From diagnostic tool to cancer therapy
...atients with advanced metastatic breast cancer who otherwise have a poor prognosis....INEEL researchers develop medical imagery breakthrough
...to within a fraction of a pixel, from hand-held or otherwise imprecise cameras. The alignment compensates for differences in camera angle, height, zoom or other distractions that previously confounded flip-flop comparisons. Flipping between two seemingly identical images aligned by CDS reveals once impercepti...Thymus transplant might save babies born without immune systems
...er sick child, are delighted to donate tissue that otherwise would be discarded," said Markert. In treating babies with complete DiGeorge Syndrome, the Duke physicians aim to complete the thymus transplant as soon as possible after diagnosis. The children in the current study ranged in age from 33 days to 133 ...Cholesterol drug helps heart failure patients without high cholesterol
... study, therefore, are rather young (53 to 55) and otherwise healthy patients who often qualify for heart transplants, he says. Because their heart failure isn't caused by coronary artery disease, these patients often don't experience the chest pain (angina) associated with narrowed coronary arteries. Instea...UCLA researchers release profile of proposition 36-eligible drug offenders
...convicted of nonviolent, drug-related offenses and otherwise eligible for SACPA can now be sentenced to probation with drug treatment instead of either probation without treatment or incarceration. Offenders on probation or parole who commit nonviolent, drug-related offenses or who violate drug-related conditi...Who will take responsibility for corporate killing?
... safety should not have consequences for those who otherwise benefit from a company's financial success.' This issue is not confined to the UK. The editorial concludes: 'The UK is not alone in having difficulty with reconciling the priorities of business with those of the health and safety of the workforce an...Partners seek city's footprint
...s ecological footprint to show how sustainable or otherwise current consumption and production patterns are within the Welsh capital. An ecological footprint is a measure of the demand of human population on nature. It provides a valuable tool for planners to link economic growth and environmental protection...Stroke recovery rates slower for African Americans
...ansportation or supplemental in-home care that can otherwise enhance recovery over time, said Dr. Horner. Getting rapid treatment for an acute stroke can reduce or eliminate the need for extensive rehabilitation. If given within three hours of initial stroke symptoms, a clot-busting drug called t-PA can revers...Kids who get prescription asthma drugs visit ER less often
...hma attacks, also known as exacerbations, that can otherwise lead to an ER visit. But other, long-term control medications are often used to reduce the overall frequency and severity of asthma symptoms. More than 4 million children and teenagers under the age of 18 have an asthma attack each year, the Centers ...Web knowledge empowers patients, researcher says
...entiate unbiased data from commercially tainted or otherwise flawed information....Nabi Biopharm's nicotine vaccine
... from smoking, absorbed from smokeless tobacco, or otherwise ingested. As reported earlier, the first Phase I safety and immunogenicity trial of NicVAX in humans showed that a single dose of the vaccine resulted in a rapid immune response and generated substantial amounts of nicotine specific antibodies. Loc...This is your heart on drugs: Study improves ER treatment for cocaine's heart effects
...t how harmful cocaine can be to the heart, even in otherwise healthy young people. The risk of heart attack in the first hour after using cocaine is 24 times normal, and cocaine users have a seven-fold lifetime risk of heart attack. Nearly one-fourth of heart attacks in people ages 18 to 45 are cocaine related...By repairing vessels, bone marrow cells slow atherosclerosis in mice
...e possibility of re-training stem cells that would otherwise be targeted to a different organ system to help re... joint disease could consume stem cells that could otherwise be used for the repair of the cardiovascular system. We are just beginning to appreciate the links b...Brains of elderly can compensate to remain sharp, study indicates
...ts on certain cognitive tests appear to enlist the otherwise underused left half of the prefrontal cortex of their brain in order to maintain performance, Duke University neuroscientists have found. In contrast, elderly people who are not "high performers" on the tests resemble younger adults in showing a pref...Study finds more satisfaction in same-race doctor-patient relationships
...act with patients who are racially, ethnically, or otherwise culturally different than they are....New approach for studying traumatic injury
...es each year, typically taking the lives of young, otherwise healthy individuals. "This project represents the first ever NIH-sponsored. coordindated national effort in injury and critical-care research,"says J. Perren Cobb, M.D., associate professor of surgery and principal investigator of the School of Medi...Study exposes dangers of snuff for smokers wanting to quit
...omar said may be keeping smokers in the market who otherwise might have quit. The U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company, the nation's leading manufacturer of smokeless tobacco products, and others "continue to promote the use of snuff as a method of harm reduction for smokers despite the fact there is no scientific ...Mild injury may render brain cells vulnerable to immune system attack
...urons to attack by immune system proteins that are otherwise protective. The finding could explain why sufferers of Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases significantly worsen following such insults. According to the scientists, such minimal "excitotoxic insults" could include brief seizures, mild he...New study shows weight loss decreases ACE enzyme that controls blood pressure
...ously worked. "We intensively studied 16 obese but otherwise healthy, non-diabetic adults on the clinical research unit," said Harp, "Our goal was to determine if blood pressure regulating enzymes and hormones that are produced in fatty tissue are lowered by modest dietary weight loss." After first conducting ...Prostate cancer program at UCLAs Jonsson Cancer Center designated a site of research excellence
...he grants bring together researchers who might not otherwise have a chance to work together on their far-flung academic campuses and in their large medical institutions, deKernion said. The goal is to translate basic research from the laboratories into patient care much more quickly and effectively. UCLAs SPOR...