Airport screening unlikely to prevent spread of SARS or influenza
...ncrease the benefit of entry screening, this still leaves the problem that the sensitivity of entry screening is low....CryoSat launch will be blast from the Cold War past
...and taken care of to prevent any degradation. That leaves around 150 still to be flown we would have to be pretty successful to run out in the near future, with our business plan being to launch up to two per year. We have assurances from the Russian government that the Rockots will be good to fly until at...Mayo Clinic boosts immune system
...chest) diminishes and produces fewer T cells. This leaves the elderly more vulnerable to disease and less able to make effective use of vaccines. However, researchers say if the aging immune system was primed by the ART regimen prior to receiving vaccines, a stronger immune response might be provoked. That ...Cars, computer chips and heart attacks?
... company ensures that a car is made well before it leaves the factory. The steps included a checklist that doctors, nurses and patients in 33 Michigan hospitals had to complete before each patient could leave the hospital. The checklist, based on national heart-care guidelines, helped make sure that patient...Drug can reduce risk of death, heart attack, and stroke in patients with diabetes
...es: "Overall, PROactive is an important study that leaves us with some good news, some bad news, and some unknowns. The clinician, of course wants to know who should be treated with pioglitazone. Unfortunately, the study does not provide such answers. It showed that pioglitazone is beneficial in patients wi...New rheumatoid arthritis drug developed at UCSD promises improved treatment options
...convenient to administer," Albani said. "Our drug leaves the patient's natural immune responses intact. This differs profoundly from what is currently available to patients." DnaJP1 was found effective in a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial sponsored by the National Institutes of Health, which took pl...Military funds research on how nicotine impairs bone healing
... transition of cartilage into new bone. "Nicotine leaves the healing process in limbo," Zuscik said. "In the future, we hope to manipulate neurotransmitter receptors, much like researchers have already done in neurology to create drugs for depression, to accelerate bone healing."...Botox injections effective for treating stroke spasticity
...mplications such as contractures, a condition that leaves the muscles and tendons permanently shortened," said Brashear. "Early intervention with effective therapies is absolutely vital to prevent the profound disability that afflicts many stroke patients, and to lessen the emotional and financial toll on c...New clues into causes of scleroderma
...is the gradual formation of fibrotic tissue, which leaves patients with disfiguring and painful tightening of the skin. Additionally, the disease tends to slowly destroy small blood vessels and capillaries, which are not only present in skin, but also in internal organs, leaving them vulnerable to function ...Relationship between incarceration and race disparities in US HIV rates explored
...al and drug use networks, when a person enters and leaves prison, affects the individual, their partners, family members and the larger community." Blankenship and co-authors call for further research to better understand the corrections system as a determinant of HIV risk and how reforms in the correctio...Evidence links cocaine abuse and Parkinson's disease
...vel of dopamine in the synapse rises. This in turn leaves the synapse (connection between nerves) vulnerable to free radical damage, according to Smeyne. "Based on these findings it might not be surprising to see a rise in the number of cases of Parkinson's disease in the next 10 or 20 years or so," said S...After divorce happiness levels decrease and may never completely rebound
...ember issue of Psychological Science finds divorce leaves a lasting effect on our satisfaction levels. A person's happiness level drops as she or he approaches divorce and gradually rebounds over time. But the level of satisfaction does not return to baseline (the level of satisfaction felt prior to the d...Abstinence is healthy goal for teenagers but research critiques abstinence-only educational policies
...practice, abstinence often is not maintained which leaves teenagers vulnerable to pregnancy and STIs." Recent data indicate the median age at first intercourse for women is 17.4 years, while the median age at first marriage is 25.3 years. The report recommends that efforts to promote abstinence should b...Mysterious condition still more prevalent among Persian Gulf vets
...sistent, widespread pain. Chronic fatigue syndrome leaves sufferers with a disabling loss of energy. While acknowledging that these conditions have serious effects on veterans' health and quality of life, Blanchard notes that they are both based on subjective symptom reports from the patient. Diagnosis of m...Tool developed to silence genes in specific tissues using RNAi
... a double strand. The organism's own RNA, however, leaves the nucleus of cells (where it was produced by DNA) as a single strand, to be decoded by ribosomes into the proteins that perform all the work of the cell. RNAi, therefore, recognizes the double strand of viral RNA as different, and sets in motion ce...Stem cell study seeks to prevent heart failure
...led fibrosis kicks in to patch the wound, but also leaves scar tissue that reduces the organ's performance. More than half a million Americans each year have their first heart attack, a sudden blockage of an artery that deprives heart muscle of blood and oxygen. The resulting injury and scarring often con...Research breakthrough pinpoints aim of ion beams fired at cancer tumors
...onsurgical cancer therapy that destroys tumors but leaves healthy surrounding tissue intact could be available at every hospital if research reported this week in the journal Nature eventually comes to fruition. The Los Alamos National Laboratory Trident laser team, in collaboration with researchers from th...UK plans to cut street prostitution will threaten sex workers' health
... approaches, especially regarding indoor sex work, leaves most of the sex workers we have spoken to feeling uneasy that they will have to wait and see how the strategy affects their access to health care and their contact with the criminal justice system," conclude the authors. Disappointment about the UK g...Tobacco industry developed product strategy to conceal toxicity of cigarettes
...SO cigarette testing protocols. The current review leaves little doubt that the ISO standards should be discarded in favour of new standards that meet the needs of consumers and regulators, rather than the tobacco industry."......h injury to the neck, which damages an artery, and leaves it a vulnerable site for blood clots. Colin Quinn's stroke may have been related to a previously undetected heart condition, but whatever the cause, the prompt recognition and treatment of his symptoms apparently contributed greatly to his recovery....