How cow warts, clergy sex surveys moved along cancer vaccine
...cent of people are currently infected. Most people fight off the virus and never even know they were infected. Others have warts or abnormal cell growth known as dysplasias. In the most serious cases, it progresses to cervical cancer. Two types of HPV, type 16 and type 18, cause about 70 percent of cervica...OHSU researchers discover possible HIV therapy in an animal study
...althy human body. The infected body's inability to fight off these "intruders," leads to death. "To learn more about HIV, its impacts and possible treatments, we study simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV), a close relative of HIV that infects and causes AIDS in nonhuman primates," explained the study's lea...Politics weighs in: Obesity dominates in the former Soviet bloc
...e to put money toward public health initiatives to fight obesity. We need to take a closer look at policy-related variables."...Results good for HER-2 positive breast cancer patients using trastuzumab
...neered protein that helps the body's immune system fight foreign invaders such as cancer. Dr. Halyard's study looked at the side effects related to adding trastuzumab to radiation therapy. In the 1,460 patients who received radiation in the original N9831 group, there was no significant difference in the ...Women leaders call for global action on osteoporosis
...cy makers, health professionals and individuals to fight the silent epidemic of osteoporosis. "We are here because osteoporosis is a major global problem and it is time to get people to stand up and speak out on this serious disease," said Justine Pasek, one of the speakers at the event, whose statement re...New combination therapy after surgery improves survival for pancreatic cancer patients
...ood cell counts, and consequently their ability to fight infection, oncologists could manage this side effect, and most of the patients were still able to complete the chemotherapy and radiation treatments....Overweight and obesity enlarges teenagers' hearts
... He said that these results underscore the need to fight excess weight in children, since the damaging effects are evident even before adulthood. Although the participants in this study were all members of American Indian communities, Dr. de Simone said that he believes similar effects would be seen in ove...Free radical cell death switch identified
...ee radicals and its own antioxidants are unable to fight this process, which results in the generation of highly reactive oxygen molecules that inflict cellular damage by reacting with biomolecules including DNA, proteins, and lipids. A lifetime of oxidative stress leads to general cellular deterioration a...The IOF World Congress on Osteoporosis (IOF WCO) Opening Media Briefing June 2
...cy makers, health professionals and individuals to fight the silent epidemic of osteoporosis. The women come from the fields of public service, journalism, medicine, fashion, philanthropy, the arts and sport. IOF WCO website http://www.osteofound.org/wco/2006/index.php Date: Saturday June 3, 2006 Time: 1...New protein target may advance design of HIV and cancer drugs
...findings may help researchers develop new drugs to fight HIV or cancer by selectively targeting proteins known as zinc fingers. In the May 30 issue of the journal Chemistry & Biology, researchers reported that a zinc finger protein, known as HIV NCp7, can be inhibited when it is exposed to a platinum compl...Extending the reach of disaster relief from fire to flood
...during 2004 (Related news: Using satellites in the fight against forest fires), Phase 3 of the REMSAT II (Real-time Emergency Management via Satellite) Project expands the capabilities of the earlier system. Phase 3 has now completed trials in the western Canadian province of British Columbia to demonstrat...Researchers open door to potential treatments for type 2 diabetes
...e development of a new therapeutic approach in the fight against diabetes. Advances in the treatment of diabetes are needed to improve the lives of the more than two million Canadians already affected by it and the many more who will develop the disease in the years to come. The study is a perfect example...Technique speeds up detecting, treating wound bacteria
... maintain the capabilities required by the Army to fight and win on the battlefield....New biomarkers for improving treatment of spondylarthritis
...ls of polymorphonuclear (PMN) cells, which work to fight infection; and changes in MMP-3 expression. Taken together, these findings indicate that, for SpA patients in particular, changes in disease activity are accompanied by series of distinct and measurable events in the peripheral joint. ...Deaths from rodent virus raise need for tracking system
...unosuppressant drugs were reduced to help his body fight the infection. The patient is now doing well, Fischer says. An investigation revealed that a pet hamster had been purchased three weeks before organ donation and was being kept in the donor's home. Though the donor had no evidence of LCMV, testing of......extract their costs and reinvest the profit in the fight against underage drinking."...NIAID study finds higher dose of flu vaccine improves immune response in the elderly
...ople increase antibody production should help them fight off influenza infections, and this is exactly what Dr. Keitel and her colleagues set out to test when they began the clinical trial. They hypothesized that elderly people could be given higher doses of vaccine safely and that these higher doses would...Use marketing to improve health, say experts
... write the authors. Social marketing enables us to fight fire with fire. And health professionals can help by reinforcing social marketing messages during their direct and indirect contact with patients, they conclude.......esult, the infant's body may be better equipped to fight off allergic diseases later in life." Collaborators in the study were David Bernstein, MD, Gurjit Khurana Hershey, MD, PhD, Patrick Ryan, Linda Levin, PhD, Tiina Reponen, PhD, Jeff Burkle and Manuel Villareal, MD. Ohio's Governor Bob Taft recently pr...