Polio vaccination strategies assessed as eradication nears
Polio is on track to become only the second disease ever eradicated. In two studies in the Dec. 15 issue of The Journal of Infectious Diseases, now available online, scientists are working to ensure that once it is gone, it stays gone. One study reduces concerns that people whose immune systems were weakened by HIV would re-introduce poliovirus into the community. The other study looks at the ho...Risk of colon cancer to be assessed by simple blood test
Colon cancer is the second most common forms of cancer, and is associated with a significant mortality. There is no single cause for colon cancer. The presence of benign growths in the colon, family history// of colon cancer, and dietary factors are some of the factors that predispose to colon cancer. The disease is completely treatable if diagnosed early. Researchers are now trying to...ResQ-Valve With CPR In Cardiac Arrest Patients To Be Assessed By National Study
It has been proposed by researchers at Medical College of Wisconsin to conduct a large-scale clinical trial to assess the improvement in survival rate in cardiac arrest patients, given CPR and ResQ-Valve//. The study would be funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health. The ResQ-Valve Study offers a promise in the emergenc...Estimated cost of lifetime AIDS treatment assessed to be $618,900
With the emergence of twenty four new drugs to combat HIV infection in the market presently the options to treat HIV are plenty.// But the crux of the issue is the fact that sweet respite offered by these medications by increasing life expectancy by almost 24 years comes tagged with a exorbitant cost. A recent study conducted by a Cornell/Johns Hopkins/Harvard/Boston University resea...Reactions to 'false-positive' Prostate Cancer Screenings Assessed
Men who get a "false-positive" prostate cancer result -- an abnormal screening test followed by a biopsy indicating no evidence// of cancer -- appear more likely to worry about their subsequent risk of cancer and report more problems with sexual function compared to men with normal screening results, according to a University of Iowa study. The study findings, based on telephone surve...