ASGE Foundation to hold first Crystal Awards Dinner
...ons related to GI endoscopy techniques. The videos demonstrate accepted techniques or show difficult cases, complications or innovations within the field of endoscopy and are showcased at the ASGE Video Forum at DDW. Career Development Awards Neena Abraham, MD, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston Gavin Harewo...OHSU study finds ginkgo beneficial for MS symptoms
...cognitive problems." Lovera said the study results demonstrate that ginkgo shouldn't be discounted for treating MS, but its safety and efficacy must be tested in much larger clinical trials before doctors should recommend it to their patients. "The study suggests that for cognitive problems, it may only help a c...New prostate cancer studies look at hormone and protein connection
...drogen is no longer needed. Clinical observations demonstrate clearly that 50 percent of advanced prostate cancers have no PTEN. It is believed that the loss of PTEN removes a crucial protection, which facilitates prostate cancer progression into the androgen-independent stage. Sujata Persad, assistant professo...Officials simulate bioterrorist attack to test APL-developed disease surveillance
...pplied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Md., to demonstrate the utility of the National Capital Region (NCR) Disease Surveillance Network. Concerns about the potential for a large-scale bio-terrorist attack or an outbreak of an infectious disease have prompted a growing number of jurisdictions across the nati...CONRAD receives $24 million from Gates Foundation and USAID for HIV microbicide trials
...he researchers hope that the completed trials will demonstrate a significant decrease -- at least 50% -- in HIV incidence among CS users compared to placebo users, and a measurable reduction in incidence of gonorrhea and chlamydia. A 50% decrease would be an enormous step towards reducing new infections and c...NIST fire analysis tools featured in online training
...es based on actual fire incidents also are used to demonstrate the capabilities and limitations of fire modeling. The program describes data that must be collected at the fire site to improve computer simulation results, an overview of the uncertainties in the models, and methods for evaluating model results. A...Scientists report strong evidence of alterations in blood samples of children with autism
...been fully evaluated. But initial findings clearly demonstrate differences in the immune system, as well as proteins and other metabolites in children with autism: The antibody producing B cells are increased by 20 percent in the autism group Natural killer cells are increased by 40 percent More than 100 p...Children with autism have distinctly different immune system reactions compared to typical children
...e NIEHS Center for Children's Environmental Health demonstrate that children with autism have different immune system responses than children who do not have the disorder. This is important evidence that autism, currently defined primarily by distinct behaviors, may potentially be defined by distinct biologic ch...Saving virtual lives with nanobots goal of UH-led project
...tegories and is designed to recognize students who demonstrate excellence in a diverse range of technical and artistic pursuits. According to Microsoft, entries are expected to address the competition theme to "imagine a world where technology dissolves the boundaries between us." Out of about 2,000 particip...Black children more likely to die from traumatic injury than white children
...aches his early teens," Groner said. "Our findings demonstrate that parents, school officials and mental health professionals need to be aware of the potential for suicide in pre-teen children." Part of the reason why black children may be more susceptible to serious injury is due to their environment, Groner sa...PENN researchers use robotic surgery
... the most comprehensive and largest to date that demonstrate the effective use of the daVinci Surgical Robotic System to perform Trans-Oral Robotic Surgery (TORS) which greatly reduces surgical trauma for patients. Their initial findings will be presented Monday, May 16th at 11:45 a.m., at the combined annual ...Mayo Clinic researchers use pharmacogenetic test prior to chemotherapy to reduce toxic side effects
...ombined with irinotecan. Our study is the first to demonstrate that when you give these drugs in combination, a patient's individual genetic makeup affects the tolerable dose." The Next Step Having met the goal of using the genetic test to dose patients, Mayo Clinic researchers will test this combination thera...Integrated chemical-dependency and mental-health treatment best for adolescents
...ed, "these high levels of psychiatric symptomology demonstrate a need for psychiatric services." The results also show that adolescents receiving psychiatric services were more likely to be abstinent from both alcohol and drugs than those not receiving those services. "This is one of the few studies that expli...An alternative to prevent UC-associated colon cancer
...a growing body of cost-effectiveness analyses that demonstrate a common principle: effective prevention with medicines is cost-effective compared to surveillance followed by just-in-time interventions, such as surgery." Statins were originally developed to lower cholesterol, but also have been found to induce th...Vitamin D, taxotere combination promising for advanced prostate cancer
...advanced prostate cancer," Beer said. "Our results demonstrate that DN-101 has the potential to improve outcomes for patients and that moving forward with development of the drug is the right thing to do." Overall survival was the secondary endpoint of ASCENT. The study's primary endpoint was a 50 percent or...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for May 2005 (second issue)
...dicted based on two noninvasive markers that could demonstrate lower inflammation levels in the airways. The two markers used and their key indicator levels were: exhaled nitric oxide levels below 22 parts per billion (ppb) and an absence of eosinophils (a type of white blood cell) in induced sputum. According ...Aspirin use may protect against colon cancer recurrence, reduce risk of death
...intestinal polyps, the new study is the largest to demonstrate that aspirin had a potential treatment benefit in people who have been diagnosed with colon cancer. Charles Fuchs, MD, MPH, of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, is lead author on the report by researchers from the Cancer and Leukemia Group ...Leading patient safety advocates assess progress in reducing medical error
... plan level and a paucity of definable measures to demonstrate that improvement is being achieved. Some of the notable highlights of clinical effectiveness of safe practices that have been implemented in individual hospitals since the IOM report: Computerized physician prescribing decreased medical errors by 80...Exercise reduces risk of recurrence and death in early stage colon cancer patients
...ng colon cancer, the new findings are the first to demonstrate a benefit for patients who already have the disease. "There is a growing body of evidence that there are things you can do in addition to chemotherapy for colon cancer survivors to reduce the likelihood that the disease will recur," says Meyerhardt. ......fect human breast milk. This is the first study to demonstrate a genetic effect on human lactation." The results were presented today at Digestive Disease Week 2005 in Chicago, Ill. The research study looked at how much of an omega-3 fat called docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) gets from a mother's diet into her brea...