Use of inhaled corticosteroid led to fewer hospitalizations for young children with asthma
San Antonio, Tex. March 19, 2005 A new study, presented at the 61st annual American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI) showed that children who were prescribed a nebulized inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) as first-line treatment for asthma, experienced fewer emergency departmen...Scientist works on innovative treatments for brain tumors
...Center researcher will continue his quest to offer new treatments for one of the deadliest types of brain tumors. Waldemar Debinski, M.D., Ph.D., a nationally recognized physician-scientist who pioneered a method to destroy malignant brain tumor cells without damaging healthy cells, came to Wake Forest B...New generation contact lenses cut risk of severe eye infection
... risk of severe eye infection (keratitis), but the new generation silicone hydrogel lenses cut that risk fivefold, finds research in the British Journal of Ophthalmology. The findings are based on a year long study of patients attending the Royal Eye Hospital in Manchester, UK, with acute eye problems. A...TB Alliance announces new drug discovery program with GlaxoSmithKline
...adding several novel classes of compounds that use new mechanisms of action. Briefings from the TB Allia... 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 ...Alcohol relapse adversely affects 10-year liver transplant survival
A new study on how alcohol relapse affects survival rates after liver transplants found that it adversely affected survival rates only after 10 years. The decrease in survival rates may, however, be due to other alcohol-related diseases. The results of thi...Boston University team finds link between high cholesterol and better cognitive performance
...t disease and stroke. However, the results of the new study showed that the higher the natural level of cholesterol, the better participants did on tests of mental ability. High cholesterol was defined as > 240 mg/dL as measured in blood samples. Less than two percent of the participants were bein...Donor age has no affect on long-term liver transplant survival
A new study on the effect of donor age on survival and recurrence of hepatitis C after liver transplantation found that it influenced short-term survival, but had no long-term effect. The results of this study appear in the April 2005 issue of Liver Transp...Envisat enables first global check of regional methane emissions
...urrows. "This is something we need as we enter the new geological age of the Anthropocene, where mankind is the driver of climate change." SCIAMACHY was preceded by a smaller scale version of the instrument called the Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment (GOME), flown on ESA's ERS-2 in 1995. The newest me...NJIT taps into solar energy to power new campus center
...0-kilowatt solar-powered system on the roof of its new campus center. An array of 160 solar panels carpets the roof, converting sunlight into electrical currents. The panels provide power for the campus center and save the university $40,000 a year in electrical bills. NJIT also received a $215,000 reb...Storage time and temperature effects nutrients in spinach
...ompound, responsible for producing and maintaining new cells in the body. Folate deficiency in pregnant women can lead to birth defects such as spina bifida. Spina bifida occurs in the first month of pregnancy when the spinal column does not close completely. Carotenoids are most commonly associated with...College alcohol problems exceed previous estimates
... by 500,000, from 2.3 million to 2.8 million. The new findings appear in the 2005 issue of the Annual Review of Public Health, now online at http://arjournals.annualreviews.org/loi/publhealth . "This paper underscores what we had learned from another recent study that excessive alcohol use by college-...Obtaining patient consent for clinical audit is unworkable without extra resources
...ormation presents substantial challenges requiring new approaches to the issue, say the authors. Obtaining such consent is unlikely to be successful unless extra resources are allocated to training, staff time, and administrative support....Patient with drug-resistant form of HIV identified
... all the progress that has been made in developing new drugs, prevention remains the most effective strategy to combat HIV, especially prevention efforts that target high-risk groups, such as men who have sex with men, intravenous drug users, and sex workers and their clients."...Public policy should address the social factors behind ill health
...ing commentary, which names all the members of the new Commission, Lee Jong-wook (Director-General, World Health Organisation) states: "Some links between poverty and health seem obvious but in practice they can be complex and paradoxical. As Marmot points out, there are countries with a gross national p...New thrust needed to tackle health inequalities globally says UCL scientist
...the Lancet journal on 18th March 2005 that a major new thrust is needed internationally to tackle health ...nts are rising to the challenge: In Sweden, the new strategy for public health is "to create social conditions that will ensure good health for the enti...The European Society of Cardiology launches Women at Heart
...ean Society of Cardiology (ESC) today launches its new initiative Women at Heart at the Spring Meeting of its 49 National Cardiac Societies. Women at Heart is aimed at medical professionals, to highlight the growing burden and under-appreciation of women's heart disease and promote improved handling of ...Invasive pneumonia and antibiotic resistance decreased after childhood vaccine introduced
...ally reversed following the licensing and use of a new conjugate vaccine for young children in February 2...cally after the introduction and widespread use of new macrolide antibiotics such as azithromycin and clarithromycin, especially in children younger than f...HIV and ID doctors oppose ideologically driven STI prevention policies
...ly programs. Dr. Volberding notes, "The number of new HIV infections in the United States was as high la...c. We need to use every tool available to prevent new infections. Telling people to 'just say no' just doesn't work." "Ideology should not be driving our...Countywide forecasts of water use available for Illinois, Midwest
...n 89 of the state's 102 counties, according to two new studies released by the Illinois State Water Survey. "These studies project county-level water use for Illinois and five other states in the Midwest, information that is critical if we are to ensure that we have adequate and safe supplies of this li...Protecting human subjects focus of national FDA conference at UH
...exploring the FDA critical pathway for approval of new medical products while protecting human subjects, ... "While the increased potential is tremendous for new medicines, biologicals and genomic-based treatments and devices that prevent and cure diseases, fewe...