Projected costs of stroke highlight need for increased NIH funding
... billion for Hispanics. "With the cost of stroke reaching $2.2 trillion, it is essential the NIH have the resources to halt this impending epidemic," said Catherine M. Rydell, CEO and Executive Director of the AAN. "The NIH has the ability to perform the research that can save countless lives and billions o...Link between autism and abnormal blood-vessel function and oxidative stress
...ildren have demonstrated a reduced amount of blood reaching the brain. Shedding more light on the relationship of oxidative stress and blood-vessel health to the pathology of autism could lead to improvements in therapy."...Updated International AIDS Society guidelines recommend new goal of undetectable viral load
...nce that physicians should set a treatment goal of reaching undetectable levels of the virus ( Recent clinical trials have convinced the authors of the guidelines that undetectable viral load should be the goal for all treatment-experienced patients. These trials, including POWER and RESIST, confirm the eff...Puerto Rican and African-American children show different patterns of asthma care
...n get more care early in their illness? Are we not reaching out enough to make all families feel comfortable coming to the clinic? Are we not teaching families to recognize symptoms? We don't know." Many studies have compared asthma care between whites and African Americans, but relatively few have looked a...Researchers find new learning strategy
...xt movement. He and Fine asked volunteers to make reaching movements while holding the end of a robotic arm. ...ects were asked to make half-second, 10-centimeter reaching movements, directed away from their bodies. Subjects learned the baseline task on the first day. ...Scripps research scientists test anti-obesity vaccine
...shed evidence proving that preventing ghrelin from reaching the central nervous system can produce a desired reduction in weight gain." Ghrelin, a gastric endocrine hormone produced primarily in the stomach, plays a physiological role in energy homeostasis, although the full extent of that role remains unkn...Synthetic version of scorpion venom delivers radioactive iodine to malignant brain tumors
...ood-brain barrier that blocks most substances from reaching brain tissue from the bloodstream. "We're using the TM-601 primarily as a carrier to transport radioactive iodine to glioma cells, although there are data to suggest that it may also slow down the growth of tumor cells. If studies continue to confi...Low-glycemic index diet promotes weight loss, cardiovascular risk reduction
...ificant differences, however, in the likelihood of reaching the clinical goal of 5 percent weight loss. Between the two high-carbohydrate diets, lowering the glycemic index nearly doubled fat loss; this effect was stronger in women and did not occur among those on high-protein diets. Participants on the hig...Scientists discover why cornea is transparent and free of blood vessels, allowing vision
... Dana, who says that the discovery will have a far reaching impact on the development of new therapies for eye and other diseases. "Drugs designed to manipulate the levels of this protein could heal corneas that have undergone severe trauma or help shrink tumors fed by rapidly growing abnormal blood vessels...Children's health and human rights are at risk in Nepal
... One out of every 11 children in Nepal dies before reaching the age of five, and almost 70,000 children die yearly from preventable causes. The ongoing violent conflict in Nepal between Maoist rebels and government forces has disrupted the delivery of health care to children and deprived them of education. ...Minimally invasive procedure restores blood flow to kidneys, research suggests
...que and other material that make up blockages from reaching the kidneys and causing damage. In previous studies of angioplasty without a suction or filtering device, results have been inconsistent. Angioplasty involves inserting a balloon-like device into the vessel to crush fatty deposits that are blocking ...Ultrasound may help regrow teeth
... energy sensor that will ensure the LIPUS power is reaching the target area of the teeth roots within the bone. TEC Edmonton, the U of A's exclusive tech transfer service provider, filed the first patent recently in the U.S. Currently, the research team is finishing the system-on-a-chip and hopes to complete ...World's first approval of new HIV drug TMC114 provides potent new treatment option with FUZEON
...ombination of FUZEON and darunavir/r." The goal of reaching an undetectable viral load has been clearly considered possible for previously untreated or minimally pre-treated HIV patients. For the first time in late 2005, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) guidelines established that maxim...Summer update: Melanoma research progress suggests optimism for future cures
...ating communication among melanoma researchers and reaching out to patient advocacy groups. He is president of the Society for Melanoma Research, which fosters collaborations among basic, translational, and clinical investigators. He also founded the Melanoma Research Congress, which brings together clinician...African American women need to receive HPV vaccine
...ry program would provide an effective strategy for reaching the broadest number of at-risk African American females. "School-based vaccine delivery surpasses traditional primary care provider vaccination rates, but this avenue is not widely used," Bonney says. At-risk adolescents, the group that would be ta...Smokers invite to test vaccine against nicotine addiction
...and enter the brain. "With little or no nicotine reaching the brain, smoking is less rewarding. That gives the smoker a chance to change the behavioral and social factors that also influence smoking," said Victor Reus, MD, principal investigator for the study at UCSF. Because immune antibodies remain in t...It's never too late to 'hurry up' angioplasty treatment
... have been feeling symptoms for a few hours before reaching the hospital, it has not been as clear whether zipping them from the emergency department into a catheterization lab still improves survival. The researchers used data from a national registry in which hospitals voluntarily enter information about he...Are antibiotics for suspected childhood meningitis harmful?
...re admission to hospital are more likely to die on reaching hospital. The other a review of all the current e...eceived penicillin also had more severe disease on reaching hospital. So, although a harmful effect of penicillin cannot be excluded, a more likely explanation ...Calorie restriction appears better than exercise at slowing primary aging
... diseases that can keep a person or an animal from reaching that expected lifespan. Eliminating factors related to secondary aging allows more people to reach their projected length of life. By slowing primary aging, CR may increase maximal lifespan. In a related study in 1997, co-investigator John O. Hollosz......lief team left from Brussels 19:00, Sunday 28 May, reaching Jakarta the following day. Their immediate mission includes assessing the availability of both dialysis hardware and medical and paramedic staff in the area, as well as organizing screening for Acute Kidney Injury in non-nephrological Units, and admi...