Schizophrenia may be caused by an interaction of genes and viruses in glia cells
...oises. This new provocative hypothesis bridges the gap between several previously unrelated schizophrenia hypotheses, most notably the genetic, the neurodevelopmental and the virus hypotheses, thereby providing a unifying explanation for the development of schizophrenia. It is hoped that by testing this ...Infant mortality rate drops, children more likely to have working parent, be read to
... very good or excellent health. Nevertheless, the gap in health status by income narrowed over the past few years. In 1984, just over 60 percent of low-income children were in very good or excellent health, but by 2000 this number had risen to 70 percent. The improvement for higher-income children was...MTCT-Plus makes HIV treatment a reality for poor countries
.... "MTCT-Plus is an major step towards bridging the gap in access to care, treatment, and support," said Peter Piot, executive director of the Joint UN Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). "The challenge, now, is to mobilize the necessary resources so that this program can be expanded and tens of thousands of m...Alzheimer's drug improves pilots' performance on tests
...ill we pay for these therapies? Will it worsen the gap between the haves and have-nots when the rich are cognitively enhanced not only through better education, but also through drugs or other technologies? And how should the use of these therapies be regulated in settings beyond aviation or normal aging...First longitudinal study on lesbian health
...This is an important step in filling the knowledge gap about lesbian health."...Innovative 'soap opera' project aimed at teaching Spanish to health professionals
...ee-year project aimed at closing the communication gap between Spanish-speaking patients and their care providers," said projector director Claire Lorch, a clinical instructor in public health nursing at the UNC School of Public Health. "Targeting intermediate Spanish speakers in the health professions, ...U.S. cancer mortality rates reflect changing socioeconomic patterns
...the lowest area socioeconomic group. However, this gap narrowed in the 1970s, and began to reverse in the late 1980s. By 1998, cancer mortality was 19% higher in the lowest area socioeconomic group than in the highest area socioeconomic group. Similarly, substantial changes in area socioeconomic patterns...Study: Cognitive therapy at least as effective as drugs in treating severe depression
... compared with $2,250 for cognitive therapy. This gap grew with time, since antidepressants must be administered continually to be effective. "Some proponents of medication for severely depressed patients have suggested that cognitive therapy is impractical on the basis of cost," DeRubeis said. "Our st...The low-down on high blood pressure more focus on prevention and treatment goals
...ot improving as fast as majority populations. The gap that has existed for a number of years between majority and minority populations is actually widening, so we need to continue and renew our efforts in special populations, says Jones....Institute will study how worker health affects productivity and profit
... central mission of the institute is to bridge the gap among academia, the business community and health-care-policy world, bringing academic resources into policy debates and day-to-day business decisions, and bringing health and productivity management issues into academia," explains David C. Stapleton...Surprising findings on Medicaid kids and the ER
...found in the study, though one that still showed a gap between Medicaid and non-Medicaid children, was found in the percentage of adults who named a specific doctor when asked where their child went for routine care. Eighty-seven percent of the adults with privately-insured children, and 74 percent of a...The Lancet Oncology (TLO) and The Lancet Infectious Diseases (TLID)
... This months leading edge editorial discusses the gap between the alleged benefits of new pharmaceutical... since 1996. The editorial comments: A substantial gap has clearly emerged between what the editors of Prescrire believe to be the quality of service patie...NIH-funded UCSD rheumatic diseases center to facilitate collaboration, speed discoveries
...ame from a realization at the federal level that a gap existed in resources available for fundamental research that could be translated into new diagnostic and therapeutic approaches. There was a presumption that industry, specifically pharmaceutical companies, would fund the research and conduct all th...Racial disparity in cancer survival: Are other factors at work?
...t on one of the popular explanations for theracial gap in survival -- that cancer behaves moreaggressivel...ined several types of cancer andfound the survival gap between blacks and whites for mostcancers including the major killers - lung, prostate andcolorectal...Post-genomic technique provides real-time, multiscale look at protein life cycles in living cells
... turnover of connexins, the protein constituent of gap junctions, which are tissue membranes formed by th...Through their nano-scale sized pores, cells in the gap junction establish a cytoplasmic continuity that enables them to communicate with one another by pas...Urgent action needed to improve maternal care in Latin America
...efit. Two studies in this weeks BMJ illustrate the gap between evidence and practice in maternal care. The first study shows that many poor women in Brazil actively seek a caesarean section because of fear of substandard labour care, including lack of pain control. Rich women were more likely to have c...Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet, April 16, 2002
...ted States: Barely a Passing Grade There is a big gap between recommended care for diabetes and the care patients actually get in the United States, a new analysis of data from two large national surveys finds (Article, p. 565). Using common standards of good care as benchmarks, researchers found that 1...Product Quality Research Institute (PQRI) issues first recommendation to FDA
...QRIs Blend Uniformity Working Group to address the gap between scientific principles and regulatory policy related to blend uniformity analysis and content uniformity of solid oral dosage forms. The working group process included identification of the issues associated with blend uniformity analysis as...Eliminating health disparities requires community involvement
...s, the most successful interventions to narrow the gap in health disparities build community involvement and trust, says Kathleen Roe, Dr.PH, professor at San Jose State University and co-editor of the theme issue. It is essential to enlist the help of community representatives, involve community members......ty, they may not. For a number of reasons, a large gap exists between what medical science has proven effective and what patients actually receive a gap that can mean the difference between life and death. Now, a team of hospitals, led by physicians fr...