NIAID launches malaria vaccine trial in Africa
... place in Bandiagara, Mali, with NIAID support. It reflects the result of many years of effort by a group of organizations dedicated to creating an effective malaria vaccine. In addition to NIAID and the University of Bamako, the collaborators include the University of Maryland at Baltimore; NIAID's Malaria V...Lesbians' weight patterns may trigger more heart disease
...ir heterosexual sisters closest in age. Their work reflects previous studies that show lesbians have a higher body mass index (a ratio of weight to height used to define overweight and obesity) and are less concerned about weight issues than heterosexual women. In general, Roberts found that the lesbians surv...Adequate anticoagulation reduces impact of stroke for patients with atrial fibrillation
...ients with atrial fibrillation, and the NEJM study reflects information from almost 600 patients who experienced ischemic (caused by a blood clot) stroke from 1996 to 1999. Among the 188 patients who had a stroke while taking warfarin, 15 percent of those with an INR level less than 2.0 on admission to the ...T cell lifespan during HIV infection
...posed in which high levels of T cell proliferation reflects a state of chronic immune activation following HIV infection as opposed to simple compensatory proliferation. Hellerstein and colleagues used a highly innovative technique for measuring the dynamics of T cell turnover in 3 groups of individuals: (i) ...Major new center at UIC to study racial/ethnic disparities in health
...s is on breast cancer, a disease that particularly reflects this racial and ethnic disparity. Under a $7.275 million grant from the National Cancer Institute, the UIC Center for Population Health and Health Disparities will explore how a range of individual and socio-ecological factors affects prognosis and ...Study shows dramatic increase in wrist fractures over 30-year span
...nal more fractures in later life, especially if it reflects insufficient bone mass built up during adolescence. The scientists looked at people age 35 and younger living in Rochester and surrounding Olmsted County during four time periods--1969-71, 1979-81, 1989-91, and 1999-2001. During the study period, th...Roche pledges continued support for Organ Transplantation Research Foundation
... to extend our financial support to the Foundation reflects Roche's continued commitment to the transplantation community and to innovation in scientific research. We are proud of our association with this pioneering Foundation." Prof Phil Halloran, Chair of the Board of Trustees, said: "Innovation holds the...Hospital care quality differs markedly by state: annual HealthGrades study
...struction. A five-star rating in a given category reflects performance statistically better than expected, a three-star rating reflects care at an expected or average level, while a one-star rating reflects care significantly worse than...Dating, delinquent friends key reasons why early puberty linked to delinquency in girls
...ency, while their involvement in minor delinquency reflects more of a pull from their friends," she said.Haynie said the results show how biological and sociological factors in adolescents interact to put some girls at higher risk for involvement in delinquency. "Biology does not provide a direct route to del...CRESTOR (TM) improves apolipoprotein and lipid ratios - markers of cardiovascular disease risk
...olesterol (TC) or LDL-C because it more accurately reflects the presence of all atherogenic lipoproteins.7,8,1...ay provide a refined assessment of CVD risk as it reflects the proportion of both atherogenic and cardioprotective lipids or apolipoproteins.7,8, 11-13 Data...Fox Chase Cancer Center named best place to work in the US for academia researchers
...er at the University of Texas. Fox Chase's ranking reflects an overall philosophy of providing a stimulating work environment at every level of the institute. Earlier this year, a separate survey by The Scientist ranked Fox Chase among the best places to work for postdoctoral researchers. In 2002, Philadelp...New program establishes distinguished scholar in thrombosis
...'s investment in the Distinguished Scholar program reflects the importance of promoting new knowledge about thrombosis that will translate into improvement in clinical practice and saving lives. "The Distinguished Scholar program makes it possible for a talented specialist to develop groundbreaking work that...Brain maps perceptions, not reality
...sing about this paper is we found the cortical map reflects our perceptions, not the physical body," Roe said...."In addition to establishing that the cortical map reflects perception rather than physical location, the researchers found the brain processes touch perception...Scientists map maturation of the human brain
...vant milestones in cognitive development, and also reflects the evolutionary sequence in which brain regions were formed," he says. Parts of the brain associated with more basic functions matured early: primary motor and sensory brain areas matured first followed by areas involved in spatial orientation, spee...Diet high in vitamin C decreases stroke risk, especially among smokers
...etary habits such as the fact that dietary intake reflects long-term habits and supplement use is generally shorter term and higher dose, as well as the possibility that people who take supplements may be already at greater risk of stroke may explain why no effect was found, Breteler said. Rich sources of v...Criminalising medical mistakes is questionable
... increase in prosecutions for medical manslaughter reflects society's changed attitude towards the notion of gross negligence, he writes. Our modern day intolerance of accidents as innocent events has tended to turn medical mistakes resulting in death into tragedies calling for criminal investigation. "Dr Mul...Many diagnostic tests are not based on good evidence
...ere supported by high quality evidence. This study reflects the practice in a single unit and the proportion of evidence based tests used elsewhere may be higher, stress the authors. Nevertheless, there is a clear need for further high quality research into medical tests, at least in this specialty. There is ...Study reveals dramatic rise in allergic diseases
...n 1990-1 to 6,752 in 2000-1. This almost certainly reflects an increase in incidence, say the authors. The largest increases in rates were for anaphylaxis and food allergy. Anaphylaxis rates rose from 6 to 41 per million, and food allergy rates rose from 5 to 28 per million over this period. Admissions for ur...Brain area identified that weighs rewards
...expects the outcome to be, and the second response reflects what the outcome really was. And these are exactly the kinds of signals you would expect if the brain region was functioning to update and learn the value of different options." Such a brain region would be determining what neurobiologists term a "re...Incidence of pertussis among infants appears to be increasing
... that the increase of reported cases among infants reflects a real increase in B pertussis disease and is not an artifact from the surveillance system ..." "The potential strategies for improved pertussis control among infants include both nonvaccine strategies, such as trying to reduce infant exposure or inc...