Association publishes blueprint to strengthen stroke care from prevention through recovery
...phy or economic circumstances. If you're poor and live near a poor hospital, you shouldn't be deprived of high-quality stroke care just because your hospital can't afford or can't attract a dedicated on-site stroke neurologist." This blueprint ideally will promote greater efficiency of care as well as...Wine drinkers live longer than beer guzzlers
...hose who drink beer or other spirits, and may also live longer. The article is part of a series of papers published in an open forum on wine, alcohol and cardiovascular risk. The analysis, encompassing various international studies, further confirms the agreement among researchers that any alcohol, in l......ens and early 20s, either sex is just as likely to live solo before setting up home as a couple, says the ... change to a lone existence, whereas women tend to live as one-parent households. For women, the transition to solo living comes mostly in their 40s and 50...Lottery funding to aid research into superbugs
...tions. This means that many patients are forced to live in isolation and unable to share their experiences with other CF sufferers. The scientists will investigate the spread of 'superbugs' and aim to improve speed and accuracy of diagnosis and treatment of respiratory infections. This will lead to a bett......, have helped to clarify the solar connection. We live in a protective bubble in space called the magnetosphere. At its boundary, gusts in a non-stop solar wind of atomic particles battle with the Earth's magnetism. As a result, events in outer space make a continual but highly variable contribution to t...Changing the timing of cancer vaccines
...ule on these cells," he said. "Our dendritic cells live longer in the lymph nodes and we think they are more potent when the get there." "We think because of the special attributes of this approach, it should have a better chance of working in patients whose immune systems are already attenuated by disea...Researchers hope monkeys can provide new insights into depression
...d 36 adult female cynomolgus monkeys, who normally live in social groups in the wild. For most of the rese...e social hierarchies they naturally form when they live in groups. Monkeys that are the low-status or "subordinate" animals in the group face more aggressio...PENN study emphasizes need for national guidelines for assisted reproductive technology programs
... cycles of ART were attempted, resulting in 60,253 live births. Beyond the factors of infertility and a candidate's ability to afford treatment, little is known about the qualifications that ART programs use to determine a candidate's eligibility for parenthood. This raises the question: Should there be ...2005: A critical year for action towards millennium development goals
...bably vanish. If we do not act now, the world will live without development goals, and it will be a very long way to the next Millennium Summit in the year 3000.'...A proverb a day may make you healthier
... translation. "Proverbs such as 'eat to live, not live to eat' were created by our great-grandparents," says Choi, "A few hundred years down the road, we will be the great-grandparents. Maybe we have the responsibility to create new health proverbs based on clinical trials, rather than observations that ...Institute of Medicine advisory: Jan. 12 Briefing on Complementary and Alternative Medicine
...gton, D.C. Those who cannot attend may listen to a live audio webcast and submit questions using an e-mail form at http://national-academies.org . (The webcast requires RealPlayer software, available free at http://www.real.com/player . For more information on setup and hardware requirements, see the Re...If you suffer from pain, your doctor should consider it a disease
...people die of pain, many die in pain and even more live in pain." EFIC's Declaration reads: "Pain is a major healthcare problem inEurope. Although acute pain may reasonably be considered a symptom of disease or injury, chronic and recurrent pain is a specific healthcare problem, a disease in its own righ...Happy home and social life makes living in a poor neighbourhood more bearable for adolescents
...ological and social health and the area where they live is influenced by differences in home and social life as well as the physical environment, says a study led by Professor Sarah Curtis, of Queen Mary, University of London. Research based on The RELACHS survey among 2,790 adolescents in 28 schools in E...Macular degeneration patients benefit from self-management training
...tients and assist them with skills to successfully live with the vision loss caused by AMD were assessed s... experiences and frustrations, and to learn how to live with the condition. The program combines basic education about the disease with specific problem-s...Secondhand smoke linked to cervical cancer
...encourage smokers to quit and warn non-smokers who live with smokers to decrease their secondhand smoke exposure. Exposure to secondhand smoke can be reduced, and taking steps to reduce exposure may help to prevent cervical cancer," said Dr. Alberg....National Academies Advisory: Jan. 11 public briefing on perchlorate in drinking water
..., D.C. Reporters who cannot attend may listen to a live audio webcast of the briefing and submit questions using an e-mail form at http://national-academies.org . (The webcast requires RealPlayer software, available free at http://www.real.com/player . For more information on setup and hardware require...Combining hormones with external, internal radiation helps high risk prostate cancer patients
... indeed help men with high risk prostate cancer to live longer without the cancer returning," said Gregory S. Merrick, M.D., lead author of the study and a radiation oncologist at Schiffler Cancer Center in Wheeling, W.Va.....Study investigates value of 'center of excellence' designation
...er surgery." And they reassure patients who do not live near an NCI cancer center, saying they can optimize their odds after cancer surgery by selecting high-volume surgeons with sub-specialty training, which they should be able to find at high volume cancer centers close to home....Holidays, birthdays and postponement of cancer deaths
...an intentionally postpone their demise in order to live long enough to reach an emotionally significant or...one 'hanging on' through the holidays or trying to live until an important occasion. But the figures just don't bear this out as something that people can r...Discovery of key protein's shape could lead to improved bacterial pneumonia vaccine
...teria that had mutated CbpA in order to prove that live bacteria with mutated CbpA could not bind to pIgR on cells. "Our work confirmed that the pneumococcus uses CbpA to bind to human cells," said Beth Mann, a research laboratory specialist in Tuomanen's lab who developed the bacteria carrying mutated ...