Adolescent health ill-catered for in the NHS
...roperly skilled to address their health needs. The exclusive focus on one issue or target - such as teenage pregnancy - misses the other influencing factors in adolescent behaviours, so approaches must be developed which cross education, social services and the justice system. At the age of 14-15 adolescents s...Newborn's first week may be critical period for developing obesity in adulthood
...ormula, Dr. Stettler says, it may be relevant that exclusive breastfeeding during early infancy is known to be ... the American Association of Pediatrics recommends exclusive breastfeeding during a baby's first six months of life," says Dr. Stettler. "Although we cannot yet ...Exclusive breastfeeding reduces risk of mother-to-child HIV transmission
...arare (Zimbabwe) City Health Department found that exclusive breastfeeding substantially reduces the transmissi...l infants were breast fed, but were categorized as exclusive (breast milk only), predominant (breast milk and non-milk liquids) or mixed (breast milk and animal ...Timing of introduction of gluten into infant's diet associated with appearance of celiac disease
...en will it be possible to know the true effect of exclusive vs. partial breastfeeding, gluten amount vs. gluten timing, and infant cereal vs. follow-up infant formula on celiac disease risk and presentation," Dr. Farrell writes. (JAMA. 2005;293:2410-2412. Available post-embargo at JAMA.com )...As morphine turns 200, drug that blocks its side effects reveals new secrets
...icals of Tarrytown, NY, sub-licensed the worldwide exclusive rights to develop MNTX from UR Labs. One phase 3 trial of MNTX for treatment of opioid-induced constipation in patients with advanced medical illness has been completed and results from a second trial were reported May 17 at the American Society of ...Breastfeeding as good for children's blood pressure as exercise and salt restriction
...of the impact and the strong effect of duration of exclusive breastfeeding led the authors to conclude that breastfeeding is directly related to lower systolic blood pressure. "The magnitude of the effect we found with blood pressure is comparable to the published effects of salt restriction and physical activ...New memory drug works best in combination with older remedy
...egis Pharmaceuticals Inc., which holds a worldwide exclusive license granted by the drug's developer. Gallagher, a Krieger-Eisenhower Professor and the chair of the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences in the university's Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, said these studies did not address...Promising new TB drug enters clinical trial
...hting abilities. In 2002, the TB Alliance acquired exclusive worldwide rights to PA-824 from the California-based biotechnology firm, Chiron Corporation. NIAID provided support to the TB Alliance for continued development of PA-824 through the Institute's Tuberculosis Antimicrobial Acquisition and Coordinating...New model may better predict outcomes for children with autism and autistic spectrum disorders
...gh they are traditionally classified into mutually exclusive diagnostic boxes, they tend to blend into each other, and this model provides a way to look continuously at ASD, as the symptoms occur and develop along the autistic spectrum, and as the symptoms change over time." Some children have severe autistic ...Therapeutic vaccine for ovarian cancer in clinical trials
...arian cancer trial to completion. Prima has an exclusive worldwide license to mucin-1 from Biomira for use in its dendritic cell therapy for the treatment of cancer. Biomira has an option to secure commercialisation rights for the technology worldwide except for Australia and New Zealand, for which Prima h...Molecular Profiling Institute secures $7.5 million in Series B funding
...ng the testing offered, Molecular Profiling has an exclusive license to provide the MammaPrint 70 gene breast cancer prognostic in the United States and also provides tissue banking and analysis services for a number of pharmaceutical organizations. Molecular Profiling's advanced tests are provided principall...Compound from marine bacteria shows potential as multiple myeloma therapy
...laboratory tests. Nereus Pharmaceuticals holds an exclusive license to the compound for drug development. Experiments with NPI-0052 began at Dana-Farber in 2003, said Dharminder Chauhan, PhD, lead author of the paper along with Laurence Catley, PhD. When added to cells from patients whose disease was resist...Study finds significant reduction in respiratory illnesses in babies breastfed six months vs. four
...y said. Previous research by others has shown that exclusive breastfeeding for six months also provides greater protection against gastrointestinal infections, she added. The current findings appear in the February 2006 issue of Pediatrics. They were first reported in 2002 at a joint meeting of the Pediatric A...Mayo Clinic researchers challenge sepsis theory
...lecules can stimulate receptors once thought to be exclusive for the bacterial poisons (endotoxins). Once stimulated, the receptors (toll-like receptors) set the sepsis cycle into motion. "This finding was very exciting," notes Dr. Platt. "It explained how the sepsis syndrome can occur when there isn't an infe...Sound nutrition for children is an unmet human right
...nancy and children under the age of two, promoting exclusive breastfeeding as a means of improving nutrition, addressing the problem of iron deficiency anemia, preventing obesity, and resolving malnutrition in the countries most at need where capacity is weakest and funding is negligible. "We need to ensure th......coarthrosis and sciaticas. The treatment uses an exclusive system for the decompression of the intervertebral discs and the vertebral articulations, thus enabling the introduction of the herniated disc apart from separating the vertebrae to improve their functioning and to produce a stretching of the contact...Conference calls for global approach to risk management in medicines, food, environment
...mmunication. Meeting size will be limited for this exclusive event, promoting individual contact and informal discussion....Medical journals should ban drug adverts, say researchers
...medical devices, medical journals have accepted an exclusive and dependent relationship with pharmaceutical companies," says a team of researchers in an investigation published in PLoS Medicine. Adriane Fugh-Berman and colleagues (Georgetown University School of Medicine) examined advertising in nine multi-sp...New technology detects risks of drugs to heart sooner
...MC) and iCardiac Technologies, Inc. have signed an exclusive agreement to commercialize software developed by biomedical engineer Jean-Philippe Couderc, Ph.D., that provides a more accurate and reliable method to analyze data from electrocardiograms (ECG) and other types of heart monitors to determine whether ...Stevens in agreement with Competitive Technologies to commercialize Stevens' IP worldwide
...of Technology today announced that it hassigned an exclusive service and representation agreement with CompetitiveTechnologies, Inc. (AMEX: CTT) to commercialize some of Stevens'intellectual property on a worldwide basis. Dr. Helena S. Wisniewski, Vice President, University Research and Enterprise Developme...