'Silent' HIV Infection Lasts A Lifetime
... infection. When the dormant cells arereactivated, say by a simple infection like the flu, the HIV genes reemerge,co-opting the cell machinery to make millions of copies of the virus. Anti-HIV medication suppresses this flood of virus. But withoutmedication to stop it, the virus can replicate ou...Heart Experts Call For Action Against Missed Opportunities To Prevent Heart Disease In Women
...ed recommendations for closingwhat the AHA and ACC say is the wide gap between what is known to prevent heartdisease in women and what actually is being done. The scientific statement, "Guide to Preventive Cardiology for Women,"which is published today in the Journal of the American College of Ca...Chronically Ill Teens Turn To Internet For Peer Support, Researchers Report
...pkins Teen Central. HopkinsTeen Central's creators say the service shows potential for wide use inhospitals nationwide. Reporting on the project today at the 1999 Pediatric Academic Societiesmeeting in San Francisco, one of the Children's Center team said teenagers withsuch chronic diseases as...Adolescents And Risk-Taking: A 'Very Likely' Danger May Not Mean The Same To A Teen As To An Adult
...n Francisco researchers haveshown that what adults say about the probability of harm from a risky behaviorcan have different - even opposite - meanings to teenagers. "Those differing interpretations can have serious effects if a teen makes thewrong choice about a behavior, whether it's neglecting to tak...Areca (Betel) Nuts Could Damage Your Health
...ian subcontinent and among Indian immigrants. They say that the nut has also been linked with cardiovascular disease,diabetes and asthma. Trivedy et al conclude that recent research which suggeststhat eating nuts may be a safe and healthy habit should have specified safe nutsand considered the potential...Better Emergency Medical Assistance Should Be Provided At Marathons
...she crossed the finishing line of a half marathon, say that race organisers should be compelled to provid...dical rules are comprehensive and legally binding, say the authors. The French rules call for a high degree of mobility of a doctor skilled in resuscitati...Further Evidence On The Effect Of The UK Cervical Screening Programme
...ational cervical screening programme. The authors say that before the relaunch of the programme in 1988 ...ational cervical screening programme. The authors say that since its relaunch screening appears to have reduced cervical cancer mortality by over 60 per c...Mental Health Services Should Aim To Improve Safety To Prevent Suicide And Homicide
...o committed homicide during 18 months. The authors say that their amalgamated findings highlight problems...health services and drug and alcohol misuse. They say that these problems emphasise the need to develop strategies for preventing such tragic incidents. I...Students Show Restraint Could Cut School Bus Injuries
...at a bus stop or during an emergency. Itsinventors say thedevice could easily be installed in existing sc..., those weighing more than10,000 pounds.Proponents say seat belts would reduce school bus injuries, curb behaviorproblems and helpstudents get in the habit...Semiconductor Plants May Be A Danger To The Health Of Employees
...me as these studies are, critics such as Ted Smith say they may betoo late for some American and Scottish workers. And in countries such as China,India, Indonesia and Malaysia, there may be worse horrors to come.......ong as the appropriate access systems are created, say Ian Denley, a computer analyst and Dr Simon Weston Smith from the Conquest Hospital in Hastings. In their paper the authors describe their experiences of how control over the perusal of private information in large scale clinical information systems ...British Adolescents Need Government Support To Help Clean Up Their Act
...alth among teenagers in England and Wales and they say that sexual health should be a priority for co-ordinated national and local health promotion among young people. Prof McKee suggests that the problem is wider than sexual health and cites teenage drug taking, smoking and drinking as other areas of co...New Strategy May Succeed At Extending The Life Of Transplanted Kidneys
...ctors at the University of Maryland Medical Center say anew strategy to extend the function of transplanted kidneys shows promise. In a study of 60 people who had received kidney transplants and were showingsigns of kidney deterioration, University of Maryland researchers found thatthey could improve th......of Pittsburgh and Children's Hospital ofPittsburgh say they are encouraged by their observations in pediatric hearttransplant recipients. The thymus, where immune system T cells from bone marrow are educated todistinguish cells of self from those that are foreign, is most active duringinfancy and childho...Intestine Transplant Results Reported At American Society Of Transplantation Meeting
...ersity ofPittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) surgeons say intestinal transplantation is aviable and a life-saving option for patients with intestinal failure. Theyreported their results of 127 transplants -- the most performed at any center -- todayat the American Society of Transplantation 18th Annual Mee...Testosterone Is Mixed Blessing To Men's Health
...f health promotion and disease prevention efforts, say theresearchers. Regular monitoring of testosterone levels would make it easier tooptimize the sensitive balance between testosterone's positive and negativeeffects, especially if it is done as part of overall physical checkups. "Monitoring t...The 'Break Even' Cost Of Kidney Transplants Is Shrinking
...iversity ofMaryland School of Medicine researchers say it is cheaper to have a transplantthan to stay on dialysis for more than two and a half years, even among thesickest patients. "We found that the break even point was 2.7 years for all of the cases weanalyzed. And, for 30 percent of our patients who ...National Survey: Leg Crossing Is Taboo But Women Indulge Anyway
... second nature for many women, but they shouldjust say 'No' to the behavior as a simple first step toward...e rather than manners for women, 72percent of whom say they do it out of habit, 69 percent because it is morecomfortable and 44 percent because they were t...Less Toxic Bone Marrow Transplant Technique May Have More Powerful Anti-Cancer Effect
...e Lancet paper, adds, "While it's muchtoo early to say whether this approach will benefit and be safe for all patientswith advanced blood-cell cancers, we're very encouraged by the results we'veseen." In standard bone marrow transplantation, patients undergo a pre-transplantprocess called ablation in wh......ury is still out.In the face of this, many doctors say it would be prudent for people to minimisetheir ex...ce, I thinkthere is something in it-but nobody can say for sure at the moment." He says thecurrent state of knowledge suggests that the best that can be sa...