Newly discovered virus linked to childhood lung disorders and Kawasaki disease
A newly discovered virus may be responsible for many respi...ki disease may be associated with infection by the newly identified New Haven coronavirus was suggested by findings in the Yale group's second study, which w...Mobile surgical units prevent delays in treating wounded combat patients in Iraq
...er of casualties treated was relatively small. The newly developed en route care system allowed the critically ill postoperative casualties to be transported to higher-level facilities and was vital to its success."...Mayo Clinic recommends broadening treatment to battle recurrence of endometrial cancer
...r the at-risk patients among the expected cases of newly diagnosed endometrial cancer in 2004 is close to the number of deaths the disease is expected to cause in that period," says Dr. Podratz. "We feel that to maximize outcomes, approximately one-third of the patients with endometrial cancer in the Unite...New theory chalenges current view of how brain stores long-term memory
...in a process known as translation, and it is these newly synthesized proteins that subsequently stabilize t...l that long-term memories are stabilized only once newly synthesized proteins are transported to recently activated synapses. Indeed, this view is centra...More efficient ways of managing patient flow may benefit Los Angeles County/USC hospital
...ey will stay longer and you'll have fewer beds for newly admitted patients." The researchers applied engineering techniques widely used to improve the performance of manufacturing, distribution and transportation systems to design a flow chart of hospital operations. "The engineering approach makes thi...Researchers develop way to track quality of home health care
...are available with no further data collection. The newly developed set of indicators look at processes, such as administering flu vaccine and reviewing patient medication, and outcomes, like ratings of the functioning of clients in activities of daily living (ADL). Researchers looked at 73 possible indicat...FDA approves Pfizer's Lyrica for the treatment of the two most common forms of neuropathic pain
...oskeletal pain. Developed by Pfizer, Lyrica has a newly defined mechanism of action. Lyrica will be available to physicians and patients in the near future. "Lyrica is an important new therapy for millions of people suffering from the two most common neuropathic pain conditions as it provides rapid and su...New therapeutic vaccine for HIV/AIDS eliminates needles and excessive toxicity
...g with HIV/AIDS. Of that number, 4.9 million were newly infected with HIV just this year. Globally, just under half of all people living with HIV are female. The numbers are steadily increasing for women and girls particularly in Eastern Europe, Asia andLatin America....Antibiotics protect nerves in mice by turning on genes
...ned that the antibiotics' benefit stems from their newly recognized effect on glutamate's Jekyll-and-Hyde effects. In the brain, glutamate normally excites nerves so that electrical signals can travel from one to the next. But too much of the chemical can overstimulate and kill nerves, a factor in ALS and ...Consumers to benefit from organic potato breakthrough
... deadly fungal disease, blight. Most of these are newly available on supermarket shelves throughout the continent. 'Designer composts' were created as part of the project, and were shown toincrease organic potato crop yields by up to 40 per cent. New and effectiveorganic crop management strategies have ...HydroGlobe acquired by Graver Technologies
...tents obtained by the founders of the company. The newly merged business will be run out of Graver Technologies' facility in Glasgow, Del. "This is a validation of our philosophy at Stevens, which rests on the belief that real-world solutions can be found for major real-world problems through technology ...Arsenic ingestion from well water associated with increased risk of lung cancer
.... During the study followup period, there were 139 newly diagnosed cases of lung cancer. Residents with the highest level of arsenic exposure had a 3.29 times increased risk for lung cancer, after adjusting for various factors including age, sex, and cigarette smoking status at recruitment. Among nonsmoke...Surprise! Cells have second source of phosphate
...llular machinery that builds proteins. While IP7's newly found role is likely to surprise many, Snyder has been expecting it. In the early 1990s, he noticed the first reports that IP7 and a related molecule called IP8 existed, interesting to him because for 15 years, he'd been studying related inositol (pr...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for December 2004 (second issue)
...usty" environments. The investigators studied 706 newly diagnosed sarcoidosis patients, together with an equal number of age-race-, and sex-matched control subjects. They were trying to understand what environmental and occupational exposures were associated with the disease. (Although it has no known e...First blood test to diagnose paralyzing, blinding disease
...ates and Japan and evaluated for the presence of a newly identified central-nervous system autoantibody. All antibodies are circulating proteins produced by the immune system. Unlike antibodies of healthy persons which attack invading disease organisms, an autoantibody attacks normal body constituents by a...USC researchers highlight disparities in cancer rates among racial and ethnic groups in California
.... These findings are just a small part of the newly released report "Cancer Incidence and Mortality in California: Trends by Race and Ethnicity 1988-2001," an examination of 14 years of statewide cancer data. The Los Angeles Cancer Surveillance Program, or CSP, produced the report with data from fello...First US SARS vaccine trial opens at NIH
...t SARS is a viral disease. They soon proved that a newly emerging coronavirus causes SARS. By May, an international collaboration of researchers had decoded the genetic sequence of the SARS coronavirus, opening many avenues of research to develop diagnostic tests, therapies and vaccines. An NIAID team, lea...Research by scientists affiliated with the Earth Institute at Columbia University
...esent results from ongoing efforts, based on these newly adjusted data, to produce more accurate and detailed images of fault structures in Northern California and their correlation with the local geology. Felix Waldhauser, Doherty Associate Research Scientist, LDEO ( felixw@ldeo.columbia.edu , 845-365-853...Breast cancer may be 'uniquely sensitive' to inhibitors of PI3K pathway
... In the future, breast cancer tissue samples from newly diagnosed patients can be tested for their specific PI3K pathway abnormality in order to find a drug that zeroes in on what may be the cancer's Achilles' heel, Mills says. "Using those drugs in combination with other treatments such as chemotherapy m...Increased suicide rate is possibly linked to chemicals released from nearby asphalt plants
...b. The California one-hour standard is 30 ppb. The newly revised, but not yet implemented, North Carolina 24-hour hydrogen sulfide standard is 86.2 ppb. These exposures accompanied 574 formal complaints to the City ofSalisbury from March 11, 1999, to Oct. 15, 2004, for noxious odors and associat...