A comprehensive response to HIV could prevent 10 million AIDS deaths in Africa by 2020
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New York City's Public Health Department today issued a public health advisory after reporting the first documented case of an alarming, new, rapidly-progressing and highly drug resistant strain of HIV in a New York man who progressed from his initial HIV infection, thought to have occurred in mid-October 2004, to a largely untreatable strain of AIDS in just three months. According to City...Scientists document complex genomic events leading to the birth of new genes
A team of scientists led by Peer Bork, Ph.D., Senior Bioinformatics Scientist at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory, report today in the journal Genome Research that they have identified a new primate-specific gene family that spans about 10% of human chromosome 2. Comprised of eight family members, the RGP gene cluster may help to explain what sets apart humans and other primates from the...Scientists identify molecular events that drive cell senescence
UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallasresearchers have found a way of stimulating the immune systems of miceto fight against amyloid proteins that cause the devastating plaquesthat are characteristic of Alzheimer's disease.For years scientists have examined the possibility of using aprotein-based vaccine to slow the progression of the disease in itsearly stages. UT Southwestern researcher...Antiretroviral therapy may prevent excess risk of some cancers in people with HIV
In people infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) may prevent most excess cases of Kaposi sarcoma and non-Hodgkin lymphoma, according to a new study in the March 16 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Studies of people with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) have reported increased risks of several cancers, in...Event Tagger from myNeuroLab.com
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The quarterly net loss was slightly lower than the $1.6 million or 5 cents per...The 10 biggest events shaping biotech in 2006
Here's my list, in order of importance: biofuels, stem cells, BIO 2006 in Chicago, the reshaping and resurgence of Abbott Labs, biogenerics in the U.S., the internationalizat...Customers Rate Epic as Best Overall Vendor in Healthcare for Seventh Consecutive Time
MADISON, WI - KLAS Enterprises, a research and consulting firm based in Draper, UT, named Epic Systems Corporation Best Overall Vendor in its Top 20 Year-end Report Card. The study, which included 200 vendors, was based on a confidential survey of CIOs, executives, managers, and clinicians representing over 4,000 healthcare facilities. KLAS specializes in monitoring and reporting the...Entrepreneurs Dont RequireVenture capital, high-tech or government programs
RACINE -- Developing entrepreneurial eco-systems -- where the seeds of start-up and early stage ventures take root and bloom -- does NOT require venture capital, high technologies, and new government programs. It can happen anywhere if three ingredients are brought together, a national expert on entrepreneurial development told an audience here last week. Dr. Erik R. Pages presentation,...Preventing Carry-over Contamination with Uracil-DNA Glycosylase
The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) can amplify a single molecule over a billionfold. Thus, even minuscule amounts of a contaminant can be amplified and lead to a false positive result. Such contaminants are often products from previous PCR amplifications (carry-over contamination). Therefore, rese...Asthma may actually be prevented by Dust and Dirt
National Jewish Medical and Research Center researchers in USA say that a little dust and dirt in the home may help prevent asthma later in life. Environmental endotoxin may have an allergy-protective effect in some infants whose homes have high levels of the bacteria by-product. "Endotoxin seems to drive the immune system to produce cytokines that inhibit certain processes in the body th...Nearly all asthma deaths preventable
A new survey says nearly all deaths due to asthma can be prevented if the patients and their doctors had better understanding of the disease. According to WHO, around 150 million people suffer from asthma worldwide and nearly 2 lakh people die due to the disease every year. Asthma is a chronic respiratory disease, often linked with allergies, that is characterized by sudden recurring atta...Breast Feeding prevents obesity later on in life
A new research suggests that breast-feeding in infancy reduces the risk of becoming obese in life later on. According to Dr. William H. Dietz of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia, who led the research team, effects of breast milk significantly lowered the odds of being overweight by the early teen years, but showed less effect on weight during early childho...Lose stomach for Life....Preventive removal of stomach saves the risk of cancer
This is a story about five gentlemen with a rare genetic mutation that confers a very high risk of stomach cancer. Yes! Dr. David G. Huntsman of the British Columbia Cancer Agency in Vancouver, Canada and colleagues report on five members of two families with a rare form of hereditary gastric cancer caused by a mutation of the E-cadherin gene. These people had a very bad family histo...Regular exercise prevents hip fractures
According to a report in the recent issue of the American Journal of Epidemology, moderate levels of physical activity can help protect against a hip fracture. According to Dr. Susanne Hoidrup from Glostrup University Hospital, Glostrup, Denmark, and colleagues, when people undergo the aging process, regular physical activity should become an essential part of everyone's life, in order to...Stevenson Lacrimal Sac Retractor
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Description:The Heart 2005A is the answer for long-term transtelephonic monitoring. Simple to use, the patient presses a button once symptoms begin in order to record all pre and post ECG segments. By pressing the "transmission " button, the patient sends the recorded ECG over the telephone to Aerotel's Heartline Receiving Station (HRS) for immediate diagnosis. Use of Heart 2005A is recommended for the f...Heart 2006™ Dual Lead Transtelephonic ECG Loop Event Recorder
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PHILADELPHIA, July 10, 2007 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- After afirst childhood urinary tract infection (UTI), daily antibioticsmay not prevent another such infection, and may actually increasethe risk that the next urinary tract infection is caused byresistant bacteria, according to a new study in the July 11 issueof the Journal of the American Medical Association. In the first larg...Vaccine Can Prevent Cervical Cancer and Precancerous Lesions
LONDON, June 28, 2007--A cervical cancer vaccine has shown 90%efficacy for prevention of cervical cancer and precancerous lesionsassociated with the human papillomavirus (HPV) types targeted bythe vaccine, conclude authors of an Article published early Onlineand in the upcoming issue of The Lancet. HPV types 16 and 18 account for 70% or morecases of cervical cancer worldwi...