Protein predicts prognosis for breast cancer patients
...her the cancer is likely to have spread. The focal point for this search is a rare medical archive, a database of tissue samples and long-term follow-up information from 2,136 breast cancer patients treated with mastectomy, but not radiation or chemotherapy, at the University of Chicago between 1927 and 19......institutions' financial health has worsened to the point that one in seven nursing home beds in Massachusetts is owned by a company that has filed for bankruptcy. In addition to demographic changes, recent policy shifts on government payments to nursing homes -- most notably those enacted under the Balance......standing, Dr. Croft and other whiplash researchers point out in the February JACA. "We have always known that chiropractors are effective with whiplash, but there were lots of theories as to why," explains Dr. Dan Murphy, a chiropractor who teaches on the subject of whiplash throughout the world. "Now,...Chronic disease: the overlooked & understudied epidemic
...gh promised cost savings are typically the selling point for these services, it is important to know whether they also improve outcome and patient satisfaction. British researchers, skeptical of how for-profit entities fit into their national healthcare system, offer a checklist of quality standards to us...Study to assess heart effects of depression drugs during stress
...respond to natural stress. Still, the researchers point out that the findings can only be suggestive of such implications and that a long-term study is needed. "That study will come later," Straneva noted. "Now we're looking at functional differences based on antidepressants. We can then apply the finding...Psychologically abused women experience significant physical and mental health problems
...tner abuse. The researchers found that at some point in their lives, 53.6 percent of women seeking primary care had experienced some type of partner violence and 13.6 percent had experienced psychological intimate partner violence without physical abuse. Psychological intimate partner violence was ass...Researchers create a strong new molecule in the fight against AIDS
...The integrase step is the most critical step in my point of view, because this is where the (viral) invasion is complete," Nair said. "From a scientific point of view, this is the step in which the real damage is done."...Antidepressants impair cognitive function in the elderly
... State and leader of the research team. "At this point we don't know if the response is dose dependent or the result of the way the drug is administered. We just know that there were negative effects on cognition. Over time persons who took them had lower performance than those who did not, and secondly,......s. The researchers surmise that the critical time point responsible for a change in input had passed by day 14, so that neuronal circuits were not altered by the tissue injury and pain. Adult rats that experienced left hind paw tissue injury and swelling on day 1 also reacted more strongly to pain...New study finds 18 football players died in 1999 season, eight paralyzed
...n 1976 that prohibited using the head as the first point of contact during blocking and tackling. In 1968, 36 young men died after injuries in practices or games. In 1970, eight players died from heatstroke. Before 1955, no deaths from becoming overheated were recorded among football players. Mueller s...Some autistic people have memory advantage for certain tasks
... Science. The results may help point the way to jobs that are more ideally suited for the memory abilities of people with ASD. The researchers enlisted eight adults with ASD and 16 non-autistic adult controls in the study. All...American award recognizes Swiss researchers
...er size and easy synthesis," said Bauer. A turning point in the project came in 1979 with the arrival of Petcher, a Novartis chemist who specializes in computer modeling of drug design. "Ideas had been floating around for a few months to try radically smaller compounds," Petcher remembered. He suggested co...Molecular architects create new cancer preventives
...ded two fluorine atoms to the molecule at an ideal point to reduce the body's ability to break down and metabolize the vitamin D analogs. This not only reduces the levels of potentially harmful metabolites produced by the analogs, it also keeps the analogs active in the body longer. The changes are all sma...Jefferson scientists hope to perfect gene therapy without viruses
...thers, we may be able to treat each disease at its point of origin." Eventually, Dr. Wickstrom hopes to use his nonviral method to provide normally functioning genes in diseases such as hemophilia, sickle cell anemia, muscular dystrophy, and phenylketonuria, and therapeutic genes to treat cancer.......techniques of human genetics is a great taking-off point for where science is going now and for how medicine will be practiced in my career," said Hack. Nagle, 31, came to Chicago in 1994. He completed two years of medical school, then spent four years working full-time on his Ph.D. in medical physics, a ...UT Southwestern Nobel laureate leads bold project changing way scientists conduct research
... be a wonderful way to understand what the optimal point would be to place a drug to achieve a specific goa... is done, and he's dedicating his career from this point forward to making this work."...Hutchinson Center receives $1.2 million from National Science Foundation to study plant genetics
...xposing the plant seeds to a chemical that induces point mutations, or single-base changes, in the plant's DNA. Plants are then grown from these mutated seeds, and the DNA is isolated from each. The individual DNA samples are then pooled, just like ingredients for a recipe are combined in a mixing bowl. Th...Management of osteoarthritis pain
...ew ACR recommendations, like those issued in 1995, point out that drug therapy for pain management is most effective when combined with non-pharmacologic strategies. The ACR recommendation of acetaminophen as initial drug therapy for mild-to-moderate osteoarthritis pain is based on the overall cost, effec...Breast reconstruction during mastectomy boosts well-being most, study finds
...nology and surgical technique have advanced to the point where we can create a new breast that is natural looking," says author and study leader Edwin Wilkins, M.D., M.S., associate professor in the U-M Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. "The largest effect seemed to occur in those who came out...Gender differences in private substance abuse treatment retention
...ns and Finney believe the study's findings clearly point toward a need for gender-specific research and programs, as well as a need to avoid generalizing findings from public populations to private or insured populations. "This study raises the possibility that one, findings regarding predictors of treatme...