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...e information about colorectal cancer screening is available at www.gastro.org ....Autistic children's abnormal metabolic profile findings
...utism, no firm causal evidence exists. And with no available physiological or biochemical markers, diagnosis currently is made entirely on a behavioral basis. Dr. James and colleagues measured plasma levels of the major intracellular antioxidant glutathione and its metabolic precursors in 95 autistic children ...More exhaust inhaled by kids inside school buses than by others in the area, says new UC study
...urnal Environmental Science and Technology, but is available now online. "Diesel is the last big source of air pollution that has yet to be reigned in," said Marshall. "As a policy matter, it seems clear from this analysis that reducing emissions from school buses should be a very high priority." The researc...AACR awards scholarships for minority and underrepresented scientists
...hancing the educational and training opportunities available to the next generation of cancer researchers," said Margaret Foti, Ph.D., M.D. (h.c.), AACR's chief executive officer. "Our primary mission is to promote the exchange of knowledge and new ideas among the scientists on the front lines of the quest for...Pediatricians must confront community-based threats to health
... food and may not be geographically or financially available A surgeon may be able to extract a bullet from a wound, but is unable to remove the victim from the environment of failing schools, gangs, drugs, violence, and struggling families that constitute the culture of poverty. Such obstacles to health requ...Consumers not getting accurate information about smokeless tobacco
...ystematic review of popular sources of information available on the internet, by looking at the content of websites that provide information about smokeless tobacco and health, found using a Google search. They found that of the 316 sites that were suitable for inclusion in the review, "almost every website h...Physicians, researchers to talk about new treatments for oral, head and neck cancers
...ation's leading researchers and physicians will be available to talk about the state of disease diagnosis, prev... which is now in experimental human trials. Also available will be the husband of Joan Bisesi, who died of oral cancer in 2001. A Columbus attorney, Phil Bise...Maternal iron deficiency disrupts mother/child interaction
... don't take their vitamins -- are less emotionally available or in tune with their babies, a Penn State study has shown. Dr. Laura Murray-Kolb, a National Institute of Mental Health post-doctoral fellow in child development at Penn State who led the study says, "Earlier research had shown that anemic women ma...Q Chip helps make cures more effective
...es of Q Chip's work. Chief Executive Mark Barry is available to discuss the company's technology, which was spun out of research carried out at Cardiff University. Q Chip is collaborating with Biocompatibles International, a medical device company that is focused on the treatment of cardiovascular disease, can...... alongside Peter O'Hare and Gillian McCullough, is available to discuss the Impedimap technology and its commercial development. The key to Impedimap is that the system can be used to provide instant, accurate feedback on wounds such as venous leg ulcers, diabetic ulcers and sores, burns and surgical wounds - ...Risk of HIV transmission highest in early stage of infection
...issue of The Journal of Infectious Diseases , now available online. Conducted by a group of investigators led by Maria J. Wawer of Columbia University, the study is the first to present empirical data showing that the rate of heterosexual HIV transmission per coital act varies over the course of HIV infection...Hormonal birth control, bacterial infections in women linked to increased shedding of type-2 herpes
... May 15 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases, now available online. The study underscores the importance of di..., such as condoms. And because there is no vaccine available for genital herpes, treating the bacterial infections that could predispose women to higher HSV-2 sh...Nutritional supplement reduces need for traditional ulcerative colitis treatment
...ide effects than many of the medications currently available to treat ulcerative colitis," said Douglas Seidner...er. More information about ulcerative colitis is available at www.gastro.org ....50 years after Salk polio vaccine: Status of global eradication efforts
...uture of Vaccine Development." More information is available at http://newsbureau.upmc.com/MediaKits/Polio50thAnniversaryMain.htm...Salk's legacy, current and future challenges to vaccine development topic of briefing
...uture of Vaccine Development." More information is available at http://newsbureau.upmc.com/MediaKits/Polio50thAnniversaryMain.htm ....Insomnia, falls in elderly linked
...ation about nursing home residents. They were made available by the Michigan Department of Community Health. "We are excited to continue to find valuable lessons in these data, primarily collected for care planning purposes but now usable for understanding ways to improve the care in our nation's nursing home...Bacterial infection associated with heart attack in young men
...pril 15 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases, now available online. C. pneumoniae is a relative of the more familiar bacterium that causes the sexually transmitted disease known commonly as chlamydia. The pneumoniae species, though, leads instead to respiratory problems such as pneumonia, bronchitis, and sinu...ISHLT updates guidelines for heart and lung transplants
...fore because of their age and the therapies we had available in the past." Jonathan Orens, M.D., Medical Direct...r for heart and lung patients, so do the number of available organs. "Demand for donor lungs is much greater the criteria is much stricter, so fewer lungs are a...Study: Level I trauma centers boost head injury survival
...mance standards and level of resources immediately available than level I centers, and they are not required to have teaching and research programs. Despite an emphasis on regional and statewide trauma systems over the last decade nationally Oregon has had a trauma system since 1985; Washington's began five ...Post-traumatic stress disorder common among refugees in western countries
...e focusing on the larger and more rigorous surveys available there was substantial variability in the results of the studies. Dr Fazel states: "Our overall estimates will need to be used judiciously, in view of the fact that it is difficult to know whether the diverse refugee groups contributing to this analys...