Reconstructive surgeon aims for rejection-free limb transplantation
...tolerance of the transplanted hindlimb, it greatly extended the time before the mice rejected the new limb. In one set of experiments, mice not given a costimulation blockade rejected their new limbs after about 10 days, whereas the muscles and bone of the transplanted limb in blockade-treated mice survived ...Wiley announces partnership with NASPGHAN and AASLD
...SLD and Wiley and appreciates the generous support extended to the training and educating of our next generation of pediatric gastroenterologists," said Philip M. Sherman, M.D., President of NASPGHAN....Overweight in early childhood increases chances for obesity at age 12
...n data collected during frequent intervals over an extended period of time, from age 2 through age 12, explained the study's principal investigator, Philip R. Nader, M.D., Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics at the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine. Dr. Nader added that the children who to...Combined therapies may boost immune response and long-term protection against brain tumors
...rectly into a malignant brain tumor. The result, extended length of survival, even after "rechallenge," is detailed in the Sept. 1 issue of the journal Cancer Research. Dendritic cell immunotherapy, pioneered at the Institute in the treatment of deadly, recurring brain tumors called gliomas, is one compone...Previously approved drugs may be helpful in fatal pediatric disorder
...eatments, though, a single dose 7 days after birth extended the average mouse lifespan from 78.8 days to 135.7 days, or 72 percent. After an extensive search for indications of how the experimental treatments might be working, scientists found increases in the activity of a gene regulated by PXR. Ory believe...AGD2006Denver: The only meeting for the entire dental team
...king opportunities at various social functions and extended and exclusive Exhibit Hall hours. The AGD is also offering: Dr. Jon Suzuki's "Contemporary Clinical Periodontics" lecture, which emphasizes the new trends and concepts in periodontal diagnosis and treatment planning. Dr. Karl Koerner's highly su...In-home sensors spot dementia signs in elderly
...inuously and discretely collect activity data over extended periods of time has given researchers a new, more accurate way of "identifying clinical changes that are difficult to get your arms around in the typically designed practice we have nowadays," said ORCATECH's director, Jeffrey Kaye, M.D., OHSU profes...Matrilin-3 gene discovered to prevent onset of osteoarthritis
...mbryonic development, mice developed premature and extended hypertrophy the phase when cells increase in size to form bone. Later in life, those mice had higher bone mineral density (BMD) and higher rates of osteoarthritis. In people, BMD is a hallmark of certain forms of osteoarthritis. Compared with mice...Studies indicate medication can be an effective therapy for smoking cessation
...dication periods is warranted." "In conclusion, extended use of varenicline helps recent ex-smokers to maintain their abstinence and prevent relapse. Varenicline is the first smoking cessation treatment to demonstrate a significant long-term relapse prevention effect," the authors write. (JAMA. 2006;296:64...JCI table of contents: July 3, 2006
...ses whether this encouraging result in mice can be extended to humans with the disease and comments that "an approach that generates 'therapeutic' platelets would be a welcome advance" for this patient population. TITLE: Factor VIII ectopically targeted to platelets is therapeutic in hemophilia A with high-ti...Commonly recommended sedative does not improve infant sleep
... article. Some parents let their children cry for extended periods at night--this method, known as crying out, is popular but controversial among parents and health care professionals. Another commonly used method is to give children medications--such as antihistamines, normally used to treat allergies--to ...Link between income and happiness is mainly an illusion
...t more money buys more happiness. Their experiment extended previous studies in which people have exhibited a "focusing illusion" when asked about certain factors contributing to their happiness -- attributing a greater importance to that factor once it has been brought to mind. For example, when people were ...New strategy more sensitive at detecting cervical cancer than smear test
...n possible overdiagnosis and on the feasibility of extended intervals. They will be crucial for the decision of switching to HPV testing in routine practice for cervical screening." In an accompanying commentary, Eduardo Franco, McGill University, Canada, notes that the preliminary analysis is unique beca...Incubation period for human BSE infection could exceed 50 years
...a particular gene varation that is associated with extended periods of incubation and resistance to prion disease. The authors believe the incubation period for BSE prions in humans could be even longer than that seen in kuru patients because of species-barrier effects, where infection between species typical...Alberta develops world's first electronic surgical reporting
...een adopted for use in breast cancer surgeries and extended to the Alberta Cancer Board's Cross Cancer Institute in Edmonton. The technology allows readily available data on the outcome of surgeries that can be compared with other surgeries and techniques. It can also be used to compare the ability of regions......n (HDL), or good, cholesterol. The study was then extended to subjects with normal body weight and normal blood glucose, but with a strong family history of type 2 diabetes. "These are people who appear healthy, but have a high risk of developing diabetes due to their genetic background," explains Ulf Smith,...Small naps a big help for young docs on long shifts
... the benefits of naps for medical residents during extended shifts found that creating protected times when in...dered shorter shifts. This study suggests that an extended long shift, punctuated by a substantial nap, may be more effective, reducing levels of resident fati...Participating in yoga during treatment for breast cancer improves quality of life
...ancer who receive multi-modality treatment over an extended period of time," Cohen says. "With our studies, we think that we could help ameliorate the treatment-related side effects that accumulate in cancer patients over time. "The main objective of this study was to examine the feasibility of integrating a ......onto, Canada that window of opportunity can now be extended to at least five years. Jean-Yves Reginster, Professor of Epidemiology, Public Health and Health Economics at the University of Liege, Belgium, reported (see conference Abstract No. OC24) that in the phase III Spinal Osteoporosis Therapeutic Interve......l therapy (HAART)--has provided 3 million years of extended life to Americans with AIDS since 1989, report researchers funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Rochelle Walensky, M.D., M.P.H., Kenneth Freedberg, M.D., M.Sc., ...