Diagnostic method based on nanoscience could rival PCR
...aces PCR is unlikely to go -- the battlefield, the post office, a Third World village, the hospital and, perhaps ultimately, the home." The new selective and ultra-sensitive technology, which is based on gold nanoparticles and DNA, is easier to use, considerably faster, more accurate and less expensive t...CellCept's cardioprotective profile reinforced
...file and is also associated with a reduced risk of post transplant malignancy. CellCept's innovative clinical trials programme continues to offer therapeutic solutions to unmet clinical needs. Research is ongoing in organ transplantation and autoimmune disease, to help provide clinical benefit to a wid...Duration of hospital stay has shortened for patients with heart attack
...d increased odds of death within the 30- or 90-day post discharge time period than patients who stayed six to eight days (about twice as likely to die). "The average length of stay declined from approximately 12 days in the 1986-1988 period to six days in the 1997-1999 period," the authors write. "Howev...Monkey virus may hold clue for development of common blood cancer
...uizhao Wang, M.D., Ph.D., and Shu Wang, M.D., both post doctoral fellows in the Department of Lymphoma/Myeloma, examined 55 tumors taken from patients newly diagnosed with the disease who had not yet been treated with chemotherapy. After isolating DNA from the genomes of the cancer cells, the researchers ...JCO to offer free online access to archived content
...e, Spanish, and Ukrainian. Plans are under way to post these translations on the JCO website where they would be available under the same free access policy. The JCO is also part of the World Health Organization's Health InterNetwork Access to Research Initiative (HINARI), which aims to strengthen public...Data shows new drug, rimonabant, helps smokers quit while limiting post cessation weight gain
...on that can help people stop smoking while curbing post cessation weight gain. This may be a major step forward in smoking cessation." Rimonabant is the first in a new class of drugs called Selective CB1 Blockers. The drug works by inhibiting the CB1 receptor, one of two receptors found in the EndoCanna...Int'l Assoc for Dental Research holds 83rd General Session
...etin boards will be available to job recruiters to post job vacancies. There will also be a New Member Orientation Reception (Wednesday, March 10, 1:00-2:00 p.m.), where new members can find out about becoming more involved in the IADR and its specialty Groups and Committees. In addition to the scientific...'Ding' concussions require removal from the game
... neurocognitive evaluations the first at 36 hours post injury; the second at day 6 post injury. The evaluation tool used was the ImPACT (Immediate Post-Concussion Assessment and Cognitive ...Understanding how lymph nodes respond to infection may redefine how immune system functions
...'s immune system. "Mast cells serve as the command post for the immune system during infections," said Soman Abraham, Ph.D., professor of pathology, associate professor of immunology and senior author of the paper. "White blood cells are sequestered within these nodes and, following proper activation, the...New life-saving heart attack medication identified
...igation, one the largest studies ever conducted in post heart attack patients, researchers led by BWH, University of Glasgow and Duke University, compared survival in three groups of patients--4,909 taking the ARB medication, valsartan; 4,885 taking both valsartan and the ACE inhibitor, captopril; and 4,9...Heart attack patients don't maintain exercise program
...ts, professor of nursing, and Mary A. Dolansky, a post doctoral fellow, all at the Bolton School, and Paul M. Ribisl, professor of health and exercise science at Wake Forest University....Act now to secure Iraq's health
...two crucial appointments of James K Haveman to the post of senior advisor to the Iraqi Ministry of Health and Khudair Abbas as Minister of Health are questioned; the former for lacking a background in post-conflict public health (and for being a Bush-friendly appointment), the latter for not being able to......tive at meeting people's needs than the short-term post acute care or institutional care typically offered in the U.S. " Although both countries provide support to about 40 percent of the over 75 population, that statistic masks the disparity in services that become evident when the researchers focused o...Tylenol awards $250,000 to outstanding healthcare students
...nts pursuing health-related fields of study at any post high school level. Since the program's inception in 1991, more than $6 million in scholarship grants have been awarded to over 5,000 students by McNeil Consumer & Specialty Pharmaceuticals, makers of the Tylenol(R) Brand family of products. "Our co...New evidence eases some concerns about bone fracture risk with breast cancer drug
...nts combined. The trial, involving more than 9,000 post menopausal women in 21 countries, last year revealed that over a median follow-up of patients of 33 months, anastrozole enhanced disease-free survival by 19% and cut the incidence of new tumours in the opposite breast by 58% compared to tamoxifen. Th...New clinical research study evaluates novel cell therapy
...e have been no safety concerns more than two years post treatment, according to neurosurgeon Dr. Roy A.E. Bakay, now at Rush and member of the Chicago Institute of Neurosurgery and Neuroresearch (CINN) medical group, who performed the surgical implantation for the study. Along with Bakay, Rush neurologist...St. Jude Medical announces publication of results of its ADOPT-A trial
... at 60 ppm. Patients were followed for six months post implant.The trial, which spanned two-and-a-half years, featured approximately 150 patients in each group. Patients underwent a standard dual-chamber pacemaker implant, with leads positioned in the right atrium and right ventricle. No specific right...Rush studying the role of intra abdominal fat in coronary artery disease risk in women
...N study to help determine coronary artery risk for post menopausal women. This new group of women will be ...ting role stress plays in heart disease risk among post menopausal women. Participants will be given a saliva test to determine the amount of cortisol that...Amnesia, confusion may signal concussion
...many athletes report improved symptoms by day five post injury. "We are finding memory deficits and neuroc...ive functioning deficits that last up until day 10 post injury. The athletes are either feeling much better immediately following the injury or they are min......ha. Dr. Alan Netherwood has been seconded from his post as Sustainable Development Co-ordinator at Cardiff Council to work on the project as a Visiting Research Fellow in the BRASS Centre (for Business, Relationships, Accountability, Sustainability and Society) at Cardiff University. "This is going to be...