Australians support mandatory fitness testing to combat childhood obesity
... future, up 4% on last year's poll. This support extended to a strong endorsement of the 2006 Federal Budget commitment of substantial new funding for health and medical research. Eighty one per cent of Australians approved of the increased funding from $430 million this year to $718 million by 2009-2010 ...'Clumping' protein linked to return of ovarian cancer
...uide doctors and patients to greater vigilance and extended therapy," said Ie-Ming Shih, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of pathology at Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center. The research also suggests that drugs capable of blocking NAC-1 activity may be a useful strategy in preventing and treating recurrence...Doctors' extended duration work shifts are associated with medical errors and adverse events
...ostgraduate year (interns) has showed that working extended shifts is associated with increased reporting by t...error compared with months in which they worked no extended hours. The rate increased to more than -seven-fold higher in months in which more than five extended...Treatment discovered for deadly childhood disease
... "This form of enzyme replacement therapy markedly extended survival and improved respiratory performance in these children, with a majority of them showing normal growth and substantial gains in motor development," said Kishnani. "rhGAA is safe and the only effective treatment for Pompe disease; it is life s...Fresh use of targeted therapy advances treatment of early HER2-positive breast cancer
...ab reduced tumor size by more than 50 percent, and extended survival, according to investigators who conducted these clinical studies. The best response to trastuzumab was seen in patients with the highest levels of HER2 protein in their tumors, proving the therapy was truly zeroing in on the right molecular ...Quality care assessment examines surgical quality for colorectal cancer patients
...ifornia in Los Angeles, and colleagues updated and extended the NCI-sponsored guidelines. Using a modification of the RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Methodology, which assesses indicators of care using a series of ratings by a panel of experts, they conducted interviews with leading specialists in colorectal cance...Boston Celtics fund first teen vaccination delivery program in the country
... structures are effective for engaging youth in an extended vaccination program, creating a model that will eventually allow for delivery of an HIV vaccine once one becomes available. For more than ten years, The Miriam Hospital has been one of the 30 sites in the world that is researching and testing HI...Hospital costs for children with flu may be higher than thought
...e," said Dr. Keren. "Since that time, the ACIP has extended the recommended age from age two to age five. Our findings support the ACIP's recommendations by strengthening the economic case for vaccinating children against influenza. This economic case is even more compelling for children with high-risk condit...FDA approves prescription Zaditor for over-the-counter relief from itchy eyes
...within minutes Mast cell stabilizer that provides extended relief for up to 12 hours Prevents the release of chemical mediators to stop the late phase allergic reaction Histamines, a chemical made by the body during an allergic reaction, are a primary cause of itchy eyes. Unlike most OTC drops, Zaditor ...EMEA and FDA extend drug-label based on results of the EORTC 24971 trial
...o identify a neoadjuvant chemotherapy regimen that extended life for patients with inoperable head and neck cancer; so a European approval may offer physicians another treatment option to manage this disease." "This label extension once again exemplifies nicely how the pharmaceutical industry and academic cli...Small but substantial proportion of surgeons interested in part-time training
...ach to training (i.e., part-time, reduced hours or extended periods of time off) is an option to allow them to integrate other professional and family interests," the authors write. Because about half of medical school graduates are now women, who comprise only 24 percent of general surgery residents, the fi...High-energy clamp simplifies heart surgery for atrial fibrillation
...uce the potential for stroke or organ failure with extended use. "We've made the first big step: we've taken a very complicated operation and made it simpler. We've tremendously decreased morbidity and virtually eliminated mortality," Damiano says. "Now we are aggressively working on a device that would all...New data reinforce safety profile of ENBREL (etanercept)
...erall safety profile of ENBREL did not change with extended dosing for up to 2.5 years.1,2 No cases of demyelinating diseases, tuberculosis, opportunistic infections or lymphoma were reported in the study.1,2 These findings reinforce the conclusions of an earlier 96-week study of ENBREL 50 mg twice weekly i...Experimental ragweed therapy offers allergy sufferers longer relief with fewer shots
...munotherapy that reduces allergic symptoms over an extended period of time will significantly improve the qual...eriod. The large number of injections over such an extended period of time often results in many people not completing the treatment. In the study detailed in ...Researchers seek to design first treatment for neuroAIDS
...he current, standard combination of treatments has extended the lives of most U.S. AIDS patients, but has not cured neuroAIDS, despite early reports to the contrary. Antiviral combinations only slow the onset of HIV-related nerve damage that is becoming more common the longer HIV patients live. Where patient...$36.4 billion a year: Cost of HIV/AIDS highlights racial and ethnic disparities
... may be high, these costs are eventually offset by extended productivity. The research shows that differences in medical care result in dissimilar costs -- both direct and indirect -- among different racial and ethnic groups. The study is published on-line in the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndro...'Meth mouth' can leave users toothless
...nated beverages, tooth grinding and clenching, and extended periods of poor oral hygiene." "Very few people understand the broad dangers methamphetamine poses to the public health of our communities in addition to meth users themselves," says Stephen Pasierb, president and CEO, The Partnership for a Drug-Fre...Road wends its way through stomach
...exited the stomach in 10 minutes. The Magenstrasse extended all the way from the stomach's exit up to the top of the stomach's fundus. Material that entered the stomach off this Magenstrasse could remain in the stomach a long time, even hours in the real stomach. "This discovery might explain observed high v...Violence in the home leads to higher rates of childhood bullying
...ing able to make friends, not eating or those with extended school absences. But not all bullies come from violent families," she said. Herrenkohl said the study illustrates the importance of looking at how family events affect children over time and the power of the intergenerational transmission of violen...Progression of diabetic retinopathy among African-Americans with diabetes
...evels, which measure blood glucose control over an extended period. Patients were classified at baseline by level of diabetic retinopathy, as having none (196 patients, 40.6 percent), mild (169 patients, 35 percent) or moderate to severe (118 patients, 24.4 percent). Over the six-year period, 72.3 percent of...