Cancer vaccines: A two-pronged attack?
...that cancer vaccines may have two modes of action; specific immunization and non-specific activation of immune...(CTL). Each CTL population recognizes a different, specific marker, an 'antigen', on the cancer cell surface. Cancer vaccines are designed to tip the balance in...Grapefruit juice and medication can be a dangerous mix
...ve too much or too little energy, depending on the specific medication. Someone on antibiotics might end up with diarrhea or could be ill longer than usual because the some drugs won't work as well as they should. A heart patient might not get the lowered blood pressure that a medication should deliver, or th...Mayo Clinic recommends broadening treatment to battle recurrence of endometrial cancer
.... The risk factors the researchers identified were specific characteristics of tissues that had been removed during surgery and were analyzed by microscope. Researchers also said risk factors included whether the tumors were confined to the uterus or if the disease had spread outside the uterus. In the Unite...Future of clinical medicine research is at risk, warns professor
...ung airways and latterly to induced sputum, highly specific proteins relating to the disease and the inflammation have been identified. The same techniques have shown similarly promising results in other lung diseases including asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease." Professor Greening's lecture i...Authors warn of inaccuracies concerning use of race in health & social science research
...ea of intelligence, while also carefully outlining specific instances and ways in which researchers should measure or use race. According to the authors, such research requires a careful examination of both environmental and genetic factors, as well as conceptually sound and methodologically rigorous measure...New theory chalenges current view of how brain stores long-term memory
...that synthesis was necessary. The authors outline specific evidence that calls those results into question. For example, synthesis inhibitors that block the production of new proteins by more than 90 percent often cause no discernible memory impairments. Additionally, protein synthesis inhibitors cause a...The Lancet calls for the creation of a world institute for risk evaluation
...spectives, producing solutions biased by their own specific ideologies. Richard Horton, Editor of The Lancet, comments: "The power of independent technical evidence is consistently undervalued. What is needed is a World Institute for Risk Evaluation-- WIRE. This new institute would be an independent research-...USC/Norris oncologists test new front-line therapy for pancreatic cancer
... as BAY 43-9006 focus exclusively on a few targets specific to cancer cells. In this case, the compound aims to work in two ways: by directly inhibiting critical growth pathways of the cancer cells (even potentially killing the cells), while also attacking the blood vessels needed to nourish the tumor, Lenz s...Researchers develop way to track quality of home health care
...as who should be the primary target population for specific services and what services will be most cost effective. As well, there are questions about how the outcomes of home care should be evaluated, what role family members should play in care provision, and how a home care system that involves multiple se...If you suffer from pain, your doctor should consider it a disease
...disease or injury, chronic and recurrent pain is a specific healthcare problem, a disease in its own right."...Study finds no reduction in breast cancer risk with consumption of vegetables and fruits
...nd colleagues examined how the intake of total and specific vegetable and fruit groups is related to breast ca...ble and fruit intake and breast cancer risk. For 6 specific vegetable subgroups no associations with breast cancer risk were observed either. "This absence of a...Elevated glucose levels and diabetes are associated with increased risk for cancer
...m glucose and diabetes and risk of all cancers and specific cancers in men and women in Korea. The 10 year Korean Cancer Prevention Study (KCPS) included 1,298,385 Koreans (829,770 men and 468,615 women) aged 30 to 95 years who received health insurance from the National Health Insurance Corp. and had a bien...'Temp doctors' choose career for flexibility, easier lifestyle
...t objective measures of training and competence in specific fields. That compares to about 65 percent of active U.S. physicians who are board-certified. "LT physicians tend to be very well-trained and that means patients are going to get good care from them," he said. Alonzo said it was significant that a thi...New guidelines conclude all aerosol therapy devices equally effective
...ncorporate recommendations for device selection in specific clinical settings, including the emergency department, ICU, and inpatient and outpatient situations. Specific recommendations include: Inpatient setting: Nebulizers and MDIs with spacer/holding chambers are appropriate for use in the inpatient se...Macular degeneration patients benefit from self-management training
...am combines basic education about the disease with specific problem-solving sessions and projects to help participants overcome barriers and remain self-sufficient, according to Barbara Brody, M.P.H., clinical professor of ophthalmology at UCSD and director of Community Ophthalmology, at the Shiley Eye Center...Jefferson scientists help explain statins' effects in Alzheimer's disease
...s involved in Alzheimer's, especially to find more specific therapies," Dr. Pedrini says. "This reveals an unsuspected pathway linking statins and amyloid metabolism," says Dr. Gandy. "This may help unravel statin action in Alzheimer's as well as point the way toward novel anti-amyloid drugs." Dr. Gandy notes...Mayo Clinic discovery on nature of rheumatoid arthritis lung disease may offer patients therapy
...ore fully documented in the laboratory: Certain specific T cells of the immune system, whose normal job in healthy people is to attack disease organisms that invade the body, are more abundant in tissue samples from patients with RA lung disease than in tissue samples from patients who have other forms of ...Most alcohol-related plane crashes occur at night and in worsening weather conditions
...etter understand the circumstances of and identify specific risk factors involved in alcohol-related plane crashes, the Hopkins team studied medical records for 313 general aviation crashes fatal to the pilot from 1985 to 2000. Specifically, the researchers separated the files using a cut-off blood alcohol c...Mayo Clinic Cancer Center receives SPORE grant for brain cancer research from NCI
...g of oligodendroglioma genetics can help predict a specific tumor's response to treatment. The NCI established the SPORE program in 1992 to promote interdisciplinary research and speed the transition of basic research findings from the laboratory to applied settings involving patients and populations. The go...... just genetic engineering, can increase numbers of specific transporters in brain cells. Because we study ALS, we tested the drugs in a mouse model of that disease, but this is much bigger than ALS. This approach has potential applications in numerous neurologic and psychiatric conditions that arise from abno...