Big companies should provide HIV treatment to employees
...d Editorial highlights the role of business in the battle against HIV/AIDS. The Lancet comments: "HIV/AIDS has been with us for 25 years now. We know that people who live with the virus can control it and enjoy productive and fruitful lives. Business leaders need to realise that their responsibilities run d...Focus on weight undermines motivation for healthy lifestyle changes among people of all sizes
...n of thinness and stigmatization of obesity in the battle of the bulge." The study used data from the 200203 Los Angeles County Health Survey, a random telephone survey conducted by the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services. Of 14,154 eligible adults contacted, 8,167 completed interviews, or 58 ...Penn researchers examine the effects of meditation on early cognitive impairment
...n which enables the brain to strengthen itself and battle the unknown processes working to weaken it. We want to keep the mind sharp and work that muscle," Newberg adds. "We might see improvements in baseline activity levels in the brain and these patients might be able to activate their brain in a more rob...Stanford snake venom study shows that certain cells may eliminate poison
...ith the venom," said Galli. But Galli called the battle between predators with venom and their prey "a kind of evolutionary arms race." He and Metz suspect that, given the broad range of venoms that have been developed by snakes and other creatures, mast cells probably won't perform as well against every ...On World NO Tobacco Day the ESC urges governments to spread smoking bans & tax tobacco
... smoking, as illustrated by the tobacco companies' battle to retain their customers. On World No Tobacco Day, the European Society of Cardiology would like to urge government officials to protect their citizens by implementing comprehensive smoking bans and imposing high taxes on tobacco products. "One of...RNA interference stops colon cancer spread in mice
... researchers have scored a dramatic success in the battle against colorectal cancer. The scientists were the first to use what are known as "small interfering RNAs" to block the spread of human colorectal cancer cells implanted in laboratory mice. Small interfering RNAs (siRNAs), first described in 2001, ar...M. D. Anderson: Setting the benchmark in brain tumor treatment
...truments. "It's another great tool to use in our battle against brain tumors," says neurosurgeon Jeffrey Weinberg, M.D. All of this technology is expected to help surgeons home in on the tumor while avoiding critical brain structures, thus reducing the kinds of neurological deficits that lead to i...H5N1 threat puts human flu back in spotlight
... breakthroughs in understanding the details of the battle between the immune system and influenza A viruses hold the promise of better therapies and vaccines. "A key challenge to immunologists is learning how to exploit the exquisite sensitivity of CD8+ cells to different targets on H5N1 and other flu virus...JK Rowling and the MS Society Scotland fund a new MS Research Centre
...an extremely exciting step forward in the on-going battle to try to unlock the mysteries of MS and which wil...otland where it should be at the forefront of the battle against MS. The Centre is the biggest single investment in research ever made by the Society anywher...Real battle over mental health law about to begin
...ntal health legislation is not a victory the real battle is about to begin, warns a senior doctor in this w... the seven year phoney war. The real parliamentary battle is about to begin," he concludes....HIV infection rates down one-third in south India, University of Toronto study
...autions that while the findings are good news, the battle is far from over. "HIV remains a huge problem in India and we have to remain vigilant," he says. "We're not saying the epidemic is under control yet -- we are saying that prevention efforts with high-risk groups thus far seem to be having an effect."...Clinton Foundation, Yale and Ethiopian Ministry of Health forge partnership
...se to an effort that can advance significantly the battle against AIDS in Ethiopia." "The agreement with the Clinton Foundation is unique because it includes capacity building of the health care system which is very crucial as indicated in the country's strategic plan for health care," said Adhanom Ghebeys...Study finds dentists in research network do not discriminate
... the hygienist, but when the hygienist and dentist battle dental disease together, the patient wins. One of the nine studies found that a prevention procedure was performed in 78.1% of the hygienist visits compared to 14.4% of the dentist visits and prevention counseling was done in 87.7% of hygiene visits ...Depression, anxiety in girls linked to higher body mass index in women
...sion in girls and women may be one strategy in the battle against obesity, the authors conclude. "Our results suggest that efforts to improve mental health in populations may also help prevent female obesity; consideration of the potential for psychological antecedents and correlates of obesity could impro...Children in the South face higher health risks
... in the South are up to three times more likely to battle poor health and its consequences - including obesity, teen pregnancy and death - than those in all other regions of the United States, even if they receive the same medical care, a new University of Florida study reveals. "Hurricane Katrina gave the ...Rutgers College of Nursing hosts end-of-life conference
... Quinlan, mother of Karen Ann Quinlan, whose legal battle to remove her daughter from a respirator changed the use of life-support for the dying, will speak at the first annual conference of the New Jersey End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium hosted by the College of Nursing Center for Professional Deve...Australian of the Year award to Ian Frazer salutes important win in the war against cancer
...ures', evidence suggests that if we are to win the battle against cancer, it will be through a wide range of prevention, detection and treatment measures that target its many varied and complex forms," she said. "By developing a vaccine against a cancer that claims so many lives, many of them women in devel...Patient safety monitoring at Hopkins Hospital finds law of unintended consequences at work
...Guarding against bloodstream infections is a daily battle in the hospital environment because patients are unusually susceptible to catching something hazardous, many are weak from their own illness with limited immune defenses, and they are also at increased exposure to other sick peoples' germs," says Mar...New studies identify advances in treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia
...LANTA, December 10, 2005) Offering promise in the battle against cancer, the results from five studies highlighting new advances in the treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) a slow-progressing, malignant bone marrow cancer will be presented at the 47th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hema...Hormone aldosterone is promising target for stroke treatment
... damage is emerging as a therapeutic target in the battle against these brain attacks, researchers say. "It costs about $56 billion a year to look after stroke patients, never mind the quality-of-life issues for these patients," says Dr. Anne M. Dorrance, Medical College of Georgia physiologist and senior a...