NIMH expands public health education effort
...e Latino community. Through these new materials we hope to teach Latino men that depression is a medical c...h an improvement in my life," said Pablo-Lulin. "I hope the Real Men Real Depression campaign will help other Latino men recognize depression in themselves ...Australian Cancer Research Foundation announces biggest ever private grant
...million grant will be awarded to help fund what we hope will be a quantum leap in the field of cancer research. The ACRF grant will not exclude big picture, far-reaching proposals for seed funding if that's what it's going to take to move into the next wave of cancer research and innovations that matter. ......r neurocognitive proficiency," says Glass. "But we hope our findings of an association will lead to further examination of this important issue. Perhaps it will help give smokers one more reason to quit, and encourage quitting smoking among those who are also trying to control their drinking." Many alcoh...Radical surgery best option for most ovarian cancer patients with cancer in diaphragm
...partmentally and improve surgical techniques. "We hope to continue improving upon our ability to remove c... handle the most difficult of surgeries, providing hope for more patients." The researchers conclude that while health issues in some patients will complica...Biotechnology has failed to live up to its promises
...that are useful for discovering new drugs. "Let us hope that in future biotechnology will better live up to its promises."...Heredity plays big role in heart disease risk factors
...r. "We did not find that." What they did find they hope will provide new insight and possibly new, more targeted treatment strategies for a cross section of people with heart disease. "What we are very interested in is how these risk factors for cardiovascular disease develop over time and to what extent ...Steroids and chicken pox not a good mix
... incidence of varicella has decreased steadily. We hope one day to eradicate the disease all together," McLean said. "I strongly encourage any parent whose child has not had chicken pox to get that child vaccinated."...Military funds research on how nicotine impairs bone healing
...ce of healing. Beyond the time window, researchers hope a better understanding of the mechanisms involved ...process in limbo," Zuscik said. "In the future, we hope to manipulate neurotransmitter receptors, much like researchers have already done in neurology to cr...CDC awards UGA researchers $900,000 grant to study teen behaviors in high school
...predictors of academic success," Orpinas said. "We hope to find factors that are modifiable that schools can work on to help students be more successful in the classroom and with the transition to high school." The study will require that: the high school students to complete a computer survey every sprin...Precision radiation therapy yields rare success for liver tumors
...ly disease, doubling the length of survival brings hope to our patients and that is so important," Katz said. Katz led the research, along with Paul Okunieff, M.D., chair of Radiation Oncology, Michael Schell, Ph.D., Christine Huggins, Ph.D., and Madeleine Carey Sampson, M.D. The Wilmot Cancer Center has ...International conference on AIDS India presents lifetime achievement award
... I feel that we have so much more to accomplish. I hope to have increased support, particularly in the area of microbicide development, to continue funding this important area." This year's conference focuses on new strategies such as microbicides to halt the incidence of HIV infections. India is now s...Medical community recognise significance of Herceptin results in early HER2-positive breast cancer
...tional HERA (HERceptin Adjuvant) study provide new hope in the fight against HER2-positive breast cancer, a more aggressive form of the disease affecting approximately 20 30% of women with breast cancer . The HERA study is one of the largest breast cancer trials ever carried out, with more than 5,000 pat...Exercise vital to build strong bones
...ted IOF Chief Executive Officer Daniel Navid. "We hope that our positive message will encourage women and men to realize that they can take responsibility for their bone health and not be victims of osteoporosis later in life," Osteoporosis, in which the bones become fragile and break easily, is one of ...Camryn Manheim speaks out about rheumatoid arthritis
...ed is irreversible. I'm sharing my story with the hope that it will inspire others to take control of their rheumatoid arthritis by learning more about the disease and working with a rheumatologist to manage it." Camryn first noticed the pain and stiffness in her fingers while she was practicing sign lan...Lipids play important role in nervous system development
...ns to die, researchers have found. The researchers hope this piece of the puzzle of how the central nervous system develops in the first place will one day help them repair loss from injury or disease. It's already helped them understand the ailments of a spontaneous mouse mutant that has about 20 percent...Study reveals reason women are more sensitive to pain than men
...fects a patient's perception of their results. We hope this data will give new perspective on how to better treat post-operative pain in women." Currently, 15 to 20 percent of the U.S. population suffers from acute pain, says Dr. Wilhelmi, while 25 to 30 percent suffer from chronic pain.......d musculoskeletal injuries. The Temple researchers hope the findings could one day lead to early intervention techniques that would prevent permanent damage. They discovered that nerve injuries caused by low-force, highly repetitive work can be blamed on an onslaught of cytokines -- proteins that help st...Folk and herbal remedies are often used in the hope that they will prevent the common cold or reduce the severity and duration of symptoms. Yet, few of these compounds are evaluated scientifically. In this study Predy and colleagues randomized 323 study subjects to receive a proprietary ginseng ( Pan...Researcher says flu responders can learn from 1918 epidemic
...dings and pharmaceutical developments provide some hope that 21st century Americans might not suffer the fate of their forebears, but Higgins said that survival might depend on the simple concept of community planning. In studying the metropolitan areas around the state of Pennsylvania, Higgins found...New imaging technique reveals how likely you are to break a bone
... the strength of bones, a technique the scientists hope can be used to predict the likelihood of young wom... Risedronate (Actonel) later. Dr Draper adds: "We hope we can further develop this technique, and use it as part of a national screening programme which ho...