Sheffield scientists light up bacteria
...erials and the Dental School, the sensor will have widespread applications beyond the initial project. Dr Steve Rimmer from the Universitys Department of Chemistry, said: "The project is a great example of progress that can be achieved at the life sciences/physical sciences interface and we hope the project ...NIH names Clinical Trial Units for the Microbicide Trials Network
...port licensure of topical microbicide products for widespread use. Based at the University of Pittsburgh and Magee-Womens Research Institute, MTN's core operations are supported by a central laboratory at the University of Pittsburgh, a statistical and data management center housed within the Statistical Cent...Sunny days pose risk of 'flicker illness' for a few airlifted patients
...ted that other studies further underscore the more widespread photosensitivity evidenced by the Pokemon cartoon incident; one showed that even 28 percent of normal, non-epileptic control subjects exposed to light flashes can suffer symptoms such as nausea, headaches, fear and vomiting, if the flickering light i...Medical, IT, engineering experts form advisory panel for electronic health record safety
...vely. While the nation has begun to move toward widespread use of EHRs, now is the time to systematize the lessons learned in the first phase of EHR evolution and address safety and effectiveness of those systems, board members said. "Many organizations are now at square one in their EHR development," said...Favorable outcomes from mild invitro fertilization practices
...hors conclude: "Our findings should encourage more widespread use of mild ovarian stimulation and single embryo transfer in clinical practice. However, adoption of our mild IVF treatment strategy would need to be supported by counselling both patients and health-care providers to redefine IVF success and explai...Updated guidelines advise focusing on women's lifetime heart risk
...c acid is ineffective to protect the heart despite widespread use by patients and physicians hoping for a heart benefit," Mosca said. "These recent findings emphasize the importance of using well-conducted clinical trial data to develop national recommendations to help patients and their doctors use best pract...RNAi shows promise in gene therapy, Stanford researcher says
...nique Kay pioneered may be among the first to find widespread use for treating human diseases. "We've worked on a gene therapeutic approach against viral hepatitis for about 10 years and this is the first thing we've done that really looks promising," said Kay, professor of genetics and of pediatrics at the Sta...National Inventors Hall of Fame announces 2007 inductees
...Magnetic resonance imagingMRI Lauterbur made the widespread application of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) technology possible by devising a practical way to make images. Today, MRI is an important tool in modern medicine. Peter Mansfield (1933- ) Magnetic resonance imagingMRI Working independently f...Aging population is causing major increase in the cancer burden warn experts
... through measures such as tobacco control and more widespread screening for breast and colorectal cancer, as wel...the most commonly diagnosed cancers. In men, the widespread use of the Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) tests was also having an effect on the numbers of prostat...Inadequate communication reduces benefits of mammogram screening for black women
...reening for women aged 40 years and older. Despite widespread availability of mammography screening and relatively high self-reported screening rates in national survey data, racial disparities persist, in part resulting from diagnosis at later stages in black women when compared to white women. Beth A. Jone...Media coverage of autism differs dramatically
...despite adverse effects on personality and lack of widespread scientific support. For a current look at the differences between science and the public perception of science, the researchers focused on autism. The Centers for Disease Control estimated that one in every 250 babies born in 2005 would develop the...Temple University Hospital investigates treatment for cervical dysplasia
...common precursor to cervical cancer. "The expected widespread availability of two preventive vaccines may lower the incidence of HPV infection and reduce the risk of cervical cancer," said Enrigue Hernandez, The Abraham Roth Professor and Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Temple University...Daily use of antidepressants associated with increased risk of fracture in older adults
... SSRIs for the treatment of depressive symptoms is widespread due to the medication's presumed favorable adverse effect profile. Past studies have found the use of these antidepressants to be associated with an increased risk of clinical fragility fracture (fractures due to falling from bed, chair or standing h...Drug resistance in an influenza pandemic
...o three main predictions. First, it predicted that widespread use of antiviral drugs such as oseltamivir would quickly lead to the spread of resistant viruses, even if resistant strains emerged only rarely. Second, even with resistant strains circulating, prophylaxis and treatment with oseltamivir would still d...Survey reveals need for standardized oral chemotherapy prescribing practices, safeguards
BOSTON -- Despite the widespread use of prescribing safeguards for infusion chemotherapy, few of those measures have been implemented with oral chemotherapy, according to a study led by researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. In the Jan. 13 issue of the British Medical Journa...Rosenzweig to head Leducq Foundation cardiovascular research grant
... significant progress in our efforts against these widespread conditions."...Better review of new technology is needed to reduce health costs
...inated policy on technology assessment and lacks a widespread clinical electronic medical record database--which...hnology assessment because it is undergoing rapid, widespread adoption due to advances in imaging, a rise in entrepreneurial activity by physicians and increased ...Long-term data on safety and effectiveness of antiobesity drugs needed
...equired either before these drugs are approved for widespread use or as a condition of ongoing approval."...NIAID DNA vaccine for H5N1 avian influenza enters human trial
...lly H5N1, have emerged in the past decade, causing widespread sickness and death in domestic and wild bird populations. As of December 27, 2006, 261 laboratory-confirmed human cases of H5N1 had been reported to the World Health Organization, resulting in death of more than half of infected individuals. While hu...Pandemic influenza may cause an extra 62 million deaths a year
...e threat of an avian influenza pandemic is causing widespread public concern. Estimates of potential mortality from a major influenza pandemic have varied from 2 million to 360 million and even up to 1 billion. However, these estimates have been based on historical accounts rather than quantitative data. In...