Animal-based nutrients linked with higher risk of stomach and esophageal cancers
...rease, the United States National Cancer Institute launched a large study at three centers, including Yale, theUniversity of Washington and Columbia University. The researchers interviewed patients throughout Connecticut, New Jersey and western Washington State and compared the nutrient intake of 1,095 peopl...Study proves flu shot safe for asthmatics
...346 million days of restricted activity. Irvin has launched a brand-new asthma research study, which will test the effectiveness of Theophylline a pill-form asthma drug that in generic form, is expected to cost only 1/5 what the current leading asthma medications cost. Theophylline has been in use for over 6......er's disease and other cognitive disorders. First launched in the United States in February 1997, ARICEPT has been well-received in the Alzheimer's disease community with more than 717 million days of patient use worldwide, and more than 1.6 million people in the United States have received a prescription fo...$3 million gift from Purdue Pharma to support MGH Pain Program
...ntributions associated with the company's recently launched Purdue Pharma Fund, which will focus contributions on nonprofit organizations dealing with education, treatment and research involving patients with pain. "Pain is enormously devastating and debilitating, and those who experience pain deserve nothi...Study succeeds in closing gaps in heart attack care
...or which ACC has developed guidelines. So, the ACC launched the GAP project to bring its guidelines directly into everyday hospital-based care. ACC selected Eagle to lead a Detroit-area multi-hospital heart attack study after seeing the positive results of a program developed and pilot-tested at UMHS over the...Nursing degree improves patient outcomes, study shows
...pared to nurses without degrees. The research unit launched the study, published in two parts in the November-December and January-February issues of Nursing Economics, to determine the type of care clients need to return to optimal health in a system that has seen an increasing shift of services from hospita...Immune system in hamsters bolstered during winter, especially in times of stress, study finds
...kept in winter-like conditions launched a more vigorous immune response in preparation for potential injury or infection. Hamsters take a cue from the decreasing length of days as winter approaches as a signal...As heart patients flock to alternative medicine, hazards may lurk
...ion, concern U-M researchers enough that they have launched a larger study of the issue. Heart patients seem to be turning to alternative therapies even more than the general population, even while they stick to mainstream drugs too, says Eva Kline-Rogers, R.N., M.S., the U-M nurse practitioner who coordinate...First multimedia resource to give patients their own voice
...t groups, and a forum for feedback. DIPEx has just launched its newest modules on breast cancer and bowel canc.... Modules on cervical screening and cancer will be launched in June and testicular cancer in September. Each module takes about a year to complete from research...The Lancet Oncology and The Lancet Infectious Diseases
...however the South African Government have recently launched an appeal to a March 11 court hearing which instructed them to make the drug available in state facilities offering HIV-1 counselling and testing. REVIEWS Epidemiology of drug-resistant malaria p values for pathogens: statistical inference from ...Primate bushmeat : Populations exposed to simian immunodeficiency viruses
...d HIV-2). An information campaign has already been launched to warn people of the potential dangers of capturing primates and handling bushmeat....ARICEPT significantly improves cognition, daily living over Reminyl in Alzheimers patients
...er's disease and other cognitive disorders. First launched in the United States in February 1997, ARICEPT has been well-received in the Alzheimer's disease community with more than 717 million days of patient use worldwide, and more than 1.7 million people in the United States have received a prescription fo......eview journal from THE LANCET Publishing Group, is launched this month. Building on the success of THE LANCET ONCOLOGY and THE LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES, TLN will provide clinicians and researchers with up to date information on the latest developments in neurology. Each issue of TLN will include: five revie...Genetic 'bar codes' predict effect of statins
... with lipid disorders, Ruano says. Ruanos team has launched a larger study of about 800 patients in the United States to further test the association of certain genetic haplotypes with the efficacy and safety of statin treatment. Sometime in the next five years we would expect genetic testing like this to be ...The Lancet Oncology (TLO) and The Lancet Infectious Diseases (TLID)
...the alleged benefits of new pharmaceuticals, often launched amid a fanfare of publicity boasting new therapeutic benefit, and the more objective judgement of independent commentators within the pharmaceutical media. The French drug bulletin la revue Prescrire, for example, critically reviews all new drug laun...'SolarScan' for earlier skin cancer detection
...se melanoma. Minister for Science, Peter McGauran launched SolarScan at Bondi Beach on Tuesday. Melanoma is the most common form of cancer in men and women aged 15-44 years. It is the most deadly form of skin cancer, killing around a thousand Australians a year. If detected early, the cure rate for melanoma ...NIAID teams with Wyeth on HIV/AIDS vaccine
...through NIAIDs HIV Vaccine Trials Network. NIAID launched the HVDDT program in 2000 with four contracts to public-private research teams totaling $70 million over 5 years. Like those, the new contract is milestone-driven, meaning that researchers must describe a clear development plan including timelines i...Electroacupuncture trial is NCCAM's first intramural study
...Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) has launched a clinical trial of electroacupuncture to determine if it reduces the delayed nausea experienced by cancer patients following chemotherapy. This study marks the first clinical trial for NCCAM's Division of Intramural Research, which was established i...First longitudinal study on lesbian health
...sity of Illinois at Chicago College of Nursing has launched what is believed to be the first-ever longitudinal study of lesbian health. Funded under a four-year, $1.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, the study will examine changes over a three-year period in patterns of drinking includi...Eficiency, feasibility of antiretroviral therapy in Africa demonstrated in IRD-coordinated surveys
...r study, this time in Cameroon, is currently being launched by IRD. Part of the Cameroon project PRESICA (Prvention Sida Cameroun), work is conducted jointly with the country's researchers and with the Swiss Mdecins sans Frontires, aiming to assess the effectiveness of treatments using generic antiretroviral ...