BioMed Central Journals join Medscape Publishers' Circle
...vailable free to registered users of Medscape. The collection includes a broad range of full-text material from prominent publishers including clinical journals, clinical reference books, professional periodicals, newsletters, searchable databases and self-tests. BioMed Central Publisher Matthew Cockerill we...Standard developed for collection of suspicious powders
...c and confirmatory analysis. The national sample collection procedure was developed and approved by AOAC INTER...owed by emergency responders for suspicious powder collection in order to reduce exposure risks, reduce the variability associated with sample handling and analys...New CD-ROM distills HIV/AIDS information for developing world
...ters from the HIV InSite Knowledge Base, an online collection of comprehensive, in-depth HIV information that is widely respected as one of the most authoritative sources of HIV information in the world. "We have chosen the chapters that are most broadly applicable to HIV care in a variety of settings around ...Digital surgery with touch feedback could improve medical training
...ld (PAFF) approach, which models human tissue as a collection of particles with distinct, overlapping zones of influence that produce coordinated, elastic movements. A single point in space models each spot, while its relationship to nearby points is determined by the equations of physics. The localized points ...Experts review current and future approaches to dementia diagnosis
...ers, physicians, patients and their families. This collection of articles summarizes the state-of-the-art in dementia diagnosis and points the way to a future where we might diagnose and even treat Alzheimer's disease and other dementias before classic memory symptoms are evident. This would represent a major ...Exposure to PCBs may reduce the effectiveness of vaccines in children
...n who were examined and the time intervals between collection of blood samples. PCB is present in fatty fish worldwide and is known from laboratory studies to affect the development of the immune system. The evidence that PCB exposure may have adverse effects on the immune function in children therefore suggest...Elsevier and UCLA announce the publication of Carranza's Clinical Periodontology
...s that bring procedures to life Electronic image collection Links to PubMed and other websites Access to dental drug monographs Case studies and a first time ever Legal Corner offering information on ethics and jurisprudence as it relates to Periodontics "The E-dition of Carranza's Clinical Periodont...EMCare now available via Dialog and Datastar
...d, "We are very pleased that EMCare is joining the collection of healthcare databases hosted on Thomson Scientific's Dialog and DataStar platforms. EMCare is competitively priced and designed as an affordable alternative to other allied healthcare and nursing databases. Its availability on these services will e...Pall system to detect blood bacteria given CE mark
... to ensure that red cells derived from whole blood collection are also free from contaminating bacteria. As some nations urge greater use of autologous red blood cells (a person's own pre-donated blood) for transfusion, especially for non-emergency surgical patients, concerns about the safety of this blood...Methamphetamine use restricts fetal growth, study finds
... develop type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome, a collection of heart attack risk factors such as high blood pressure and obesity. "We're also very concerned about the developmental implications," said Lester, a professor of pediatrics and psychiatry and human behavior and director of the Brown Center for th...Predicting an answer to the threat of flooding
... well as their shapes. Recent developments in data collection using airborne mapping systems, such as LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging), have significantly reduced the cost of collecting information of this kind. This unprecedented combination of cutting-edge computer modeling capability and up-to-date inf...Upgrading donor lung quality to improve availability
...apsed or the presence of pulmonary edema (abnormal collection of fluid in the lung). During the program, certain donor organs previously classified as poor were subjected to specialized clinical maneuvers to improve lung quality. These procedures included bronchoscopic airway clearing of secretions, new mechan...Bioethics program in predictive health established at Indiana University
...nd IPCHP are large-scale projects that involve the collection and use of personal information -- from genetic information to medical records -- to better understand the processes involved in the development and progression of human diseases. The ultimate goal of these projects is to prevent or at least delay th...Doctors must debate hospital closures
... threatened local hospitals, but little systematic collection of evidence to inform decision making, he says. Instead the process has been driven largely by financial pressures, by the European Working Time Directive and its effects on junior doctors' staffing, and recommendations from the royal colleges. Inev...The Starr Foundation launches multi-institutional cancer consortium
... animals, and a strong clinical operation and vast collection of cancer specimens that offer a crucial resource for studying cancer in humans. "The opening years of the 21st century have brought dramatic advances in understanding cancer and in putting new discoveries to work for the people who need it most," s...Overweight children at increased risk for adult cardiovascular diseases
...lt childhood obesity conditions. "Together, this collection of articles demonstrates that morbidity from diseases traditionally thought to have expression in middle to late adulthood can now be demonstrated in children and adolescents," adds Falkner. "An ideal outcome will be prevention of childhood obesity."...Drug prevents postpartum hemorrhage in resource poor settings
...e researchers developed a calibrated plastic blood collection drape that measures blood loss. The drape was placed underneath the reclining woman after she had given birth. Women who volunteered to participate were randomized early in labor to receive either 600 micrograms of misoprostol or an identical looki...Newsbriefs from the journal Chest: October 2006
...roup). Clinical evaluation, spirometry, and serum collection were then performed for 3 to 4 weeks following immunization. In this double-blind study, subjects with influenza-caused illness (LDI) were compared with those who had non-LDI respiratory illness or no illness. Subjects were evaluated when they experi...Drug prescribed for migraines and seizures increases risk of kidney stones
...lack of ongoing kidney-stone surveillance and data collection for this drug, said Dr. Sakhaee, holder of the BeautiControl Cosmetics Inc. Professorship in Mineral Metabolism and Osteoporosis. "There is a legitimate concern for the occurrence of kidney stones with long-term topiramate treatment," said Dr. Sakha......e at risk of losing what little they have. A new collection of essays, Health Care Reform: Ethics and Politics (University of Rochester Press), questions the ethics of having so many citizens without basic health care--the middle aged who have lost their jobs and benefits, children of uninsured parents--and p...