Best Breast-Cancer Care Eludes Older Women

Research highlights need to individualize treatment,,,, SUNDAY, Oct. 21 (HealthDay News) -- As women live longer lives, the number of breast cancer cases among older patients is rising, too. Yet many older women are being under-diagnosed and under-treated for the disease, studies sh...

Positive Strokes & Life-Saving Information Eludes Stroke Patients

A new study has indicated the feeling of insecurity and neglect that stroke patients unwittingly contend with, especially post-discharge; they are not provided with the// necessary information/advice to maintain their health. The report from the Stroke Association aptly embodies the sentiment...

Misplaced Bravado: A Career In Surgery Eludes Women?

There seems to be a subtle gender bias prevailing against women, especially when they are required to make career choices in the field of medical surgery that inhibits free-flowing analysis of pros // , while accentuating the cons, that invariably steers them to opt out of surgery. There has always...

Heartfelt Tales by Physicians and Patients Inspire a Unique Online National Magazine

... drug plan to work ( http://www.pulsemagazine.org/Archive_Index.cfm?content_id=29 ); "Carmen's Story," a symptomatic woman's ovarian cancer eludes her doctors ( http://www.pulsemagazine.org/Archive_Index.cfm?content_id=26 ); "My Patient, My Friend," a cardiac surgeon's error costs him ...

Estrogen May Combat Marijuana's Effect on Cognition

... In study on rats, protection eludes those exposed as adolescents MONDAY, April 20 (HealthDay News) -- Ovaries and the estrogen hormone they produce might help protect women ...

Experts from Africa and Asia to Discuss Maternal Health in Live Online Chat

...on to end this crisis NEW YORK, March 23 /PRNewswire/ -- The number one killer of young women in the developing world is not a disease whose cure eludes us, or a condition which the world lacks the resources to treat. It is pregnancy and childbirth. Every year, 500,000 women die while trying to gi...

Whole-House Air Cleaner May Help Prevent Asthma Attack, Heart Attack and Stroke

..., mold spores, smoke and the common flu virus. It removes particles as small as .1 microns, or 1/1,000th the diameter of a human hair -- the size that eludes most air cleaners. Trane CleanEffects is 100 times more effective than the standard one-inch filter found in most home central systems, removing up to...

Studies Reveal Every Homeowner's Dream: You Can Dust Less and Have a Healthier, Cleaner Home

...d spores, smoke and the common flu virus. It even removes particles as small as 0.1 microns -- 1/1,000th the diameter of a human hair -- the size that eludes most air cleaners. Trane CleanEffects is 100 times more effective than the standard 1-inch filter found in most home central systems, removing up to 9...

NIH grant supports UCSF research exploring early HIV infection

...e responses. HIV mutates constantly, thereby escaping attack from the bodys targeted T-cell defenses that are meant to kill the virus, and eventually eludes effective control in most individuals. Understanding this process could assist in vaccine development. A second project, led by Steven Deeks, MD, o...

Clues Found On How Deadly Bacterium Gains Foothold

... How a potentially deadly bacterium that could be used as a bioterrorist tool eludes being killed by the human immune system is now better understood, University of Iowa// researchers report in the December issue of the Journal of Leuk...

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How A Latent Virus Eludes Immune Defenses

For a virus to survive, it must elude the ever vigilant immune sentinels of its host. A latent virus can escape immune detection if it resides in nondividing cells and doesn’t produce any proteins. No viral proteins means no red flags for immune cells. If the virus targets one of the many cell type...

Scientists unveil piece of HIV protein that may be key to AIDS vaccine development

...ccine capable of eliciting a robust antibody response." For years, AIDS vaccine developers have been stymied by the seemingly unlimited ways HIV eludes natural and vaccine-induced immune defenses. Notes Dr. Kwong, "The more we learned about HIV, the more we realized just how many levels of defense the...

Better sludge through metagenomics

...e were able to isolate and acquire the genome sequence of Accumulibacter phosphatis without a pure culture of the organism, which, like most microbes, eludes laboratory culture. We expect that clues hidden in the genome will lead to domestication of this mysterious organism, enabling further studies of its...

A large step forward in the fight against African sleeping sickness

..., because the parasite constantly changes appearance. Thus, the trypanosome remains impervious to the antibodies that the body produces. Parasite eludes human defense mechanism Fortunately, our body has a special defense mechanism that can help us in the fight against African trypanosomes. Our blood c...

Touching Molecules With Your Bare Hands

...s unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Citation: (2005) How a Latent Virus eludes Immune Defenses. PLoS Biol 3(4): e149. ...

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Social Networks Revisited

...on: No compelling new services were coming to market in the DEMO 2004 timeframe. But that's the easy out. As I've written before, social networking eludes a business model that makes fundamental sense. Without a clear avenue to revenue that returns value to customers and dividends to shareholders, social...