Arthritis of the spine often overlooked in children
... by Dr. Millicent Stone, University of Toronto. In addition to a delay in diagnosis, the researchers report that adults with childhood onset disease experience more serious physical deformity and work-related disability than those who develop the disease as adults. "By surveying individuals with AS, we have l...Northwestern Memorial neurologist is lead author of comprehensive stroke center recommendations
...ates to their disciplines," Dr. Alberts said. "In addition to the need for advanced diagnostic technology, CSCs should offer operating rooms and interventional radiology suites that are staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week, when feasible." The BAC reviewed medical literature and surveyed expert physic...Going to extremes to improve human health
...002 by the American College of Sports Medicine. In addition to their well-established research programs, Halliwill and Minson share a strong commitment to training future researchers in environmental physiology. Currently, about 40 graduate students are enrolled in the Department of Human Physiology, which al...Rice bioengineer wins ASME's Van C. Mow Medal
...l engineering departments in the United States. In addition to serving as BMES president in 2003-2004, Athanasiou is a past member of its board of directors and a past chair of both its finance and membership committees. Athanasiou currently serves on the society's executive committee and also serves as facul...Psychiatric illnesses are common in children with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes
...child's treatment to achieve the best results." In addition to Drs. Katz and Berkowitz, co-authors were Sanjeev Swami, M.D., Maire Abraham, Kathryn M. Murphy, Abbas F. Jawad, Ph.D., and Heather McKnight-Menci, all of The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia....Insomnia may precede and prolong major depression
...ession, as well as to improved pain tolerance. In addition to the studies mentioned above, the sleep lab is also conducting clinical trials on insomnia secondary to cancer and a variety of treatment studies on both the medical treatment and cognitive behavioral therapy of insomnia. While many studies are co...Researchers improve lung cancer survival rates
...red to 240 patients who received surgery alone. In addition to a 15 per cent improvement in the five-year survival rate (69 per cent with chemotherapy versus 54 per cent in the surgery alone group), the rate of cancer recurrence after five years was also significantly reduced--49 per cent in chemotherapy pati...Cancer researcher Susan Horwitz wins Alpert prize for Taxol work
...l tubes that are constantly being remodeled by the addition or removal of tubulin subunits. During mitosis, microtubules act like long tethers to pull duplicate chromosomes to opposite poles of the cell so that they can be incorporated into two new nuclei as the cell divides. To complete the process, the micr...Vaginal cancer detected more often with PET than CT scans
...d for cervical cancer." Several other cancers, in addition to cervical cancer, can be diagnosed and monitored using PET scans as the result of CMS acceptance. Grigsby is now working to persuade CMS that PET scans will improve the diagnosis and treatment of vaginal cancer. "CT scans are useful in many cases,...Johns Hopkins scientists use gene therapy to prevent heart arrhythmias from stem cell transplants
...he cultured cells. The researchers found that the addition of connexin 43 dramatically increased conductivity between cells to normal levels, with only two of nine cultures developing signs of arrhythmia. Meanwhile, a majority of cultures, 13 of 14, which did not receive connexin gene therapy, went on to de...Georgetown cancer researchers develop high throughput method
...tailor treatments to an individual's disease." "In addition to tumor analyses, CEMA arrays will be useful for large scale studies of whether drugs or environmental contaminants have toxic effects on healthy tissues," says Heidi Crismon, a medical student who assembled the so far largest array of nearly 12,000...Japanese doctors likelier than US counterparts to involve patients' families in decisions
...cess is and go from there." Other researchers in addition to Gabbay were Dr. Steven M. Asch, associate professor of medicine, Dr. Kenneth E. Rosenfeld, associate clinical professor, Dr. Peter P. Balingit, associate clinical professor, and Dr. Karl A Lorenz, assistant professor, all of the David Geffen Schoo...Conflicts pitting doctors vs. patients / kin is #1 issue in medical ethics, Canadian experts say
...sophy, anthropology, theology, and psychology. In addition to consultative role, the Group's work includes developing models of clinical ethics practice in diverse health care settings and continuing education programs for health care providers. Top 10 Ethical Challenges in Health Care: Canadian Ethicists ...A step forward in stem cell research
...keletal muscle (adult mesenchymal cells do not) in addition to fat, cartilage, and bone. Limited numbers of mesenchymal stem cells have been isolated from adult bone marrow and connective tissues, but harvesting these cells from any of these sources requires invasive procedures and the availability of a suita...New approach to thyroid surgery reduces incision size
... "This approach is evolving but is an appropriate addition to the practice of the modern endocrine surgeon," Dr. Terris and his colleagues write....Most primary care physicians believe annual physical examinations are valuable
...ved an annual physical examination is necessary in addition to seeing patients for acute medical conditions an...cal has become the forum to serve that purpose, in addition to providing opportunities to address the other items of health care not provided by our current sta...The promise of a tetracycline antibiotic for treating osteoarthritis
...to treat a wide-range of bacterial infections. In addition to its effects as an antibiotic, doxycycline has other actions as a drug and, in laboratory studies with animals and with human tissue, can inhibit the degradation of cartilage in a way that could be useful for the treatment of osteoarthritis (OA). O...Israeli critical care specialists advise on how to deal with victims of terrorist attacks
...d patients and assume care of them in the ICU. In addition to these two main guidelines, the authors give details on the way they manage their staff and resources in the hospital before and during events. For example, they make sure that upon warning of a terror attack the emergency department is cleared out...Voice-to-voice translation machine perfects bedside manner
... also called Farsi), either written or spoken. "In addition to our progress in the general problem of the inte...testing was in process at a military facility. In addition to the researchers and institutions already named, Malibu California-based HRL Laboratories works wi...Does manganese inhaled from the shower represent a public health threat?
...sting drinking water standards for manganese." The addition of manganese to gasoline as an anti-knock agent may also be a threat, the researchers said. "The manganese, as it settles from car exhaust onto streets and highways, may enter the water supply, increasing manganese levels in the water we drink and ba...