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Idursulfase Is Effective Treatment for Hunter Syndrome

...s the disease process,” Muenzer said. Muenzer is recognized as one of the world’s leading experts in Hunter syndrome research and the medical treatment of children with genetic lysosomal storage diseases such as Hunter syndrome. In his laboratory at UNC, Muenzer created a mouse model for Hunter syndrome tha...

Women Prefer Office Procedure during treatment of Early Pregnancy

...y failure - or EPF - occurs in 14 to 19 percent of recognized pregnancies. Cases treated with surgery typically haven't been performed in an office-based setting, even while many other procedures have moved from the OR to the office. Now, a study from the University of Michigan Health System suggests that many ...

Engineer Paralyzed by Undercooked Lamb

...or two after a throat or intestinal infection. One recognized cause of GBS is Campylobacter. A recent study by Otago University has shown that campylobacter poisoning in New Zealand have nearly trebled in the past 15 years to become the highest in the world. The number of reported cases of campylobacter poiso...

A Protein In Brain Regulates Anxiety And The Consumption Of Alcohol

... previous studies by the UIC researchers had first recognized a gene that controls anxiety and alcohol consumption. Dr. Subhash Pandey, the professor of psychiatry and anatomy and cell biology at UIC and Jesse Brown VA medical centre and lead author of the paper, said, “We knew that gene, called CREB, controls ...

Work-Related Violence Increases Risk Of Depression

...oblems among employees exposed to violence is well recognized and reflected in guidance from the European Commission and the International Labor Organization, they add. "Despite these efforts, there seems to be no decrease in work related violence, threats, and harassment," they conclude. Source: Eurekal...

A Comprehensive CD-ROM On HIV/AIDS Released By Center for HIV Information

... Most hold faculty appointments at internationally recognized centers of HIV learning. They receive no financial compensation for their contributions. The online version of the HIV InSite Knowledge Base is housed on HIV InSite (http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu), the flagship CHI website. The site receives 30,000 pag...

Toxic and Addictive Foods Responsible For Obesity

...ink Federation spokeswoman said: "The industry has recognized that it has a part to play in combating obesity. What we need to look at, and we need to help people look at, is the whole diet. There is not one single food that is bad for you. It is about encouraging people to have a balanced diet to suit their n...

Nurses Can Play Big Role In Helping Patients Quit Smoking

..."These reports are evidence that nurses are widely recognized as central to global efforts to reduce the detrimental health effects of tobacco use," said Dr. Molly C. Dougherty, Nursing Research editor and professor of nursing at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The Nursing Research articles c...

Bisphosphonates to Treat Multiple Myeloma

...fits of bisphosphonates with the increasingly well recognized safety concerns," said Vincent Rajkumar, M.D., Mayo Clinic hematologist and co-author. "These recommendations are the result of years of practical knowledge combined by our team into guidelines for use beyond our institution. We hope others will adop...

Personal Growth and Success Dependent on Prenatal Health

...conomic outcomes are malleable in a way not widely recognized and therefore subject to improvement," explains Douglas Almond (Columbia University). Detecting delayed effects is inherently difficult, and Almond ingeniously utilizes census microdata from three decades – including not only birth year, but birth ...

Medical Center Recognized for Excellence in Bariatric Surgery

... 1999. It’s very satisfying to see this officially recognized at the national level by the ASBS,” said Herron. Dr. Herron has been performing laparoscopic bariatric surgery since joining the Mount Sinai faculty in 1999. Since that time he has performed over 700 laparoscopic bariatric procedures. Dr. Herron al...

IVF Price To Be Reduced If Women Opt For Egg Sharing Scheme

... an early stage cloned human embryo, and it is now recognized as a world first. It was explained that though the embryo had survived only a few days, the scientists are now hoping that if they can repeat the earlier success, they could get stem cells from the embryos matched to an individual. They hope that ult...

Digitalis Could Be Safe In Diastolic Heart Failure

...ed studies of patients – largely because it wasn't recognized as a separate form of heart failure until more recently. "There are few evidenced–based recommendations for these patients," wrote the authors. The results reported in Circulation are from a larger study conducted in the United States and Canada fro...

Groundbreaking Asthma Intervention Lessons Help Inner-City Children

...n be implemented in a variety of settings, and was recognized by the families as a value to them. (Source: Nwswise)...

Mouse Model Demonstrates Immune System Reaction In Chlamydia Infection

...tial infection in reproductive tissue, despite the recognized importance of T cells in controlling a number of g... Genetics identified one of the Chlamydia proteins recognized by T cells during infection and engineered mice where all the T cells in the mice exclusively respon...

Sunscreen Blocking UVA Radiation Receives Federal Approval

...d UVB rays with sunburn whereas UVA rays have been recognized as a deeper penetrating radiation. Health care experts suspect a link between UVA exposure and longer-term effects such as wrinkles, squamous and basal cell cancers as well as melanoma. French cosmetics company L'Oreal SA has manufactured Anthel...

NHGRI Aims To Sequence Primate Genomes

...immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the rhesus is widely recognized as the best animal model for research on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, or AIDS. It also serves as a valuable model for studying other human infectious diseases and for vaccine research, most recently for the virus causing Severe Acute Respirat...

Gene That Causes Atrial Fibrillation Identified

... stroke. Atrial fibrillation has been increasingly recognized as an inherited disease. The Mayo investigation used comprehensive genetic analysis to identify a mutation in the DNA of a sibling pair with atrial fibrillation in the absence of known risk factors for the disease. This genetic anomaly was not pre...

Patent for Seminal RNAi innovation Cleared in Australia

...The work by Drs. Mello, Fire, and others is widely recognized as the seminal intellectual property in the field of RNAi, and we are pleased that the process of granting a patent in Australia will now move forward. We look forward to companies in Australia licensing this intellectual property, and anticipate sim...

Headspace to the Rescue of Mentally Ill Youngsters

... related problems, and other disturbances is being recognized and Headspace plans to achieve this with a combination of community and clinical services. Mr. Pyke felt that the funding would be of tremendous benefit to young Australians and to the nation as a whole. People like Ms.Gelmi, who has suffered fro...

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