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HIV dementia alarmingly high in Africa
... In diagnosing HIV dementia, researchers looked at medical history and the results of a series of comprehensive neurological and neuropsychological tests and functional assessments. "Clearly, large-scale testing would have to be conducted before we know the global reach of HIV dementia, but this study sen...Investment level in HIV prevention programs related to HIV incidence in the United States
... investment. Yes, that may seem expensive, but HIV medical care easily tops $20,000 per patient per year. Therefore, funding of effective, scientifically sound HIV prevention services are likely to have a very favorable return on investment in terms of both lives and dollars saved." Holtgrave noted that t...Widely used hepatitis B drug spurs HIV drug resistance
A Johns Hopkins study has proven false established medical practice that an antiretroviral drug widely used t...lizes in HIV/AIDS care, and another at a San Diego medical center. The patients (and there is now a third case) were taking only entecavir yet showed a tenfol...Faster, low cost sequencing technologies needed to drive era of personalized medicine
...ake genome sequencing a routine diagnostic tool in medical care. The reduced cost may allow doctors to tailor medical treatments to an individual's genetic profile for diagnosing, treating, and ultimately preventing ma...Nonvenomous Asian snakes 'borrow' defensive poison from toxic toads
...x compounds in the snakes that may hold promise in medical treatments for people suffering from hypertension and related blood pressure disorders. The researchers made their case by testing Rhabdophis tigrinus on several Japanese islands, one with a large population of the toxic toads and another with non...Researchers show that veins stiffen as we age
...een 60 and 70 years old. Each individual underwent medical screening at Christiana Hospital, which included a lipid profile, blood pressure monitoring, electrocardiogram and several other tests to ensure overall good health. Then each participant was involved in a series of research trials at UD's Human Pe...Stress hormones may play new role in speeding up cancer growth
... a professor of molecular virology, immunology and medical genetics, and director of the Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research at Ohio State University . Glaser and Eric Yang, a research scientist in the same institute, focused on the role of these three compounds. Two of them, both matrix metallopro...U of MN researchers turn cord blood into lung cells
...these diseases evolve as well as to develop better medical treatments," said David McKenna, M.D., assistant professor of lab medicine and pathology and medical director of the Clinical Cell Therapy Lab at the University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview. ...St. Jude announces breakthrough in eye cancer treatment
...use they benefit from early detection and advanced medical treatment. The complex treatment includes chemothe...th limited resources and have restricted access to medical treatment, according to Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, M.D., an associate member of the St. Jude Oncology...Single molecule extends fat mice lives by reversing gene pathways associated with disease in obese
...his work demonstrates that there may be tremendous medical benefits to unlocking the secrets behind the genes that control our longevity," says Sinclair, "No doubt many more remain to be discovered in coming years." ...Men with prostate cancer avoid radiation due to misconceptions
...eam of doctors (urologists, radiation oncologists, medical oncologists and psychologists) at the Milan National Cancer Institute Prostate Cancer Program from March 2005 to March 2006. The team interviewed 257 men with prostate cancer to find out their perceptions about radiation therapy. ...UCSF study will test new vaginal microbicide for herpes and HIV
...on and demonstrates the potential to address unmet medical needs for that condition. ...Preliminary study finds holographic imaging system promising for cancer treatment planning
... effectiveness of radiation therapy depends on the medical team's ability to concentrate high radiation doses...y," said James Chu, PhD, professor and director of medical physics for the department of radiation oncology at Rush. "The preliminary data demonstrates that Pe...MRSA toxin acquitted: Study clears suspected key to severe bacterial illness
... recent decades has developed resistance to common medical treatments and now is finding new mechanisms to spread and cause severe illness." About 75 percent of CA-MRSA infections are localized to skin and soft tissue and usually can be treated effectively. CA-MRSA strains have enhanced virulence, meaning...German researchers develop first non-invasive test to measure skin aging
Physicists and medical researchers for the first time have demonstrated a new technique that non-invasively measures in real time the level of damage to the skin from sun exposure and aging, and initial results suggest that women's skin ages faster than men's. Findings app...Radiation after surgery doubles survival time for some lung cancer patients
...llard, M.D., Ph.D., lead author of the study and a medical oncologist at the Centre Rene Gauducheau in St Herblain, France. "The results show that radiation treatment should be considered for resected non-small cell lung cancer with involved mediastinal lymph nodes in addition to chemotherapy. The data obser...New approach to BSE successful in lab
...d BSE are among the most unusual diseases known to medical research. Unusual because the pathogens are apparently neither viruses nor bacteria, being simply protein molecules known as protein prions. What is even more peculiar: exactly the same prion proteins occur in healthy animals. The only difference is ...Molecular 'marker' on stem cells aids research, perhaps therapies
... detailed scientific study as well as for possible medical applications. The cells have shown promise in early clinical studies elsewhere, where scientists tested their use to repair bone defects and to attenuate the effects of bone loss in diseases such as osteoporosis. The study is available online and w......d the foetus. This, combined with the often feeble medical resources of malaria-stricken countries, can lead to such serous complications that the mother dies during delivery. "For some reason, women in their first pregnancy lose the semi-immunity that is normally found in adults," explains Niloofar Rasti,......fracture resistant. The research may contribute to medical as well as technological developments: "The outcom...bio-inspired and new nanocomposite materials. On a medical level, it may help to understand how a molecular level change can make whole bones more prone to fra...Other Tagsdozen 2dozen 3dozen 4dozen 5dozen 6dozen 7dozen 8positively 2positively 3positively 4positively 5positively 6fully 2fully 3fully 4fully 5fully 6fully 7fully 8fully 9fully 10sensory 2sensory 3sensory 4sensory 5sensory 6sensory 7crop 2crop 3crop 4crop 5crop 6crop 7pulses 2pulses 3field 2field 3field 4field 5field 6field 7field 8field 9field 10Other Contentsgravitygravitygravitygravitygravityurologyurologyurologyurologyurologyurticariaprolapseprolapseprolapseurogenitalurogenitalusherusherfibroidsfibroidsuterineuterineuterineuterineuterineuterine
(Date:12/3/2009)Spanish researchers have measured CO2 levels for the past three years in the troposphere (lower atmosphere) over a sparsely inhabited rural area near Valladolid. The results, which are the first of th
(Date:12/2/2009)PHILADELPHIA Less acculturated Latino men have a more difficult time quitting smoking than those who are more acculturated to U.S. culture, but acculturation has no affect on Latinas odds of quitting
(Date:12/2/2009)PHILADELPHIA Exposure to secondhand smoke for a prolonged period of time and in high quantity may increase the risk of breast cancer, even in women who never smoked cigarettes themselves. , "The qu
Breaking Biology News(10 mins):CO2 levels rising in troposphere over rural areas 2Acculturation affects smoking cessation success among Latinos 2Exposure to secondhand cigarette smoke over a lifetime increased breast cancer risk later in life 2Arena Pharmaceuticals to Present at the Piper Jaffray 21st Annual Health Care Conference 14956 1Arena Pharmaceuticals to Present at the Piper Jaffray 21st Annual Health Care Conference 14956 2Health Robotics Continues its Global Expansion With December 09 ASHPs Launch of Joint Venture in Canada 14954 1Health Robotics Continues its Global Expansion With December 09 ASHPs Launch of Joint Venture in Canada 14954 2Zimmer Holdings to Present at 21st Annual Piper Jaffray Health Care Conference 6502 1(Date:12/4/2009)KANSAS CITY, Mo., Dec. 4 The large, two-day free health clinic sponsored by the National Association of Free Clinics (NAFC) in Kansas City on Wednesday and Thursday is not just for the sick but also
(Date:12/4/2009)WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 In response to the U.S. Justice Department Drug Enforcement Agency,s (DEA) classification of boldione, desoxymethyltestosterone, and 19-nor-4,9(10)-androstadienedione as "anabolic
(Date:12/4/2009)Case Western Reserve University researchers, from the School of Medicine,s Department of Nutrition, discovered two new metabolic pathways by which products of lipid peroxidation and some drugs of abus
(Date:12/4/2009)Outcomes same whether procedure done immediately or 3 weeks later, study shows , , FRIDAY, Dec. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Timing of surgical repair or reconstruction of multiple-ligament knee inju
(Date:12/4/2009)Dr. Redlener Applauds Historic Effort but Points out Potential Risk if America,s Safety Net Programs Are Lost in Final Health Care Reform ,, NEW YORK, Dec. 4 The New England Journal of Medicine
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