Anemia and tropical diseases; Is pharmacogenomics ready for the clinic?
...ng pharmacogenomics: challenges on the road to the clinic In a research in translation paper, Jesse J. Swen and colleagues review the limited successes of pharmacogenomics (individualized drug dosing based on hereditary factors) and discuss the remaining challenges to its widespread clinical use. Citat...Even older women at high risk have little interest in being tested for HIV, study finds
... 95. The women visited a general internal medicine clinic at a large, inner-city hospital in Atlanta over a period of 11 months in 2001 and 2002. To evaluate attitudes concerning lifetime HIV infection risk and interest in HIV testing, trained research assistants administered a 68-item questionnaire in a pr...Sports concussion research using fMRI provides insight for safe return-to-play decisions
... neuropsychological testing completed in a medical clinic and brain function as measured by fMRI. The lack of studies using fMRI may be due to the fact that studies of this nature are very expensive and equipment necessary to undertake this research is not readily available outside of a handful of academic ...Damon Runyon renews its $2.25 million investment to support young clinical cancer investigators
...f ALL and move these promising new agents into the clinic for the treatment of this deadly childhood cancer. Dr. Juan Carlos Ramos focuses on adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL), a deadly blood cancer that afflicts some of the most underserved cancer patients. ATLL is caused by the human T-cell leukemi...Research probes seniors' plans for end-of-life care
...t patients entering a federally funded hospital or clinic be asked whether they have a DPAHC or a document called an advance directive. Medical personnel will also sometimes discuss the issue with patients; however, they tend to employ abstract arguments or ask patients to imagine their future state of heal...Exploring better ways to determine when to change the course of treatment
.... "Potentially, this tool could be useful in the clinic to make real-time decisions about whether a treatment is helping. Our ultimate goal is to continue effective treatment, but spare patients the side effects of a treatment that is destined to fail. This is the direction that future studies must take...Study explains why patients with OSA are at higher risk for cardiovascular disease
... healthy nonsmokers were recruited from a wellness clinic at the same hospital to serve as controls. The OSA patients were given polysomnographic testing to verify the diagnosis. This involved evaluating brain waves, electrical activity of muscles, eye movements, breathing rates, blood pressure, blood oxy...Treating HIV in war zones -- Public health emergencies need rapid advice from WHO
...der the care of MSF. One patient, followed in the clinic since May 2003, and on ART since December 2003, says: "I heard gun fire all through the night. When I had only five pills left I lost my appetite and felt desperatebut despite the uncertainty I continued to take my treatment at the correct hour Whe...Syphilis screening, lithium fights neurodegeneration, monoclonal antibodies against avian flu
...n use require a woman to make a second trip to the clinic to receive her test results. In practice, this means that many mothers in poor countries, especially in rural areas, dont find out they are infected in time to receive treatment to save their babies. In a study published in the open-access journal...Can an omega-3 fatty acid slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease?
...the placebo. Doctors and nurses at the 51 research clinic sites will monitor the participants in regular visits throughout the trial. To ensure unbiased results, neither the researchers conducting the trial nor the participants will know who is getting DHA and who is getting the placebo. In addition to mo...Study shows Botox decreases pain and intensity of spasticity following a stroke
... Baptist Medical Center and head of the spasticity clinic at Wake Forest Baptist. "Our study shows that treatment with botulinum toxin type A can lessen these disabling symptoms without treatment-limiting side effects, which in turn improves the ability of stroke patients to perform such essential activit...No link found between autism and celiac disease
...hout autism who had been referred to an outpatient clinic of the same hospital. They looked for two antibodies used to help detect celiac diseaseanti-gliadin antibodies and anti-endomysial antibodies. Biopsies of the small intestine were offered to children who tested positive for either antibody to confirm...Biofeedback on abnormal mechanics lowers risk for stress fractures, pain under kneecap
...lso effective - retraining in the physical therapy clinic at the University of Delaware using basic mechanic...nd biofeedback do a little of what she does in the clinic at the University of Delaware. "For people with or at risk for stress microfractures, we ask them...1 in 3 HIV positive gay men report unprotected sex
...se men said they had been to a sexual health (GUM) clinic within the past year. Almost one in five (18%) of HIV negative men and over a third (37%) of HIV positive men said they had had unprotected sex with more than one partner in the past year. Over the same time period, one in five HIV negative men a...Girls born with HIV infection at higher risk for cervical problems
... tests. Its hard to get adolescents into the [HIV] clinic and when we do seem them, we need to look at the HIV and whats going on with the HIV disease, Brogly said. But the clinicians [also] have to be thinking of the sexual health of these girls. The study appears in the June 2007 issue of American Journ...Clinical studies evaluate potential treatments for mouth ulcers
...continued to keep diaries and also returned to the clinic for examinations after 30 and 60 days, and again 60 days after completing treatment. "Patients taking pentoxifylline had less pain and reported smaller and fewer ulcers compared with baseline," the authors write. "Patients taking placebo reported ...A new, nanoporous ceramic filter offers hope to kidney-dialysis patients
...hree or four times every week, you visit a special clinic and sit for four hours as your blood is removed, cleaned and returned to your body. Fatigue is your chronic companion. You may also experience low blood pressure, difficulty eating, muscle cramps and weight loss. And your arms and legs may be marke...Contrast agent puts new light on diagnosing breast cancer
... will focus on translating the new compound to the clinic for human testing. It will likely be a few years before the compound is ready for use in human trials, according to Frangioni. The American Chemical Society the worlds largest scientific society is a nonprofit organization chartered by the U.S. ...Light-based probe 'sees' early cancers in first tests on human tissue
... new and improved endoscope might be ready for the clinic in three to five years, he said. ...Study shows that anal cytology predicts anal precancer in HIV-positive gay men
...s based on data from 244 patients at the UCLA CARE clinic who had anal cytology screenings between February 2002 and December 2004. IMPACT: Abnormal anal cytology in HIV-positive men who have sex with men is highly indicative of the presence of abnormal anal cells that may be precancerous and should promp...