Tobacco industry pays scientists to challenge secondhand smoke's link to infant death risk
...eath has been discredited in the last few years in scientific articles paid for and influenced by cigarette manu...). The article has been cited in at least 19 other scientific papers, misleading physicians, their patients and researchers about the risk of secondhand smoke exp......idemiological methods and research. Pivotal to his scientific work is his studies of tobacco smoking as a cause ... and premature death. As one of the 20th Century's scientific giants of medical research he has been highly proactive in the improvement of global human health. H...Top honor for head of Epilepsy Foundation
... medical professionals involved in the medical and scientific issues of epilepsy....Fewer false alarms when mammographers have greater experience screening healthy breasts
...esearchers, it has already been well documented in scientific literature that patient characteristics -- such as breast tissue density -- can be negatively associated with mammogram accuracy and those characteristics largely cannot be changed. They chose, therefore, to focus their study on what physician charac...US cancer researchers launch first American-Israeli cancer conference
...are expected to attend, making it Israel's largest scientific conference in at least four years, according to th...iddle East are among the factors that have limited scientific symposia "With this conference, we want to foster ties and recognize the contributions that Israeli...NYU'S Duster cautions against FDA approval of 'race-based' pharmaceutical
...e mark once given even the temporary imprimatur of scientific legitimacy by molecular genetics," Duster writes, expressing concern for the precedent the NitroMed study may set. However, Duster encourages continued research to match genetics and medical treatment. "An increased understanding of genetic d...Archival virus still necessitates life-long antiretroviral therapy
...iciano, M.D., Ph.D., will provide an update on the scientific rationale behind the use of antiretroviral therapy, focusing on the mechanisms that allow life-long persistence of HIV even in patients on potent medication. Siliciano, a professor of medicine at Hopkins and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investi...How links with tobacco industry may have influenced the publication of research on second-hand smoke
...e by Philip Morris USA was to 'establish a genuine scientific journal on indoor air quality'. In 1989 the international tobacco industry assisted the establishment of the International Society of the Built Environment, which published the journal Indoor and Built Environment. Simon Chapman (University of Sydney...Unsafe water and poor sanitation causes 4000 children to die each day
...t this requires neither colossal sums of money nor scientific breakthroughs or technological advances. Dr Bartram concludes: "Investment in water is an efficient and effective way to combat waterborne and vector-borne diseases. In view of the financial constraints and shortages of trained health professionals ...Cartilage repair techniques shown to restore patient mobility and reduce pain
...ented at a major medical meeting provide objective scientific evidence that the two most commonly performed cart...esh Osteochondral Allografts," was on exhibit in a scientific poster throughout the event. The microfracture procedure, which is more commonly used in patients w...Scientific evidence for diets: don't believe everything you read
...d with body image, we are bombarded with so-called scientific evidence promoting the use of a myriad of diets. An article published today in the Open Access journal BMC Medical Research Methodology suggests that we shouldn't take everything we read at face value, as most research articles reporting weight loss ...Treatment guidelines for kids with bipolar disorder published
...ional parent advocacy group, and were drafted by a scientific consortium led by Robert Kowatch, M.D., director of the Pediatric Mood Disorders Center at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. "These new guidelines were formulated by a group of leading experts in child psychiatry and are the most up-to-...Researcher explores ways to make hypnosis a more effective therapeutic technique
...evoted much of his career to establishing a clear, scientific understanding of hypnotic suggestion. A person who responds well to hypnosis takes an active rather than a passive role, working in partnership with the hypnotist. "Hypnosis involves the participant thinking and imagining along with whatever is sugge...Diagnosis of prions in patients should utilize novel strategy, team says
...f the Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases are scientific advisors to, or own stock in, InPro. Other co-authors of the study were Michael D. Geschwind, Camille Deering, Svetlana Didorenko, Mamta Sattavat, Henry Sanchesz, Ana Serban, Kurt Giles, of UCSF, and Martin Vey, of Behring, Marburg, Germany, and Henr...Migraine linked to risky heart health
...blished in the February 22 issue of Neurology, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The large population-based study was conducted among 5,755 participants in the Netherlands. Researchers identified 620 people with migraine in the group from 5,135 people without migraine. The study provi...The courage to change the rules: A Proposal for an essential health R&D treaty
...inding framework to redirect today's knowledge and scientific expertise to priority needs." The treaty, they say, would focus directly on R&D rather than patent rights or drug prices, and it would address the global management of publicly funded health R&D. "Priorities for R&D would be defined through public-s...Lack of specific collagen type leads to osteoarthritis
...f the Duke study Feb. 20, 2005, at the 51th annual scientific meeting of the Orthopedic Research Society in Washington, D.C. Alexopoulos, now a post-doctoral fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, conducted the research in the laboratory of Farshid Guilak, Ph.D., director of orthopedic research an...Advances in Uterine Leiomyoma Research: 2nd NIH International Congress
...nd translational medicine to foster an exchange of scientific information among members of the uterine leiomyoma (fibroids) research and health care communities. Fibroids are the most common gynecologic neoplasm in women of reproductive age and the leading cause of hysterectomy in the United States. Topics to b...Viagra used in stroke recovery study
...reate new brain cells," says Michael Chopp, Ph.D., scientific director of the Neuroscience Institute at Henry Ford Hospital. "When mice and rats with stroke are treated with Viagra, the drug provides very significant functional benefit. These animals do much better. There are far fewer functional deficits. Day...... Please join us for an in-depth look at the latest scientific discoveries about cancer and your genes. The seminar will provide perspective on timely issues such as genetic counseling and related ethical issues, risk of cancer due to one's genetic makeup, and the latest gene tests for early detection of cancer...