First UK cases of previously rare disease reported in gay men
...iously rare disease have been reported in gay men, reveals an editorial in the journal Sexually Transmitted Infections . Lymphograunuloma venereum (LGV) is a genital/anogenital bacterial infection caused by a particularly invasive strain of Chlamydia trachomatis. It was considered relatively rare until 2003...Hospital acquired infections present major problem for infants in developing countries
...loping countries than in industrialised countries, reveals a review in this week's issue of THE LANCET. Neonatal deaths account for over one-third of the global burden of child mortality. Infections are the major cause of neonatal deaths in developing countries. (See The Lancet Neonatal Survival Series, Marc...Brain imaging reveals secrets of love, fear and betrayal
...t, The Tempest and the Merchant of Venice. It also reveals Shakespeare's portrayal of common mental illnesses such as depression through characters in Hamlet and Richard II. In his lecture, Professor Mathews, who is Professor of Neurology at the University of Oxford and Director of the Oxford Centre for Func...New fingerprint visualization method uses X-rays to reveal missing clues
...X-rays that leaves prints intact and, in addition, reveals chemical markers that could give investigators new...led micro-X-ray fluorescence (MXRF), which rapidly reveals the elemental composition of a sample by irradiating it with a thin beam of X-rays without disturbin...Many children are undervaccinated or have delayed vaccinations in their first 2 years of life
...researchers write. "Assessing days undervaccinated reveals weaknesses in childhood vaccination programs. Physicians are in the best position to assess the needs of their patients to determine reasons for delay. Evidence-based solutions exist for many of these needs, such as reminder-recall systems, extende...Jefferson Lab medical imager spots breast cancer
...PEM imaging works differently than mammography. It reveals breast tissue that is showing higher metabolism than other areas. "The imager we built is a functional imager. That is, it indicates something about physiology, which can be different from anatomy," he says. To fuel rapid growth, cancer cells use mor...Hyperactive kids three times as likely to be removed from their families
... with other mental health or behavioural problems, reveals research in Archives of Disease in Childhood. Hyperactivity is the most common neuropsychiatric disorder diagnosed in children. And around 1% of kids in the UK are thought to have the most extreme form - hyperkinesis. The association between hyperact...Heart attack treatment gap may be closing for women
...h LDL of 100 mg per dL or higher." But this study reveals that progress has been made in treating patients following heart attack or who have unstable angina, she said. "More people are following the guidelines," she said. "Women are receiving more of the recommended medications and there are less gender ...Miniaturized lab permits saliva screening on the go
.... "Nearly everything that is going on in your body reveals itself in some way in the fluids in your mouth whether it is from saliva, mucous or the plaque on your teeth," said Malamud, a professor in the Department of Biochemistry at Penn's School of Dental Medicine. "Oral swabs are already a great means of...Mothers' exposure to air pollutants linked to chromosome damage in babies
A new study of 60 newborns in New York City reveals that exposure of expectant mothers to combustion-related urban air pollution may alter the structure of babies' chromosomes while in the womb. While previous experiments have linked such genetic alterations to an increased risk of leukemia and other ...Cardiology losing out as women 'turned off' by family unfriendly specialty
...andards of practice and research in the specialty, reveals a British Cardiac Society report. Published in the journal Heart, the report suggests that women are being "turned off" cardiology by the long hours, lack of flexible training and part time consultant posts, and the absence of role models. And sexism...Teaching a less obvious medical skill -- Ethical decision-making
...proach to Clinical Ethical Reasoning," the article reveals how doctors can be effective in situations involving difficult decisions and differences in judgment. "One of the challenges in clinical medical ethics is that sometimes a problem arises, and health care professionals believe they have an ethical pr...UCI study uncovers how plaque in neck artery leads to stroke-inducing blood clots
...., Feb. 7, 2005 -- A UC Irvine Stroke Center study reveals how plaque in the main neck artery plays a critical role in creating blood clots that greatly increase the risk of stroke. Dr. Mark Fisher, director of the UCI Stroke Center, and colleagues found that in the carotid artery, the primary source of bloo...Highest average rate of US road deaths on Independence Day
...st average death toll on July 4, Independence Day, reveals research in Injury Prevention . Researchers from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety analysed data from the national Fatality Analysis Reporting System for the years 1986 to 2002 to see if they could identify any trends in the timing and seve...Male surgeons report highest rate of mistakes in patient care
...port the highest rate of mistakes in patient care, reveals a study of doctors' attitudes to "adverse events" in Quality and Safety in Health Care . But the study also shows how difficult doctors find it to criticise the ethics and professional conduct of their colleagues, to their own and their colleagues'...COX-2 inhibitor increases the risk of heart attack in elderly adults with no history of heart attack
...ered a heart attack," Lvesque says. The study also reveals that aspirin use can help offset the damaging effects of Vioxx. "Aspirin mitigates the risk to individuals," confirms Lvesque. "But only in those on a low dosage of Vioxx." The study also demonstrates that the increased risk of heart attack is only ......r relationships with partners dissolve. The study reveals that the percentage of those aged between 15 and 44 in 1971, who lived alone and reported being permanently sick, increased at each census from 0.4 per cent in 1971 to 12 per cent in 1991, due largely to ageing. Up to the age of 34 the likelihood of ...Satellite data reveal immense pollution pool over Bihar, India
...articles over the Indian subcontinent to date, and reveals how topography, meteorology and human activity help determine where these particles are concentrated," said Larry Di Girolamo, a professor of atmospheric sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a co-investigator on the MISR mis...Rebuilding wounded veterans: Annual review of limb loss & prosthetics research
...ents of the alignment. Pg. 555 Literature review reveals huge gaps in prosthetics research Investigators report the results of a literature review on the effects of prosthetic components on human functioning with a lower-limb prosthesis. This literature review points out considerable gaps in knowledge co...... Drug Misuse Research at the University of Glasgow reveals that the number of people misusing heroin in Scotland has dropped. The research shows a near 8% drop in the number of problem drug users since 2000. The report entitled 'Estimating the National and Local Prevalence of Problem Drug Use in Scotland, 2...