UIC professor receives international humanitarian award
...hweitzer World Academy of Medicine, established to promote Albert Schweitzer's philosophies of wisdom, humanity and peace, consists of 256 university professors in 71 countries....Advertising by academic medical centers may risk eroding public trust, says study
...artmouth Medical School (DMS). Several of the ads promote services of unclear health value to the public and...ion may be to attract patients, not necessarily to promote the health of the public," said Larson. While the authors stress that they are not against advertisi...Fat may promote inflammation, new study suggests
...health. The researchers studied two proteins that promote inflammation (interleukin 6 and tumor necrosis factor alpha) and a protein that promotes blood clots (plasminogen activator inhibitor 1). These proteins are all manufactured by fat tissue and involved in atherosclerosis, the buildup of fatty deposits...Oral bacteria may predict pregnancy outcomes
...h weight. Researchers feel it remains important to promote good oral hygiene during routine prenatal visits, but caution that more studies need to be conducted to further our understanding about the effects of periodontal treatment on preterm birth....Extreme exertion, emotion can spark repeat heart attacks
...se strong social support and marital relationships promote physical well-being, "My view is that it is much more important for people to maintain good personal and sexual relationships than it is to worry about this small increase in risk," Steptoe says." Emotional distress, along with natural disasters, wa...Mailman School of Public Health receives Manhattan Tobacco Cessation Center grant
...ven treatments. "The network's primary goal is to promote systematic screening and counseling of all tobacco users. Through partnerships with leading healthcare providers we are implementing strategies that will decrease smoking rates, improve the health of New Yorkers, and save lives," says Donna Shelley...The European Society of Cardiology launches Women at Heart
...nd under-appreciation of women's heart disease and promote improved handling of women at risk of cardiovascular disease in clinical practice. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the primary cause of death in European women, killing a higher percentage of women (55%) even than men (43%) and more than all cancers ...HIV and ID doctors oppose ideologically driven STI prevention policies
...evidence that federally funded abstinence programs promote misinformation about condoms and sexual risks, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's revision of their condom fact sheet to qualify the efficacy of condoms in STI prevention, and, congressional efforts to challenge peer-reviewed federal res...Mayo Clinic discovers 'new pathway' against pancreatic cancer
...eir action, effectively turning off molecules that promote pancreatic cancer growth. The finding may be applied to make pancreatic cells more sensitive to gemcitabine, the sole drug available for treating pancreatic cancer. This discovery may lead to new drug development strategies for other cancers. A...Euroscience Open Forum 2006 launches call for proposals
...h over 2,000 members in 40 countries. In order to promote dialogue between science and society, ESOF2006 will be jointly held with the Wissenschaftssommer (German national science week) in Munich. The Wissenschaftssommer is organised annually by Wissenschaft im Dialog, an initiative of the Stifterverband fr...Neuronal death and processing of Tau protein in Alzheimer's disease
...proapoptotic stimulus (activating caspase-3) would promote tau cleavage generating the proapoptotic fragments.The authors also show that this effect is significantly potentiated by incubation with the amyloid peptide A-beta 25-35, a peptide included in the A-beta fragment (the constituent of extraneuronal se...Binge drinking can impair both mood and cognitive performance
...ive function can alter behavior in ways that would promote progression to dependence," he said. "This study can not distinguish between mood and cognitive dysfunction promoting binge drinking or binge drinking inducing dysfunction, however, both might be true." Crews suggested that future studies follow you...Houston meeting kicks off collaboration to advance cancer research
...ry's UK-Texas Bioscience Initiative, which aims to promote collaborative research and development in biosciences and related topics between researchers in the UK and the region around Houston, Texas....2005 H. Trendley Dean Memorial Award
...ve public health and professional interventions to promote oral health and prevent dental diseases. He currently holds research grants that integrate these three areas of research into a research agenda addressing dental caries, the most widespread and costly disease of childhood (supported by four US Federa...Two years after gene therapy treatments, severe angina patients showed prolonged clinical benefit
...ogy VEGF-2 is a growth factor that is believed to promote the development of supplemental collateral blood vessels, a process known as therapeutic angiogenesis. In the Phase IIb trial (GENASIS) for severe angina, VEGF- 2 is delivered to the ischemic heart muscle in the form of "naked" plasmid DNA, a non-vi...Tobacco industry pays scientists to challenge secondhand smoke's link to infant death risk
...health officials should intensify their efforts to promote reducing infant exposure to secondhand smoke as an effective strategy for reducing SIDS." The documents show that the tobacco industry hired scientists on at least two different occasions to prepare articles challenging the SHS/SIDS connection. The f...English-speaking Hispanic youth more likely to have sex early
...with the aim of program development is critical to promote healthy sexual development in this population." (Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2005; 159:261-265. Available post-embargo at www.archpediatrics.com .) Editor's Note: This study was supported by grants from the Arizona Department of Health Services, LeC...Heart surgeons publish death rates
...ct, which is now law in the UK, and should help to promote a culture of openness and transparency in healthcare delivery, they say. The Bristol Royal Infirmary inquiry into child heart surgery deaths recommended that patients must be able to see information about the relative performance of individual consul...Society of Hospital Medicine to launch new medical journal
...rnal, The Journal of Hospital Medicine, in 2006 to promote the science and practice of hospital medicine and the enhancement of inpatient care. In addition, SHM has signed an agreement with global publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. to publish the journal. The agreement represents the second phase of a dual p...Protein that promotes survival of stem cells might be key to poor leukemia prognosis
...2 family of proteins. Some of these family members promote apoptosis, while others prevent it. "Other researchers have previously shown that members of the Bcl-2 family that block apoptosis are involved in regulating the number of HSCs and progenitor cells," Opferman said. "But our study showed for the first...