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...ational team of researchers who have been studying the bacteria. First isolated in Australia and Canada i... and pneumonia in children and young adults around the world. This pandemic of both hospital and community acquired infections waned throughout the 1960s a...Advanced prostate cancer previously considered inoperable may be operable, curable
...icate that cT3 prostate cancer, a disease in which the cancer has spread locally from inside the prostate to immediately outside it, is operable and has 15-year cancer survival rates of almost 80 p...Rockefeller University researchers are changing the face of drug addiction treatment
...n't go to or won't stay in treatment. Reporting in the January issue of the Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment , Scott Kellogg, Ph.D., and Mary Jeanne Kreek, M.D., at The Ro...Implanted medical device aims to lower blood pressure
Doctors at the University of Rochester Medical Center are the first in the nation to implant an investigational medical device that lowers blood pressure by activ...New approach to eye training may significantly improve performance
...tudy suggests there may be a better way to sharpen the eyes of radiologists, military pilots and other pr... and with pinpoint accuracy is a critical part of the job. According to the study, the new approach involves rethinking how the eyes are trained to filt...Sucampo submits new drug application for lubiprostone
...t it has submitted a new drug application (NDA) to the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) o...el compound with a unique mechanism of action, for the treatment of chronic idiopathic constipation (CIC) and associated symptoms in adults. Administered...Study finds radiation therapy for prostate cancer nearly doubles risk for rectal cancer
...ion therapy for prostate cancer have nearly double the risk of developing rectal cancer when compared to ...imilar to that posed by having a family history of the disease. This is the first study to quantify rectal cancer risk associated with prostate radiation. ...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for April 2005 (first issue)
...ansplantation. (Graft ischemic time was defined as the interval between the application of the aortic cross clamp during donor organ removal and the reperfusion (restoration of...Radiation therapy for prostate cancer nearly doubles the risk of rectal cancer
...o radiation for prostate cancer have nearly double the risk of developing rectal cancer when compared to ...te cancer, according to a study published today in the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) journal Gastroenterology . Men who receive radiatio...Statin simvastatin linked to protection against endothelial dysfunction in diabetic rats
Almost two years ago, the diabetes arm of the Heart Protection Study, the largest-ever study using a cholesterol-lowering medication, found that d...Asthma patients' immune systems respond differently with allergies
Researchers from the University of Chihuahua in Mexico report that immu... Experimental Biology 2005 in San Diego. She says the findings are an important first step to personalizing treatments for allergy and asthma, both worldw...Many parents fail to set rules to limit children's exposure to tobacco smoke, according to new study
WASHINGTON -- Despite health warnings about the dangers of second-hand smoke, a large percentage o...ke in public places. The findings are published in the spring issue of Families, Systems & Health, a journal published by the American Psychological Associ...Autistic children's abnormal metabolic profile findings
...biochemical imbalance is often a primary factor in the development of many complex diseases but a possibl...Hospital Research Institute researchers report for the first time that children with autism have a severely abnormal metabolic profile indicating increased...Top anti-arthritis drugs cause skin disease
Members of the second most important family of drugs used to trea...nder treatment, reveals a study published today in the journal Arthritis Research and Therapy . Last year saw the withdrawal of frontline anti-arthritis ...Urban neighborhoods affect how people think about health
... residents are forced to turn to emergency care in the form of expensive hospital emergency rooms." Barne...ate, affordable, accessible health care undermines the health of many residents in poor urban neighborhoods. The problem is particularly acute for urbanite...Study shows new antipsychotic drug prevents brain loss in schizophrenia
...ly diagnosed schizophrenia patients has found, for the first time, that the loss of gray matter typically experienced by patients can be prevented by one of the new atypical an...More exhaust inhaled by kids inside school buses than by others in the area, says new UC study
...h or more exhaust emitted from those buses as does the rest of the city's population, according to a new analysis by researchers at the University of California. The ...AACR establishes new lectureship in honor of Dr. Jane C. Wright
...noring outstanding achievement in cancer research, the American Association for Cancer Research is pleased to announce the addition of a new lectureship to its series of annual awards. The AACR-Minorities in Cancer Researc...Last call for Annual World of Children award nominations
...duals who have had a profoundly positive effect on the well-being of children across the globe. World of Children, Inc. has become the most prestigious global award program promoting child...Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign report dramatic evidence of the importance of visual cues in the control of food intake in the current issue of Obesity Research, a ...