NMDP welcomes IOM recommendation for fully integrated cord blood system
...inn. The National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP), the largest national registry of both cord blood and adult don...r single-search algorithm works." The NMDP is the largest registry of cord blood units in the country (more than 40,000 units), an international cord blood re...Tea may help prevent diabetes and cataracts
...h 31 on the journal's Web site. ACS is the world's largest scientific society. Researchers fed green and black tea to diabetic rats for three months and then monitored the chemical composition of the rats' blood and eye lenses. At levels that would be equivalent to less than five cups of tea per day for a hu...American Society of Travel Agents urges healthy travel for consumers
...f the traveling public. The Society is the world's largest and most influential travel trade association with over 20,000 members in 140 countries. ASTA does not give medical advice or endorse specific treatments or therapeutics. All travelers are urged to consult with their own health care provider regard...Variant in gene associated with telomeres predicts longer survival of deadly brain tumor
...301 patients, which the researchers believe is the largest to date of patients with glioblastoma multiforme, found that the 36 patients (about 11 percent) who had the "SS" variant genotype of hTERT survived an average of 25 months, compared to about 14 months for those who had either the "SL" or "LL" genotyp...Press registration reminder ESC Congress 2005, 3-7 September 2005
...ices. ESC Congress 2005 The ESC Congress is the largest medical meeting in Europe and one of the leading news-generators in cardiology, attracting over 25,000 attendees each year including several hundred international press from medical to consumer publications. For full details on the ESC Congress 2005,...New research pinpoints best treatment for stroke
...hool of Medicine and Hospitals today presented the largest study to date on the utility of computed tomography (CT) perfusion imaging of the brain in determining and predicting stroke outcomes. Results will help better identify patients who are suitable candidates for treatment utilizing either clot busting ...American Academy of Neurology sums up scientific highlights from 57th annual meeting
...9 16, 2005 in Miami Beach, Fla. It is the world's largest annual gathering of neurologists....Institute of Medicine news: Changes needed in WIC program
... for Women, Infants, and Children -- is one of the largest nutrition programs in the United States. In 2000 the WIC program served about half of all U.S. infants and about a quarter of children ages 1 through 4, along with many of their mothers. The costs of providing supplemental food packages as well as ...Guava and AHF Global Immunity bring low cost AIDS diagnosis to resource-limited countries
...onal initiative of AIDS Healthcare Foundation, the largest specialized provider of HIV/AIDS medical care in the United States, today announced a partnership aimed at increasing access in resource-limited nations to AIDS diagnosis and treatment monitoring. The partnership will initially focus on making Guava'...Study of iron overload yields surprising results
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. Early results of the largest and most diverse screening study of a genetic condition that causes too much iron to build up in the body show that Asians and Pacific Islanders have the highest mean levels of iron in their blood of all ethnic groups involved, including African Amer...Specific behaviors seen in infants can predict autism, new research shows
...from an ongoing study of 200 Canadian infants, the largest study of its kind in the world. The infants, many of whom have been followed from birth to 24 months, are younger siblings of children who have been diagnosed with autism. Studies show that families with one autistic child have a roughly five to10...UCI eye doctors invent laser-assisted cornea-transplant surgery
... Research in Vision and Ophthalmology meeting, the largest eye research meeting in the world, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The work will lead to human application of the high-tech procedure. Clinical trials are expected to begin by this summer at UCI. While most transplants are successful in providing the patien...Stroke drug still meets resistance from doctors wary of its risks
...t 170,000 of them die. The survey is the first and largest of its kind. It was sent to 2,600 randomly selected members of the American College of Emergency Physicians, and asked doctors how likely they'd be to use tPA in an ideal patient if they had access to a computed tomography (CT) machine and specialist...Autism conference reports advances in early diagnosis, role of immune system and more
... children who are part of the AGRE consortium (the largest publicly available collection of autism families). Using the Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS), an instrument that rates 65 behaviors to measure the severity of a child's symptoms and social impairments, the scientists found that the SRS is a powerf...US Latinos may develop Alzheimer's disease symptoms at earlier age than white, non-Latinos
...n this study indicate that Latino individuals, the largest and fastest growing minority group in the mainland United States, appear to have an earlier age of AD symptom onset compared with Anglo individuals with a similar educational level," the authors conclude. "The factors responsible for this remain to b...Untreated low-grade ductal carcinoma in situ poses long-term risk
...ography, DCIS is now identified earlier and is the largest growing subset of breast cancers. Understanding the natural history of low-grade DCIS can provide insight into current and future treatment strategies. Led by Melinda E. Sanders, M.D. and David L. Page, M.D. of the Vanderbilt University Medical Cente...New research raises questions about buckyballs and the environment
...onmental Science & Technology . ACS is the world's largest scientific society. A buckyball is a soccer ball-shaped molecule made up of 60 carbon atoms. Also known as fullerenes, buckyballs have recently been touted for their potential applications in everything from drug delivery to energy transmission. Yet ...Nurses receive new tool to help patients quit smoking
...are encouraged during the visit to quit. "As the largest group of healthcare providers, nurses work in a variety of settings and have tremendous opportunities to help implement tobacco-cessation strategies," said Dr. Carolyn Clancy, director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The Joint Co...Is the vaccine industry ailing?
... government's Vaccines for Children Program is the largest single purchaser of vaccines. That program, Dr. Offit notes, creates a functional cap on vaccine prices, and also shrinks the private market--which today is mostly insurance companies. Insurance companies, for their part, often provide low or incons...Sex, gender and heart diseaseMUHC researcher leads Canada-wide team
...unched. The project, known as GENESIS, is Canada's largest multidisciplinary initiative to study the causes of cardiovascular disease--the leading cause of death in Canada. GENESIS will investigate key unknowns in the way cardiovascular disease is manifested between men and women. Specifically, the project w...