Johns Hopkins AIDS expert says global strategy needed to combat 'feminization' of HIV/AIDS
...ntury leading major efforts to combat HIV and AIDS worldwide has issued an urgent call for global strategies an...Women make up nearly half of the 40 million people worldwide currently infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, and in some developing countries, women rep...Information on child illness and death lacking in poor countries
...e of THE LANCET. Around 10.8 million children die worldwide each year. Credible global and national estimates of the burden of disease in childhood are essential for the development of appropriate health policy and implementation of health interventions to prevent these deaths. Harry Campbell (University of ...Digital mammography does not improve breast cancer detection rates, study finds
...orld. More than 1 million new cases were diagnosed worldwide in 2002, and incidence rates are increasing at about 5 percent a year....Promising new TB drug enters clinical trial
...isease that claims approximately two million lives worldwide each year. In partnership with the non-profit New ...ities. In 2002, the TB Alliance acquired exclusive worldwide rights to PA-824 from the California-based biotechnology firm, Chiron Corporation. NIAID provided su...University of Maryland scientist wins 2005 Kettering Prize
...used to treat breast cancer patients. Released for worldwide use in 1994, the drug, Formestane(4- hydroxyandros...ht against cancer." "Many thousands of women worldwide now benefit from the outstanding work of Dr. Brodie and her team at the University of Maryland," say...10-year survival after minor stroke established
...study in this week's issue of THE LANCET. Although worldwide fatality rates from cerebrovascular disease have fallen, stroke remains one of the most serious neurological problems, and leaves many patients with a chronic disability. Secondary stroke prevention is standard practice in patients with a transient i...Rice bioengineer wins ASME's Van C. Mow Medal
...the discipline of bioengineering have earned him a worldwide reputation as a leader," said Rebecca Richards-Kortum, the incoming chair of Rice's Bioengineering Department. "He is richly deserving of this honor." Athanasiou joined Rice in December 1999. His research centers on the regeneration of cartilages, ti...Chiropractors aim to slash waiting times
...ent and chiropractor. Another major benefit to the worldwide community will be the development of the first ever centralised database of X-ray images.Patients who sign a consent form will have their X-rays stored on a database (separately from their personal details to ensure anonymity) which will allow a new ...$5.1 billion would save 6 million children
...t two-thirds of the almost 11 million child deaths worldwide could be prevented with existing knowledge and tre...y. They found that at least 6 million child deaths worldwide could be prevented with existing interventions to prevent and treat pneumonia, diarrhea, malaria, ne...Hopkins AIDS experts issue warning about global efforts to provide drug therapies
...two decades leading efforts to combat HIV and AIDS worldwide are warning that limited international relief supplies of antiretroviral therapies currently being distributed in Africa, Asia and the Caribbean will not get to those who can least afford to pay for them. In an article appearing in the American Jou...UQ researcher to help improve global health
.... The research grant is a share of a $525 million worldwide scheme, which seeks to identify critical scientific challenges in global health and fund increased research on diseases that cause millions of deaths in the developing world. The Population Health Metrics Research Consortium Project will receive $24...European approval trial enrolment gathers momentum
...ial sites outside Australia was gathering momentum worldwide with the recent implantation of a patient in New Zealand, bringing the total number of patients implanted to 27 including nine as part of the pilot trial. Ventracor Limited Chief Executive Officer, Colin Sutton PhD said: "We are now recruiting and ...Largest study to date reveals baseline findings for flexible sigmoidoscopy
...ing for colorectal cancer." Colorectal cancer is a worldwide public health problem. In the United States, colorectal cancer accounts for 11 percent of all cancers, with 145,290 new cases and 56,290 deaths expected in 2005. For patients with advanced disease, five-year survival rates are 10 to 20 percent. When ...Hepatitis A in US drops substantially after implementation of vaccination program
...eceived 2 doses. "In the next decade, many regions worldwide will move from a state of high endemicity to a state of intermediate endemicity. The Israeli program of universal toddlers-only vaccination can serve as a paradigm of a simplified model of effective vaccination for both developed and developing count...Handwashing with soap key to reducing burden of childhood disease
...ng promotion visits to all impoverished households worldwide is prohibitively expensive. Thus, the challenge for the public health community is to identify cost-effective techniques for handwashing promotion that can reach hundreds of millions of households at risk."...Quitting smoking could save your teeth, study shows
...r one-quarter of the adult population) and smokers worldwide to quit their habit for the good of their health. Statistics show that smokers are still up to six times more likely to develop gum disease than non-smokers, because the detrimental effect the habit has on their body's immune system makes them less......sible due to the tireless work and dedication of a worldwide team of people in Australia, US and Europe." Dr Sutton noted that to date nearly 30 patients had been implanted with the VentrAssist globally. Dr. Griffith - is Chief of the Division of Cardiac Surgery and Director of Heart and Lung Transplantation ...Not enough is known about treating malaria in pregnancy, researchers say
...ld Health Organization group dedicated to reducing worldwide malaria infection rates by 2010, 30 million women become pregnant each year in sub-Saharan Africa. However, malaria transmission rates in the area are so high that women may have some immunity to the disease by the time they become pregnant, preventi...Hepatitis C responds best to combo of ribavirin and interferon, study concludes
... Disease Control and Prevention, 170 millionpeople worldwide are infected with HCV, and in the United States,alcoholic liver disease and chronic hepatitis C are the leading causesof cirrhosis. An additional estimated 25,000 new cases of HCV occur inthe United States each year. Interferons have been proven effe...Potential 'weak link' between virus and liver cancer discovered
... WHO. These diseases kill about one million people worldwide each year. "HCC accounts for up to 90 percent of all liver cancers, and individuals who carry the hepatitis B virus have a greater than 100-fold increased relative risk of developing HCC," Hung says. "Many researchers have been working to understand ...