American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for April 2004 (first issue)
...they have no symptoms. They noted that within the setting of excessive oxidation and inflammation in the patients, air pollution can lead to further airway irritation and injury, which, in turn, could affect the rate and extent of airway infections. The study appears in the first issue for April 2004 of th...Women's health research findings presented by University of Pittsburgh scientists
...y to complete, and felt more comfortable in such a setting because it provided valuable information while preserving anonymity, a critical factor for many patients, she said. Additional authors include Sarah H. Scholle, Ph.D.; Patricia A. Cluss, Ph.D.; Lynn W. Hawker, Ph.D.; Diane Dado; Raquel Buranosky, M.D...Mouse model mimics real-world plague infection
...flea-to-mouse model provides a more realistic test setting than previously used methods, enabling a better assessment of a vaccine's ability to protect against a real-world challenge. The new report, authored by lead researcher and RML plague expert B. Joseph Hinnebusch, Ph.D., appears in the April editi...Be picky when served large portions
...sing smaller portions, sharing large portions, and setting some food aside for later."...Jefferson-led study shows transdermal system as effective as IV pump for post-surgical pain
...rses as nursing staff would not have to spend time setting up an IV and the time consuming standard pain pump currently used. This could allow nurses to devote more time to patient care instead of technology, he said. The fentanyl patch system studied is currently under review by the U.S. Food and Drug Admi...Tuberculosis strains stay close to home, say Stanford researchers
...g national origins living in San Francisco's urban setting surprised Hirsh. "I suspect the most reasonable explanation has to do with sociology. Immigrants from Asia don't really commingle with immigrants from other parts of the world or with native-born Americans," Small said. "But the puzzling part is that...Childhood obesity leads to adult diabetes, researcher says
...themselves for their own sake but also as a way of setting an example to their children to demonstrate the virtues of eating healthy. After all children being children they cannot be expected to make "healthy choices" and it is incumbent upon the parents to make such choices for them. This can range from avo...Emory researchers find race and gender gaps in treatment of heart attack
...us plays a role in clinical decision making in the setting of an acute illness such as MI." In addition to Dr. Vaccarino, Jerome L. Abramson, Ph.D; Susmita Mallik, MD; and Nanette K. Wenger, MD, of the Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia, participated in this research. Ajay Manhapra...Tiny molecular motors shed light on cell function, say Stanford researchers
...s examine myosin VI, thought to be responsible for setting the tension for stereocilia, actin-filled rods on the sound-sensing hair cells of the inner ear. A defect in myosin VI results in deafness. Although it was known that myosin moves along actin fibers, it had never previously been demonstrated how myos...Robert Wood Johnson Medical School researcher receives fellowship for work in Canavan Disease
...mine how certain cells in the brain develop in the setting of Canavan disease, compared to the normal fetal or newborn brain." McPhee will be honored during the American Academy of Neurology 56th Annual Meeting in San Francisco, Calif., held April 24 May 1, 2004....Teenagers with cancer are missing out on vital services
...th cancer. "I would like to congratulate NICE for setting up the Guidelines Development Group for Children and Adolescent Cancer and for its decision to extend its scope to all teenagers and people in their early twenties. This is an innovative step for the NHS and we look forward to their published recomme...UK Teenage Cancer Trust demands government action to aid young cancer patients
...-18 year-olds yet is rarely provided in a hospital setting for this age group; being thrown from growing independence back into dependence upsets the family equilibrium; palliative care requires special expertise; there are long term effects on careers, the ability to get mortgages, insurance etc...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for March 2004 (first issue)
...present in patients with active tuberculosis. The setting for their research was a site with a high infection rate. The researchers analyzed pre-treatment sputum specimens from 200 patients over age 15. All had been diagnosed with smear-positive TB. The authors demonstrated that 19 percent of the patient...Cheap four-drug combo saves heart patients' lives
...f drugs together, and it does so in a "real world" setting of 1,264 adult patients treated between 1999 and 2002. All the patients had been admitted to the U-M hospital with an acute coronary syndrome: either myocardial infarction (heart attack) or unstable angina. The results surprised the researchers, who...Pitt receives $14.5 million from NIH to improve pediatric heart transplantation outcomes
... the next level and apply them in the patient-care setting where we can best determine their promise," he added. Each of the clinical research projects capitalizes on findings of basic science and preliminary clinical research performed by University of Pittsburgh and Children's Hospital researchers. These i...U.S. push for diesel poses risk to public health, scientists say
...her air pollutants, as ''criteria pollutants'' for setting concentration standards for the protection of public health and the environment. Compared to gasoline-fueled vehicles, diesel-fueled vehicles emit more nitrogen oxides and hydrocarbons, as well as fine particles linked to reduced lung and cardiovascu...Computer-aided detection system for mammography does not change recall, detection rates
...udies on computer-aided detection in the community setting are published and as computer-aided detection systems improve, we hope that women's lives can ultimately be saved by this new technology," they write....Scientists identify a human antibody that blocks SARS virus infection
...ntibody neutralized SARS infection in a laboratory setting by blocking the virus from entering cultured cells. The experiments are continuing in animal models of SARS, and the researchers are discussing future trials in humans. The findings will be posted the week of Feb. 2 on the PNAS Online Early Edition o...Hospital volume may not be best criteria for selecting hospital for coronary bypass surgery
...is best considered as a surrogate for quality in a setting where other more direct process and outcome assessments are not available. Instead it seems more reasonable to support the continued growth of national clinical databases, which are capable not only of tracking risk-adjusted surgical care patterns an...Risks of outpatient surgery vary with patient characteristics, surgical setting
... shortly after undergoing surgery in an outpatient setting depends on health-related characteristics of the p...ical procedures are now performed in an outpatient setting (for example, a physician's office or specialized surgery center), and more and more high-risk patie...