Young scientists awarded for achievements in cancer research
...made Student Members of the AACR. A list of their names and affiliations, in alphabetical order by state, is attached. Under the auspices of the AACR Special Program for High School Students, about 150 students in the Orange County area also will get a chance to attend the Annual Meeting and present post...Less cognitive impairment seen in women taking drug for osteoporosis
...ample, they may experience trouble remembering the names of people they meet or the flow of a conversation, or have an increased tendency to misplace things. Researchers said MCI is associated with a significantly higher-than-normal risk of developing Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia: about ...Reducing malarial transmission in Africa
... artemether and lumefantrine (co-artemether, trade names CoArtem and Riamet). The other was a combination of CQ and SP - currently under consideration in several African countries, largely due to its low cost. Altogether, the six-dose regimen of co-artemether was highly effective at reducing whether and h...OHSU study finds ginkgo beneficial for MS symptoms
... asked to name the colors. They are then shown the names of colors printed with different-colored inks, such as the word "green" printed in red, and asked to read the word. Finally, patients are asked to describe the ink used for each word. Lovera said the differences in the Stroop result would be comparab...Asthma drug fluticasone works as well as other drugs at half the dose
...ion Advair. Beclomethasone is sold under the brand names Beconase, QVAR and Vanceril. Budesonide is sold under the brands Pulmicort and Rhinocort. Adams and colleagues examined 56 studies of 12,119 chronic asthma patients to compare the effectiveness and safety of the three drugs. In 26 of the studies, pat...Psychologist: Make culture part of the new collaborative science
...ging to form emerging hybrids with tongue-twisting names such as psychoneuroimmunology. But, Ryff says, integrative work cannot tell the whole story -- or hope to create tailored, individualized interventions -- unless researchers pay heed to the broader cultural context of their work. A renowned expert on...Medical privacy vs. health care quality?
... like U-M assess and improve their care. Patients' names and other identifying details are removed before their information is entered into a database. Doctors can use the database to find out what treatments and preventive measures help patients most, and what factors worsen their chances. This informatio...Mental processing is continuous, not like a computer
...andle," and were presented with two pictures whose names did not sound alike, such as a candle and a jacket, the trajectories of their mouse movements were quite straight and directly to the candle. But when the students heard "candle" and were presented with two pictures with similarly sounding names, suc...Parasite genome sequences offer hope for new drugs and vaccines, Science studies say
...ucking triatomine bugs, with many different common names including "assassin bugs," live in the cracks and crevices of poor-quality houses in Central and South America and transmit the parasites to humans. People infected with T. cruzi often suffer cardiac, gastrointestinal or neurological damage after d...Study warns against global use of old asthma medicines for kids' coughs
...d, Australia. These medications are known by brand names Accubron Syrup, Aquaphyllin Syrup, Asmalix Elixir, Lanophyllin Elixir, Slo-Phyllin Syrup, Theoclear-80 Syrup, and Theolair Solution. "This drug was widely abandoned in the U.S. when safer alternatives became available for the immediate relief of whee...'Heroes of Chemistry' honored for improving health, environment
...panies' products and achievements, followed by the names of the 18 people selected as this year's Heroes of Chemistry: Colgate-Palmolive Co., Piscataway, NJ., developed Colgate Total ® toothpaste, the first toothpaste approved by the Food and Drug Administration to fight cavities, gingivitis, p...MacArthur Fellowships of $500,000 awarded for genius in reducing cervical and breast cancer
...nnounced publicly on Tuesday, September 20th. The names of the awardees will be available on a password pr...09; password: 2fell5. The website will have the names and backgrounds of the awardees. You may contact the awardees directly, on or after September 16. ...Researchers call for better recognition and pain management of endometriosis
...ed to cope with this debilitating condition." The names of the women taking part in the study have been changed to protect their anonymity....No good evidence that cholesterol drugs lower melanoma risk
...pular drugs prescribed to lower cholesterol. Brand names for these drugs include Mevacor, Lipitor, Zocor, Abitrate and Lopid.Earlier research in animals and people taking medications for high cholesterol hinted that the drugs might have anticancer properties.Dellavalle said the review "does not exclude the...Mental stress may be another culprit in raising cholesterol levels in healthy adults
... blue). At the bottom of the computer screen, four names of colors were displayed in incorrect colors. The object of the task was to match the name of the color to the target word. The other task used was mirror tracing, which required the participant to trace a star seen in a mirror image. The participant...UNC, Shaw research shows continuity of care, not race, key to better blood pressure control
...urvey of the Elderly. Researchers also matched the names of doctors that patients mentioned to information physicians completed for licensure to the N.C. Medical Board. Among details extracted was each doctor's race. How patients fared in terms of blood pressure control and their race were then compared wi...Flu not the only germ threat this time of year
...Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). Pronouncing the names of the microbes can be almost as difficult as bearing the illnesses themselves. They're on doorknobs, faucets, and appliance handles all around you, and maybe in your nose and lungs too. Some of the viruses are also wafting through the air you breath...Low-cost drug gaining favor for use in HIV-infected children in poor countries
... preventive use of Bactrim -- one of several brand names for the generic medicine cotrimoxazole -- for children to ward off common infections that can be deadly to a person whose immune system is weakened by HIV. Dr. Kate Grimwade, with the Heart of England National Health Service foundation trust in Birm...UCSD/Boston University find antidepressants may affect fetus
...y antidepressant medications during pregnancy, the names of products used, and the timing in gestation when the mother used the medication. Mothers were also queried about a wide variety of other maternal exposures, medical history, pregnancy history, and lifestyle factors. "Based on our findings, we est......software company, to ensure they don't approve the names of new drugs that may easily be confused with any ...ng for the past two years to analyze proposed drug names and rank them in terms of confusability, both phonetically and orthographically, with existing drugs...