Study finds radiation therapy for prostate cancer nearly doubles risk for rectal cancer
...y of Minnesota's Medical School and Cancer Center, led the research team that conducted the study. "While the findings of our study do not suggest that prostate cancer treatment should change, we recommend that the potential for developing rectal cancer be included in conversations between doctors and pa...Top anti-arthritis drugs cause skin disease
...rapy suffered from a dermatological condition that led them to visit a skin specialist. In a control group of patients who were not undergoing TNF-alpha blocking therapy and had less severe disease only 13% visited a dermatologist during the same period of time. The most frequent conditions that patients...AACR establishes new lectureship in honor of Dr. Jane C. Wright
...ver 100 research papers on cancer chemotherapy and led delegations of cancer researchers to Africa, China, Eastern Europe, and the Soviet Union. By 1967, she was the highest ranking African American woman in a United States medical institution. In 1971, she became the first woman elected president of t...Study shows light therapy to effectively treat mood disorders, including SAD
...sioned by the American Psychiatric Association and led by a psychiatrist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine has found that light therapy effectively treats mood disorders, including seasonal affective disorder (SAD) and other depressive disorders. A report of the study...Study: obesity impairs immune response of mice, boosts chances of dying from influenza infection
...essor of pediatrics at the UNC School of Medicine, led the research and reported the findings. "Numerous marked alterations seen in the mice's immune response suggest that the growing obese population is at increased risk for immune dysfunction during influenza infection, which may lead in humans, as it ...It takes a village to improve the health of children
...connection to interests and passions that may have led them to a career in medicine, advanced competencies in working with communities and the acquisition of life-long leadership skills relevant to careers in both subspecialty and general pediatrics," the authors observe. Rigorous training of young physi...Education program reduces incidents of shaken baby syndrome
...of the American Academy of Pediatrics. The study, led by Dias, began in 1998 and included 16 hospitals in an eight-county region of western New York State served by the Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo. The goals of the program were to develop a standardized education program about shaken baby s...Maternal iron deficiency disrupts mother/child interaction
...oral fellow in child development at Penn State who led the study says, "Earlier research had shown that anemic women may experience post-partum depression and that women with moderate iron deficiency have a slow down in thinking and memory. Our new results suggest that the effects of mild iron deficienc...Less cognitive impairment seen in women taking drug for osteoporosis
...irment by 33 percent in a worldwide clinical trial led by researchers at San Francisco VA Medical Center (SFVAMC). The drug, raloxifene, modulates the activity of the hormone estrogen. The finding was published in the April 2005 issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry. Mild cognitive impairment (MCI)...US service academies to collaborate with UNC, Andrews Air Force Base, Duke in knee injury study
... a common knee injury among athletes. The study, led by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Injury Prevention Research Center, Duke University and Andrews Air Force Base, will enroll 4,800 male and female cadets during a four-year period, beginning at their summer entry into ...Dr. Eric McAdams, who led the PhD research project alongside Peter O'Hare and Gillian McCullough, is available to discuss the Impedimap technology and its commercial development. The key to Impedimap is that the system can be used to provide instant, accurate feedback on woun...Risk of HIV transmission highest in early stage of infection
...able online. Conducted by a group of investigators led by Maria J. Wawer of Columbia University, the study is the first to present empirical data showing that the rate of heterosexual HIV transmission per coital act varies over the course of HIV infection. The investigators found that the risk of transmi...Study reveals drinking alcohol reduces breast milk supply in women
...d quantity of milk to infants. The present study, led by Julie Mennella, Ph.D., at the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, examined levels of the hormones oxytocin, prolactin and cortisol, as well as the lactational performance of 17 nonsmoking, healthy breastfeeding women. Brea...Dr. Gutin selected as Fulbright Senior Specialist
...around a track. "We wanted to see the factors that led them to perform better or worse in this kind of running event. The dominant factor, more important than any other physiological factor, was how fat they were. It was a rather surprising and clear-cut finding." Years of research and the growing waistl......malignant lymphoma and tumors of the immune system led to the development of Rituxan, the first monoclonal antibody approved to treat cancer. Dr. Levy's talk will be "Immunology: From science to therapy." V. Craig Jordan, Ph.D., D.Sc. , Vice President and Scientific Director of the Medical Science Divis...Fifteen-year hunt uncovers gene behind 'pseudothalidomide' syndrome
...g out the equivalent gene in yeast and fruit flies led to the same chromosome problems, says Gordillo. "Comparative genomics didn't really exist even five years ago," says Jabs. "Techniques to genetically engineer yeast, fruit flies and even mice have dramatically improved in the last 15 years. And we w...ACHRI study finds CellCept improves survival in pediatric heart transplant patients
...eginning two weeks post-transplant. The study was led by researchers at the Arkansas Children's Research Institute (ACHRI) and results were presented today at the 25th annual meeting of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation in Philadelphia. "With pediatric heart transplant recipie...Exercise may not be good enough to reduce mild hypertension in older people, Hopkins experts say
...older adults." Previous studies, says Stewart, who led the new study, examined mostly younger men in whom high blood pressure has different characteristics and causes than are the case in older people. Hypertension in younger adults is often due to a high cardiac output when at rest and during exercise,...Abnormal lung cancer screening results may help smokers quit
...it. Seeking to test that hypothesis, investigators led by James R. Jett, M.D. and Stephen J. Swensen, M.D. at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN followed 926 baseline smokers and 594 former smokers who received three consecutive annual spiral CT scan screenings for lung cancer. According to Matthew M. Clar......proofing dislodged by the impacts. This eventually led to collapse as the perimeter columns were pulled inward by the sagging floors and buckled." The probable collapse sequences, which update and finalize hypotheses released by NIST last October, were presented by Sunder at a press briefing in New York ...