Scientists unlock solid tumor treatment genetic secrets
...aid Lawryn H. Kasper, Ph.D., a research laboratory specialist in Brindle's laboratory. "In fact, not only does a mechanism involving HDAC appear to play a major role; but there is also evidence for a completely different pathway." Kasper is the first author of the article and together with her co-worker Fayal B...Study reveals severity of go-cart injuries
...ts," said David Cline, M.D., an emergency medicine specialist and one of the study researchers. "Many of these injuries were severe, and all children required follow-up care after they left the hospital." The study results were presented today at the Radiological Society of North America meeting in Chicago by A...Treatment of breast cancer in pregnancy
...can entertain the possibility of a pregnancy. The specialist at the University Hospital insisted that, "the treatment of breast cancer in pregnant patients may be undertaken and with very good results. Experience shows that pregnancy does not worsen the prognosis of breast cancer. Moreover, surgical treatment ...Higher dose formulation of FOSRENOL approved to reduce serum phosphorus in esrd patients
...l company that focuses on meeting the needs of the specialist physician. Shire focuses its business on central nervous system (CNS), gastrointestinal (GI), general products (GP) and human genetic therapies (HGT) -- all being areas in which Shire has a commercial presence. The structure is sufficiently flexibl...Elsevier partners with Diabetes India
...drome its raison d'etre in an era of proliferating specialist journals in the field of diabetes. The journal is timely and should rapidly become a force in the world of cardiovascular prevention." "Despite the growing importance of diabetes and the metabolic syndrome worldwide, only a few medical journals are...Pregnant women need HIV testing to protect themselves and their babies
...heir unborn babies, says a maternal-fetal medicine specialist at the Medical College of Georgia. "The reason this is important is there are about 300 babies born every year in this country with HIV infection," says Dr. Andrew W. Helfgott, chief of the MCG Section of Maternal-Fetal Medicine. "If everybody were t...Aggressive lowering of LDL level shows limited benefit for patients with previous heart attack
...ed trial was conducted at 190 cardiology care and specialist practice centers in northern Europe between March 1999 and March 2005, with a median (mid-point) follow-up of 4.8 years. The study included 8,888 patients aged 80 years or younger with a history of acute myocardial infarction (MI; heart attack). P...New RSV treatment for at-risk infants under study
...moking around babies. Tara Garrison, developmental specialist in the Section of Neonatology, is assisting with the study....Cincinnati Children's scientist wins achievement award for advances in heart disease research
...ments in cardiovascular research. Dr. Robbins is a specialist in molecular cardiology, a branch of medical research that focuses on understanding the cellular functions of the heart, including the identification of genes associated with heart disease. "This award is being presented to Dr. Robbins for his semin...Expert dispels bird flu paranoia
...ken and keep pet birds, according to bird medicine specialist Dr Bob Doneley. "The chances of getting bird flu off a pet bird or your neighbours birds are so infinitesimally small," UQ School of Veterinary Science Adjunct Professor Dr Doneley said. "You're more likely to have a light plane hit by a meteor and...Hispanics urged to take charge of their heart health
...," said Oscar Murillo, MD, FACP, internal medicine specialist at Hanover General Hospital in Pennsylvania, and a featured physician appearing on the video. "As a Hispanic physician, I see a critical need to teach patients, in their own language, why they should know their blood pressure and cholesterol numbers...Lack of specialist care for head injuries costing lives
...iscovered that head injury patients not treated in specialist brain surgery centres are at significantly greater risk of dying from their injuries. In a study published today (28 October) in The Lancet which analysed 1989 2003 data from the national Trauma Audit and Research Network database, the team compared...Doctors call for urgent review of cancer initiative
...with suspected cancer should be seen by a hospital specialist within two weeks of being referred to their GP. ...tween the referral from primary care and the first specialist appointment is only a small part of the cancer pathway" says lead author Mr Stephen Hanna, who carri...Women, kids and Australia's mental health crisis
...a mother and her child into the future. Women need specialist treatment and early screening. "In addition, women are more likely to suffer eating disorders and panic disorder. Men are more likely to suffer from antisocial personality disorder, to experience alcohol abuse and to have premature death because of s...Molecular studies in cancer of the colon
...e development of cancer of the colon. The research specialist at the University hospital commented that being able to identify the aggressiveness of the cancer of the colon significantly changed the way of looking at the treatment for this carcinoma which, together with lung and breast cancer, are the most prev...Study finds defibrillators available in many high schools
...he study, Elizabeth Jones, research health science specialist at the Center for Research in the Implementation of Innovative Strategies in Practice at the Veterans Affairs Iowa City Health Care System also commented. "Having these devices readily available provides reassurance to a community. In purchasing thes...Herceptin treatment lowers recurrence rate in early breast cancer
... Oncology, prompting standing ovations from cancer specialist attending the conference. Herceptin is a monoclonal antibody-based drug developed specifically to block the activity of the HER2 protein, a growth factor receptor that is overexpressed on cancer cells of an estimated 20 to 30 percent of breast cance...No single strategy effective to control antibiotic prescribing in hospitals
...quired preauthorization from an infectious-disease specialist for some drugs. The reviewers looked at how the interventions affected three different kinds of outcomes. Drug outcomes included whether or not a doctor prescribed an antibiotic, drug choice and dosage. Clinical outcomes measured the length of patien...Men who smoke heavily may impair sperm, fertility
...ather a child, research by a reproductive medicine specialist from the University at Buffalo has shown. Sperm from nearly two-thirds of the chronic smokers in the study failed a special test that measures the ability of sperm to fertilize an egg. On average, those men showed a 75 percent decline in fertilizin...Infertility researchers identify one gene's critical role in the human embryo implantation process
...s Lee-Chuan Kao, MD, PhD., a reproductive medicine specialist at Cedars-Sinai and co-director of the hospital's Center for Reproductive Medicine. "My interest was to determine exactly the molecular mechanism responsible for implantation failure." Endometriosis occurs when tissue similar to the lining inside th...