Community MRSA is re-emergence of 1950's pandemic
...69 in Australia, England and the USA, and compared them with the same regions in genes from a clone of one of the most common CA MRSAs which has been found in England and Scotland. They found that these key regions in nearly all of the 80/81 isolates were identical to the CA-MRSA clone, and also that they...Rockefeller University researchers are changing the face of drug addiction treatment
...e science of operant conditioning, we suggested to them that you could achieve a better outcome if you don't simply reward the attainment of goals, but, instead, you reinforce all of the steps along the way." "Scott developed the concept of a modified, practical but formal contingency management intervent...Study finds radiation therapy for prostate cancer nearly doubles risk for rectal cancer
... be told they have prostate cancer; about 4,300 of them will be Minnesotans. Radiation therapy for prostate cancer has been associated with an increased rate of pelvic malignancies, particularly bladder cancer. Findings of this study suggest that direct radiation to the rectum increases the risk of develo...Top anti-arthritis drugs cause skin disease
... suffered from a dermatological condition that led them to visit a skin specialist. In a control group of patients who were not undergoing TNF-alpha blocking therapy and had less severe disease only 13% visited a dermatologist during the same period of time. The most frequent conditions that patients on t...Urban neighborhoods affect how people think about health
...ess likely to seek preventive care that could help them better manage their illnesses. In too many instances, this means that residents are forced to turn to emergency care in the form of expensive hospital emergency rooms." Barnes found that difficulty in obtaining adequate, affordable, accessible health...AACR awards scholarships for minority and underrepresented scientists
...Institutions, encourage their research, and assist them in inspiring their students. Candidates must have completed doctoral studies or clinical fellowships relevant to cancer research and hold full-time faculty positions at the level of assistant professor or above at an institution designated as minorit...Pediatricians must confront community-based threats to health
...in the special needs of poor children and partners them with community-based organizations for "hands on" experience. Over 450 residents, medical students, and undergraduate students have participated in the program and have worked with over 40 different community organizations in Rochester since the prog...Teens believe oral sex is safer, more acceptable to peers
...nal and social aspects of all types of sex, to get them thinking about whether their perceptions match their own situations," she said. One troubling finding of the study was the teens' perception of the health risks of oral sex. Most of the participants recognized that there is some risk of infection wit...It takes a village to improve the health of children
...ection to interests and passions that may have led them to a career in medicine, advanced competencies in working with communities and the acquisition of life-long leadership skills relevant to careers in both subspecialty and general pediatrics," the authors observe. Rigorous training of young physicians...Education program reduces incidents of shaken baby syndrome
...d by nurse educators to provide pamphlets, discuss them with parents and show a short video. Nurses were to specifically seek out fathers or father-figures who are more often involved in shaken baby syndrome cases. The parents were then asked to sign commitment statements, which also gathered demographic ...Six organizations vie for INFORMS 'science of better' innovation prize
...suppliers - bid on bundles of items, thus allowing them to consider complimentary and substitute items. P&G and its partners used CombineNet's ClearBox, enabling bidders to use discount schedules and capacity constraints, and enabling the company to express constraints and preferences. The auctions are ma...Differential heart-attack risks among blacks, whites remain mystery
...n-Americans have a genetic mechanism that protects them from the risks of lipoprotein(a), also known as Lp(a). If such a mechanism is found, doctors might be able to use the information to develop therapies and drugs that reduce heart-attack risks for everyone. In the study, statisticians from Rice Univer...Metabolic side effects of antipsychotics are known, but rarely monitored
... not incorporated recommendations for dealing with them into their practice. "We still have a way to go," says Dr. Buckley, who had just met with a young woman with schizophrenia already struggling with her weight. "I was telling her she needs a drug for her illness and that, unfortunately, there is also ...Injectable drug, combined with counseling, shows promise in treating alcohol dependence
...l open new doors for our patients and give hope to them and their families," adds Dr. Pettinati. A total of 627 alcohol-dependent patients were randomly assigned to receive either an injection of long-acting naltrexone or a placebo injection; 624 ultimately received at least one injection. In addition to ...Exercise, stress management show physiological benefits for heart patients
... patients with stable heart disease and randomized them to one of three groups exercise, stress managemen...ces of stress in their everyday lives and to teach them strategies to respond more adaptively to those stresses. Patients enrolled had stable heart disease...Music improves sleep quality in older adults, researchers find
...erns of 60 people aged 60-83, randomly designating them in equal numbers into a music group and a control group. They discovered that the 30 who had listened to carefully selected music experienced physical changes that aided restful sleep. These included lower heart and respiratory rates. "The difference......healing, but McAdams argues, "If you can't monitor them you can't prove they work." All this is done without the need to take bandages off which can affect the healing process. "It's a system which could be used to prove something either way - if it works or not. How else do you prove if something is heal...Scientists discover way to control allergic reactions
...s the first time we have found a way to manipulate them to help control allergic reactions." There are a number of types of T-cells in the body including T-helper 1, which are important in autoimmune diseases, T-helper 2, which are important in allergies, and T-regulatory cells. In allergic diseases, the ...Asthmatics naturally deficient in antiviral immunity, report scientists
...feron protected these cells from infection, making them behave like normal cells again. The team now believe this discovery could lead to a potential new treatment for asthma attacks by using a device similar to an asthma inhaler to top up the levels of interferons in the lungs.......medical community may not need to have the fear of them in older patients that we currently have." He adds...nts who were prescribed powerful sedatives to help them sleep, such as morphine, nor did it include patients taking anxiety drugs that also aid sleeping abi...