NIH scientists target future pandemic strains of H5N1 avian influenza
...ruses constantly mutate, however, and vaccines are most effective against the highly specific strains that they are made from. This makes it difficult to predict how effective a vaccine made today will be against a virus that emerges tomorrow. Dr. Nabel and his colleagues started their project by focusi...Seat belt injuries could signal more serious trauma in children
...n about more serious injury. Car accidents, the most common cause of injury and death in children, are also the most common cause of spinal cord injury in children and adolescents. Boys are more affected than girls, a...UCLA researchers awarded $9M contract for study identifiying antibiotic treatment for MRSA
...across the nation that is resistant to antibiotics most commonly used to treat skin infections. The st...iewUCLA. We are hopeful to be able to identify the most effective antibiotic treatment for these infections. Last year, the research team reported in The...Bioengineering to prevent iron deficiency?
...gh dietary modification and diversification is the most sustainable approach, change of dietary practices ... Fortification is, say the authors, probably the most practical, sustainable and cost-effective long-term solution to control iron deficiency at the natio...Despite claims, not all probiotics can treat diarrhea say experts
...e time of the study, these products were among the most widely used probiotic preparations in Italy, they were available only in pharmacies and had a similar brand image and price. Duration of diarrhoea and daily number and consistency of stools were monitored as primary outcomes. Secondary outcomes wer...Most seniors now have drug coverage, U-M study shows
...tantly, the researchers were able to show that the most common reason people chose not to obtain prescription drug coverage was that they used few or no drugs. The study also asked people about the difficulty of the decision process, and whether they were confident that they had made a good choice. Only...'Heroes of Chemistry' honored for medical, energy, environmental breakthroughs
...mpany, Fairfax, Va. , developed PxMax, the world's most selective catalytic process for producing para-xyl...ne, a hydrocarbon and key component in the world's most important polyester, polyethylene terephthalate (PET). PET has myriad uses, including woven material...Where's the beef? Not enough of it is on elders' plates, muscle-metabolism study suggests
...described as typically more physically active than most others in the elderly population, a disturbing thing was that on average they had 12 kilograms (26.5 pounds) less lean muscle mass than the younger people we tested. That difference, he said, would probably be even greater in the general population. ...Baby DVDs, videos may hinder, not help, infants' language development
... published today in the Journal of Pediatrics. The most important fact to come from this study is there is no clear evidence of a benefit coming from baby DVDs and videos and there is some suggestion of harm, said Frederick Zimmerman, lead author of the study and a UW associate professor of health service...Refusal of medical and surgical interventions common among chronically ill elderly
... interventions recommended by their physician. The most frequently refused interventions were cardiac cath...ation. Hospitalization was rarely refused. The most common reasons given for treatment refusals were fear of side effects. Patients who refused treatme...Long heat waves boost hospital admissions
...he first heat wave of the summer is considered the most deadly, however the team found that hospital admissions peaked during both the first and last heat waves of the year. This suggested that physiologic adaptations to the heat or behavioural changes following initial exposure to high temperatures did ...States taking action to insure nation's 13.3M uninsured young adults
... Commonwealth Fund President Karen Davis. However, most uninsured young adults do not have access to private coverage through their parents plans. For these young adults, extending Medicaid and SCHIP coverage beyond age 18 can make a real difference. In addition to increasing Medicaid and SCHIP eligibi...Researchers find vitamin B1 deficiency key to vascular problems for diabetic patients
...n incidence in the UK and elsewhere and one of the most significant health problems associated with the condition are vascular complications: microvascular complications, such as damage to the kidney, retina and nerves in arms and legs; and macrovascular complications, such as heart disease and stroke. ...Even older women at high risk have little interest in being tested for HIV, study finds
...e, face-to-face interview with study participants, most of whom said they were not currently sexually acti...aid they would be interested in HIV testing. Their most often cited reasons were curiosity and concern about a current or past sexual partners behaviors. Ab...Study reveals gaps in vaccine financing for underinsured children
...lected new vaccines for underinsured children. The most commonly cited barriers to implementation in underinsured children were lack of sufficient federal and state funding to purchase vaccines. Assuming 14 percent of children are underinsured in the United States, we estimate that 2.3 million children ...Study suggests nonpharmaceutical interventions may be helpful in severe influenza outbreaks
... The influenza pandemic of 1918-1919 is among the most deadly contagious events in human history, resulti...hering bans activated concurrently represented the most common combination implemented in 34 cities (79 percent); this combination had a median (midpoint) d...Michigan-CDC study supports value of social restrictions during influenza pandemics
...al Migration and Quarantine. Communities that were most successful during the 1918 pandemic quickly enacted a variety of measures. Those planning for the next pandemic need to carefully consider how to best use these strategies to protect people and decrease the potential impact of the next pandemic in th...Miniature implanted devices could treat epilepsy, glaucoma
...o being developed by the Purdue researchers. The most critical aspect of the research is creating a device that transmits a large amount of data at low power. The transmitter consumes 8.8 milliwatts, or about one-third as much power as other implantable transmitters while transmitting 10 times more data...Rutgers professor Bart Krekelberg is named 1 of 20 US Pew Scholars for 2007
...brain is able to ignore some critical information, most specifically the movement of our own eyes. If the ...ents we make. The human eye is designed with the most sensitive photoreceptors at the center of the retina. In order to see clearly, the eye needs to move...WPI wins $1M to develop system to locate and monitor emergency workers in buildings
... and Computer Engineering Department is one of the most promising. The system is designed to be reliable, low-cost and require no set-up at the fire scene. Firefighters or other emergency workers will wear transmitters on their turnout gear or clothing. Their signals will be picked up by receivers located...