APIA announces the distinguished Dr. Barry Uretsky as opening speaker
...es, and 14 chapters in edited volumes, Dr. Uretsky looks forward to this unique opportunity of engaging with up to 600 fellow cardiologists. The APIA Conference 2005 takes place over four days, including the option to attend the Gene or Stem Cell Symposium (at an additional cost). Live cases, workshops and...PLoS Medicine publishes first trial of effect of male circumcision on HIV infection
...r of the ethics committee that approved the trial, looks at the ethical issues surrounding the trial. Nandi Siegfried, lead author of a recent Cochrane systematic review of male circumcision and HIV, considers the trial's strengths and weaknesses....Fish is good fish is bad. Balancing health risks and benefits
...stralian National University, Canberra, Australia, looks at potential consequences of changes in diet on a global scale. They caution, "The well-informed fish consumer of the future may wish to consider not only the likely MeHg and PUFA concentration of her meal, but its ecologic impact and perhaps wheth...Kids who drink early in life: What does it mean for their future?
...h a number of negative life outcomes. A new study looks at what variables may precede or even predict AFD.... of Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research looks at variables that may precede or predict AFD, with a focus on four areas: child characteristics, fam...Penn researchers discover the powerful tool of simultaneous fMRI and PET imaging
...PET scanning (positron emission tomography), which looks at the glucose metabolism in the brain. "Normally, these two measures are coupled, or paired together. The more metabolism you have, the more blood flow," adds Newberg. "But there are times the two don't match up with each other like with stroke, sei...UQ leads the State in NHMRC grants
...ory diseases. In particular, her current research looks at the protein known as E-cadherin, which prevents tumour cells from multiplying, but in malignant tumours, this protein malfunctions allowing cancerous tumour cells to spread. This research will help better understand why this protein fails to activ...Researchers call for better public health campaigns to control and eliminate river blindness
...on, Central Guatemala, and Southern Venezuela, and looks at human age and sex. The team estimated entomological factors, such as the number of times people were bitten. This could be affected by anthropological factors, such as the level of protection against bites afforded by clothing. Dr Mara-Gloria Base...Fat rat enables studies of debilitating vascular disease
...op better diagnostic tools," Dr. Stepp says. So he looks at what happens to exercise capacity when the sympathetic nervous system is blocked or a nitrate patch is used to improve impaired dilation. "The holy grail of all this is if you can figure out how obesity impairs vascular fucntion and how exercise m...Speakers and Youth World Information announced for first Neurology EXPO
...e, Eric Chudler, PhD, will describe what the brain looks like and how it works during four sessions of "Journey Into the Brain." A prize drawing will be held at the end of each session. Other zones include the Memory Zone, Book Zone, Arcade Zone, and TV/DVD Zone. A variety of healthcare providers will also...Pulmonary artery catheter use neutral for patient outcomes
...What is definitely needed is a clinical trial that looks at PAC in conjunction with specific drugs that are associated with its use," Shah said. "That way we could really see if there is any impact." The researchers did find in their meta-analysis that those patients who were randomized to PAC had signific...WHO-AFRO should lead humanitarian aid efforts in Zimbabwe
... so far failed to do so." This week's World Report looks at the humanitarian and health crisis in Zimbabwe....Real-time MRI helps doctors assess beating heart in fetus
...chocardiography. "With echocardiography, the heart looks like a shadow. It looks more like a heart with real-time MRI, with excellent soft tissue contrast," said pediatric cardiolog...Is rural Canada a good place to grow old?
... funding from Veterans Affairs of Canada (VAC) and looks at the care context of rural seniors. Rural health has emerged as an important policy issue for several federal government departments that recognize the tremendous challenge inherent in providing health care in rural Canada where low population dens...Loss of body mass linked to development of Alzheimer's disease
...ing Program. "This study is significant in that it looks at body mass changes in the years preceding dementia and cognitive decline. Other studies have looked at BMI at only one point in time or studied body mass loss in people who already have AD." Each of the 820 study participants took part in yearly c...Post-stroke tests not used often enough, especially in women
...trasound that creates a movie of the heart and can looks for clot-producing conditions and other problems. Women were also 43 percent less likely to have exams of their carotid arteries, which can become narrowed by cholesterol plaque that blocks blood flow and spawns clots. The gender difference in testin...Air pollution linked to heart attack
...ished in the Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis looks specifically at airborne particulate matter resulting mainly from the combustion of fuel, including coal and also from forest fires. Evidence shows that both short- and long-term exposure to these particulates is associated with death from cardiovas...Beauty queens urge girls not to sacrifice their bones
...eased a new publication "Move it or Lose it" which looks at the impact of weight-bearing exercise on building strong bones. Professor Helmut Minne, an IOF Board member and author of the report, noted that, among many dramatic conclusions, in girls the bone tissue accumulated during the ages of 11-13 rough...Yale procedure cuts recurrence of aggressive uterine cancer
...n than in white women. The disease microscopically looks like ovarian cancer and spreads just as rapidly. "Until now, there has been no consistent management of the disease," said first author Michael G. Kelly, M.D., fellow and instructor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences...Americans think commitment to health research should be stronger
...28 percent. 58 percent indicate that as the U.S. looks for ways to manage health care costs, the national commitment to health-related research should be higher. 60 percent of Americans say they do not believe the U.S. has the best health care system in the world. More than half (55 percent) of the p...Government policy changes lead to dramatic drop in heart disease deaths in Poland
...reform, say the authors. However, while this study looks at the results of economic policy, it underestimates Poland's agricultural strategy which invested heavily in domestic produce. The researchers considered the effects of imported fruit consumption, but didn't account for home grown fruit and vegetab...