Practice makes deadly perfection, FSU suicide researcher says
...th, but together they produce a desire that can be deadly when combined with the acquired ability to enact self-injury. So how does one overcome the natural instinct for self-preservation? In a word: Practice. In Joiner's theory, suicide victims literally "work up" to the act by getting used to danger, fear...Patient safety monitoring at Hopkins Hospital finds law of unintended consequences at work
...n April 2004 coincided with a spike in potentially deadly bloodstream infections picked up by patients in the hospital's pediatric intensive care unit, or PICU, and other intensive care units. Once the increased rate was confirmed, Hopkins experts launched an investigation that identified an intravenous c...Jefferson researchers building a better rabies vaccine
...lteration was enough to turn a "safe" virus into a deadly version, making the virus unusable for vaccination. Wildlife rabies is a substantial health problem in the United States. It is particularly prevalent along the East Coast, where more than 90 percent of reported cases occur in wildlife. Raccoons are ...Radiotherapy advance points way to noninvasive brain cancer treatment
...y has potential for saving lives." Because of the deadly nature of GBM, De Stasio says an alternative is desperately needed to current therapies that offer little promise for extending life. De Stasio says it will be a year before it is known whether the treatment works in animal models, and likely another...Melanoma risk only partially associated vith exposure to UVB from sunlight
...und that the risk of developing melanoma, the most deadly form of skin cancer, is only partially associated with exposure to ultraviolet B (UVB) radiation, the rays in sunlight that increase in summer and cause sunburn. The report in the Dec. 21 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute also ind...White women with skin cancer history more likely to develop melanoma
...ysical examination. Melanoma is all too often a deadly disease because it is very difficult to treat once...ular skin checkups to reduce the incidence of this deadly skin cancer must focus on those at high risk," Rosenberg said. "Diagnosing melanoma early is critic...More funding needed to fight Australia's biggest killer
...or heart research groups to unite in fighting this deadly disease. "The ACBN would have brought together major medical research groups including the VCCRI and St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, the Baker Heart Research Institute and St. Vincent's Institute in Melbourne, the University of Queensland, the Trans-...Institute for OneWorld Health receives multimillion dollar grant
... are energized about the prospect of controlling a deadly disease in India and beyond." "The development of this new drug is a terrific global health success story. By developing a low-cost, off-patent drug for a neglected disease, OneWorld Health and its partners have given the world a more effective cure...Dendritic cells offer new therapeutic target for drugs to treat MS and other autoimmune disease
... Center have found that a gene pathway linked to a deadly form of leukemia may provide a new way to treat autoimmune diseases, including multiple sclerosis. Their tests in cell cultures and mice suggest that blocking the pathway by interfering with a blood cell growth gene, known as FLT3, targets an immune ...Radiation treatment prolonged liver cancer patients' lives, U-M study finds
...starts in the liver, is among the most serious and deadly types of cancer. Typically, it's not discovered until an advanced stage because it causes few distinct symptoms. About 17,500 people are expected to be diagnosed with primary liver cancer or bile duct cancer this year, and 15,420 will die from it, ac...Study shows people unaware of harmful effects of painkillers
... to ulcers, hemorrhage, and severe and potentially deadly gastrointestinal problems. Each year, the side effects of long-term NSAID use cause nearly 103,000 hospitalizations and 16,500 deaths by some estimates. In 2003, the AGA launched the R.E.D.U.C.E. (Risk Education to Decrease Ulcer Complications and...ANA encourages nurses and health care workers to get vaccinated against flu
... nurses polled who are aware that influenza can be deadly underestimate the number of deaths that occur as a result of the disease each year, which is an average of 36,000. "ANA is deeply committed to protecting nurses, their patients and their families against influenza," continued Blakeney. "In fact, we ...Aspirin reduces stroke risk in women, not men
...s within the brain burst, leading to a potentially deadly buildup of blood within the brain. For his analysis on the effects of gender on aspirin's ability to prevent stroke, Berger combined the data from six different randomized clinical trials, including the WHS, which yielded a total of 95,456 patients, ...Cord blood cells may widen treatment window for stroke
...iotechnology company developing cell therapies for deadly and debilitating disorders. Dr. Sanberg is a cofounder of Saneron CCEL, and Dr. Willing is a consultant....New RSV treatment for at-risk infants under study
...fections are common. But a single infection can be deadly in a vulnerable baby, Dr. Bhatia says. Study targets include babies six months and younger born five or more weeks premature and babies with chronic lung disease often a result of premature birth under age 2, says Joan Holloway, study coordinator....Tuberculosis still a risk for patients receiving HIV drugs
...ear," Dr. Girardi said. Since TB is a potentially deadly opportunistic infection for patients with HIV, doctors need to be aware of the risk and take certain precautionary measures. "HIV-infected patients, even when treated with HAART, remain at increased risk of developing tuberculosis," Dr. Girardi said....... analysis: the case of drotrecogin, a drug for the deadly bloodstream infection sepsis. When the drug (which cost more than $10,000 per patient at the time) was originally studied, the researchers collected information about the patients that could be entered in a computer model to calculate their chance of...Bird flu virus triggers worse inflammation in human lung cells than human flu viruses
...e of the reasons why the bird flu virus H5N1 is so deadly to humans. A study published today in the open access journal Respiratory Research reveals that, in human cells, the virus can trigger levels of inflammatory proteins more than 10 times higher than the common human flu virus H1N1. This might contribu...Research finds cigarette manufacturers target youth market with candy flavored cigarette brands
...psicle, misleading millions of youngsters to try a deadly product. Adding candy flavors to a toxic product (cigarettes) isn't any different than adding sugar to contaminated meat a century ago. The only difference is that today one is regulated by the FDA and the other is not." Dr. Cheryl Healton, president...Nine percent of children may outgrow their tree nut allergies
...ger need to worry about this otherwise potentially deadly allergy....