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New study calculates millions of years saved in lives of AIDS patients

...data for newly diagnosed adult AIDS patients under care in the United States from 1989 to 2003. They divid...nd may become still greater if certain barriers to care can be reduced or eliminated--such as the requirement for "extensive, expensive, time-consuming and ...

MRSA vaccine shows promise in mouse study

...ections acquired from community rather than health care related sources. ...

Combination therapy shows promising results in patients with advanced lung cancer

...er SPORE and a professor of pulmonary and critical care medicine. "Dr. Reckamp's trial is the first to study increasing doses of a COX-2 inhibitor in lung cancer in an attempt to define an optimal biological dose. Larger trials of combination therapies utilizing this dose will now be required." The biolo...

MUHC announces a transplant first in Quebec

... involved 15 physicians, surgeons and other health care professionals. The MUHC conducts the most organ tr...y reasons why the planning, surgery, and follow-up care of Mr. Dionne was so straightforward and uncomplicated." The patient has now fully recovered and is ...

Proteins as parents

...h give our tissues the necessary strength and take care of elasticity and tensibility. Such proteins are also interesting as building blocks for novel high-tech materials because the natural materials often outperform the artificial: One only has to think about the highly elastic and extremely tear-proof ...

Hope I die before I get old?

... influence people's retirement planning and health care decision making. ...

Researcher studies, treats military with 'silent disease'

...range of medical topics, including combat casualty care and technology and infectious disease research like Sjogren's. Once members from any of the military services were diagnosed as positive for the hepatitis C virus, their doctors told them about Sjogren's study so they could learn more about joining ...

Coming soon: 3-D imaging that flies 'through' and 'around' cancer

...aths in the United States--the current standard of care is a colonoscopy, a procedure where a long, flexible, lighted tube is inserted into the rectum and guided slowly into the colon. The tube or scope transmits an image of the inside of the colon onto a video screen so its lining can be examined. Whil...

Bedsores and bald hides: Novel roles revealed for a 'scaffolding' protein

... scarring, bed sores significantly increase health care costs in nursing homes and hospitals. A separate report by the same Hopkins group, published in the May 15 issue of Genes and Development, reports a new and different role for the same protein in promoting hair follicle growth, although the investi...

Wild vs. lab rodent comparison supports hygiene hypothesis

...ee environment, and they receive extensive medical care -- conditions that are comparable to what humans l...e humans living in societies without modern health care and where hygiene is harder to maintain." The researchers published their results early on-line in ...

Study finds that a woman's chances of having twins can be modified by diet

An obstetrician well known for his care of and research into multiple-birth pregnancies has found that dietary changes can affect a woman's chances of having twins, and that her overall chance is determined by a combination of diet and heredity. By comparing the twinning rate of vegan wome...

New GI technologies improve internal organ visualization

...delivery. Anesthesiologists and physician/nurse care teams in the study first injected 24 patients (12 colonoscopy and 12 endoscopy) with a single dose of fentanyl as pre-medication, then administered propofol using the CAPS system and its dosing algorithm and safety shell--a control safeguard software...

Magnetism and mimicry of nature hold hope for better medicine, environmental safety

..." technology, which will enable scientists, health care professionals and environmental experts to obtain ...r from hospitals, or in cases of emergency medical care in which there is an urgent need for speedy medical analysis. Such technologies can also give the ...

U of M researchers discover genetic key to treating deadly fungal infections

...making it ineffective. The cost to the U.S. health care industry is $1 billion per year. Berman explained that drugs that are toxic to fungi are often toxic to humans. Thus, anti-fungal drugs are usually intended to suppress, rather than kill, C. albicans. This suppression encourages the organism to ...

Viral genetic differences are possible key to HIV dementia

...tia?" He says that such knowledge could also help care providers make "guided therapeutic decisions ?for example, the detection of particular viral genotypes may lead physicians to select for antiretroviral regimens that cross the blood-brain barrier into the CNS most efficiently." Or, he speculates, "w...

Study finds how organs monitor themselves during early development

...m cell development. The fly as a model Why care about the fruit fly? This insect is helping researchers to grasp fundamental principles of biology and body function, explains Dr. Gilboa. "Drosophila inspires scientists in other fields and they can build on those general principles to further their...

In-home sensors spot dementia signs in elderly

... "a critical precursor of changing reactive health care to proactive care for individuals." A more proactive health care approach may be essential to managing the rising c...

Chimpanzees can transmit cultural behavior to multiple 'generations'

...rstanding of primate biology, behavior, veterinary care and conservation, and to improving human health and well-being. Today, the center, as one of only eight National Institutes of Health-funded national primate research centers, provides specialized scientific resources, expertise and training opportun...

Technique speeds up detecting, treating wound bacteria

...range of medical topics, including combat casualty care and technology and infectious disease research. Though Finegold's research funding comes from the Defense Department, his results will help both military and civilian patients. "Most of us in infectious diseases are looking for ways to speed up m...

One-third of adults with diabetes still don't know they have it

...er organizations. "You should talk to your health care professional about your risk. If your blood gluco...ou are over age 45, you should consult your health care provider about testing for pre-diabetes or diabetes. If you are younger than 45, overweight, and ha...

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