of the team that developed the first biodegradable sustained-relea...2004 Pharmacology/Therapeutics/Toxicology Award to Haas
...rred annually by the IADR. Dr. Haas has published extensively on a variety of pharmacological topicsspecifically related to dentistry. However, his main research interest resides with pain and anxiety control in dentistry. He has completed several studies on the efficacy of various anxiolytic agents in dentistr......rder in the book "An Unquiet Mind" and has written extensively on depressive illnesses Morton Silverman, M.D., senior advisor, Suicide Prevention Resource Center John Howell, safety for the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who will be introduced by Eric Adelson, who wrote about Howell's depression for ESPN The Ma...