Iodine deficiency, supplements affect thyroid cancer risk in children exposed to radioactive iodine
... supplementation. Potassium iodide was used in the former Soviet Union for goiter prophylaxis and was distributed, mainly in Belarus, to children evacuated after the Chernobyl accident. "Both iodine deficiency and iodine supplementation appear to be important and independent modifiers of the risk of thyroid...Smoking increases risk for liver, pancreatic and colorectal cancers
...nosed earlier than individuals who were current or former alcohol users. Study results also indicate that smoking and alcohol use may have a long-term effect on the pancreas, even after cessation. Individuals who had previously used tobacco and/or alcohol were diagnosed three to five years earlier on ave...Steroid-free regimen with CellCept found comparable to standard therapy in liver transplantation
...rdon, M.D., senior medical director at Roche and a former transplant surgeon. "We're evaluating new, low-toxicity regimens with CellCept that we hope will further improve patient outcomes." Roche recently initiated the Liver Spare the Nephron (STN) study, a prospective, open-label randomized trial to evalu...Scientists observe infectious prion proteins invade and move within brain cells
... the project included Kil Sun Lee, Ph.D., RML, and former RML employee Ana Cristina Magalhes, Ph.D., also from the Federal University of Minas Gerais. Dr. Baron explains that throughout his seven years at RML, he and others have contemplated how to use fluorescent tracking to learn more about TSEs, but the...Personalized immunosuppression with leading organ transplant therapy may optimize patient care
...rdon, M.D., senior medical director at Roche and a former transplant surgeon. "We hope to provide the transplant community with robust information on monitoring CellCept levels so that physicians can assess when to implement TDM strategies in their kidney transplant patients." Study Details: Personalized ...Medical privacy vs. health care quality?
...D., M.S., and Brahmajee Nallamothu, M.D., MPH, and former research associate Sandeep Jani, MPH....Everyone is entitled to a good doctor, says former GMC president
...tolerate substandard practice, says Donald Irvine, former president of the General Medical Council in this week's BMJ. He calls on the GMC to rise to the challenge of revalidation - checking that a doctor is fit to practise and offers a six point plan to help secure good doctoring for all. Firstly, we must...Medical whistleblowers speak out
...f the roundtable whistleblowers was Allen Jones, a former investigator at the Pennsylvania Office of the Ins... at the roundtable. Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau, a former drug representative who wrote and directed the movie Side Effects, a fictionalized account of her ex...Statins underprescribed to patients at higher risk of heart disease, Stanford study says
...o-authors of the paper include Niraj Sehgal, MD, a former postdoctoral scholar at Stanford who is now an assistant clinical professor of medicine at UC-San Francisco, and John Ayanian, MD, associate professor of health-care policy and of medicine at Harvard Medical School....NIEHS brings researchers and leaders together to find environmental solutions to childhood obesity
...r. David Schwartz, director of NIEHS. Lynn Swann, former professional football star and current Chairman of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt, Surgeon General Richard Carmona, and Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee will join Schwartz at the conference to: 1. Le...Oslo press event launches 46664 Arctic and spearheads a four-day spotlight on Africa
...h-level panel featuring global health experts, two former presidents and a prime minister. WHEN: Thursday,...us are joined in a common goal," says Graa Machel, former minister of education in Mozambique and Chair of The Vaccine Fund, the financing arm of the Global A...High school start times deprive teens of sleep, affect academic performance
...on Township High School parent; and Adam Schiff, a former Evanston Township High School student, currently in medical school....Endocrine Society honors UNC physician for key contributions to hormone research
...oth muscle cells a growth advantage. Clemmons is a former member of the Endocrine Society's council and served as editor for the society's journal Endocrinology from 1993 until 2002. He also served as president of the Pituitary Society and is a member of numerous professional societies, scientific advisory ...Despite WHO/UNICEF push for 'rooming-in,' mothers and babies being separated at birth
...night, and in many European countries, Canada, the former USSR, and many other Eastern countries, rooming-in is not a common practice, despite the known benefits. This study is published in the June 2005 issue of Birth. Media wishing to receive a PDF of this study please contact medicalnews@bos.blackwellp...Nutritious frozen foods can play role in weight-loss programs
...udy were Emily L. Petr and Christopher M. Wharton, former graduate students who earned master's degrees in the food science and human nutrition department at Illinois; Linh Bui of Masterfoods USA; and Ellen Evans, professor of nutritional sciences in the kinesiology and community health department at Illino...Lowell receives Smith Family Award for Excellence in Medical Resarch
... scientific disciplines, is periodically made to a former recipient of the Smith Family New Investigator Awa...ine and a fellowship in endocrinology, both at the former Beth Israel Hospital. He is Director of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Transgenic Program....Research: Noise, visual cues affect infants' language development
...sity of Maryland, and the late Peter W. Jusczyk, a former professor at Johns Hopkins University. Their paper is published in the June issue of the journal Child Development. Background noise in the average household - such as other children playing or watching television - can pose the same problem for chil...University of Maryland scientist wins 2005 Kettering Prize
...med in honor of Charles F. Kettering, an inventor, former General Motors director and pioneer of the General Motors Research Laboratories. Mr. Kettering was a generous supporter of basic research in both industry and medicine. He and Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. established the Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer ...'Apollo Program' for hydrogen energy needed, Stanford researcher says
...ans of generating hydrogen, said Jacobson, whowith former postdoctoral fellow Cristina Archer recently published a studythat mapped global winds and showed the world, especially the United States,has more than enough wind to meet all its energy needs. Jacobson envisionswind turbines generating electricity o...... City Council is held. Located on the site of the former city hall which burnt down in 1871 during the "Commune" of Paris, this exceptional site, which is only open to the public on special occasions, will be made available to attendees of this celebrated anniversary....