Scientists discover how Ebola virus infects cells
...School, is supported by a career development award from the NIAID Regional Centers of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research (RCE) program. In 2003, NIAID funded the establishment of eight RCEs nationwide. The RCE program supports interdisciplinary research aimed at new and im...NY Academy of Sciences reveals how scientists plan to combat bioterrorism & deadly pathogens
.... The first lectures focus on smallpox and anthrax from both clinical and research perspectives. Dr. Grego...les, and other resources Cross-referenced articles from the Academy about bioterrorism and emerging infectious diseases Speaker bios Since July 2003, with...Stanford gut check shows diversity of intestinal ecosystem
...s of microbes and borrowing statistical techniques from field ecology and population genetics, Paul Eckbur...esearch subjects, the researchers analyzed samples from six different anatomical sites inside the large intestine as well as a stool sample. Eckburg and his...Independent voice rises to help consumers navigate health care
...ome consumers in 10 California counties stretching from Placer to San Diego. More than 4 million people in...e resolved." Interviewers surveyed 1,291 HCA users from 2000 to 2002. The surveys, done over the phone in English or Spanish, assessed consumer satisfaction...Cleveland physician to receive Benjamin Spock Award
...criptions, he worked with his patients to get away from meat, dairy, and junk food, and take control of th...and Parathyroid Surgery. Dr. Esselstyn graduated from Yale University, and earned his M.D. from Western Reserve University. At the 1956 Olympic Games he ...Cost-effectiveness of drugs may vary across borders
...estimates of cost-effectiveness of pharmaceuticals from country to country. Data showed that the results ...er and that decision makers need to interpret data from other countries very carefully. This research was conducted within and across multiple countries in ...Adolescent health ill-catered for in the NHS
...olescent medicine. Mortality rates for adolescents from injury and suicide have increased fivefold over the last century - rising from 11% of total deaths for 15-19 year olds in 1901-10, to 57% in 2003. Rates of obesity, sexually tran...One-meter waistline predicts high risk of diabetes and heart disease
...rs aged between 18-72 years with body mass indexes from 18-60 kg/m2 and waist circumferences from 65-150 cm. Height, weight, waist and hip circumference were measured and a blood sample was taken to...Exercise variety - not intensity - appears to reduce some Alzheimer's disease risk
...pated in the Cardiovascular Health Cognition Study from 1992 to 2000 and who did not have dementia at the ...hese findings, taken together with recent findings from our colleagues at the University of Chicago studying physical activity and plaque buildup in the bra...... 1,587 men, researchers report that men who suffer from premature ejaculation (PE) had an average intravag... IELT was observed between the groups who suffered from PE and those without. Thus, the study data suggest IELT may not be sufficient to diagnose PE, and t...Steady rise in allergic diseases over quarter of a century
... the BMJ today. Researchers analysed blood samples from 513 middle-aged men attending a medical centre for...6 and 1998. The samples were then matched to those from 513 men seen in 1981-2 and 513 seen in 1975-6. All samples were tested for sensitivity to Phadiatop...Can hospital data detect poor performing doctors?
...hors investigated whether routinely collected data from hospital episode statistics could be used to ident... statistical outlier according to seven indicators from hospital episode statistics. The indicators were specifically chosen for their potential link with p...New treatment for hereditary breast cancer
..., the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes prevent breast tumours from forming, but some women have inherited mutations i...e new treatment uses a chemical that prevents PARP from repairing the DNA, making recombination essential. The breast cancer tumour cannot perform recombina...... up in DNA at the molecular level. The researchers from Delft University of Technology, the Ecole Normale ...torsional forces. The enzyme releases the torsion from the DNA as follows: The enzyme surrounds the double-stranded DNA like a clamp and then temporarily c...Obesity common among Chinese adults
...d 19,000 randomly selected people aged 35-74 years from 20 urban and rural areas in China to take part in ...ood glucose concentrations were found among people from northern China than from the south of the country, and among urban residents compared with people li...Drug can reduce bodyweight and cardiovascular risk factors in obese people
...ertook a trial (RIO-Europe) involving 1507 people from Europe and the USA. Participants had a body mass i...tal, Bologna, Italy) state: "These data, and those from the other ongoing clinical trials with rimonabant, might presumably help us to better tackle obesity...Execution by lethal injection is not humane or painless suggests study
... USA) and colleagues analysed protocol information from the states of Texas and Virginia, where around 45%...its protocol. The investigators also analysed data from autopsy toxicology reports from 49 executions in Arizona, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolin...Prostate cancer therapy - study suggests new molecular screening theory
...etermine which patients are most likely to benefit from a particular therapeutic approach, we can reduce the possibility that a patient will undergo treatment that has side-effects but no benefit. More importantly, we may one day be able to effectively target each individual patient with the therapy-type ...Pessimism and depression increase dementia risk
...the 1960s and 2004). The test takers ranged in age from 20 to 69 when they took the test in the 1960s. Th...like this," says Dr. Geda. "One cannot make a leap from group level data to the individual. Certainly the last thing you want to do is to say, 'Well, I am a......d by a pharmaceutical manufacturer or that someone from the medical education company had performed a revi... adverse effects on their profits that will result from an erosion of public trust," concluded Drs. Tierney and Gerrity....