Rockefeller University researchers are changing the face of drug addiction treatment
...." The National Institute of Drug Addiction (NIDA) developed the Clinical Trials Network to both test and publi... reinforce all of the steps along the way." "Scott developed the concept of a modified, practical but formal contingency management intervention within a communi...Study finds radiation therapy for prostate cancer nearly doubles risk for rectal cancer
...l of 30,552 men received radiation, of which 1,437 developed rectal cancer. Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in the United States this year more than 230,000 men will be told they have prostate cancer; about 4,300 of them will be Minnesotans. Radiation therapy for prostate cancer has been...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for April 2005 (first issue)
...ycin arm of the trial; however, soon many patients developed antibiotic resistant strains and little ultimate benefit came to those treated. The next big movement forward came with the introduction of a combination of drugs, including streptomycin, to prevent the emergence of drug-resistant Mycobacterium tube...Top anti-arthritis drugs cause skin disease
...9 with an ulcer. In total, 26% of the patients who developed a dermatological condition ceased their treatment due to the condition. "Dermatological conditions are a significant and clinically important problem in rheumatoid arthritis patients on TNF-alpha blocking therapy" conclude the authors. Dermatological...Angiogenesis factor may help tumors prepare the way for spread to lymph nodes
...atoshi Hirakawa, MD, PhD, the study's first author developed a strain of transgenic mice in which skin cells express a green fluorescent protein and also produce elevated levels of VEGF-A. The researchers then induced the development of benign and malignant skin tumors in both the transgenic mice and normal m...ACP guidelines to treat obesity cover diet, exercise, drugs and surgery
...althcare Research and Quality. The guidelines were developed by ACP's Clinical Efficacy Assessment Subcommittee and were passed by the ACP Board of Regents in October 2004....Sex hormones hold key to higher rates of abdominal aortic aneurysms in males
.... In addition, the females given male sex hormones developed more severe aneurysms compared to placebo treated female mice. The goal of the laboratory now is to find the target of the male sex hormones that mediates these differences, in the hopes of developing drugs that can be used to lower incidence of the ...Six organizations vie for INFORMS 'science of better' innovation prize
..., state-of-the-art algorithms and modeling systems developed for estimating throughput performance, identifying...omplex, working with its parent Nanzan University, developed an educational planning system to cope with alarming national trends in higher education. In Japan, ......h advanced signal processing algorithms, specially developed by Marmarelis' group, to form the multi-band images. Different kinds of tissue allow slightly more, or slightly less of the pulse through -- the loss is called "attenuation," and varies according to the type of tissue, and the frequency of the pulse....Metabolic side effects of antipsychotics are known, but rarely monitored
...y of Georgia and MCG. While antipsychotics weren't developed with cognition in mind, the older ones, called typical antipsychotics, are known to further impede cognition while the newer atypicals are believed to improve it. Dr. Terry is principal investigator on a $1.1 million grant from the National Institut......the wounds that is then transmitted to a specially developed monitor. Dr. McAdams is also a director of Ulster...ll aspects of physiological measurement, and which developed the electrodes in the Impedimap system. Dr. McAdams says the system is unique and sees its initial s...Risk of HIV transmission highest in early stage of infection
...ng services, and novel biological interventions be developed specifically for persons with early HIV infection. "The challenge now," they said, "is to waste no time finding the most creative strategies to incorporate the results of this study into global HIV prevention efforts."...Vaccine against cervical cancer and genital warts shows promise
...are currently underway. Dr Villa comments: "In the developed world, full implementation of cervical-cancer screening has substantially shifted the burden of HPV infection from cervical cancer mortality to management of precancerous lesions. In these countries, in addition to further reduction in incidence of c...Salk's legacy, current and future challenges to vaccine development topic of briefing
...evelopment. Since that time, 12 vaccines have been developed that protect against disease. But scientific, cultural and socioeconomic challenges must be addressed in order to develop effective and safe vaccines for such viruses as HIV, avian flu and malaria, and for those unknown viruses that could easily sick...A possible new phase for rheumatoid arthritis treatment
...th very early arthritis. Patients who eventually developed persistent rheumatoid arthritis had a cytokine profile that was different from that seen in patients in the early phases of other arthritic diseases, and also from that in longstanding rheumatoid arthritis - suggesting a distinct pathological process...People can learn motor skills by watching
... Gribble of the University of Western Ontario have developed startling evidence that people can unconsciously learn complex motor behaviors by watching such performances. Their experiments indicate that subjects who watched a video depicting a person learning a motor skill would engage their neural systems for...Exposed: Tobacco companies efforts to influence industry privatisation
...ire a monopoly position, bolstered by excise rules developed by the company that would uniquely favour its products. Documents suggest that BAT attempted to gain favour in various ways including donating funds in aid of flood relief and providing Moldova with agricultural machinery. Despite hoping to establish...Post-traumatic stress disorder common among refugees in western countries
...nterviews with refugee populations in economically developed western countries published between January 1966 and December 2002. They found 20 eligible surveys that included data from 6743 adult refugees from seven countries (Australia, Canada, Italy, New Zealand, Norway, the UK and the USA). The combined anal...ACP releases 5th Edition of its respected ethics manual
... of the ACP ethics and human rights committee that developed the new manual. "Many aspects of medicine are fu...nt." The fifth revision of the Ethics Manual was developed by the ACP ethics and human rights committee over the course of two years. Sections were reviewed by...OHSU develops instant, computerized notification system to communicate patients' end-of-life wishes
...sicians at Oregon Health & Science University have developed a new system to alert clinicians of an OHSU patient's end-of-life wishes upon arrival at OHSU Hospital. The system is part of OHSU's secure electronic medical records database and provides clinicians with near-immediate information when a patient's d...