Study finds smokers' children carry higher levels of harmful bacteria
...and meningitis. Researchers in Israel conducted a surveillance study of more than 200 young children and their mothers. They swabbed the noses and throats of the subjects to determine bacterial carriage rates, and then analyzed the data based on the children's and mothers' exposure to smoking. Seventy-six percen...Medical/dental insurance databases and drug safety surveillance
...rom the analysis of medical claims, and successful surveillance programs have been put in place in the medical field. Today, in a symposium being held as part of the 35th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Dental Research, scientists and speakers from the National Association of Dental Plans, Columbia...Older breast cancer survivors shared care study
...udies comparing breast cancer survivors undergoing surveillance mammography with those who don't, screening mammography is thought to be critical for the early detection of either recurrent disease or of new, primary tumors. "Previous studies have shown that over one-third of breast cancer survivors do not receiv...Mailman School of Public Health researchers develop diagnostic test for pathogens
...boratories devoted to strengthening global disease surveillance and outbreak response capabilities." A vital part of the commitment includes validation of innovative, new detection tools for diagnosis of emerging and high-risk pathogens, as well as distribution of assays and reagents in global laboratory network...Medical experts: US unlikely to have enough vaccines to stop avian flu
...lu outbreak among humans lies in heightened global surveillance and, should the virus become pandemic, hand washing, mask wearing and social distancing. Unfortunately, the efficacy of such strategies in preventing the spread of infectious diseases has not been extensively studied, Bruine de Bruin said. Although t...UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center named Survivorship Center of Excellence
...municated. Survivors often don't know what kind of surveillance and follow-up care they need to monitor for disease recurrence or any late effects that may result from their cancer treatment." The formation of the LIVESTRONG Survivorship Center of Excellence Network was announced today by LAF officials. The netwo...Sometimes no treatment is the right option for low-risk prostate cancer
...w-risk prostate cancer at M. D. Anderson on active surveillance for their disease, having changes monitored throug...early stage that managing low-risk disease through surveillance outweighs the risks and possible side effects of treatments. Now, a new study at M. D. Anderson will...President's budget proposal cuts critical infectious diseases programs to the bone
...cient funds will block an essential plan to expand surveillance sites in Asia to monitor the emergence of new influenza viruses with pandemic potential. "The president's proposed budget for NIH would cut beyond muscle and into the bone of critically important ID research grant programs," Dr. Blaser said. In addi...Research suggests that immune response protects against brain tumor development
In their quest to determine whether immune system surveillance guards against brain tumor development, researcher... to keep immune system cells active, and that this surveillance works to eliminate cancer beginning to develop in the brain," Scheurer says. "So we wondered whether...Significant reduction in antibiotic-resistant pneumococcal disease since the introduction of PREVNAR
...ction of routine PREVNAR use in the United States, surveillance sites of the CDC noted a 94 percent reduction in IPD in children younger than five years of age caused by pneumococcal serotypes targeted by the vaccine, as well as a reduction in the incidence of vaccine serotype IPD in adult populations. However, ...ISHLT celebrates 20th anniversary of infant cardiac transplantation
...ations, this study suggests that combining routine surveillance bronchoscopy with early treatment of rejection may improve pediatric lung transplant outcomes. "I am thrilled that the ISHLT meeting this year will provide attendees interested in pediatric heart and lung transplant a mixture of historical perspectiv...Japanese encephalitis widespread in Bali
...illance, the disease is widespread in Bali. Better surveillance and the implementation of vaccination programmes for Japanese encephalitis are needed in Bali. Komang Kari from Udyana Univeristy School of Medicine in Bali, Indonesia, and colleagues from other institutions in Bali, Korea and Thailand studied 239 Ba...Study shows more than half of esophageal cancer patients now survive
...ERD has resulted in the establishment of Barrett's surveillance programs and the increasing likelihood that a give...ent of the patients were identified in a Barrett's surveillance program. During the course of the study period, the percentage of patients presenting with early ade...Recurrent melanoma may be more common than previously thought
...s studies, also underscore the importance of close surveillance of patients with melanoma."...Mayo Clinic finding may double genetic screening effectiveness for sudden death heart condition
...ator implantation, to surgery and lifelong medical surveillance for worsening symptoms. Significance of the Mayo Clinic Research Boosting the sensitivity of the HCM detection rate with the image-gene screen combo can help physicians more accurately identify which families may benefit most from genetic testing f...Seven UK cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease associated with transplanted human tissue
...rodegenerative disease were reported to the UK CJD surveillance system. This monitors all cases of CJD arising sporadically, genetically, and as a result of infection from contaminated food products (variant form) or surgery (iatrogenic). The seven cases reported between 1970 and 2003 were the result of inadverte...Rare form of Alzheimer's disease found in Camelford resident
...ues: "At the very least, increased efforts towards surveillance of individuals exposed in Camelford is certainly warranted."...Study highlights gaps in Europe's preparedness plans for pandemic influenza
...the 21 countries' plans available, they found that surveillance planning, coordination, and communication were goo...s is strong, preparedness levels are broadly good, surveillance and monitoring capacities allied to laboratory capacity are well developed, and the public-health in...Heart rhythm society issues draft recommendations on performance policies for pacemakers and ICDs
...er to patients. Should establish a post-marketing surveillance advisory panel of independent expert advisors to ...ns about the safety, effectiveness and post-market surveillance of cardiac devices," said Mark D. Carlson, M.D., task force chairman and Treasurer, Heart Rhythm Fou...British public supports use of personal data for health research
...on should be required by law. Health research and surveillance is vital for the delivery of effective health services and public health interventions. But since the introduction of the Data Protection Act, research has been disrupted because of concern about the ethics and legality of using identifiable data fro...