Reactions to 'false-positive' prostate cancer screenings assessed
...rostate cancer screening studies, the UI-led study raises the question whether men without any prostate cancer symptoms should receive PSA testing. Katz said that given the lack of definitive evidence that PSA screening saves lives in asymptomatic men, deciding whether to have a PSA screening test needs t......able such as NHS patient data or road traffic data raises issues about privacy and costs. Can these issues be addressed at the same time as reaping the benefits of a better evidence base for the UK's social and economic policies? Chaired by Jim Hancock, former Political Editor for BBC North West, the de...Insight on fruit fly immune system could lead to new types of vaccines, Stanford researchers say
... humans and other vertebrates. The Stanford work raises the possibility that humans could make use of this rudimentary immune response if their higher-level system is crippled. "It's a springboard to looking at the immune system in a whole new way," said David Schneider, PhD, assistant professor of microb...Major discovery raises prospect of better patient care by improving platelet life span
... is controlled by two key molecules. The discovery raises the prospect of developing a new drug to prolong the life span of platelets stored in blood banks, effectively increasing the availability of this life-saving blood product. An undesirable side effect of cancer chemotherapy is extensive bruising an...Loperamide therapy for acute diarrhea in children
...en about the methods they used in their work. This raises doubts as to how well some reviews have been conducted. Moher and colleagues conclude that readers should not accept systematic reviews uncritically. In an Editorial in the same issue, the Editors of PLoS Medicine discuss how medical journals should ...Acrux completes enrollment in key phase 2 trial
...tion of Acrux's user-friendly lotionto the armpits raises the level of testosterone into the normal range. This isbeing undertaken by measuring testosterone levels in the blood and doesnot require the measurement of clinical symptoms. A Phase 3 trial in 150-200 patients will be required before marketingappl...Inflammatory system genes linked to cognitive decline after heart surgery
...f suffering mental decline after heart surgery and raises the possibility that these patients could be treated with drugs that are known to dampen the inflammatory response. Six years ago, the Duke researchers demonstrated that 42 percent of patients who underwent coronary artery bypass surgery had measur...Research demonstrates link between domestic violence and asthma
...emiology, (published advance online Feb. 28, 2007) raises questions about the role of stress in the development of this common respiratory condition. Classic environmental triggers for asthma have been carefully studied, but there is less information on the role of stress in asthma episodes," says lead re...Urologic diseases cost Americans $11B a year
...ly $2.5 billion annually. Adding the cost for men raises the total to $3.5 billion; Medicare's share was $1... using newer, and more expensive, fluoroquinolones raises concerns about increasing antibiotic resistance said UDA authors. And while only 20 percent of infe...Experts debate role of stenting, bypass surgery in left main coronary artery disease
...r. Mehran. This breakthrough technology once again raises the possibility that catheter techniques can safely and effectively treat left main disease. "We now have devices that have the ability to deal with much more complex disease that would previously have been treated with bypass surgery," she said. "It...Commercializing university research -- Hopping robots, liquid shoes, electricity from heat
...th since the von Liebig Center was set up in 2001, raises the centers grant total to more than $2.8 million in grants to fund 65 research projects with commercialization potential. The Center funded nine of 23 applications made in the latest round of applications reviewed by an external committee of indu...Scavenger cells may have role blocking obesity, Stanford study shows
...hages into their alternative state. This work also raises the possibility that existing anti-inflammatory therapies might be targeted at adipose tissue macrophages to treat obesity and insulin resistance....Surgery by satellite -- New possibilities at medicine's cutting edge
...cal Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery. This raises the possibility of a surgeons expertise being made available to patients lying in surgical theatres thousands of miles away. Robots are starting to prove that they can be used to perform minimally invasive surgery with high precision. In theory the...Experts call for urgent research into anti-epileptic drugs given to children
...research priorities for the newer AEDs. It also raises concerns about the rapid increase in prescribing drugs whose safety has not been established for paediatric use, which is an issue that the Journal has often dealt with and will continue to cover. The authors have stressed that it is important that......n. The ability of plants to absorb antibiotics raises the potential for contamination of human food supply. However, Satish Gupta, group leader notes The adverse impacts of consuming plants that contain small quantities of antibiotics are largely unknown. Consumption of antibiotics in plants may cause...Heat-related deaths in middle, high school football players spikes in 2006
...chismo doesnt affect physiology. Physical activity raises players temperatures higher than normal, Mueller said. When body temperatures rise to 103 or 104, the brains hypothalamus loses its ability to regulate the heat. The heart beats faster to increase blood flow to the skin to aid in evaporation, leaving......ced by women around the globe. This 3-to-1 ratio raises the obvious question: Why" The reason, suggest researchers at UCLA, is that women may have a faster trigger than men for activating the waves of brain activity thought to underlie migraines. If the theory is correct, this triggering mechanism may be ...