2005 Potamkin Prize goes to neurologists for research in early detection of Alzheimer's disease
...s of the Alzheimer's process before the disease is fully developed, we will be able to intervene at an earlier stage and prevent the damage from being done." Growdon said, "Dr. Petersen's Potamkin recognition stems from his seminal contributions in establishing the concept of mild cognitive impairment as a...Bacterial infection associated with heart attack in young men
...hogenesis of [heart attacks]," she said. "We don't fully understand why we're seeing this association on a biologic level." Past studies of C. pneumoniae's relation to heart attack have had conflicting results--some show an association between the bacterial infection and heart attacks, but others don't. Pe...Fifteen-year hunt uncovers gene behind 'pseudothalidomide' syndrome
..., two Colombian geneticists started their quest to fully understand Roberts syndrome. Without their push, the gene for Roberts might still be unknown. Colombian Hugo Vega had noticed an unusual number of patients with Roberts syndrome in the clinic at the University of Bogot. Fairly quickly, he tracked dow...Institute of Medicine advisory: Cord blood stem cells
...the National Academies, proposes a structure for a fully coordinated, national cord blood bank program. The report also recommends ways to increase the size and diversity of the inventory of banked cord blood. Advance copies will be available to reporters only beginning at noon EDT on Wednesday, April 1...APA applauds new California regulations for inpatient psychological services
...ithin the scope of their licenses, will be able to fully serve their patients as attending clinicians," says Russ Newman, Ph.D., J.D., executive director for professional practice, American Psychological Association. In 1978, California enacted a law granting psychologists full clinical privileges in hosp...NMDP welcomes IOM recommendation for fully integrated cord blood system
... donor program and applauded the recommendation to fully fund that program. The IOM report recognized the desirability of 'one-stop-shopping' for all sources of hematopoietic progenitor cells (HPC). However, it concluded that a new government structure must be established because the IOM believes that a m...Prostate cancer therapy - study suggests new molecular screening theory
...E compound is in early clinical trials, no-one has fully understood the molecular mechanisms of how it causes the death of cancer cells, but not normal cells," says Dr. Marne Landstrm, the senior author of the paper published in the prestigious Journal of Biological Chemistry. "We found that 2-ME works thr...Special physical therapy technique successful for chronic back pain
... improvement in their pain and were able to return fully to their daily activities. For 85 percent, the improvement was noted after three weeks of treatment. After an average of almost two years, the pain has not recurred for these people. Four people had significant improvement, but still had slight disco...Obesity adds risk of cardiovascular disease in siblings in families with a history of heart problems
...can be modified." Results from the study could not fully explain the strong link between obesity and premature heart disease. Further research is planned to verify its biological and genetic origins....Research reveals emotional trauma parents face when a child is diagnosed with diabetes
...hether many parents of children with diabetes ever fully accept the diagnosis. Even a year after diagnosis their emotions resurfaced when circumstances reminded them that their children were different from others and that they had a chronic and unpredictable illness." Parents' comments included: "You...Drugs targeted at muscle cells
...olecular mechanisms behind Type 2 diabetes are not fully known, but both hereditary and environmental factors are thought to contribute to its development. The prevalence and number of new cases of Type 2 diabetes are steadily increasing in the West, owing, it is thought, to the excessive calorie-rich diet...Patients' lives at risk from substandard drugs say heart specialists
...ological monitoring. Present arrangements were not fully adequate and did not always favour impartial decisions, she said, relying, for instance, on withdrawal by the same agency that approved the initial marketing, or on reports by the manufacturers. Also, current post-marketing control to curb the making...Increasing benefit seen in novel drug that treats Gleevec resistance
...re seeing benefit at lower doses that will only be fully quantifiable when all patients are on the maximal safe dose - a dose which we have not yet defined." Clear activity was seen at the very first dose of 50 milligrams offered to the first patients who enrolled in May, 2004, Giles says. "This week every...Second consecutive UH win puts national spotlight on pharmacy student
...o needing to leave the pharmacy in a hurry without fully understanding the prescription instructions. Students are evaluated on their ability to maintain control of the counseling session, providing all the information the patient needs and making them feel comfortable talking about their situation. "We...Menopause and African-American women
...into another phase of life, one in which the women fully expected to be treated better and were unwilling to settle for anything less." Alexander said this rage also has been reported by white women and is perhaps a "coming of age" and outgrowth of individual women's life experiences rather than representa...No wisdom in routinely pulling wisdom teeth, study says
...is between the ages of 17 to 21. "Roots may not be fully formed and are softer, and you have a young, healthy population that heals better than an older population." Noting that only two studies were involved in the systematic review, he says, "It was a very elegant review with very high standards; the par...Rush University Medical Center studies advanced 3D imaging system for radiation therapy
...image from the front it appeared the radiation was fully covering the tumor, but as the viewer walks around the dome, it is apparent the back of the tumor is sticking out beyond the orange field. "This shows us immediately that we aren't giving adequate coverage and helps us focus in very quickly on the r...Excess oxygen worsens lung inflammation in mice
...cal processes leading to this damage have not been fully explained. Dr. Sitkovsky's research reveals a possible mechanism behind this oxygen-induced damage and also provides evidence of a simple way to prevent it. The current study extends research published in 2001 by Dr. Sitkovsky and colleagues into th...Parents who don't vaccinate their children may believe vaccines cause harm
...t school children and randomly selected parents of fully vaccinated children from the same grade schools. T... information sources between parents of exempt and fully vaccinated children. The surveys were mailed to parents in four states, Colorado, Massachusetts, Mis......a University, and director of the Greene Lab. "We fully expect that by sharing these diagnostic platforms with some of the best minds in infectious disease research, the technology will continue to improve and that increasingly sensitive and rapid diagnostics will result." Funding for the development of t...