UCSF study offers insight into human circadian rhythms
...ny proteins, we may test for its impact on novelty seeking and learning and memory, too." "The discovery of the gene opens the window just a crack, but it could let in a lot of light for probing the neurobiology of the brain," says co-senior author Louis Ptacek, MD, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investig...Patients newly diagnosed with HIV are more likely to enter outpatient care with case management
...d address the needs of the patient and barriers to seeking treatment, and to encourage contact with an HIV cl...e than a year after diagnosis. Patients who delay seeking care are much sicker when they begin care and are more likely to infect others. The CDC has identif...College alcohol problems exceed previous estimates
...in each state has proven invaluable to researchers seeking to study the effects of state-level legislative interventions to reduce alcohol-related traffic deaths," they note. "Unfortunately, without comprehensive testing for alcohol and determination of college student status of all persons who die from fal...University seeks recruits for arthritis study
Researchers at the University of Edinburgh are seeking people with arthritis to help them better understand how mood-- particularly depression-- affects their symptoms. The study will investigate the way depression and pain impact on the thinking processes of those with arthritis. Research psychologist A...Health care report cards may increase racial/ethnic disparities in bypass operations
...atment, more likely to refuse treatment, and delay seeking care for additional health problems." "Although this increase in disparities appears to be transient, it took nine years after report cards were established for the differences in CABG use in blacks, Hispanics, and whites to return to where they were...Binge drinking can impair both mood and cognitive performance
...ity of North Carolina. "These individuals are not seeking treatment or aware of alcohol induced changes in t...t drinking could increase the incidence of females seeking treatment for alcohol dependence over the next decade or two." Crews added that these findings also ...School-based smoking prevention programs ineffective
...nent. In addition, Congress mandates that schools seeking Title IV funds use research-based prevention programs. The March issue of the Journal of Adolescent Health includes an editorial by faculty of the Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education at the University of California, San Francisco. Th...Disease testing for immigrants: Discrimination disguised as public health policy
..., expressed grave concerns that the government was seeking ways to "exclude vulnerable individuals on the basis of poor health". The Lancet comments: "Policies that discriminate against visa applicants on the basis of disease risk stigmatising entire sections of society. But technical weaknesses in health-c...Branding practices in rural India should be banned
...ice, which causes serious ill health and delays in seeking proper medical care. Researchers investigated this practice after noting that many young children attending a rural health centre had scars from branding over their chest. Off 144 children under 5 years, 20 had been branded for either pneumonia or c...Cartilage repair techniques shown to restore patient mobility and reduce pain
...s to more accurately predict outcomes for patients seeking relief from cartilage pain. Dr. Williams presented the research at American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeon's (AAOS) annual meeting, February 23-26, 2005 in Washington, DC. The results of "The Microfracture Technique for Treatment of Articular Cartilag...Assessing obstructive sleep apnea syndrome in snorers
... by an ENT specialist to identify OSAS in patients seeking treatment for snoring. The researchers evaluated 1..." the authors write. "In our opinion, all patients seeking treatment for snoring should be screened overnight using a device measuring at least oxygen saturati...NIAID seeks applicants to lead clinical trials units for revamped HIV/AIDS networks
...tions from U.S. and overseas research institutions seeking to become Clinical Trials Units (CTUs) in the Institute's revamped HIV/AIDS Clinical Trials Networks. NIAID, part of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), supports the world's largest portfolio of clinical research in HIV/AIDS prevention, vac...Using the internet's power and anonymity to reduce problem drinking
...ny of this that would preclude the individual from seeking additional services."...Teaching a less obvious medical skill -- Ethical decision-making
...ettling to medical students, who are accustomed to seeking out the single correct answer to any question. And while many people consider a doctor's degree or specialty when choosing a physician, patients rarely wonder how their doctor makes ethical decisions. Yet a physician's ability to reason ethically ca...AACR recognizes women in cancer research
...l, the award's namesake, was a pioneer among women seeking a career in cancer research. Dr. Leventhal, one of only six women to graduate from the Harvard Medical School class of 1960, began her career in pediatric oncology at the National Cancer Institute. In 1976, she joined the faculty at Johns Hopkins U...States find alternate routes to health coverage
...he private-sector to build partnerships, with many seeking new opportunities for collaboration. Many of these strategies seek to bolster employer-sponsored insurance by helping small employers offer coverage or enabling low-income workers to purchase insurance. States also tailored their coverage approaches...AHA urges earlier diagnoses, referrals for PCI in women
...ho are referred. In addition, women usually delay seeking treatment, so much so that women who have heart attacks will seek help 30 to 60 minutes later than their male counterparts. It is these factors, rather than gender, that contribute to a higher risk of death in women, and shouldn't preclude women fro...Other highlights in the February 2 JNCI
... former might explain the latter. However, studies seeking evidence that obesity might increase the risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma have had mixed results. Ellen T. Chang, Sc.D., of the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, and colleagues conducted a population-based casecontrol study of 3,055 non-Hodgkin ...Testosterone supplements for elderly men
... in the frail and elderly." Professor Wu's team is seeking 260 volunteers from across Greater Manchester for a twelve-month clinical trial. The team is expecting to publish the results in two years' time, and hopes that if the treatment is proven to be effective it may be adopted as standard practice by the......Endowment will be a perpetual source of funding in seeking a cure for ovarian cancer. The sustained resources provided through this endowment will ensure the pursuit of promising new leads in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of the disease and attract the basic science and clinical strength in ovaria...