UCSD leads team to build Geographic Information System to assess toxic hazards from Katrina
...NIEHS," said UCSD Chancellor Marye Anne Fox. "The situation in the Gulf has affected thousands of people, and we have a responsibility to apply our research capabilities towards helping to understand the long-term impact on human health of the recent devastation." In the aftermath of Katrina, the need for a u...March of Dimes receives federal grant to help meet needs of pregnant women and infants in Louisiana
...ment began tracking prematurity. In Louisiana, the situation is much more dire. Some 15.6 percent of all babies were born premature in 2003 - that's nearly 27 percent higher than the national average - and these grave statistics will only worsen in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the March of Dimes says. Afric...Pain drives Canadian youth to seek alternative medical treatment
...th Services and Policy Research. "In the desperate situation these families may find themselves having a child in pain, with persistent problems the availability of options is different for well-off kids than it is for poorer kids." Also on the team are Alison James (Centre for Health Services and Policy Res...One dose of vaccine against Japanese encephalitis provides sustained protection
...t and September 2000. The researchers assessed the situation after this outbreak and found that a single dose of the vaccine had a protective effect of 98.5%12-15 months after immunisation. Professor Ohrr concludes "Because of the large vaccine-eligible population in the Asian-Pacific region and the short sup...Delivery of aid to Africa: Changes needed to ensure money reaches poor
... poor. OBA can reverse this equation." "The health situation in Africa is deteriorating and without major challenges in external aid and internal administrative structures, it will be impossible to reach the Millennium Development Goals for most of the continent," they add....Life insurance: Research reveals concerns over use of health information
...ect, the more likely they are to rate policies - a situation with implications for the use of genetic test results." The voluntary moratorium on their use, except where cover is more than 500,000 and the test has been approved by the Department of Health's Genetics and Insurance Committee, was recently extende...Infertility researchers identify one gene's critical role in the human embryo implantation process
...before we can apply this information to a clinical situation but I believe we've shown there is definitely a need for more research."...In a crisis, creating DNA vaccine could help save lives, slow spread of 'bird flu'
...s not a panacea, however it could be useful if the situation gets out of hand," Dunnill says. "But if we're going to try it, we need to move. You can't expect to walk into a production facility, hand over the instructions, and expect them to make it on the spot. It's going to take some weeks, and we really don...Side-effects cause some breast cancer patients to skip hormone treatment
...ects. However, when presented with a hypothetical situation that injections would result in fewer hot flushes ...hree-quarters when they were given a hypothetical situation where a monthly double injection would control the cancer better. Only a fifth in this case would pr...Stanford study reveals protein's Jekyll-and-Hyde role in cancer growth
...so in cases of acute leukemia. "We've discovered a situation where they're not antagonizing each other's actions, they're actually working together," said Michael Cleary, MD, professor of pathology and of pediatrics and senior author of the paper published in the Oct. 21 issue of Cell. When the blood system is...CHEST 2005 abstract highlights
...ds (ICS). Although increasing the ICS dose in this situation conflicts with the current national guidelines for asthma management, 22 percent of physicians said they would increase the dose for patients with private coverage, while 37 percent of physicians reported that they would increase the dose for patient...ADDERALL XR significantly improves driving performance, attention in young adults with ADHD
...ystem, assesses critical driving skills, including situation awareness, hazard perception, risk assessment and decision-making under time pressure. The majority of side effects during the trial were mild or moderate and consistent with known side effects of stimulant medications. The most common side effect...Research to improve trauma patient care neglected
...is that clinical trials take place in an emergency situation with unconscious patients who are unable to give informed consent. Few countries have legislation in place to handle these situations. Until there are more international trials into trauma care, these patients are being unfairly denied the benefits o...Multilateral initiative on malaria seeks international effort
...ent new research findings and begin to reverse the situation in malaria endemic countries," said Andreas Heddini, secretariat coordinator for MIM. MIM is an international organization dedicated solely to building a sustainable malaria research infrastructure in Africa. This year it will officially move its h...Aspirin reduces stroke risk in women, not men
...tinal side effects of the drug. "As opposed to the situation with men, aspirin tends to be under-prescribed for women," Berger said. "There is no reason for this to be the case aspirin is effective, it is inexpensive and easily available." According to the American Stroke Association, about 700,000 Americans ...Wide racial disparities found in heart device implantation
...rts have significantly impaired pumping ability, a situation that often leads to heart failure. Compared to other racial groups, African-Americans with heart failure suffer the highest rates of sudden cardiac death.. To determine whether there were any racial disparities in ICD implantation, Thomas consulted t...Engineered blood vessels may be an option in cardiac bypass
...rteries for grafting. "This is a dramatic clinical situation because synthetic vascular grafts cannot be used for heart bypass," L'Heureux said. "The failure rate of synthetic grafts, which can be used in hemodialysis patients, is too high for coronary applications. Patients who require coronary bypass graft...Award for work on hypertension
...to overload. An example of this added force is the situation of increased blood pressure typical in patients with high blood pressure. The study showed two things: The abnormal increase of the concentration of cardiotrophin-1 in the blood is associated with the exaggerated growth (hypertrophia) of the in pati...Emergency bypass surgery on angioplasty patients drops 90 percent
...bypass and will go away completely, but this ideal situation has not been attained," Dr. Bittl said. "The assessment of elective PCI without on-site bypass surgery underway in some states is a step in the right direction. But, choosing the right metrics is challenging. The only meaningful comparison between ho......Ian Wark Research Institute. "For patients in this situation it may be necessary to remove the implant from the infected site, cleanse the wound and undergo replacement surgery within a short time after original implantation, causing significant trauma, especially for the elderly," Professor Griesser said. Cat...