Hepatitis B viral load, genotype affect liver cancer risk, study finds
...inoma (HCC), a type of liver cancer. More than 350 million people worldwide have a chronic infection with one of the seven known genotypes, or subtypes, of HBV. Although there are some known risk factors for HCC development, it is unclear what role HBV subtype or viral load--the amount of the virus in the bl...NIAID seeks applicants to lead clinical trials units for revamped HIV/AIDS networks
...nical Trials Units is expected to total up to $300 million for the first year and may continue for up to seven years. The earliest anticipated award date for the Leadership RFA is March 2006; Clinical Trials Units RFA awards are estimated to be made in mid- to late 2006. Each Clinical Trials Unit will be led...Bacteria collection sheds light on urinary tract infections
...ue of Clinical Infectious Diseases. About 8 to 10 million people are diagnosed with urinary tract infections each year. Women are more likely to get UTIs than men because it is easier for the bacteria to reach their bladder. Fifty percent of all women will experience at least one episode of UTIs during thei...New highly active agents against sandfly fever
...irus discovered (1980), currently affects 15 to 20 million people in the world, essentially in South-West Japan, the Caribbean, Latin America and tropical Africa. It can cause a specific form of leukaemia and a slowly developing degradation of the nervous system (tropical spastic paraparesia). The activity o...Northwestern Memorial Hospital receives $10 million commitment to support preeminent heart program
...state developer, and his family have committed $10 million to the Northwestern Cardiovascular Institute, whic...roughout the past 10 years. In 2000, he pledged $1 million for the new women's hospital He also committed $2.5 million in 2001, through the Lynn Sage Cancer Re...Morbidly obese pay nearly twice as much for health care
...nternational Journal of Obesity. In 2000, nearly 5 million U.S. adults were considered morbidly obese, bringi...t to 2.2 percent, representing a total of over 4.8 million morbidly obese U.S. adults in the year 2000. The authors found that $56 billion in U.S. heath-care ...South Africa in denial over number of deaths from HIV/AIDS
...gures are needed in a country that has more than 5 million people who are HIV positive. "The South African Government needs to stop being defensive and show backbone and courage to acknowledge and seriously tackle the HIV/AIDS crisis of its people. The progress in provision of antiretroviral treatment to al...High levels of airborne mouse allergen in inner-city homes could trigger asthma attacks
...home environment." Asthma affects approximately 15 million people in the United States, about a third of whom are children. It is the third-ranking cause of hospitalization for children 15 years and younger and is the leading cause of chronic illness among children. Researchers estimate that asthma is twice ...New mosquito control strategy proves successful against dengue fever
...insect-borne virus infection, causing more than 50 million infections, 500 000 cases of dengue haemorrhagic fever and at least 12 000 deaths per year. The mosquito, Aedes aegypti, is the major global vector of dengue viruses. It needs stagnant water to breed and is commonly found in water storage containers....HIV infection still on the rise
...n an editorial in this week's BMJ. An estimated 38 million people worldwide, including over 2 million children, are now infected with HIV, and a record 4.8 million became infected in 2003. The underlyi...Simple treatment could prevent many child malaria deaths
... researchers in this week's BMJ. Every year over a million children die of malaria in Africa. The majority of fatalities occur outside hospital, especially in rural areas. For those who do make it to hospital, half of deaths occur within 24 hours of admission. Conventional treatment, given by injection, is n...Electronic medical records reduce hours, cut cost
...ealth Management. "This study shows what almost 8 million other patients who benefit from the CareEngine have already experienced better care at reduced cost." About ActiveHealth Management Founded in 1998, ActiveHealth Management is a technology-driven health management and data analytics company that...Leadership gift from Sulpizio Family for new state-of-the-art cardiovascular center at UCSD
...San Diego today announced a leadership gift of $10 million from Richard and Maria (Gaby) Sulpizio, to support...e for the UCSD Cardiovascular Center. To date, $30 million has been raised which has allowed the campus to begin formal planning for the construction of the ne...PCBs, fungicide open brain cells to Parkinson's assault
...pect of Parkinson's disease, which affects up to 1 million Americans. It is a progressive neurological disorder that occurs when certain nerve cells in the substantia nigra region of the brain die or can no longer produce the brain chemical dopamine. A lack of dopamine is what causes patients to experience t...Physicians call for increased funding for federal infectious disease programs
...,000 fatalities in the United States and nearly 21 million deaths worldwide. Should even a modest influenza p... threat posed by antimicrobial resistance. About 2 million people acquire bacterial infections in U.S. hospitals each year, and 90,000 die as a result. About 7...Mount Sinai stroke prevention trial published in JAMA
...ain, a stroke may result. AF affects more than two million Americans, and this number is expected to more than double by 2050. Approximately 15 percent of all strokes occur in people with AF. Age, high blood pressure, diabetes and congestive heart failure further increase the risk of stroke in patients wit...Abandoned bones suggest TB wiped out leprosy in battle of killer diseases
...he world's population now infected and more than 8 million new cases in the year 2000 alone. Researchers now believe that the two trends were no coincidence. In fact, the new findings suggest that TB overtook leprosy as the more aggressive, faster-killing disease. Dr Mark Spigelman says: "We stumbled across...New stroke-prevention drug unlikely to be cost-effective except in patients at high risk of bleeding
...mmatory medicine," Gage says. "In fact, close to a million Americans with atrial fibrillation are at relatively high risk for hemorrhage. For many of these people, Exanta would be cost-effective." Exanta has been approved for use in about ten European countries, and observers believe AstraZeneca may soon app...New math model of heart cell has novel calcium pathway
...killer of Americans is heart disease, claiming one million Americans annually. Over 300,000 of these deaths are attributed to arrhythmia, seven million worldwide. Rudy has used a computational biology approach to study arrhythmias at various levels (io...Contrary to previous findings, smoking is detrimental to patients with Alzheimer's
... the elderly in the United States, affecting 4.5-5 million adults -- 10 times more than those affected by Par...ies are developed, by 2050 it is estimated that 13 million Americans will have the disease. In the United States, five percent of the population over age 65 an...