News briefs from the journal Chest, June 2007
... New research suggests that changes in atmospheric pressure, which often occur during storms, may be related to idiopathic spontaneous pneumothorax (ISP) or collapsed lung. During a 4-year period, French and Italian researchers studied the relationship between ISP occurrence and meteorologic conditions in Bologna, Italy. Atmospheric pressure and ambient temperature were obtained for each day...Advances in understanding bipolar disorder topics of press briefings June 7, 8
... The Seventh Conference will be held June 7-9 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, in the heart of downtown Pittsburgh, and is being sponsored by the Uni...National Academies Advisory -- June 8 public briefing on LANL groundwater protection
A new National Research Council report reviews the groundwater protection program at Los Alamos National Laboratory and identifies technical issues the laboratory should address to enhance the program's effectiveness. Groundwater contaminants at the 36-square-mile site stem from nuclear-weapons work that was done there during the Cold War. New Mexico state law says LANL must evaluate and, if nec...May/June Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
... An easily identifiable dermatologic condition, acanthosis nigricans, is associated with having multiple risk factors for type 2 diabetes, in patients aged 7 to 39 years, finds this study of 1,113 patients. As the number of type 2 diabetes risk factors increased, so did the prevalence of acanthosis nigricans in both children and adults. Patients with this dermatologic condition were nearly...Highlights from the June 2007 Journal of the American Dietetic Association
... ... Research to date has been inconclusive on whether drinking sugar-sweetened beverages between meals increases childrens risk of becoming overweight. Researchers...Society for Prevention Research meeting May 30-June 1, Washington, D.C.
... ... ... ... SUBJECT: New prevention research findings on Suicide, School Suspension, Obesity, Drinking & Driving, and Other Major Topics to be presented at annual meeting of Society for Prevention Research, Washington, DC, May 30-June 1, 2007....The 15th Annual Meeting of the Society for Prevention Research will be held at the Hyatt Regency, 400 New Jersey Avenue NW, Washington, DC, May...Leading prevention researchers meeting in Washington, D.C., May 30-June 1, 2007
... The tragedy at Virginia Tech has focused attention on what schools, families and students can do to prevent similar incidents in the future. Some answers may lie in research on preventing violence among youth in general. Researchers from one of the largest tests o...'How innovation drives our economy' set for June 5 at UD
... ... Rob Conrad, DHIN's chief information officer, and Ryan Barry, project manager for...Kavli Institute's Journalist Workshop, June 13, at Cornell
Cover your shoes, put on your goggles and zip up your clean-room suit. Youre going to make a nano device.... You are invited to the Journalist Workshop in Nanotechnology, June 13, 2007, hosted by the Kavli Institute at Cornell for Nanoscale Science. (Space is limited and the deadline for registration is May 30. Journalists are encouraged to register now. If the workshop is filled, a waiting list...National Autism Conference slated for June
... ... Families of children with autism spectrum disorders are invited to attend a special session from 6:30...The brain, hormones and behavior focus of briefings at international meeting June 19-22
PITTSBURGH Living longer, the perils of puberty and aggression in men -- each is focused on the interaction between hormones and the brain and its influence on behavior. Research on these and related topics will be presented at the 6th International Congress of Neuroendocrinology (ICN 2006) in Pittsburgh, June 19 22, at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh. ...... Held in a dif...Newsbriefs from the journal CHEST, June 2006
...Patients who have aversions to certain odors also may have increased tendency to cough, shows a new study. Swedish researchers administered the Chemical Sensitivity Scale for Sensory Hyperreactivity (CSS-SHR) questionnaire to 103 patients to determine their self-reported odor sensitivity. Researchers then determined patients' cough sensitivity, the tendency for cough to be provoked, using the...JCI table of contents, June 8, 2006
EDITOR'S PICK...... HtrA1 protein contributes to the development of resistance to chemotherapy in ovarian and gastric cancers... ...... While many cancer patients initially have a favorable response to chemotherapy for the treatment of solid tumors, resistance to treatment often develops. Resistance can be caused by many factors, including metabolism of the drug, a decrease in drug accumulation...NIH holds state-of-the-science conference on tobacco use, June 12-14
WHAT: ...An impartial, independent panel will be charged with reviewing the available scientific evidence on prevention, cessation, and control of tobacco use. The panel will issue a statement of its findings on the final day of the conference, and will hold a press conference at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 14. Convened by the Office of Medical Applications of Research (OMAR) and the National Ca...Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet for June 6, 2006
...... An meta-analysis of 19 published studies involving 33,826 asthma patients found that those receiving inhaled long-acting beta-agonists were 2.5 times more likely to be hospitalized and about two times more likely to have life-threatening asthma attacks than those receiving placebo....... Fifty-three of 3,083 patients receiving B-agonists were hospitalized for an asthma attack compared to...Neuroendocrinology Congress June 1922 to report new research on brain, hormones, behavior
PITTSBURGH, June 5 New clinical and basic science research findings focusing on the interaction between hormones and the brain and its influence on behavior will be presented for the first time at the 6th International Congress of Neuroendocrinology (ICN 2006) in Pittsburgh from June 19 to 22. Among these are results of a clinical trial finding that a daily regimen of growth hormone pills helps...The IOF World Congress on Osteoporosis (IOF WCO) Opening Media Briefing June 2
...Date: Friday June 2, 2006 ...Time: 15:15-16:15... Ego Seeman 2006 IOF World Congress on Osteoporosis Scientific Highlights ... Dave Williams Space travel, immobility and bone health ... Maureen McTeer Osteoporosis A Canadian perspective 2nd IOF Women Leaders Roundtable ... Justine Pasek Osteoporosis A Latin American perspective 2nd IOF Women Leaders Roundtable ... ... ...On June 2...Bone research in Space Symposium, June 2, IOF World Congress on Osteoporosis
Though most people may not think of it, bedridden patients and astronauts share something in common: progressive bone loss. Immobile patients lose bone density because they don't exercise muscles that would otherwise build skeletal strength through motion. Astronauts also face long periods of immobility, in addition to zero gravity, which negatively affects bone cell function. ...... On June 2,...Pauletta and Denzel Washington to present Cedars-Sinai neuroscience scholarships June 7
LOS ANGELES Two recipients of the 2006 Pauletta and Denzel Washington Family Gifted Scholars Program in Neuroscience will receive summer research scholarship awards Wednesday, June 7 at the James A. Foshay Learning Center, 3751 S. Harvard Blvd. in Los Angeles. ......Pauletta and Denzel Washington will present the scholarships after a presentation by Keith L. Black, M.D., director of Cedars-Sina...May/June 2006 Annals of Family Medicine Tip Sheet
EMBARGOED UNTIL TUESDAY, MAY 30, 2006, 12 NOON, EST...... MAY/JUNE 2006 ANNALS OF FAMILY MEDICINE TIP SHEET...... ... Significant reductions in malpractice payments could be realized if total or no economic damage caps were operating nationally and hard noneconomic damage and total damage caps could yield lower premiums according to an analysis of national medical liability payment data. Analyzi...International Congress of Neuroendocrinology in Pittsburgh June 19-22
PITTSBURGH Sexual development and behavior, appetite regulation and obesity, response to stress, even the ability to get a good night's sleep are all determined by various hormones and their interactions with the brain. Indeed, the neuroendocrine system begins to hold sway when we are mere fetuses in the womb in some cases, influencing behaviors that may not appear until much later in life and...Annals of Internal Medicine, tip sheet, June 21, 2005
1. Physicians Performing Independent Medical Exams Can Be Liable for Damage... ...Physicians performing independent medical examinations (IMEs) for a third party, such as an employer in disability dispute, still owe some legal duties to the patient, even in the absence of a traditional physician-patient relationship (Perspective, p. 974). ... ...A commentator reviews judicial rulings, outlines...Cedars-Sinai medical tipsheet for June 2005
...A molecular change that takes place in the newly formed blood vessels of progressing brain tumors have now been documented in the most common type of breast cancer, as well. The molecular shift occurs in major proteins called laminins, important constituents of blood vessels. As tumors become increasingly invasive, the laminins normally found in blood vessels become altered in the blood vesse...American Thoracic Society journal news tips for June 2005 (second issue)
...... In an area of high tuberculosis (TB) incidence, investigators found that the age-adjusted rate of disease reinfection after successful treatment for TB was four times that for new cases, according to a study in the American Thoracic Society's (ATS) peer-reviewed journal. The objective of the researchers' study was to determine the incidence rate of TB attributable to reinfection among th...News briefs from the journal CHEST June 2005
...... Patients with severe emphysema can achieve considerably greater improvements in bone mineral density (BMD) by undergoing lung volume reduction surgery than from rehabilitation, according to a new study. Researchers in Rome, Italy selected, 70 male patients with severe emphysema, who were advised to undergo lung volume reduction surgery. Forty patients decided to undergo surgery, while t...Search for bipolar gene, toll of disease topics of conference call briefings June 16, 17
PITTSBURGH, June 13 Held every two years, the International Conference on Bipolar Disorder is the only venue in the world devoted exclusively to highlighting new research into bipolar disorder, which affects both adults and children, devastates families and work relationships, accounts for nearly half of all suicides in the United States and costs billions in medical bills, missed work and lower...Tip sheet Annals of Internal Medicine, June 7, 2005
...... U.S. adults could save as much as $8.8 billion per year by using generic drugs rather than brand name drugs, an analysis of data from a 2000 national medical expenditure survey found (Article, p. 891)....... Using only drugs that had both a brand-name and at least one identical generic formulation, researchers estimated that people younger than 65 years would save an average of $45.89 per...'Just in time' avian influenza program offered June 16
Avian influenza has always posed a serious threat to poultry producers in the Mid-Atlantic states and the DelMarVa peninsula, home to some of the nation's most prolific production centers.... ...And recently, both the World Heath Organization and the United States' Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta have expressed serious concern about the possibility that an outbreak of avian influenza H5N1...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for June 2005 (first issue)
... ...Based on a 21-year study of young adults from ages 19 to 40 that utilized regular follow-up interviews, researchers found a long-term (longitudinal) relationship between asthma and panic in a community sample of 591 men and women.... ...The researchers found that asthma was more strongly associated with panic disorder than with any panic, which included both panic disorder and panic attac...International conference on bipolar disorder June 16-18 a forum for new research
PITTSBURGH, June 1 New findings in clinical and basic science research will be presented for the first time at the Sixth International Conference on Bipolar Disorder, June 16-18, among them results of a national survey indicating bipolar disorder, commonly known as manic depression, is much more prevalent than previously believed.... ...More than 1,000 of the world's leading experts on bipolar d...June 2005 Ophthalmology journal
SAN FRANCISCO--Studies from the June 2005 issue of Ophthalmology, the clinical journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, are now available. These include: ...... Noncompliance with Ocular Hypotensive Treatment in Patients with Glaucoma or Ocular Hypertension: An Evidence-Based Review... Clinical Results with the Trabectome for Treatment of Open-Angle Glaucoma... Developing a Model Sys...May/June 2005 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
At a time when chronic diseases have become more widespread and are often poorly controlled, a cluster of three articles in the current issue of Annals tackles important questions about comorbidity and chronic disease. Collectively, they make a compelling argument for a health care system that integrates, rather than fragments, care. A study by Fortin and colleagues defines the extent of the prob...Psychosocial aspects of genetic testing for hereditary cancers meeting at Jefferson June 9-10
What is the likelihood of developing breast cancer if I have a family history? Should I have genetic testing? What are my options? Is surgery an effective choice? How can I help my children? What do I tell my health insurance company and my employer? ...These are some of the questions confronting individuals who have a history of breast and ovarian cancer in the family and who are considered at...Media invited to international conference on bipolar disorder June 16-18 in Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH, May 18 More than 1,000 researchers, clinicians and mental health advocates are expected to attend the Sixth International Conference on Bipolar Disorder ...June 16-18 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh. New research will be presented covering the pathophysiology, assessment and treatment of bipolar illness, as well as on psychobiology, epidemiology and the psych...