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...ne et al in this week's BMJ. Based on findings from research conducted at the University of Southampton and South Manchester University Hospitals, the authors stress that children who seem to have a peanut allergy should be evaluated by a specialist food allergy unit, as the allergy may not be as se...UB Plants "Seeds" By Investing In Research Projects; Researchers Leverage Investment 14 Times Over
...other important advances. "This is a winner for UB from an economic point of view, and a spectacular deal ...sal funded for $19,100 resulted in a $46,000 grant from the American Tinnitus Association, which in turn resulted in a $1.3 million National Institutes of H...Chemical Society's Highest Award Goes To Ronald Breslow
...mistry of life. But morethan that, I want to learn from nature -- to use that chemistry to make moleculest...aid. This is true largely because cancer comes not from foreign cells, "butfrom normal ones that are misbehaving. They've lost their balance, and we try tor...PITT Researchers Demonstrate Human Brain's Natural Mechanism For Guarding Against Errors
... subjects' brain activity during tasks,researchers from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine ha... Noll, Ph.D., associate professor ofradiology, all from Pitt, and Jonathan D. Cohen, M.D., Ph.D., associateprofessor of psychiatry at Pitt and psychology at...Asthma-Airways Clinic Improves Lives, Reduces Medical Costs
...bly is not a chronic disease that wouldn't benefit from thisapproach, including diabetes and heart disease...d women in the U-M study both experienced benefits from the asthmaclinic's self-management principles, but women consistently benefited more---aphenomenon t...Study Shows Child Health Plus Eases Access, But Some Barriers Remain
...care, and others continueto prevent these children from receiving appropriate care.Nonetheless, nearly all of those interviewed reported beingsatisfied with the program. "Satisfaction with Child Health Plus was universally high," saidPollard Shone. "They like their doctors and they are comfortablewith the...Neurotransmitter-Induced Electrical Activity Identified As Key Regulator Of Synaptogenesis
... in the brain. Joachim Kirsch and Heinrich Betz from the Max Planck Institute for Brain Re...the presynaptic cell, neurotransmitter is released from its nerve endings. The released transmitter molecules diffuse to the adjacent nerve cel...Health Workers May Experience Costly Dislocation As Health Spending Growth Slows
...vice spending that flows intostates and localities from outside. States heavily dependent on outside funds...estill projected to grow at an annual rate of 1.6% from 1990 through 2005, more rapidly than is projected for total jobs in the economy. According to these ...Emerging Pathogens And Safety Of Fresh Produce Key Issues Facing Food IndustryAnd Scientists
...f ways to inactivate parasites and prevent viruses from entering the foodsupply will conclude the symposium. "Resistance of Foodborne Pathogens to Antibiotics and Antimicrobials"(Session 74, June 24, 9 AM) will address rising antimicrobial resistance inpathogens, such as Campylobacter and Salmon...Identification Of Brain Areas Could Help Eliminate Side Effects Of Pain Medication
... the brain and a molecule that causes side effects from pain medication. We want to try and eliminate the...tered," explains Lydic. Other common side effects from pain medications can include respiratory depression, itching, constipation, urinary retention and a...Area of Research Outlined For Promising New Cancer Drugs
...a fragment of thisprotein. (Endostatin is derived from a different, unrelated protein, collagenXVIII.) ...h the tumors'ability to synthesize new capillaries from pre-existing blood vessels, a processcalled angiogenesis. Essentially, the tumors were starved when...Cost-Effective Treatment Possible In Africa For HIV-Positive Pregnant Women If Drug Prices Lowered
...therapy is likely to be. In the meantime, results from the Centers forDisease Control and Prevention-spon...15 percentprevalence in pregnant women would range from $1,445 to $817 depending on whichof the treatment regimens was selected. The relative costs and ben......ual countries. Ten years later, says Martin McKee from the European Centre on Health of Societies in Tran...as diphtheria and malaria have reappeared in areas from which they had been virtually eliminated, whilst cases of tuberculosis, AIDS and syphilis are increa...Secondary Prevention Of Heart Disease Should Be Improved
... papers in this week's BMJ, Dr Neil Campbell et al from the University of Aberdeen find that secondary pre...ore high risk lifestyle factors that would benefit from change, such as exercising, giving up smoking or a eating a better diet. The authors also found that...Communication Between Doctors And Asthma Patients Is Key
... their disease. The key ishaving good instruction from the physician,'' she said. Physicians who particip...billion ayear---and more than half of that results from hospitalizations and emergencyroom visits....Researchers Synthesize Compounds For New Class Of Antibiotics
...breakthrough, the compounds could only be isolated from theirbacterial source, a process that yielded quan...us diseases has soared, alongwith deaths resulting from them. At the same time, the need for new antibioticshas risen steadily as bacteria have developed a ...Scientists Create Extremely Sensitive Test For Detecting Radiation Damage
...l technique in thevarious fields of life sciences, from toxicology to molecular biology,"according to an accompanying editorial in Science. "Armed with such a specific and sensitive assay, one can only begin toimagine some of the possibilities," the editorial writer said. "For instance,scientists ......may prevent diabetes, according to a research team from Purdue University and The Pennsylvania State Unive... diabetes for a time or if it actually prevents it from ever occurring. We also want to really nail down the effects on the whole body," Houseknecht says. "......gesicsto treat the significant bone pain resulting from the spread of the cancer tothe bones. Patients wh...s or had previouslyhad chemotherapy, were excluded from the study. The most common adverse effects in both groups of patients were rash, weakness,fluid ret......John Gaddum Award atCambridge University, England, from the British Pharmacological Society for hiscontrib...d for Distinguished Achievement in Cancer Research from The Ohio StateUniversity. Most recently, he was named the Sixth Laureate of the Cino del DucaAward f...