Variant prion protein causes infection but no symptoms
...d: The host cell might require the GPI anchor to receive the "toxic signal" from the abnormal prion protein The plaques might be less toxic than the non-plaque form of prion protein clumps In either case, more time might be required to produce disease due to the reduced toxicity, Dr. Chesebro says. "Ther...$3 million NIH grant focuses on workplace obesity
... of only seven institutions nationwide selected to receive a $3 million grant to study ways to help prevent obesity by influencing people's dietary and activity habits at work. Researchers say this is the first study of its kind in Rochester and in upstate New York, and any strategies or tools developed cou...For disabled parents, extra family services could improve entire family's health
...elihood that children of parents with a disability receive their childhood immunizations on time. Disability...re parents who are disabled are 65% less likely to receive the recommended immunizations by age two as children whose parents are not disabled," reports Hyatt....Chemotherapy options improve for patients with advanced colorectal cancer
...nts who had not undergone previous chemotherapy to receive either FUFOX (5-fluorouracil (5-FU) 2000mg/m 24h i...o come only twice in three weeks as outpatients to receive the 2 hourly oxaliplatin dose. Especially in the palliative setting of MCRC, patients gain more auto...Perceptions of weight important risk factor for suicidal behavior in adolescents
...s underweight or overweight, respectively? Do they receive subtle or not so subtle cues from peers and parents?" the editorialist asks. "In one prospective study, girls who read magazines targeted to them at least weekly were more likely to develop an eating disorder over the ensuing 18 months compared to gi...Prevalence and severity of mental illness in the United States
... month period (12-month prevalence) were likely to receive any treatment, based on their analysis of data from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R). Of those who received treatment, 12.3 percent were treated by a psychiatrist, 16 percent by another mental health specialist, 22.8 percent by a g...Housing subsidies may help prevent children's undernutrition
CHICAGO The children of low-income families who receive public housing rent subsidies had greater weight f...er nutrition, than children whose families did not receive rent subsidies, according to a study in the June issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medici...Doctor 'report cards' may keep some heart patients from getting angioplasties
...ey were also more likely than New York patients to receive blood thinners or nitroglycerin just before their ...ients who might benefit from angioplasty might not receive the procedure because of the effect of public reporting. In addition to Moscucci, an associate prof...Newly published summer camp health guideline advises parents, camp directors
... More than 70 percent said the hospital that would receive an injured or ill camper was small or rural. In light of these statistics, Walton advises parents and camp officials to communicate openly, early and often about any health problems a child has or might face at camp, how the camp would respond, and ...Mental illness exacts heavy toll, beginning in youth
...n first onset of symptoms and when people seek and receive treatment. The study also reveals that an untreated mental disorder can lead to a more severe, more difficult to treat illness, and to the development of co-occurring mental illnesses. The landmark study is described in four papers that document...Tercica presents two pharmacokinetic studies in an oral session at Endocrine Society Meeting
... IGF-1sufficient. The patients were randomized to receive a single subcutaneousinjection of rhIGF-1. A second chronic-dosing study was performed in 27patients with moderate IGFD who received multiple subcutaneous injections ofrhIGF-1, with once- or twice-daily dosing, for three weeks. After chronic dos...Despite WHO/UNICEF push for 'rooming-in,' mothers and babies being separated at birth
...in the June 2005 issue of Birth. Media wishing to receive a PDF of this study please contact medicalnews@bos.blackwellpublishing.net ....Minorities receive less diabetes-related prevention care
...hough these studies indicate minority patients may receive less preventive care than white patients in some areas, "the majority of the data indicated that the rates of diabetes monitoring are generally low regardless of the population studied," Kirk says. Good evidence suggests that regular preventive care ...US specialists call for heart patients to be screened for psychological distress
... with a diagnosis of serious mental illness should receive such services and these data indicate that only 31% to 35% have seen a mental health professional, although it is possible some may have been treated for distress by another type of practitioner." The authors said there were some limitations to the s...Mayo collaboration: Discovery blocks breast cancer growth, stimulates immunity
... that were one-tenth the size of mice that did not receive the injections. Breast cancer researchers have known for years that the body's immune system is naturally poised to reject breast cancer -- but in breast cancer patients, something interferes with this rejection, allowing the cancer to grow unc...$3.68 millon grant to boost public health 'informatics'
...ndation for the National Institutes of Health will receive the money from RWJF. The National Library of Medic...iversity of Washington. Students at the sites will receive training in basic information science and public health principles, focused preparation in applying ...Tobacco linked to 63 percent of cancer death burden among African-American men
... of Preventive Medicine, published by Elsevier. To receive the full article, e-mail pressoffice@elsevier.org . In research published last year, Leistikow estimated that more than 38 percent of cancer deaths for African-American men were related to tobacco smoke. His new study uses additional years of Natio...Obese women with breast cancer may be undertreated
... Overweight and obese women with breast cancer may receive reduced doses of chemotherapy drugs, which may put them at greater risk of cancer recurrence, according to a study in the June 13 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Women who are 20 to 25 percent over their ide...Increasing the success of liver transplants by managing levels of anti-rejection drugs
Approximately 600 children receive liver transplants each year in the United States. The use of immunosuppressant drug therapy, namely calcineurin inhibitors (CNIs) such as cyclosporine and tacrolimus, has decreased the risk of liver rejection and increased patient survival rates. W...... as surrogate decision makers for medical care may receive less aggressive treatment than they would choose for themselves. "Homeless persons are at an increased risk for critical illnesses and admissions to the intensive care unit. They also are less likely to have family or friends to be surrogate decisi...