Jefferson scientist sees drug profiles and tailor-made therapies as ways to beat HIV resistance
... standard viral resistance. "Eventually, you could say to a patient,'This is your virus, this is what drugs it's resistant to, and this is whatwe'll use against it.'" He suggests that "tailor-made, designer therapies" may eventually bemore common. Dr. Pomerantz compares the current AIDS d...Attitudes and social norms delay adolescents' 'first time'
... a lesser extent, their self-efficacy orability to say "no" to having intercourse in risky situations also influenceswhether they will delay their first time or not. "A modest increase in positive views about teenagers refraining from intercoursecan predict a 30 percent reduction in the onset of interc...Annals of Internal Medicine 9/21/99 tipsheet
...residents in their beds (Article, p. 424). Authors say that when a fire ant isfound indoors, both the buildings and grounds should be carefully inspected.Until the fire ants are eliminated, infants and bedridden people should beconsidered at risk for fire ant attack and should be carefully supervised....Camelford water contamination did lead to cerebral function damage
...n this week's BMJ. Dr Paul Altmann and colleagues say that the damage they found in the people studied w... memory, and were initially attributed to anxiety, say the authors. The research team was made up of experts from the Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals, the Royal...Cautious evidence of third generation pill link to increase in thromboembolism
...n rates of women for venous thromboembolism. They say that this rise seems to correlate with the increas... than second generation oral contraceptives. They say that the increase in admissions, although small, could not be explained by changes in diagnostic pro...Breast milk only for first four months helps protect against asthma and atopy
...to various allergic reactions) in later childhood, say researchers from Australia in this week's BMJ. Th...feeding may operate in a number of ways. They also say that it is the age at which other milk was introduced into an infant's diet rather than the duration......as not found in theblood. The study investigators say HAART by itself appears to be remarkably successfulin preventing the occurrence of MAC. They conclude that the study providesstrong evidence indicating that prophylactic therapy for MAC may be safelywithdrawn in persons who achieve this degree of re...HIV's deep pocket may reveal vulnerability
...ffective for only a limited time. The researchers say that gp41 is an attractive target because the proteindoes not seem to vary much between strains of HIV. If there is strongevolutionary pressure for the virus to conserve the gp41 protein, Harrison said,then it might be reasonable to presume that it w...MGH researchers identify angiogenesis inhibitor in gallbladder cancer
...als. TGF-beta-1 is also present in human tumors," say Jain. "Finding out that TGF-beta-1 is important in inhibiting angiogenesis in thespread of gallbladder cancer gives us an opportunity to develop postsurgicaltreatments," says Gohongi. "If we can learn how to modulate TGF-beta-1 levelsafter removal...'Silent stroke' linked to depression
...rnal of the American Heart Association,researchers say individuals who develop depression after age 50 sh...edicalCenter in Durham, N.C. Researchers say the findings suggest that individuals, especially thoseat risk for stroke, need to be carefully moni...Who should have heart bypass surgery? New guidelines will help doctors, patients decide together
...r operation. "Enough studies now exist that we can say with confidence that bypass not onlyincreases the length of life, but increases its quality as well," he explains."For patients with disabling chest pain, bypass can relieve their suffering for5 to 10 years without posing an unacceptable risk from su...New biomarker for cervical cancer
...'re expressing telomerase in your Pap smear,we can say you have genetically altered cells in your cervix,...d. But if you're not expressing telomerase, we can say with greatercertainty that a colposcopy and other treatments might not be necessary." To ans...Peering into the amazing mind behind those baby blue eyes
...and far moresophisticated than any computer built, say the authors of the new book, "TheScientist in the Crib." Written by the University of Washington husband-wife team ofdevelopmental scientists Andrew Meltzoff and Patricia Kuhl and University ofCalifornia, Berkeley, psychologist Alison Gopnik,...New nasal obstruction procedure offers cheaper, pain-free alternative to surgery
...er oftreatments for his patients has been two. "We say a patient is cured when thesnoring is reduced to a level the patient's bed partner can live with," he said.There are many different treatments for snoring, "which means nothing'sperfect," the physician said. The LAUP - laser-assisted uvulo palatoplas...It's high time we registered all clinical trials say editors of Lancet and BMJ
... of concurrent research". Another area of concern, say the authors, is that researchers conducting 'syste...r all clinical trials is "who will take the lead?" say Horton and Smith. There are registration initiatives already underway (such as the NHS National Res...Claims of cardiovascular benefits of HRT may be premature
... Before the start of their treatment, these women, say the authors, had significantly lower blood pressur...almost fifty per cent risk reduction. The authors say that, based on their findings, reports suggesting beneficial effects of HRT during menopause are lik......valenceof sleep disorders in the United States and say that a problem we have called"the largest health problem in America" is twice as big as we previouslythought," write William Dement, M.D., Ph.D., and Clete Kushida, M.D., Ph.D.;Sleep Disorders Research Center; Palo Alto, Calif.; in an accompanyingedi...Is a one child policy worldwide the solution to human population growth?
...that the population increase is a cause for alarm, say Professor Anthony McMichael and Professor John Guillebaud in their editorial. This line of thinking argues that, among other things, education, particularly among women, combined with economic development will bring fertility levels down; there will...Engineering pits beneath London Underground tracks are helping to save lives
...s the existence of a pit was unknown). The authors say that many attempts have been made to reduce the number of deaths on the London Underground. Pits were introduced for engineering reasons and it is purely "fortuitous" that they seem to be contributing to an increased chance of survival for people go...Researchers discover potential new approach to treating cystic fibrosis
...stic Fibrosis Foundation. SEATTLE--Researchers say they have discovered a reversible lipid imbalance thatmay be responsible for the common symptoms of cystic fibrosis. The discovery,in mice carrying the genetic defect that causes cystic fibrosis, could lead to atreatment for a disease that affects a...