Society for Prevention Research meeting May 30-June 1, Washington, D.C.
... in the fall of 2007 to determine alcohol and drug use by motorists. This is the first time the survey will take advantage of oral fluid analysis to collect information on drug use. Details of how the survey will be conducted will be explained at the SPR meeting. Drinking and driving is a major problem ...Survey shows asthma not controlled in majority of patients
...wered questions about demographics and health care use and completed a five-item test (Asthma Control Test, or ACT) to assess asthma control. "We found that uncontrolled asthma is highly prevalent in patients using standard asthma medications," said Peters. "Our results highlight the critical need for...Exercise test may help predict mortality risk in heart failure patients
...ion at our medical center. "Now, we may be able to use this test for patients with diastolic heart failure as well." The researchers said future studies should examine whether treatments for heart failure can modify the results and reduce the risk of mortality. ...How brain pacemakers erase diseased messages
...ional Institutes of Health. The FDA approved the use of deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease in 1997. The electrical implants are also an approved therapy for other movement disorders and are at various stages of testing for the treatment of epilepsy, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder...Research shows aerobic exercise helps maintain muscle in elderly
...unced. "We thought, let's see what happens if we use aerobic exercise, one of the interventions that has been shown in the past to improve vasodilation, to find out whether we can get insulin to stimulate muscle synthesis in older people," said UTMB professor Elena Volpi, senior author of a paper on th...Detecting cold, feeling pain: Study reveals why menthol feels fresh
...duces pain and irritation. "All of these studies use natural products to understand pain mechanisms in the periphery of the body, where they are first sensed," says Julius. Ultimately, pain signals are transmitted from the peripheral nervous system into the body's central nervous system moving throu...Doctors conclude temsirolimus is effective new treatment for advanced renal cell carcinoma
...may also block angiogenesis, a process that tumors use to create a blood supply to maintain their growth. In November 2006, Wyeth filed an application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for approval to market temsirolimus (brand name Torisel) for the treatment of advanced renal cell carcinoma....Scripps Research awarded $17 million for adult stem cell use to treat eye diseases
... Barnett, we have shown that it may be possible to use these cells to deliver potent anti-angiogenic mole... in different Scripps Research labs to address the use of stem cell therapy for treating vision loss. The project combines expertise from the Friedlander l...JRRD releases single-topic issue on pain and pain management
...satisfaction with life, and higher pain medication use for the remainder of their lives. While our study suggests that rehabilitation benefits people with cancer-related spinal cord injury, it needs to be supported by a randomized study. Pain and palliative medicine, pg. 279 Pain control is an impo...New system for reporting toxicity burden of cancer treatment
...l datasets and disease sites.and assessment of its use in clinical decision making."...Leading prevention researchers meeting in Washington, D.C., May 30-June 1, 2007
... in the fall of 2007 to determine alcohol and drug use by motorists. This is the first time the survey will take advantage of oral fluid analysis to collect information on drug use. Details of how the survey will be conducted will be explained at the SPR meeting. Drinking and driving is a major probl...Talking sex on the factory floor in China
...premarital pregnancy. Encouraging contraceptive use among young migrant workers in China to prevent pr...tudes indicated a perceived need for contraceptive use in unmarried youth; around 90% of women in both groups said contraceptive use was necessary in prema...Access to alcohol among middle school children
... educate parents about the consequences of alcohol use at a young age and try to prevent them from being their childs primary source of alcohol." comments the lead author. ...Study questions risks of anti-bleeding drug during heart surgery
...k, 25 May 2007 Contrary to recent studies, proper use of a drug called aprotinin to reduce bleeding duri...d Drug Administration issued an alert limiting the use of aprotinin during heart surgery. Dr. White and colleagues performed a similar study, but limited...Help for pediatricians in treating behavioral health problems only partially successful
...een pediatricians and mental health providers, and use of a community protocol for attention deficit hype... associated with: A significant increase in the use of community social workers for mental health referrals. Collaboration with mental health provid...Urgent need for guidance on mobile phone use in clinical care
Both national and international guidelines on the use of mobile phones in the provision of clinical care...pplication of this technology, such as through the use of patient self-monitoring devices. However, very little guidance exists on the safe use of this t...Exercise may slightly boost 'good' cholesterol levels
...creasing HDL-C level might be smaller than that by use of medications such as fibrates or niacin." Only exercise duration, and not frequency or intensity, was associated with a change in HDL-C levels in the analysis. When the participants exercised for 23 to 74 minutes per session, each 10-minute incre...New perspective on brain function now possible
...state-of-the-art PET camera has been purchased for use in both academic research and pharmaceutical development. "The new PET camera will allow us to study the brain with a much higher richness of detail than previously," comments Professor Christer Halldin of Karolinska Institutet. "And thanks to the...Treating HIV in war zones -- Public health emergencies need rapid advice from WHO
... Please mention PLoS Medicine in your report and use the links below to take your readers straight to the online articles HIV treatment can be effectively delivered in conflict settings HIV treatment can be delivered even in settings of armed conflict, and humanitarian health agencies should no...A pioneering system allows autistic children to communicate with their environment
... in disabled children decreases. Consequently, the use of that display could also diminish aggressiveness in autistic children. Many of them injure themselves and present aggressive behaviour because they become frustrated when they cannot communicate with others. If they ccould communicate through SC@UT...