Sex Can Boost The Immune System
...he researchers presented the results thisweek at a meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association in Providence, RhodeIsland. Clifford Lowell, an immunologist at the University of California at SanFrancisco, thinks the high levels of IgA in volunteers who had moderatelyfrequent sex are easy to unde...New Teacher Award Honors NSF Program Director
...eived acheck, certificate and plaque at the annual meeting of the National ScienceTeachersAssociation meeting in Boston, Mass., on March 27, 1999. Scadden was thehonored guest at the ceremony. The inau...Female Soccer Players Perform Best On A High-Fat Diet, UB Study Finds
...the study here today (April 19, 1999) at theannual meeting of the Federation of American Societies of Experimental Biology. "The women went 1.2 to 1.5 kilometers farther before reachingexhaustion while doing very-high-speed intermittent exercise when on thehigh-fat diet, compared to the lower-fat di...Fetal Cell Therapy Benefits Some Parkinson's Patients
... results will be announced today at the51st annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology in Toronto. The studywas funded by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke(NINDS). The 40 patients in this study were randomly selected to receive either the celltherapy or the placebo. Patie...New Way To Make Astronauts Sleep
...many monitors. Czeisler revealed his findings at a meeting at the National Academy of Sciencesin Washington DC last week. He believes astronauts can't sleep because they arepreoccupied by their duties. He suggests that covering them in monitoringequipment convinces them that sleep is an integral part of thei...Laser Pointer Helps Parkinson's Patients Take Next Step
... study involving just afew patients at this week's meeting of the American Academy of Neurology inToronto. While the small size of the study should make patients and doctorspause before assuming the treatment will help, the authors say neurologistswould do well to have a laser pointer handy to let patients g......inical study presented at Experimental Biology '99 meeting WASHINGTON, D.C., April 21 -- Organ rejection occurs less often and is lesssevere in patients who receive infusions of bone marrow from the same donor,researchers from the University of Pittsburgh's Thomas E. Starzl TransplantationInstitute......of a newataxia-related gene at the upcoming annual meeting of the American Academy ofNeurology. Stefan-M. Pulst, M.D., Carmen and Louis Warschaw Chair in Neuruology atCedars-Sinai, is scheduled to present two educational and five scientificsessions during the AAN's convention to be held April 17 through 24 i...Updated Results On Heart Assist Device Presented At International Transplant Meeting
...yfor Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) annual meeting today. The findings,which represent experiences of 22 U.S. transplant centers, included data thatserved as the basis for U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of thesystem less than a year ago. The Novacor LVAS is a product of theCardiov......ty forHeart and Lung Transplantation's 19th annual meeting in San Francisco. Robert J. Keenan, M.D., who heads the lung transplant program at the UPMC, saidthe results of his study, which examined outcomes of 164 CF patients evaluatedfor transplantation, indicate that the medical criteria adopted last year b......inical study presented at international transplant meeting SAN FRANCISCO, April 24 -- Organ rejection occurs less often and is less severein heart and lung transplant patients who receive infusions of bone marrow fromthe same donor, researchers from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center(UPMC)...Nighttime Asthma Squeezes School Attendance
... presented at the American Thoracic Society annual meeting today. "Nighttime asthma may be a marker that asthma is out of control, or itmay be a different phenomenon, caused by different triggers," said Diette. "Ifasthma disrupts the amount or quality of sleep, the children don't function aswell the ...Abraham Rudolph To Receive Howland Medal For Contributions To The Advancement Of Pediatrics
...esented at thePediatric Academic Societies' annual meeting in San Francisco. "The Howland Medal is the highest honor in American pediatrics," said LarryShapiro, MD, chairman of pediatrics at UCSF, who will deliver the presentationspeech at the awards ceremony. "This award honors those whose contributions to...Growth-Hormone Deficient Babies Are Normal Length At Birth, UB Study Finds
...re presented here today (May 1, 1999) at theannual meeting of the Society for Pediatric Research. Previous studies into the question of the effect of CGHD on fetalgrowth have produced conflicting results. The strength of this study,MacGillivray said, lies in the fact it involved children from a sin......day (Monday, May 3) in San Francisco at the annual meeting of thePediatric Academic Societies. The study is among the first to look specifically at the relationship betweeninterpregnancy interval and prematurity in Latina women, according toFuentes-Afflick. "The strong association between these two factors i...Measles Eradication Plan Approved
... measlesfrom the Americas was approved Friday in a meeting at the Pan American HealthOrganization (PAHO), whi... said. The collaborative effort was announced at a meeting with Dr. Alleyne, Dr.Jeffrey Koplan, Director of the CDC, Dr. Walter Orenstein, Director of theCDC'...New Type Of Artificial Surfactant Shows Promise In Treating Lung Disease
...h breath. Reporting today (May 4) at the annual meeting of the Pediatric AcademicSocieties in San Francisco, principal investigator H. William Taeusch, MD, ofUCSF, said rats with diseased lungs treated with the enhanced medication hadimproved oxygen levels in the blood, an indication that lung function is......d on keeping patients informed and comfortable,and meeting their emotional and social needs. Some of the patients weresuffering advanced stages of the disease, and loneliness and fear could bedevastating additional burdens. The ward offered weekly informational sessionsfor patients and placed an emphasis on ......s issue were presented on May 2, 1999 atthe annual meeting of the Society for Pediatric Research. The findings showed that persons treated for Hodgkin's Disease aschildren were at nine times the risk of developing a second cancer, with risksof developing certain types of cancer much higher than that,...