2007 ARVO Annual Meeting draws spotlight on aging eye
...eases, their treatment, and the latest research to find cures will take center stage at the 2007 Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Annual Meeting to be held at the Greater Fort Lauderdale/Broward County Convention Center in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., May 6-10, 2007. Over 10,000 regi...Alcohol interventions that teach practical skills work best with high-risk university students
...e conducted in the United States, but one can also find studies from Europe and Australia/New Zealand," said Henriett Sthlbrandt, a physician in the department of clinical alcohol research at Lund University in Sweden, and corresponding author for the study. The consequences are clear, she added: in the ...Medicalize me: Experts look at how our perceptions of illness are shaped
... for the British and European doctors who may soon find themselves in the same position as their American counterparts, may be to bring the social issues directly into their conversations with patients, Metzl explains. If a problem is being medicalized, we need to look at what else we can do as physician...New research may overturn conventional wisdom on drug-resistant tuberculosis
...tion compared to mutation. "It was surprising to find a high rate of primary drug-resistant strains among treated patients," said Dr.Gao. "This overturned the common belief that drug resistance among treated patients is always acquired." The investigators also noted that two patients in the study had ...Batten down the hatches against HIV
...ops producing these receptors and the virus cannot find any points of attack on the surface of the cell. This could significantly slow down an HIV infection, as previous work have shown. But how to get the RNA fragments into the T-cells? The shells of nonpathogenic viruses can be used to smuggle genetic ...Multislice CT speeds the diagnosis of chest pain in the emergency room
... to the hospital with crushing chest pain, only to find that emergency room doctors are uncertain whether youre having a heart attack. The electrocardiogram (ECG) is inconclusive and the blood tests that detect heart damage are normal. The only thing to do is wait, hour after hour, as doctors repeat the t...Sick teens in crisis: Organ transplant patients may die when insurance for medicine runs out
...an those who dont, he says. It is critical that we find a way to offer lifetime access to these children and their families so that our society does not continue to prematurely lose this promising pool of young adults. For families trying to make some difficult decisions, Schnitzler advises them to reta...Study links attempted suicide with genetic evidence identified in previous suicide research
... the next step is to further narrow the search and find the address. Once we have located the specific gen...ed in 1988 and funded through at least 2010, is to find genes that predispose people to developing bipolar disorder or particular subtypes of the illness....RNAi shows promise in gene therapy, Stanford researcher says
... technique Kay pioneered may be among the first to find widespread use for treating human diseases. "We've worked on a gene therapeutic approach against viral hepatitis for about 10 years and this is the first thing we've done that really looks promising," said Kay, professor of genetics and of pediatrics...Charting our health by the stars
...re we look for patterns, the more likely we are to find them, particularly when we dont begin with a particular question. Austin will discuss his results at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Conference in San Francisco, which runs from Feb. 15 to 19, 2007. What he found was...MIT graduate student wins $30,000 Lemelson-MIT student prize for life-saving inventions
...her young inventors, he said. My parents helped me find my passion early in life and instilled in me a way to maintain it. To help other young inventors discover science is amazing and watching their first moment of discovery is very rewarding. Ball has been deeply involved as a technical advisor and c...Scientists create dual-modality microbeads to improve identification of disease biomarkers
...d so you need highly sensitive techniques that can find a specific molecule to diagnose this disease," explained Nie. "Our technique could also be used to monitor therapeutic response. For example, if the viral level decreases in samples taken at later dates, then we know the drug is probably working." ...Vasectomy may put men at risk for type of dementia
...r age 65 is Alzheimer's disease. Weintraub did not find an increased rate of vasectomy in patients with Al...entia connection. "We need to do more research to find out." ...Benchmark fetal surgery study finds timeliness to be critical factor in success of treatment
...s." What Dr. Crombleholme and his colleagues did find were two predictors of success. One was the stage of severity of TTTS. The other was the echocardiographic findings of heart failure. Fetal echocardiography, which is not done routinely in TTTS in most centers, should be done whenever a patient is...Feb. 16 event explores pills, politics and the public trust
...prescription drug prices, drug manufacturers often find themselves on the defensive, adding to an existing public perception of a "big, bad" industry. What are these perceptions based on? Are they realistic or unfair? And what are the consequences for the pharmaceutical industry and for health care in g...Exercise has no effect on risk of knee osteoarthritis
... are asked about physical activity and followed to find out what develops. Meanwhile, obesity is a major r...se may prevent joint space loss, the study did not find this to be the case. "This suggests that in middle-aged and older adults who do not have OA, exercis...Study indicates different treatment may be needed for infection-related breathing problems
... symptoms fade, Dr. Hardy said, it is important to find better treatments to prevent it from lingering. ...Study reveals Aussies' social obsession with mobile phones
...tration rates in the world and it was important to find ways to measure mobile phone addiction. "The survey results show that the majority of people are responsible with their phone, just like the majority who drive cars are responsible," she said. "But there's a significant element who have severe pr...Mayo Clinic research shows young people who died suddenly and inexplicably had genetic heart defects
...h of the cause. Now, one-third of the time, we can find the cause." Warning Signs To prevent these kinds of sudden unexplained deaths, family members and physicians must be alert to -- and act on -- warning signs of a heart condition. Although all deaths in the study were officially categorized as ...10 outstanding scientists chosen as First Environmental Health Science Fellows
...e. Unique to the program is using scientists to find and put into context important new research findings. A selection committee of seven prominent scientists chose the group from a pool of applicants. "Those researchers who have gone through the rigorous process of reviewing literature and writing ...