Asthma patients' immune systems respond differently with allergies
...sonalizing treatments for allergy and asthma, both worldwide diseases that interfere with life quality and generate high economic burden. Asthma is a chronic obstructive inflammatory lung disease with symptoms including wheezing, coughing, chest tightness, and shortness of breath. Asthma attacks can be trigge...AACR celebrates 20th anniversary of minority scholar awards
...st timely and significant research being conducted worldwide in basic, clinical, and translational cancer research. They have had the opportunity to meet formally and informally with many of those scientists presenting at the meeting to discuss their research, a true example of both role modeling and mentorin...Six organizations vie for INFORMS 'science of better' innovation prize
.... ALIMTA is now under broad clinical investigation worldwide for treatment of other common cancers such as breast, colorectal, and head and neck cancers. General Motors: Using operations research to achieve one of its signature benefits, greater efficiency, GM saved over $800 million through improved produc...Once-a-month injectable medication helps treat alcohol dependence
...dependence is a major public health problem, which worldwide is the fourth leading cause of disability, according to background information in the article. Alcohol dependence is present in approximately 4 percent of the U.S. adult population, is common among primary care patients, and may contribute to more th...Less cognitive impairment seen in women taking drug for osteoporosis
...sk of mild cognitive impairment by 33 percent in a worldwide clinical trial led by researchers at San Francisco VA Medical Center (SFVAMC). The drug, raloxifene, modulates the activity of the hormone estrogen. The finding was published in the April 2005 issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry. Mild cogniti...50 years after Salk polio vaccine: Status of global eradication efforts
WHO: David L. Heymann, M.D., who leads the worldwide polio eradication effort for the World Health Orga...ding to WHO, there currently are 1,263 polio cases worldwide and six countries where the virus is endemic. These are Nigeria, Niger, Egypt, Afghanistan, India an...ISHLT updates guidelines for heart and lung transplants
...SHLT Meeting, Mehra explains that several agencies worldwide review and address guidelines for treatment and management of heart and lung failure in patients, but adds that none are comprehensive. "Our Society is in the ideal position to advocate comprehensive guidelines for our constituents," Mehra says. ISH...New recommendation encourages more activist approach to lung cancer screening
...rvival is unlikely. Overall survival is 11 percent worldwide and 15 percent in the United States. On the other hand, when lung cancer is detected in the earliest stage, the survival rate is 70 to 85 percent....Institute of Medicine advisory: April 19 public briefing on HIV/AIDS crisis abroad
Nearly 40 million people worldwide are infected with HIV, and 95 percent of them live in resource-poor countries. Preventing and treating HIV/AIDS in these nations will require unprecedented health systems and human resources to deliver medication and oversee patients long term. HEA...NY Academy of Sciences reveals how scientists plan to combat bioterrorism & deadly pathogens
...ngs offer a compendium of what today's researchers worldwide are most concerned about....Drug can reduce bodyweight and cardiovascular risk factors in obese people
... deaths in Europe and more than 2.5 million deaths worldwide are weight-related, with cardiovascular disease as the leading cause. Luc Van Gaal (University Hospital Antwerp, Belgium) and colleagues undertook a trial (RIO-Europe) involving 1507 people from Europe and the USA. Participants had a body mass inde...Seattle inventor to receive Henry Heimlich Award
...man torso and even bleeds when cut, is distributed worldwide and is used to train over 12,000 doctors each year. He also designed the LapTrainer with SimuVision TM for laparoscopic surgical training, which was recently recognized by the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons as an "Innovation of the Year" for 2...American Society of Travel Agents urges healthy travel for consumers
...e the professionalism and profitability of members worldwide through effective representation in industry and government affairs, education and training, and by identifying and meeting the needs of the traveling public. The Society is the world's largest and most influential travel trade association with over ...Child sex abuse policy recommendations published in Science magazine
... by 20 percent of women and 5 to 10 percent of men worldwide although official reports of child sex abuse have declined somewhat in the U.S. during the last 10 years, close to 90 percent of sexual abuse cases are never reported to authorities most child sex abuse is committed by family members and individu...Monoclonal antibody cures West Nile virus-infected mice
...estimate that there are100 million cases of dengue worldwide every year. "A lot of what we're learning from the West Nile virus antibody will be of consequence for the development of a pediatric dengue vaccine," says co-author Daved Fremont, Ph.D., associate professor of biochemistry and molecular biophysics ...NIH awards funding to biotech firm for heart disease
...rtery bypass graft (CABG) surgeries were performed worldwide and approximately 1.8 million balloon angioplasty procedures were performed. While these interventional therapies are now the standard of care, there are still a significant number of people for whom these methods do not work, or who have blockage th...VELCADE for injection receives EU marketing authorisation for second-line use in multiple myeloma
...E is currently available in more than 46 countries worldwide including the U.S., most of Europe, and a number of countries within Latin America and South-East Asia such as Argentina, China, Korea, Singapore and Thailand. There are approximately 80 ongoing clinical trials (in Europe and the U.S.) investigating ...Milk thistle does not reduce deaths from liver diseases, best studies find
...Disease Control and Prevention, 170 million people worldwide are infected with hepatitis C, and 2 billion are infected with hepatitis B. While a vaccine exists to prevent hepatitis B, there is no vaccine for hepatitis C. Although the virus can be cleared in a handful of patients, many strains are resistant to ...Response of New York City public school children to September 11
... be explained by a combination of factors, such as worldwide attention to their situation, increased social support, and the fact that students in the ground zero area schools were the recipients of significant mental health intervention immediately after September 11, 2001." "The sixth main finding was that e...Earlier treatment of perinatal HIV associated with decreased HIV progression, better outcomes
...so contribute to the care of HIV-infected children worldwide who are starting to benefit from ART and who, in the near future, undoubtedly will develop the same problems that U.S. children are now experiencing," Dr. Yogev writes. (JAMA. 2005;293:2272-2274. Available post-embargo at JAMA.com )...