Fink receives National Pharmacy Leadership Award
...tional pharmacy leadership society for pharmacists and places recipients among the top leaders of the pr...eadership award. The award is sponsored by Procter and Gamble is given annually to an individual who has exemplified leadership qualities in support of the...Salk's legacy, current and future challenges to vaccine development topic of briefing
...d Service Professor Emeritus of Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry, University of Pittsburgh School of M...ine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; leads efforts aimed at developing an HIV vaccine John B. Robbins, M.D., chief, ...Scientists discover way to control allergic reactions
...S) Medicine, the team from Imperial College London and Royal Brompton Hospital have discovered a way to d...-cells. Dr Mark Larch from Imperial College London and Royal Brompton Hospital, and senior author comments: "This discovery is a hugely important step in o...Asthmatics naturally deficient in antiviral immunity, report scientists
...l protein needed to fight off infection from colds and other viruses, scientists have discovered. The fin...st majority of acute asthma attacks in both adults and children. The researchers, from Imperial College London and University of Southampton, found that as...Insomnia, falls in elderly linked
...ion that sleeping pills increase the risk of falls and injuries that are a bane of old age. But a large ...isk of falls than those who take sleep medications and get relief from their insomnia. Even though medications are only one way of treating insomnia, the n...Children's hospital neurologist receives Young Investigator Award in spinal muscular atrophy
...SMA). SMA is the leading genetic killer of infants and toddlers. Sahin will be honored during the America...e invaluable information into the cause, treatment and potential cure for SMA. The award will provide Sahin with $85,000 each year for three years, plus an...Study reveals drinking alcohol reduces breast milk supply in women
...rmonal disruption, decreased lactation performance and diminished milk supply. The findings were publishe... light on the importance of identifying alcoholism and intervention breastfeeding mothers are now armed with scientific data highlighting the health risks...Study finds that women with PCOS are at increased risk for cardiovascular disease
...lic syndrome is more prevalent in women with PCOS, and that women with both conditions would exhibit more hormonal and menstrual cycle irregularity than women with PCOS only. It is estimated that five to 10 percent of...A possible new phase for rheumatoid arthritis treatment
... early phases of other inflammatory joint diseases and also of established rheumatoid arthritis. New rese...erised by a distinct profile of T cell, macrophage and stromal cell related cytokines in synovial fluid. This finding of a distinct phase of rheumatoid ar...People can learn motor skills by watching
...ndrew A.G. Mattar (presently at McGill University) and Paul L. Gribble of the University of Western Ontar... engage their neural systems for movement planning and control, and that the subjects would construct a neural representation of the mechanical requirement...New health information resource from Tufts for Asian-language speakers
...cally Chinese, Hmong, Khmer, Korean, Laotian, Thai and Vietnamese. It is a unique multi-language health information site because it is for both physicians and patients. Segmented by language and by subject, a user either a patient, doctor or other caregiver...Money doesn't buy happiness - - except when disability strikes
...rchers at the University of Michigan Health System and the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, stands in cont...ed no major differences in self-reported happiness and well-being between wealthy people and those with modest financial assets. Instead, the study finds ...Bacterial infection associated with heart attack in young men
...espiratory problems such as pneumonia, bronchitis, and sinus infection and is not sexually transmitted. It is a common illness--by age 30, half of people have evidence of prev...Women with heart attacks benefit from stenting
...new analysis of the CADILLAC (Controlled Abciximab and Device Investigation to Lower Late Angioplasty Com...atment with angioplasty compared to stenting, with and without the antiplatelet agent abciximab, when women and men arrive at the hospital after a heart at...Vigorously active adolescents are leaner, fitter
...daily vigorous physical activity tend to be leaner and fitter than their less active peers, researchers have shown. "The leanest and fittest kids are the ones who have the most vigorous activity for longer periods of time," says Dr. ...Dr. Gutin selected as Fulbright Senior Specialist
...studying the relationship between fitness, fatness and health in children, has been selected a Fulbright ...here," says Dr. Gutin, who will lecture to faculty and students on the health consequences of obesity and low fitness as well as intervention strategies to...Hemodialysis causes antioxidant loss leading to long-term complications
...ative stress, an imbalance between toxic compounds and defense mechanisms, and prevalent in the dialysis process, has been linked to numerous adverse complications in end-stage re...ISHLT updates guidelines for heart and lung transplants
The process for prioritizing heart and lung transplant candidates and determining the treatments they receive while awaiting donor organs is under review by the Internati...9th Annual Public Forum at AACR Annual Meeting
WHAT: "Progress and New Hope in the Fight Against Cancer: A Public For...world's leading organization dedicated to the cure and prevention of cancer provides a unique opportunity for Southern California cancer patients, survivo...PSA screening for prostate cancer to be debated at annual meeting forum
...hough routinely performed today in men middle-aged and older, remains a source of controversy. Questions continue about the test's overall effectiveness and its ability to actually save men's lives. For example, elevated PSA levels don't necessarily equate...