Duke Obtains FDA Designation For Pompe Disease Therapy
...d working on this therapy for so many years,I look forward to working with the FDA to bring this therapy into the clinic.This is a major milestone in our efforts to develop an effective treatmentof this fatal disease." Dr. Michael Frank, chairman of the department of pediatrics at Duke,added: "Dr. Chen's ef...Increased Public Access To Defibrillation Could Prove Potentially Cost-Effective And Life-Saving
...ense may carry the day to help some states to move forward on changing these'Good Samaritan' laws." "Good Samaritan" laws refer to legislation allowing people to helpothers in emergency medical situations so long as a "good faith" effort is madeto save a life. To make early access to defibr...New Survey Finds Physicians Seek More Clarity In MS Diagnosis And Management
... "We are encouraged by our dialogue and look forward to this conferencehelping us all to be better practitioners for our patients, because they deserveno less," added Dr. Johnson. The survey was done on behalf of Serono Laboratories and was based oninterviews with a representative sample of ...University Of Kentucky One Of First To Use New Technique To Treat Atrial Flutter
...as going to jump out of my chest. I'm just looking forward to having a day when I can say I felt good all day long." The affliction Microwave ablation is intended for patients who have atrial flutter, a condition in which the upper chambers of the heart tremble or flutter, instead of beating. It causes...Clinical Trials Announced Using Non-Invasive Innovative MRI To Diagnose Breast Tumors
...smaller tumors than is currently possible. We look forward to extending her work to patients in clinical trials," Dr. Kelcz concluded. In addition to the 200 patients to be included in the clinical trials at the twoIllinois hospitals, 50 patients are currently being enrolled in a clinical trialtaking plac...Management Academy To Boost Training For Local, State Public Health Departments
...dbusiness administration, officials said. "We look forward to demonstrating across the Southeast how we can use lessonsfrom the worlds of business and public health practice to better equip thepeople responsible for delivering public health services to our citizens," saidDr. Robert S. Sullivan, dean of the K...Fifteenth Anniversary Of The Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study
...related diseases. More than 5,000volunteers came forward to join the study. Of the cohort in Baltimore, 109 have come to every clinic visit for thepast 15 years. More than 600 articles have been generated from the MACSresearch ranging from the role of CD4 lymphocyte counts and viral load inpredi...... in adultpatients," said Just. "While no one looks forward to a stroke, there is somecomfort in knowing that we all carry around a set of thinking spare parts thatknow how to install themselves if the need arises." The results also indicate the organizational flexibility of thecortical systems th......allybed-ridden for six months, and now I'm looking forward to going back to work inMay." An estimated one in 500 people suffers from hypertrophic obstructivecardiomoypathy. Hypertrophy, or "thickening," refers to the overgrowth of musclethat restricts the flow of blood from the left ventricle of the heart to...Measles Eradication Plan Approved
...dling-Bennett, Deputy Director of PAHO. "CDC looks forward to greater collaboration with PAHO in all areas, andspecifically to eradicate measled by the end of 2000. This initiative is goodfor the U.S. and CDC, good for all the countries of the Americas and PAHO, andmost importantly, it's good for the childr...Research Shows Religion Plays A Major Role In Health, Longevity
...se who go to church once ormore each week can look forward to about seven more years than those who neverattend. Life expectancy beyond age 20 averages another 55.3 years, to age 75, for thosewho never attend church compared to another 62.9 years, age 83, for those who gomore than once a week. The research s...PSA testing alone cannot fully explain drop in deaths from prostate cancer
...e overall death rate from prostate cancer. We look forward to theresults from clinical trials for more definitive answers about the efficacy ofPSA testing."...University of Iowa reading test effective at identifying reading problems due to brain injury
...ratelywithin the time limit. "It's quick, straight forward to give and very sensitive to reading problemscaused by brain injury," Tranel said. Reading difficulty, or acquired alexia, can occur when the left side of thebrain, which houses centers for reading ability, becomes damaged. The damage canoccur from ...The latest flight jacket gives pilots a real feel for flying
...wnward. "The worst-case scenario is you could push forward and flyinto the water." The team's answer is a jacket that gives the pilot sensory cues aboutthe direction of the plane instantly, without having to check the instrumentpanel. Lined with pressure actuators, the jacket alerts the pilot when th...New anti-angiogenic proteins discovered
...s released by Human Genome Sciences, Inc. that are forward lookingare made pursuant to the safe harbor provis...on Reform Act of 1995. Readers are cautioned that forward lookingstatements involve risks and uncertainties which may affect the company'sbusiness prospects a...NYU researcher unveils the scientist in painter Chuck Close
...ile looking at a given painting,the observer moved forward and backward to find the point where the nose emergesfrom the canvas. These "critical distances" were recorded for each observer.Pelli also measured the size of the blocks making up the painting, andcalculated the angle subtended at the observer's ey...NSF award to five Georgia universities for new Science and Technology Center
...orgia's standing in science and technology. I look forward to participating inthis important work through my longstanding support of the Georgia ResearchAlliance." GRA Vice President Mike Cassidy will serve on the new center's board. The Atlanta Regional Consortium on Higher Education (ARCHE) also stronglysu...UI researchers learn more about how exercise affects the colon
...city, the muscles that propel materialin the colon forward or backward or break it down decreased their activ...30minutes following exercise the colon resumes its forward propelling motion,allowing it to empty better. Rao said the decrease in colonic activity during exer...... some 20participants was successful enough to move forward with a full study. "The pilot study helped us craft our research so that the participants coulddecide for themselves how long they had been dating their imaginary partnerbefore their first sexual encounter," said Hocking. The stage was set by havi...Mitral valve repair at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center gets Los Angeles dentist on the road to recovery
...ad already officiated at a wedding and was looking forward to returning to his part-time dental practice in another week. He was gradually increasing his exercise, walking about half an hour each day and climbing 400 to 500 stairs. "I feel excellent now, and I'm getting stronger every day," he related. Dr Tr...