Cincinnati surgeons report new treatment for often-fatal injury
...nimally invasive method for repairing a common and deadly form of aortic injury--an advance that could help reduce the number of deaths caused by auto accidents and major falls. The potentially life-saving technique is reported by Joseph Giglia, MD, interim director of UC's division of vascular surgery, and...Bird-flu vaccine works at high doses; Focus turns to ways to stretch vaccine supply
...sponse considered necessary to protect against the deadly illness, at a dose several times larger than the traditional flu shot and in slightly more than half of people who received the largest dose, scientists said in results to appear March 30 in the New England Journal of Medicine. The results are from t...UQ scholars win Fulbrights for nursing and cancer research
...y cancer of the oesophagus and melanomas, the most deadly form of skin cancer. He leaves in July for Seattle to work with global cancer experts at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre to better understand the causes of cancer of the oesophagus. He said he would test a theory that reflux and obesity ...Cedars-Sinai researchers discover treatment for deadly brain tumors and infections
...ne privilege in the brain to eradicate potentially deadly brain tumors such as glioblastoma multiforme and o... Of those tumors, almost 40 percent are either the deadly glioblastoma multiforme or anaplastic astrocytomas. Each year about 19,000 people in the United Stat...ASA announces 2006 Research Scholar Award winners
... of melanoma are on the rise and the disease is as deadly as it has ever been," commented Howard P. Milstein, Chairman of the American Skin Association. "The research supported by the ASA can lead to breakthrough treatments for melanoma and other serious skin disorders." The $50,000 awards were presented t...Defective immune system response to smallpox vaccine detailed in new study
...ucing the risk of eczema vaccinatum, a potentially deadly complication of smallpox vaccination. Eczema vaccinatum occurs almost exclusively in people who have a history of atopic dermatitis, a common, non-contagious skin disorder also known as eczema. "This new research, the first to be published by Atopic ...WHAT: The recent spread of deadly H5N1 influenza A virus among birds in Asia, Europe... other pandemic influenza A viruses, including the deadly 1918 virus. Further, they discuss a potential route whereby H5N1 might mutate and acquire human spec......ting that to a silent, progressive and potentially deadly disease." Smith also offers another caution about the findings. "People get heart disease for lots of reasons," he says. "If someone said, 'What's the most important thing I can do to protect my heart health?' my first answers would be, 'Don't sm...Newly discovered killer cell fights cancer
...intelligence and law enforcement agencies can face deadly threats together instead of separately, this one c...NK) cell. As its name implies, NK cells deliver a deadly blow by poking holes in the invader's outer membrane. Then, NK cells secrete molecules that reach o...Coping with crisis on campus: Conference will focus on college mental health issues after disasters
...ist attacks on New York City, dormitory fires, the deadly collapse of a homecoming weekend bonfire, and a rash of suicides. It will also include experts from the U-M and other campuses who have particular expertise in disaster preparedness, post-crisis mental health counseling, and college mental health is...Pregnancy, not high-risk behavior, predictor of STD testing among newly homeless youth
...D can predispose one to becoming infected with the deadly virus that leads to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), said Dr. Rosa Solorio, assistant professor of family medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and the study's lead researcher. Some of these infections do not present sympt...Protein level predicts who will develop deadly complication after marrow transplant
...hich patients were likely to develop a serious and deadly complication, making them candidates for preventive treatment before any symptoms occur. Researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center measured the level of a protein called tumor necrosis factor, or TNF, seven days after pati...Counseling children about skin cancer important, but rarely done
...etween natural sun exposure and melanoma, the most deadly type of skin cancer. According to the American Cancer Society, melanoma accounts for about 4 percent of skin cancer cases, but causes 79 percent of skin cancer deaths. Some investigators have proposed that sun exposure during childhood has a greater ...UCI joins international effort to model influenza outbreaks
...t. This project involves simulating outbreaks of a deadly flu strain in different regions of the world and then evaluating the effects of various intervention measures, such as vaccination or school closures, on containing or slowing disease spread. Bush has published several groundbreaking papers on influ...Low-cost drug gaining favor for use in HIV-infected children in poor countries
...children to ward off common infections that can be deadly to a person whose immune system is weakened by HIV. Dr. Kate Grimwade, with the Heart of England National Health Service foundation trust in Birmingham, led the review of the drug and found "a significant mortality benefit." Grimwade's review appea...Invasive skin cancer a growing problem in Hispanics
...e rate of melanoma--an invasive form of an already deadly skin cancer--among California Hispanics. A new study published in the March 1, 2006 issue of CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, finds in contrast to non-Hispanic Caucasians, increases in melanoma in Hispanics have been co...Mice studies illustrate potential of chimp/human antibodies to protect against smallpox
...ination--and possibly may even protect against the deadly disease itself. The study, led by researchers with...against a potential bioterror attack involving the deadly smallpox virus," says NIH Director Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D. "It is imperative that we have effective ...NIAID media availability: Understanding influenza infection
... attention is focused on the recent outbreaks of a deadly avian influenza virus in Asia and southeastern Europe. Understanding how influenza viruses cause infection and how the human immune system attempts to fight off the invaders offers a basis for developing new influenza vaccines and treatments that cou...Researchers identify target for therapeutic drugs to fight most common adult brain cancer
...genes that play a major role in the development of deadly brain tumors, researchers said. The median survival of patients with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), a cancer of the supportive tissue of the brain, currently is about one year after diagnosis with the best treatments available, said Dr. Amyn Habib, a......erson in the western hemisphere has contracted the deadly form of the disease. And though "regular" flu is still a potent threat, expected to kill more than 35,000 people in the United States annually, your sick neighbor or colleague who probably doesn't have the flu is a sniffling, sneezing, wheezing, whin...