Community MRSA is re-emergence of 1950's pandemic
...80/81 ancestor mean that there could also be other factors which complicate the treatment of the disease it causes."...Sucampo submits new drug application for lubiprostone
... rectum or intestinal function. Other contributing factors include side effects from medication, particularly...and blood pressure medications. Other contributing factors include side effects from medication, particularly narcotic analgesics, antidepressants, anticholine...Autistic children's abnormal metabolic profile findings
...ed States. Although both genetic and environmental factors are believed to contribute to the development of autism, no firm causal evidence exists. And with no available physiological or biochemical markers, diagnosis currently is made entirely on a behavioral basis. Dr. James and colleagues measured plasma ...Pezcoller Foundation-AACR International Award for Cancer Research
...oduced only when cells were stimulated with growth factors or made cancerous with oncogenes. In addition, genetic evidence indicated that activation of PI3K by oncogenes was a critical event in transforming a normal cell to a cancerous cell. In 1992, Cantley moved to Harvard Medical School and Beth Isr...Pediatricians must confront community-based threats to health
...-editor and contributor to the supplement. "These factors have their roots outside what has traditionally been considered the realm of pediatric care. But in order to have a meaningful impact on health, we have to engage with the community to confront these problems." The supplement details several models ...Cognitive therapy works as well as antidepressants, but with lasting effect after therapy ends
...nts with depression are often overwhelmed by other factors in their life that pills simply cannot solve. In many cases, cognitive therapy succeeds because it teaches the skills that help people cope." The researchers also noted slight differences in the response to treatment between the two testing locati...It takes a village to improve the health of children
...increasing impact of social and environmental risk factors on the health of children and adolescents."Many of...increasing impact of social and environmental risk factors on the health of children and adolescents. "Former Surgeon General Dr. David Satcher has warned th...Differential heart-attack risks among blacks, whites remain mystery
...of Lp(a) in the bloodstream lead to different risk factors for whites and African-Americans. That theory is based on earlier lab studies that showed Lp(a) had a tendency to stick to some of the tissues that line blood-vessel walls. Some researchers believe the adhesive property causes a chain reaction in whi...West Africa: meningitis epidemics driven by the wind
...ribed between 10 and 15 of latitude North. Several factors contribute to epidemic onset, in particular loss of immunity among communities in the face of the bacterial agent, owing to the renewal of generations and the increase in the number of individuals who have never been in contact with it, and also beca...Exercise, stress management show physiological benefits for heart patients
...ssure. "While studies have shown that psychosocial factors such as depression, stress and anxiety place heart patients at a much greater risk of suffering future cardiac events or dying, few have looked at the effects of modifying psychosocial factors," said Duke medical psychologist James Blumenthal, Ph.D.,...Patients with heart disease can lower cardiovascular risk factors with exercise, stress management
...ackground information in the article. Psychosocial factors are now recognized as playing a significant and independent role in the development of IHD and its complications. Consequently, efforts to alter psychosocial risk factors, particularly in the setting of cardiac rehabilitation, have received increase...Antioxidant may have adverse effects in head and neck cancer patients
...enges are ahead," they write. "Risk stratification factors must become more specific and scientific. This, in turn, will allow us to treat the patient in a more biomarker-integrated approach. Only then will we be able to discover that elusive 'golden apple' of chemoprevention."...US service academies to collaborate with UNC, Andrews Air Force Base, Duke in knee injury study
...oon will cooperate on a $2.8-million study of risk factors for a common knee injury among athletes. The stu...ive cohort study will focus on human movement risk factors involved in injuries to the knee's anterior cruciate ligament, or ACL. The ACL is one of two ligamen...Risk of HIV transmission highest in early stage of infection
...nts. In addition to early or late infection, other factors associated with increased transmission from the HIV-infected partner were younger age, increased viral load, and genital ulcer disease. The study in Uganda was a collaboration between the Uganda Virus Research Institute and researchers at Makerere Un...Hormonal birth control, bacterial infections in women linked to increased shedding of type-2 herpes
...d 330 women with HSV-2 infection to determine what factors heighten the risk of transmitting the virus to sexual partners. They found that the use of oral or injectable hormonal contraceptives is linked with genital tract shedding of HSV-2, which had been suggested by one prior study. However, they also foun...Insomnia, falls in elderly linked
...ers took into account a wide range of complicating factors -- such things as age, sex, health problems, think... first to take into account so thoroughly the many factors that can complicate the picture. Previous studies that suggested a higher risk of falls associated w...Money doesn't buy happiness - - except when disability strikes
...ability strikes. There could be some psychological factors associated with a person's ability to accumulate wealth that could also make them more resilient when they become disabled. But in all, they say, the research is the first time that financial assets have shown to be a possible buffer for a person's w...Dr. Gutin selected as Fulbright Senior Specialist
...un 1.2 miles around a track. "We wanted to see the factors that led them to perform better or worse in this kind of running event. The dominant factor, more important than any other physiological factor, was how fat they were. It was a rather surprising and clear-cut finding." Years of research and the growi...ISHLT updates guidelines for heart and lung transplants
...rens explains. We acknowledge that there are many factors practical, cultural and medical that influence how transplant candidates are identified and donor organs are allocated." Orens says that the Society recognizes the gravity of their decisions. "We have a clear, ethical responsibility to respect the ......cted with new viral strains. Alternatively, other factors independently related to the immune response to EBV and loss of latency could vary by race, with the same difference being related to the differential risk of SLE." Providing solid new serum-based evidence on the link betwee...