University of Manchester launches new anti-MRSA product
...ing the crevices and corners in which bacteria can thrive and allows effective steam-cleaning. The BioKab also incorporates a magazine shelf, lockable drawer and a number of gently radiused recesses to hold items such as drinking cups and utensils. All parts of the cabinet the body, doors and drawer are,...Breast cancer uses growth factors to lure stem cells
...ing how tumors attract the stem cells they need to thrive opens up new avenues for earlier detection, better staging and more targeted therapies, he says. Dr. Perry's work on this fatal attraction between cancer and adult bone marrow stem cells earned him the Peter J. Gingrass, M.D. Memorial Award for the b...Resettling the 'Lost Boys of Sudan' in the United States
... they also indicate that future young refugees can thrive on all fronts if resettlement efforts take a comprehensive approach that includes greater family and community engagement augmented by innovative social service and health-care interventions. The new study appears in the June issue of Archives of Pe...Patients now surviving once-fatal immune disease
...t into perspective the ability of such patients to thrive with proper care, despite this potentially devastating disease." Forty of the 41 patients were receiving intravenous infusions of gamma globulin every two to four weeks and 16 (39 percent) were taking chronic (long-term) antibiotics in order to prev...5 finalists compete for Franz Edelman Award for Achievement in Operations Research
...sses in both revenue and market share. In order to thrive in a new business environment and regain share, Travelocity needed to become an active retailer by negotiating marketing agreements with suppliers (airlines, hotels, etc.), managing web content and expanding into more profitable lines of business. U...M. D. Anderson: Setting the benchmark in brain tumor treatment
...o disarm the numerous pathways brain tumors use to thrive will surely be a bumpy one. "There will be no magic bullet to treat brain cancer," says Raymond Sawaya, M. D., professor and chair of the Department of Neurosurgery. "The answer is not going to come from one approach. We have to test and prefe...One fourth of older patients receive catheters for no reason
...iatric conditions confusion, falls, and failure to thrive at home. Patients with five or more risk factors had a 50% risk of being catheterized unnecessarily. "None of these factors are in themselves an indication for having a catheterization," says Landefeld, who is also a professor of medicine at the Uni...Study finds greater religious involvement associated with lower mortality risk
Social relationships that tend to thrive in church settings can have a positive affect on an older person's longevity, according to the latest issue of The Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences (Vol. 61B, No. 3). Specifically, the impact of stress on mortality is reduced when church-goers...Vision, contributions earn two honors for UH optometrist
...xperience with others who will go forth, practice, thrive and teach," Strickland said....National Academies advisory: Native African vegetables
...ous vegetables -- most of them resilient enough to thrive in poor soil -- that have fed Africans for tens of thousands of years. These plants, however, receive little or no attention from the research community. LOST CROPS OF AFRICA, VOLUME II: VEGETABLES, new from the National Research Council, discusses h...The AGA Institute releases report on the future of gastroenterology
... and practice of gastroenterology will continue to thrive and flourish. "As in all fields of science, change is inevitable as practitioners and researchers become more knowledgeable about disease. These changes will continue to alter current practice and how gastroenterologists are trained, as well as the...Teen girls make better health choices with intervention program
...hters," she said, "and the students really seem to thrive on the structure with each day dedicated to a different focus on health and fitness." The program is partially funded through a $15,000 grant from the Horizon Foundation for New Jersey and a $2,600 city of Trenton Community Development Block Grant. ...RAND study of Los Angeles County neighborhoods and their impact on children enters second phase
...d characteristics are important if children are to thrive academically. Study findings suggest that a neighborhood's average family income may have an important effect on how well children learn, and that growing up in a poor neighborhood may influence children's learning well beyond the effect of growing ...Scientists identify cells responsible for relapse after treatment in common childhood cancer
...ients body throughout the disease and continued to thrive even after the major population of sensitive leukaemia cells were destroyed and the patient appeared to have gone into remission. "We have shown, for the first time, that children with a greater number of these cells at diagnosis are more likely to e...