Flu pandemic coming, US not prepared
...andemic like the one that claimed more than half a million American lives in 1918. Even if this strain does not emerge as a pandemic, infectious disease experts agree that another flu pandemic is just around the corner. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) predicts even a "mild" pandem...Study shows use of budesonide reduced the risk of asthma related events by 40% in children
... United States. In 2002, it was estimated that 20 million Americans have asthma. Of these, nearly 12 million Americans had an asthma attack or episode in the past year. Additionally, it is estimated that more...Employment prospects good for most cancer survivors -- but not all
...mmittee, notes that there are, currently, about 10 million U.S. cancer survivors. So, the minority who survive but have continuing problems represent about 2 million people. The study, "Employment Pathways in a Large Cohort of Adult Cancer Survivors," is detailed ...New colorectal cancer screening recommendations for African Americans
...ording to the U.S. Census Department there are 2.6 million African American men and women between age 45 and 49 in the United States (July 2003 data) For more information on racial disparities in colorectal cancer see SEER Cancer Statistics Review 1975-2001 http://seer.cancer.gov/csr/1975_2001/ Full text...Use of inhaled corticosteroid led to fewer hospitalizations for young children with asthma
...on chronic medical condition. 4 Approximately 6.3 million children under 18 years of age have asthma, which makes it the leading serious chronic illness among children. Asthma is also the third leading cause of hospitalization among children under the age of 15 and the number one cause of school absenteei...Scientist works on innovative treatments for brain tumors
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. With a five-year, $1.25 million grant from the National Cancer Institute, a Wake F... glioblastomas. Debinski's project is part of $4.5 million in research grants recently awarded to the Brain Tumor Center of Excellence. The goal of the center,...New generation contact lenses cut risk of severe eye infection
... hydrogel lenses - a fivefold difference. Almost 3 million people wear contact lenses in the UK, around 55,000 of whom live in the catchment area served by the hospital, including 30,000 hydrogel lens wearers and 1700 silicone hydrogel lens wearers. But those wearing hydrogel lenses while they slept were fiv...Hospitals may now be more willing to partner up with former adversaries
...tals, nursing homes, and home care, QIOs affect 40 million beneficiaries. The researchers conducted interviews with 100 directors of quality management from a randomly selected cross-section of all acute care hospitals operating in 2001. More than ninety percent of the hospitals reported that QIOs had init...TB Alliance announces new drug discovery program with GlaxoSmithKline
...3, 2005, 10:30 AM EST Why: WHO estimates that 2 million people die from TB every year. The worsening TB crisis demands a new treatment paradigm based on novel drugs. This shift will only be possible with a robust and dynamic drug pipeline. The compounds from this discovery program may attack the bacillus...College alcohol problems exceed previous estimates
...nfluence of alcohol increased by 500,000, from 2.3 million to 2.8 million. The new findings appear in the 20... than do college students. For example, while 2.8 million college students drove under the influence of alcohol in 2001, so too did 4.5 million college-aged p...Costs of antidepressants could have funded effective alternatives
...sed to deliver cognitive behaviour therapy to 1.54 million patients, more than a third of the adults in the UK with depression or mixed anxiety depression. Despite some limitations, this analysis highlights the scale of resources expended in this area. The results indicate that development of psychological t...New thrust needed to tackle health inequalities globally says UCL scientist
...2.1% in Zimbabwe and 46.4 % in Russia. Of the 45 million deaths among adults aged 15 years and over in 2002, 32 million were due to non-communicable disease and a further 4.5 million to violent causes. There is little ...PillCam enables study of esophagus by swallowing a pill
...ican College of Gastroenterology, approximately 19 million people have gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), which is caused by stomach acid moving upward from the stomach into the esophagus. An estimated 700,000 Americans suffer from Barrett's esophagus, a pre-cancerous condition attributed to longstandin...Epidemiologist Trichopoulos receives $5.8 million Department of Defense 'Innovator Award'
...cause the disease years later. The grant, for $5.8 million over five years, is given by the DoD's Breast Cancer Research Program of the Office of the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs. The Innovator Award recognizes individuals who have a "history of visionary scholarship, leadership, and cr...HIV and ID doctors oppose ideologically driven STI prevention policies
...en increasing since the late 1990s, to nearly $170 million this year. An increase of $39 million is included in President George W. Bush's 2006 budget proposal. Furthermore, US law requires the $1...Countywide forecasts of water use available for Illinois, Midwest
... population, which is projected to increase by 1.5 million over the next 20 years," Dziegielewski said. "Proj...umed," he said. "This means that by 2025 up to 500 million gallons of water per day will be consumed to generate electricity for Illinois, the Midwest and the ...9.2 million cosmetic plastic surgery procedures in 2004 - up 5%
...es increased 5 percent in 2004, with more than 9.2 million procedures performed a growth rate steady with th...ined relatively stable in 2004, with more than 1.7 million procedures performed - down 2 percent from 2003. The top five surgical cosmetic procedures were lip...Disfigured patients may be forced to forego surgery
... the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. The 5.6 million reconstructive procedures performed in 2004 include breast reduction and reconstruction, tumor removal, cleft lip and palate repair, burn care, hand surgery, as well as a host of other procedures that are restorative in nature and often reduce pain. ...Half-million cosmetic plastic surgery procedures for Hispanics in 2004 - up 49% from 2000
...cedures performed, comprising 6 percent of the 9.2 million cosmetic surgery procedures performed in 2004, followed by African Americans with 5 percent (461,000 procedures), and Asians with 3 percent (276,000 procedures). "This tremendous growth shows that Hispanics have adopted and adapted to many U.S. cultu......tism Society of Indiana. Nationally, more than 1.5 million children and adults are said to have the disorder, which affects the normal development of the brain. Children and adults with autism typically have difficulties in verbal and non-verbal communication, social interactions, and leisure or play activi...