Radon, Especially In Combination With Smoking, Contributes To Lung Cancer Deaths
...don -- particularly in combination with smoking -- poses an important public health risk, and it should be recognized as such," said committee chair Jonathan Samet, professor and chair of the department of epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore. "Reducing rad...Unpasteurised Milk Is An Unacceptable Risk To Public Health
...able hygienic quality which, the authors conclude, poses a risk to public health. Contact: John de Louvois, Head of Environmental Surveillance Unit, Public Health Laboratory Service, London t: 0181 200 6868 x4949 f: 0181 905 9907 email: deLouvois@phls.co.uk...Effective Obesity Treatment Likely To Require Targeting Of Multiple Weight Control Systems
... survival advantage during human evolution, it now poses a formidable challengefor the treatment of obesity," the authors state. "Individuals who suffer from aregulatory defect that results in the defense of an elevated level of body fatappear to resist changes in energy stores with the vigor characteristi...Scientists Link Body Weight Regulation And Immune System Control
...ful mouse model," says Barsh. The discovery also poses an intriguing question of basic biology. "Why shouldimmune function be connected to regulation of body weight?" asks Barsh. Thatremains an open question, but the new research may hold some long-term prospectsfor the treatment of obesity. "This will o...... results in clinically importantneurotoxicity that poses certain risks and can limit the amount of the drug thatcan be given. Currently, there is no commercially available agent thateffectively protects against such drug induced neurotoxicity. The studies presented at AACR describe observations from nonc...New Vaccine Provides Protection From HIV In Monkeys
...ells, the virus itself does notreplicate. Thus it poses no risk of unwanted dissemination in the vaccinatedindividual. Dr. Robinson also tested two different ways of introducing the DNA vaccine.Innoculation through the skin (intradermal) proved more effective in containingviral challenges than did admini...Dartmouth researchers urge caution in communicating results to public
Responsible reporting of medical research poses challenges for both journals andjournalists to avoid misunderstandings that affect news coverage, say DartmouthMedical School physicians. Writing in the July 22 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, they urgeboth the research and the media ...Duke/Novalon researchers identify potential mechanism behind tamoxifen resistance in breast cancers
...ome of theproperties of estrogen and tamoxifen but poses fewer risks and side effects.Even if that new drug comes to the forefront, McDonnell said tamoxifen willremain a front-line defense against breast cancer because it is a "tried andtrue" treatment that doctors nationwide are accustomed to using. ......s discontinued. "The persistence of HIV reservoirs poses a significant impediment to thelong-term control of HIV infection and must be addressed by comprehensiveapproaches to the therapy of HIV-infected individuals," says Dr. Fauci. "Ourresearch and that of other groups underscores the importance of devel...NCEP issues major new cholesterol guidelines
... risk factors. The guidelines state that diabetes poses as great a risk for having a heart attack in 10 years as heart disease itselfand the threat from multiple risk factors can be equally great. The guidelines recommend these persons be treated as intensively as heart disease patients with lifestyle ch...Study discovers a way to keep infants safe from second-hand smoke
... objective information about the risk that smoking poses for them and their families. The study's lead author Karen M. Emmons, Ph.D., of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute says the report being published in the July 5 issue of journal Pediatrics is the first to yield objective evidence that an effort to reduce h...Foot-and-mouth 'on the move in Asia'
...any livestock owners as there are livestock, which poses huge problems for communications on disease risks. There is also a lack of fencing and animal identification compared to Australia. Australia would face its own challenges, stemming from the immense geographic size of the nations livestock rearing ar...College freshmen more politically liberal than in the past, UCLA survey reveals
...engagement and record grade inflation, Astin said, poses a real challenge for our higher education system, since students are entering college with less inclination to study but with higher academic expectations than ever....Primate bushmeat : Populations exposed to simian immunodeficiency viruses
...between newly introduced SIVs and circulating HIVs poses still another human risk to novel zoonoses, contributing to diversification of the already extensive range of AIDS viruses which are currently circulating among humans in Africa. There is at present, no evidence of cross-species transmission of these...Beth Israel Deaconess study documents outstanding surgical outcomes for diabetes patients
...TON Contrary to the long-held belief that surgery poses a significant danger to patients with diabetes mellitus, a 10-year study of more than 6,500 patients from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) has shown a mortality rate of only 1 percent among diabetes patients undergoing major vascular oper...Kaleidescope eyes: the secrets of a novel gift
... All perceptual experiences are subjective, which poses a challenge for the study of synaesthesia." Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging, the team recorded brain images from a group of synaesthetes and non-synaesthete controls as they performed a series of visual tasks to find out which areas of the brain are...Heart health should be the front line of diabetes care
...abolism, a condition that can lead to diabetes and poses an increased risk of CVD and premature death, according report. Rita Redberg, M.D., M.Sc., a member of the writing group and an associate professor of medicine at the University of California-San Francisco, says people with diabetes should be consid...Implantable device pumps up ailing heart
...ith little or no time on a heart-lung machine. It poses very little risk and can boost the patients native heart function, says O.H. Bud Frazier, M.D., chief of cardiopulmonary transplantation and director of surgical research at the Texas Heart Institute and chief of transplant services at St. Lukes Epi...New approach to post-transplant lymphoma shows promise
...of us carry it in our systems all the time. But it poses special problems for transplant patients because the drugs they have to take to keep their body from rejecting new organs weaken the immune system and create the perfect environment for the virus to spring into action. Kidney transplants are among th......he colon and the anus. Tumour removal in this area poses technical difficulties. Prior to 1993, the operation was nonetheless performed at many small hospitals and by surgeons without special training. The National Training Programme for Surgeons was introduced in 1993. Surgeons were trained in the TME me...