1 of 2 pediatric kidney disease research centers in world established
...titute, expediting new and exciting treatments for thousands of children with genetic, acquired or progressive kidney disease. This new Center of Excellence designation will enhance our ability to implement our translational research program, where research and clinical care are fully integrated, said Ellis D...'Heroes of Chemistry' honored for medical, energy, environmental breakthroughs
...es, sickle cell disease and other anemias. Tens of thousands of children and adults around the world have these diseases. For many, the need for transfusions and chelation are life-long. A single dose of Exjade works throughout the entire day, removing excess iron -- including highly toxic labile plasma (unbou...Michigan-CDC study supports value of social restrictions during influenza pandemics
...social restrictions allowed 43 U.S. cities to save thousands of lives during the Spanish influenza pandemic of 1918-1919. Although these urban communities had neither effective vaccines nor antiviral medicines, they were able to organize and execute a suite of classic public health measures called non-phar...Electric fields have potential as a cancer treatment
...rged particles in cells back and forth hundreds of thousands of times per second. The electric fields have an intensity of only one or two volts per centimeter. Such low-intensity alternating electric fields were once believed to do nothing significant other than heat cells. However, in several years' worth of...Mapping mountains from space with GOCE
...pplications. Although surveying techniques go back thousands of years, it traditionally involves taking very precise three-dimensional positioning of points. It is the means by which the surface of the Earth is mapped and is also essential in the field of engineering and construction. Accurate surveying re...Floods and fires across Europe captured from space
...flooding across England and Wales has left tens of thousands without electricity and water. The Environment Age...d. On Tuesday in Italys southern region of Puglia, thousands of tourists fled to beaches to escape a fast-burning fire and had to be rescued via boats and helico...New algorithm matches any tumor cells to best possible anti-cancer treatments
...se the NCI-60 set of cells has been used to screen thousands of chemically defined compounds and natural extracts for anticancer activity, we were able to make significant predictions about what compounds might work on real patients who might have other types of cancer, Theodorescu said. The researchers used t...New heart disease risk score will help minimize health inequalities
...ely to benefit from treatment. We thank the many thousands of doctors who have enabled this research by freely contributing anonymised data to QRESEARCH, without which this work would not have been possible....Hib vaccine: A critical ally in Asia's effort to reduce child deaths
...b pneumonia and meningitis, could save hundreds of thousands of children in Asia. Results showed that routine ...ith access to Hib vaccine. This means hundreds of thousands of children in Asian countries are currently not benefiting from this simple, life-saving vaccine. ...Nepalese researchers identify cost-effective treatment for drug-resistant typhoid
...the experience and knowledge gained from access to thousands of patients, can help make to improving treatment for our patients and to global health....Catastrophic events can affect a person's sleep
...xtensive damage, and the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of residents. Disasters such as Hurricane Katrina are more likely to affect the quality and the quantity of a person's sleep, according to a research abstract that will be presented Tuesday at SLEEP 2007, the 21st Annual Meeting of the Associated Pr...Report calls for new directions, innovative approaches in testing chemicals for toxicity to humans
...d, automated experiments that can test hundreds or thousands of chemicals over a wide range of concentrations -- to evaluate chemicals' effects on these toxicity pathways. On the basis of data from these and other experiments, researchers could develop models to describe responses in toxicity pathways, and ot...Surgery by satellite -- New possibilities at medicine's cutting edge
...e available to patients lying in surgical theatres thousands of miles away. Robots are starting to prove that they can be used to perform minimally invasive surgery with high precision. In theory there is no reason why the surgeon needs to be physically close to their patient, so long as the communication li...Rochester spreads knowledge of cancer-related fatigue
In a special publication sent to thousands of oncologists nationwide this month, University of Rochester Medical Center scientists offer an in-depth examination of cancer-related fatigue, with hope that a better understanding of the topic will prompt new research and treatment. Virtually al...New Orleans levee report finished by panel including University of Texas at Austin engineer
... policymakers, and complements and synthesizes the thousands of pages released so far by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers during their post-Katrina investigation. Dr. Robert Gilbert, the risk expert on the ASCE panel and a civil engineering professor at The University of Texas at Austin, noted that their ris...GlaxoSmithKline honors cancer research pioneer Gianni Bonadonna with new ASCO Award and Fellowship
...in improved standards of care and longer lives for thousands of patients. His tangible impact on the progress we have made in cancer research continues to be felt today. About the Gianni Bonadonna Breast Cancer Award and FellowshipThe Gianni Bonadonna Breast Cancer Award and Lecture, a $10,000 award, will b...Doctors, engineers develop new wireless system to detect esophageal reflux
... frequency identification (RFID), has been used in thousands of stores for tracking inventory and in identification chips implanted in some pets. Researchers combined that technology with another emerging applied science called impedance monitoring, which tracks reflux through electrical impulses. We always ...Researchers find deadly prescription drug effects 6 years before FDA
...llion dollar drugs like Plavix that may have saved thousands of lives." No black box warning has been issued...rnings on billion dollar drugs that may have saved thousands of lives. He has also provided guidance to help physicians more safely administer drugs. More than 1...Indoor smoking bans: Are they creating unhealthy outdoor zones for secondhand smoke?
...hand smoke. Athens is a college town, and we have thousands of college kids standing shoulder to shoulder outside bars and restaurants on weekend nights. In select areas outside certain establishments, we believe many of these young people are exposed to elevated levels of secondhand smoke, says researcher L......an Thoracic Society National Jewish faculty joins thousands of researchers from around the world to present the latest research in lung and related diseases at the 2007 International Meeting of the American Thoracic Society, May 18-23, in San Francisco. Listed below are a few highlighted talks National Jewish...