Researchers Identify Candidate Immunosuppressant With Fewer Side Effects
...ng pathway, so researchers anticipate that it will not causeserious side effects. Anjana Rao, professor of pathology, Patrick Hogan, investigator, andtheir colleagues at Harvard Medical School and the Center for Blood Researchmade a peptide that binds to calcineurin, a key molecule in the pathway...Beware Of Adverse Drug Reactions
...ns to help them improve the likelihood of patients not incurring adverse reactions to drug treatments. They conclude by saying that prescribing doctors should always be aware of the toxic profile of the drugs they prescribe and that they should be ever vigilant for the occurrence of unexpected adverse ...Antibiotic Prophylaxis Could Help Prevent Respiratory Infections in the Critically Ill
...Liberati et al warn that these positive effects do not take account of potential antibiotic resistance if such a practice was undertaken on a widespread scale and suggest that further research is undertaken in this area. Contact: Dr Alessandro Liberati, Italian Cochrane Centre, Laboratory of Health Servi...Research Offers New Tool In Fight Against Prostate Cancer
...mpared with 38 weeks for those whose PSA level did not decline 50 percent. The study is detailed in the May issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology. Itwas conducted by David C. Smith, M.D.; Kenneth J. Pienta, M.D.; Rodney L. Dunn,M.S.; and Myla S. Strawderman, M.S....Some Young Children May Grow Out Of Peanut Allergy
...a specialist food allergy unit, as the allergy may not be as severe as initially assumed. Hourihane et al cite previous research which suggests that changes in the dietary habits of the British population towards vegetarianism and the increasing use of peanut butter as a snack food, may be linked to a...UB Plants "Seeds" By Investing In Research Projects; Researchers Leverage Investment 14 Times Over
...mpt to get external funding, they scored well, but not high enough to get support, and were in the process of revising their proposal. With money running out, they were in danger of losing an important lab technician. "The multidisciplinary pilot project funds helped us over a hump when we had no money,...Chemical Society's Highest Award Goes To Ronald Breslow
... hesaid. This is true largely because cancer comes not from foreign cells, "butfrom normal ones that are ...ds. "Our molecule mimics the function, but not the structure, of enzymeproteins," said Breslow. Where proteins are difficult to make and sensitive ...PITT Researchers Demonstrate Human Brain's Natural Mechanism For Guarding Against Errors
...ver is familiar with thissituation, the brain does not need to exercise much executive control. But putthat same driver onto a freeway in England and driving suddenly takes on a newdimension. The brain now has two competing choices: follow standard procedureand turn into the right lane, or obey the ne...Asthma-Airways Clinic Improves Lives, Reduces Medical Costs
... the U-M Asthma-Airways Clinic. "There probably is not a chronic disease that wouldn't benefit from thisapproach, including diabetes and heart disease. It pays off over and over andover again." Bria and his colleagues monitored the progress of 90 people participating forone year in the asthma clinic, wh...Study Shows Child Health Plus Eases Access, But Some Barriers Remain
...enrollment. In addition to establishing whether or not the participants had a"medical home" and how they used it, researchers gatheredinformation on travel time, distance, hours of availability, easeof use and other variables. They compared these factors bothbefore and after enrolling in Child Health Plu...Health Workers May Experience Costly Dislocation As Health Spending Growth Slows
...alth care." In addition, pay for health workers is not increasing as rapidly as in the past, a further si...ld be shifted to eliminate waste and inefficiency, not reduce the quality of care. 2. Cost reductions must be real, not just shifted from one pocket to ano...Identification Of Brain Areas Could Help Eliminate Side Effects Of Pain Medication
... Everyone has REM sleep each night, even if we do not remember our dreams. REM sleep occurs about every 90 minutes and lasts for about 20 minutes. "We think this is a very exciting discovery. We are trying to identify specific cells in the brain where we know brain-produced chemicals have been alt...Area of Research Outlined For Promising New Cancer Drugs
...malignant tumor growth andspreading, but they have not yet been tested in humans, and the medicalcommunit...eovascularization. "We have to be careful not to elevate expectations to unreasonablelevels prior to the results of clinical trials. However, on ...Cost-Effective Treatment Possible In Africa For HIV-Positive Pregnant Women If Drug Prices Lowered
...ns for efforts to stem verticaltransmission, it is not practical in Sub-Saharan regions because women normallydo not seek prenatal care this early in the pregnancy and this long course oftherapy is too costly for the ......uthor notes in this week's BMJ that many people do not realise that the European region of WHO includes t... as guardian of international public health should not be forgotten as diseases such as diphtheria and malaria have reappeared in areas from which they had...Communication Between Doctors And Asthma Patients Is Key
...ty, if the disease is managed properly,they should not have symptoms. Clark, an award-winning researcher who has studied asthma for 20 years, saidthis study may influence managed care providers to provide the kind of physiciantraining examined in this study. "This study has demonstrated very clearly tha...Scientists Create Extremely Sensitive Test For Detecting Radiation Damage
...currently usedmethods of measuring such damage are not sensitive enough to assessenvironmental radiation ... bythe larger dose significantly faster than cells not pre-treated. "We could use this ultra-sensitive assay for other sources of DNAdamage, such ...Compound In Meat Prevents Diabetes, Study Suggests
...ffects about 15 million Americans, half of whom do not know that they have the disease because the initia... learn about this compound. For one thing, we have not optimized the dose. We picked a dose that is effective in fighting cancer, and started there." In ad......isone and a placebo. Inaddition, patients who did not receive suramin were 50 percent more likely tounde...min's action is complex, said Small, and still has not beenfully delineated. Prostate cancer, the most common cancer in men, accounted for more than 40,00...New Drug Prevents Breast Cancer In Postmenopausal Women, UCSF Researchers Report
...ncer in participating women by 87 percent; and did not affect the riskof estrogen-receptor negative cance...on a woman's bones and cholestoral levels, yetdoes not mimic estrogen's adverse effects on her breasts and uterus. Estrogen acts by binding to structures c...