Rockefeller University researchers are changing the face of drug addiction treatment
...uitive to reinforce positive behavior when it does occur in our patients. But once the patients began to respond to the reinforcements, it changed the counselors. The counselors want the patients to get better, and when they saw the patients get better, it was really persuasive." "I've heard several patien...West Africa: meningitis epidemics driven by the wind
... people per year, particularly children. Outbreaks occur every year between February and May. Their geographical distribution is contained within what is called the Meningitis Belt circumscribed between 10 and 15 of latitude North. Several factors contribute to epidemic onset, in particular loss of immunit...US service academies to collaborate with UNC, Andrews Air Force Base, Duke in knee injury study
...nt. Most ACL injuries are sports-related, and most occur when there is no direct physical contact between athletes. Studies have shown that the injury rate to the knee's ACL is up to eight times higher for women than it is for men, particularly in sports requiring stopping and jumping tasks, as in basketb...Vaccine against cervical cancer and genital warts shows promise
... each year. Although most cases of cervical cancer occur in the developing world, where organised cervical screening programmes have not been implemented, around 35, 000 women die from the disease every year in Europe and the USA. HPV infections are also responsible for genital warts in 1-2% of young adul...Study finds no link between cell phone use and brain tumors
...e researchers also found that brain tumors did not occur more frequently on the side of the head where the phone was typically used. The study was supported by the European Commission Fifth Framework Program, International Union Against Cancer, International Epidemiology Institute, and Danish Cancer Societ...Early stage breast-cancer rates are rising as incidence of invasive cases are leveling
...new cases of in situ breast cancer are expected to occur among women this year. Of these, approximately 85 percent will be DCIS. The study was based on data from 32,990 women diagnosed with DCIS and 5,462 women diagnosed with LCIS between 1980 and 2001. Cases were identified through nine population-based c...Breakthrough findings by Ume researchers link obesity to diabetes
...eptors targeted by most drugs. The receptors also occur on human beta cells, and therefore substances that block these receptors are prime candidates as drugs for preventing or curing diabetes and other complications of obesity....To boost efficiency, hospitals borrow principles from factory floor
... They also can pinpoint easily where bottlenecks occur and how they can be reduced. In one case, Lin said, a simulation of patient transport within the hospital revealed that the elevators were a bottleneck. The problem was eliminated easily by dedicating one for patient use only. Lin is b...'Nanoshells' simultaneously detect and destroy cancerous cells
...t both the optical scattering and absorption peaks occur in the near-infrared (NIR) spectral region where light penetration through tissue is highest," Drezek says. The NIR absorption also makes destruction of the targeted cells less invasive for patients because it uses a light source from outside the bod...Jefferson researchers find timing of post-epilepsy surgery seizures predicts outcome
...tters when it comes to epileptic seizures that can occur after surgery designed to stop them. A multicenter study led by researchers at Jefferson Medical College has found that patients who had an initial seizure within the first four months of surgery were less likely to do as well in the long term as tho...Northwestern Memorial researchers release study on smart-pump technology
...e patient safety." According to the study, errors occur during each step in the process of providing IV medication to hospital in-patients: prescribing, preparation and administration. An effective error reduction system must include a robust two-way communication so that the physician's order can be ver...Scientists discover how Ebola virus infects cells
...health priority because not only do these diseases occur naturally but they also have the potential to be unleashed by bioterrorists," says NIH Director Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D. "This new research sheds light on the mechanism Ebola virus uses to enter cells," notes NIAID Director Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. "The...Independent voice rises to help consumers navigate health care
... reduce costs, morbidity and litigation that could occur if consumers' problems were not otherwise resolved." Interviewers surveyed 1,291 HCA users from 2000 to 2002. The surveys, done over the phone in English or Spanish, assessed consumer satisfaction, health insurance status, access and use of health ca...Cancer research could lead to improved detection methods
...week's edition of Nature, demonstrates that breaks occur at fragile sites of cells' DNA very early in the c...lecular Biomarkers Group, explained: "These breaks occur preferentially in certain sites of the genome that are known to be fragile and induce a cell's pre-c...Drug can reduce bodyweight and cardiovascular risk factors in obese people
...an in other groups. Serious adverse events did not occur more frequently in patients treated with the drug than in those on placebo. Professor Van Gaal concludes: "In this study, treatment with rimonabant over 1 year led to sustained, clinically meaningful weight loss, reduction in waist circumference, and...Women not given same tests for stroke
...ent of all deaths from stroke in the United States occur in women....Drug may help MS patients with laughing, crying spells
...t related to the situation. The condition can also occur with other neurological disorders such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Alzheimer's disease, stroke, and brain injury. For the study, 150 people with MS and pseudobulbar affect received either the drug AVP-923, which is a combination of the dr...Study shows surprising decreased surgical infection risk after age 65
...s immense: approximately 500,000 of the infections occur each year in the United States, "leading to an estimated 3.7 million excess hospital days and over $1.6 billion in excess costs." They commented that the study by Kaye and colleagues was "impressive," even though it had its own limitations, including...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for April 2005 (second issue)
... to the investigators, the majority of deaths that occur in the intensive care unit in North America involve withholding or withdrawing life-sustaining therapy. When this occurs, most patients are unable to communicate for themselves, so decision-making is delegated to family members and clinicians. In t......of AD and nerve cell death. Yet these tangles also occur to some extent in all brains with age although typically there are a lot more in the brains of people with AD. "However, the correlation between the presence of NFTs and incidence of disease does not necessarily dictate a causal relationship...