Threat of avian influenza pandemic grows, but people can take precautions
...er to extending beyond Southeast Asia and into the worldwide population, write Priya Sampathkumar, M.D., Mayo Clinic Division of Infectious Diseases, and Dennis Maki, M.D., University of Wisconsin Medical School's Section of Infectious Diseases. They co-authored an editorial in the current issue of Mayo Clinic...Debilitating jaw and neck pain targeted through $19 million NIH support, multidisciplinary center
...y common disorder that afflicts millions of people worldwide and ranks second only to headache in producing craniofacial pain and dysfunction in the U.S. population. One of our primary goals with this research and center is to identify new ways of improving therapies for TMJD and related conditions." Maixner a...New Stanford tool for genetic data analysis may improve cancer treatment
... carcinoma. This cancer kills nearly 95,000 people worldwide each year. Brooks and Zhao analyzed the genes that were turned on or off in kidney tumors removed by their collaborators at Umea University in Sweden. Using Tibshirani's approach they found 259 interesting genes. Whether these genes were being active...Making the most of our precious nursing resources
...ios, a Monash researcher has found. Many hospitals worldwide use a range of ratio systems but Victoria is the only state in Australia that uses mandated ratios to allocate nurses in public hospitals. Dr Virginia Plummer from the School of Nursing and Midwifery has completed a study of almost two million nursin...Institute for Reproductive Health celebrates 20th year of expanding family planning options
...ural methods to meet the needs of numerous couples worldwide who are not using an effective method of contraception even though they do not want to become pregnant. To address this issue, the Institute has developed and tested the Standard Days Method -- a simple method that is currently provided by a variety ...Hundreds of thousands celebrate 'Move It or Lose It!'
...opulation. The number of media print impressions worldwide as a result of WOD activities is more than 32 million. This year's WOD theme marked the beginning of a three-year "lifestyle" campaign, encouraging individuals to take responsibility for personal bone health. The World Osteoporosis Day 2006 theme ...GroPep to pursue promising asthma drug following preclinical study results
...tial in a range of autoimmune diseases. Exclusive, worldwide rights to key patents covering the drug were obtained by GroPep in 2002, through a licence from the Northern Sydney and Central Coast Area Health Service. In May 2005, GroPep filed a new International Patent Application on the use of the drug for th...Radiotherapy improves 15-year survival after breast-conserving surgery (lumpectomy)
...ncet. This is one of the main new findings from a worldwide overview of detailed data from 40 000 women with early breast cancer in randomised trials of radiotherapy, and of different types of surgery carried out by the Early Breast Cancer Trialists' Collaborative Group (EBCTCG). Breast-conserving surgery rem...Heart burn medication a risk factor for community-acquired C. difficile
...of the new study Dr. Sandra Dial. Numerous studies worldwide have documented increases in hospital C. difficile associated disease, but this study is the first to suggest this trend is mirrored in the general community. Dr. Sandra Dial is Attending Staff in the Department of Critical Care at both the MUHC and ...CYPHER Sirolimus-eluting Coronary Stent benefits from clinical success, worldwide growth in 2005
...rumental in establishing Cordis Corporation as the worldwide market leader in drug-eluting stents." In 2005, th... to market in 2003, more than 1.5 million patients worldwide have been treated with the CYPHER Stent," stated Dr. Donohoe. "As we move ahead, we will remain focu...Soaps paint far too rosy a picture of coma
... in the US alone and are broadcast in 90 countries worldwide - a huge audience for convincing health messages. Although families of coma patients are not often faced with decisions over life-sustaining treatment, when needed such decisions are difficult and shrouded in uncertainty, say the authors. It may no...UCSD researchers state vitamin D needed to cut cancer risk
... D with risk of certain types of cancers published worldwide between January 1966 and December 2004. Sixty-three observational studies of vitamin D status in relation to cancer risk, including 30 of colon cancer, 13 of breast cancer, 26 of prostate cancer and seven of ovarian cancer, were assessed. This comple...Oral contraceptive pill may prevent more than pregnancy
...earch. "There are approximately 100 million women worldwide who currently use oral contraceptives, so it is obvious that more extensive research investigations are needed. The oral contraceptive has been around for over 40 years, but no one had previously looked at the long-term effects of SHBG in these wome...New vaccine for condition that kills 500,000 children a year
... a safe and effective rotavirus vaccine has been a worldwide priority since the virus was discovered in the 1970s," Matson said. "It became clear at that time that it was one of the major killers of children, and there was no effective treatment." Rotavirus is endemic and infections occur in almost all childre...Memantine appears effective and safe in moderate to severe Alzheimer's disease
... of the JAMA/Archives journals. Millions of people worldwide have Alzheimer disease (AD), a progressive neurodegenerative disorder, according to background information in the article. Various chemical and other processes in the brain may contribute to the development of the condition. Memantine appears to ac...Elsevier announces a new publishing partnership with the American Association of Endodontists
...the Journal's position as a vital resource for the worldwide dental community."...Tool developed to silence genes in specific tissues using RNAi
...e function of the testes after birth." Researchers worldwide have been trying to harness the power of RNAi since it was discovered in 1998. RNAi rocked the world of science because of the vast implications this natural cellular control system potentially offered medicine. RNAi is used by cells in many life fo...Potential treatment for intracerebral hemorrhage under study
... College of Georgia. MCG is one of about 100 sites worldwide looking at whether patients with this type of stroke often resulting from the rupture of fragile arteries branching off the main arteries of the brain can benefit from rapid delivery of a factor that is part of the body's natural clotting process. ...Mice studies illustrate potential of chimp/human antibodies to protect against smallpox
...ings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). A worldwide immunization program officially eradicated naturally occurring smallpox disease in 1980. However, concerns of a bioterror attack involving the highly contagious and fatal virus have prompted researchers to search for new smallpox vaccines and treatme......st emerging science of regenerative medicine, labs worldwide are attempting to replace damaged tissue with new cells, much in the same way as salamanders re-grow limbs. The first-of-its-kind study in heart attack patients will seek to demonstrate the safety, and roughly measure efficacy, of three intravenous...