Community MRSA is re-emergence of 1950's pandemic
... sepsis and pneumonia in children and young adults around the world. This pandemic of both hospital and community acquired infections waned throughout the 1960s as the antibiotic meticillin was used to treat these infections. Now researchers have shown that one of the key clones of community acquired MRSA (...Many parents fail to set rules to limit children's exposure to tobacco smoke, according to new study
...Only adults can smoke," "Adults can smoke, but not around children," and "No smoking is allowed in my home." The researchers also inquired about tobacco exposure rules outside the home, including "Do not allow smoking in the car," "Ask people not to smoke in their presence," and "Usually sit in the no-smoki...AACR awards scholarships for minority and underrepresented scientists
...epidemiologists and translational researchers from around the world to discuss the latest findings and most significant information in laboratory, translational and clinical cancer research. More than 6,200 scientific abstracts will be presented this year. "The AACR maintains a strong commitment to enhanci...Teens believe oral sex is safer, more acceptable to peers
...have vaginal sex. "The fact that young adolescents around age 14 are having or considering oral sex and consider it safer and more acceptable than vaginal sex is important information for parents, health care providers and others who work with youth," Halpern-Felsher said. "When we counsel adolescents about......on opposite sides of a drum that spins as it rises around the object (which is suspended in water), creating a stack of tomographic image slices which visualization algorithms turn into 3D images. In the first set of experiments using the HUTT system, the Marmarelis team easily located a set of small metal...Patients with heart disease can lower cardiovascular risk factors with exercise, stress management
...the leading cause of death in developing countries around the world, according to background information in the article. Psychosocial factors are now recognized as playing a significant and independent role in the development of IHD and its complications. Consequently, efforts to alter psychosocial risk fa...Vaccine against cervical cancer and genital warts shows promise
...llomavirus (HPV) during their lifetime. HPV causes around 470 000 cases of cervical cancer each year. Althou...al screening programmes have not been implemented, around 35, 000 women die from the disease every year in Europe and the USA. HPV infections are also respon...Study reveals drinking alcohol reduces breast milk supply in women
...lactation. For centuries, physicians and mid-wives around the world have claimed that alcohol is a galactogenic (milk producing) substance and have recommended consumption to mothers in order to enhance the quality and quantity of milk to infants. The present study, led by Julie Mennella, Ph.D., at the Mon...Dr. Gutin selected as Fulbright Senior Specialist
...of his earliest studies had children run 1.2 miles around a track. "We wanted to see the factors that led them to perform better or worse in this kind of running event. The dominant factor, more important than any other physiological factor, was how fat they were. It was a rather surprising and clear-cut fi...People with peanut allergy at risk of allergic reaction to lupin flour
...upin allergy. Meanwhile those with peanut allergy, around 1% of the UK population including 250,000 pre-school children, appear to be at particular risk as up to half may be pre-sensitised. They should be advised to avoid all products containing lupin until they can be specifically tested."...UPenn receives 2005 Templeton Research Lectures Grant
...ogram provides an opportunity for leading scholars around the world and at the University of Pennsylvania to explore in more detail than ever before this relationship and bring these ideas to the general public." Administering the 2005 Templeton Research Lectures initiative is William Grassie, executive dir...Fifteen-year hunt uncovers gene behind 'pseudothalidomide' syndrome
...any copies of DNA from a small sample -- have been around in some form for more than a decade. But others are much more recent developments. For example, the researchers found important genetic changes in part by comparing different species' genetic sequences, most of which were published only within the la...New recommendation encourages more activist approach to lung cancer screening
...the world, killing an estimated 1.1 million people around the globe each year. More people will die of lung cancer this year in the United States than will die from breast, prostate, colon and pancreatic cancers combined. Lung cancer is usually detected in advanced stages, when long-term survival is unlikel...Location of body fat associated with cardiovascular risk even at normal body weight
... Visceral fat (fat found in the deeper tissues and around the body's organs rather than just under the skin) was associated with metabolic syndrome in older men and women whether they were normal weight, overweight or obese. Subcutaneous (under the skin) abdominal fat was associated with metabolic syndrome ...Exercise may not be good enough to reduce mild hypertension in older people, Hopkins experts say
...e inner walls of arteries as the heart pumps blood around the body. The systolic reading (the "upper" number in a blood pressure test), measures the maximum pressure as the heart contracts, while the diastolic reading (the "lower" number) measures the force when the heart is at rest, between beats. At the...Chemical library aids in developing drug system for nerve damage
... what would happen in a culture dish with no cells around it. We're really interested in what will happen in cell culture or an animal model where there will be active cell-mediated degradation. We are trying to get closer to the real situation." The results were published in the January 2005 issue of Act...Charter activation brings space dimension to European emergency exercise
...out in France in the form of a simulated accident around which a major European civil protection exercise is planned. Just as in a real emergency, the International Charter on Space and Major Disasters is being activated so rescue teams will receive satellite images of the disaster zone. It begins with a t...Rats with migraines provide Jefferson scientists insights to improved drug strategy
...ding in their head has spread to their forehead or around their eyes, at this stage they don't respond well to most treatments. These data suggest that treatment with DHE can reverse this sensitization." Dr. Oshinsky would like to better understand which neurotransmitters are involved in sensitization, whic...The world's leading researchers in clinical immunology to gather for FOCIS 2005
...e as a forum for scientists and practitioners from around the world to meet and discuss a cross-disciplinary approach in the latest advancements in immune-mediated diseases. Topics that will be touched upon: Advances in clinical immunology in five thematic areas Antibodies in disease pathogenesies of lu...Heart valve ring reverses damage from congestive heart failure, easing symptoms
...p Cardiac Support Device, is a mesh sac that wraps around the heart and holds the enlarged left ventricle in. Bolling is part of a team that presented results at the AATS meeting from patients who had mitral valve surgery, some of whom were randomized to receive an Acorn CorCap at the same time. Some patie...