Medical scientists to begin clinical trials of promising cancer therapy
... Proscript of Cambridge, Mass., makes PS341 and related compounds. While much progress has been made in the past two decades in treating cancers like lymphoma, for example, a lot more needs to be done, Orlowski said. Currently, about half those who go into remission from advanced lymphoma will suffer a r...Hepatitis-related carcinoma predicted to impact U.S. soon
...s may soon be seeing an increase in carcinomacases related to hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Masashi Mi..." Mizokami concludes, "the incidenceof HCC and its related health impacts will soon start to climb in the UnitedStates, three decades after 1966-1970."...Scientists identify new pathway of antidepressant action
... progesterone, they said. As a result of these and related studies, the brain's allopregnanolone has become a focus of interest in the continuing search for the body's natural mood modulators and what regulates them. The study reported by Mellon and Griffin clarifies the specific way SSRI's lead to increased...Novel neurotransmitter overturns laws of biology, offers potential for stroke treatment
...ty received by the University on sales of products related to the technology described in this release. The University owns stock in Guilford, with Dr. Snyder having an interest in the University share under University policy. The University's stock is subject to certain restrictions under University polic...Heart disease begins at a young age
...people killed in accidents or by other non-disease related causes, no previous study ever took such a close look into living hearts from apparently disease-free young people. Atherosclerosis occurs when fatty substances, such as cholesterol, or other materials deposit along the inner lining of an artery. Th...Brains of those in certain professions shown to have more synapses
...larger project examining brain changes that may be related toschizophrenia, which affects synapses in the prefrontal cortex. While schizophrenia can greatlyinterfere with a person's quality of life, Black said, new medications offer a good possibility ofrecovery. The research team includes Dr. Natalya Urano...Scientists identify gene that detects DNA damage
...mography. On the cellular level, genetic defects related to A-T produce DNA instability and damage. DNA repair mechanisms in A-T patients don't work properly, which can throw cells into serious disarray ending in cancer. Scientists previously had identified mutations in a single gene, called ATM, as the ......r (SSRI) antidepressants. Depression and related mood disorders cost U.S. society an estimated $16 billion annually 1 . Depressive disorders account for 7.4 million hospital days and 13 million physician visits a year, and affect 4.8 million people 18 or older in any six-month period, according to...Colorado most dangerous state in nation for avalanche fatalities
...d evaluate survival gear. It also offers links to related sources, said NSIDC Outreach Coordinator Annette Varani. Following is a short summary of avalanche information posted by NSIDC, which is part of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences. CIRES is a joint venture of CU and...NIH grant keeps University of Maryland on the cutting edge of complementary and alternative medicine
...ew ways to alleviate the pain of arthritis and its related disorders. According to the Arthritis Foundation, 40 million Americans (1 in 6) suffer from arthritis, costing the economy billions of dollars a year in treatment expense, lost wages and lower productivity. The grant will be used to fund four...New understanding of a key control mechanism in the brain
...ds, they could help us to work out how neurons are related to each other. This could one day enable us to map...rs believe that the ability to detect functionally related groups in the brain, called "the homogeneity principle," results from common signal molecules releas......howed frequency of breast-conserving surgery to be related to higher income and education, but in fact the relationship between blacks and total mastectomy may have many causes, including an institution's lack of resources to provide adequate radiation therapy, and patient or physician preference," Dr. Digna......lication in response to both Barry1s article and a related position paper prepared by the American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine. Barry said she visited Cuba in February 1999 with the Social Science Research Council. Her last visit had been 15 years earlier, as a lecturer. "...AAPS co-sponsors FDA science forum
...lic to explore the scientific and practical issues related to the safety evaluation and risk management of FDA-regulated products. "Speakers and panelists at this forum will address emerging issues in the safety assessment of foods, drugs, biologics and medical devices," said David Pang, Ph.D., AAPS Director......ive percent of all medical expenses in America are related to gallbladder treatment and related complications, making advances in this field a vital healthcare consideration....People from large families may have greater risk of Alzheimer's
...al factors in the participants' childhood were related to developing Alzheimer's. "The early-life environment and its effect on the growth and maturation of children is linked to many adult diseases, such as heart disease, stroke and diabetes," said study author Victoria Moceri, PhD, of the Universit...Study: Productivity can be increased even as baby boomers retire
...s on a wide range of topics. These include issues related to disability, annuities, elderly women, family support of the aged, defined benefit vs. defined contribution plans, public vs. private plans, and Mexican retirement questions. Some economic observers predict financial disasters, both national and p...Eastman gives Clemson University $38 million fiber technology
... and worldwide patents and intellectual properties related to capillary surface material (CSM) technology -- a major breakthrough in the physics of fluid transport. Eastman is also giving Clemson equipment to establish a small manufacturing lab to test and demonstrate products. The innovative science behi...... syndrome that may actually turn out to be several related disorders, each with its own individual treatment. "One of the biggest difficulties has been coming up with a firm way of diagnosing autism," said Dr. Michael Cuccaro, associate professor of neuropsychiatry at the University of South Carolina, Colu......onvened by the FDA to provide expertise and advice related to the review of drugs for neurological diseases such as MS. Multiple sclerosis is a chronic, debilitating disease of the central nervous system that, in its various stages, afflicts as many as 350,000 people in the U.S. The symptoms of MS result w...