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Eurekalert Medical and Health News: 11-24-2004
At MEDICA 2004, the medical trade fair taking place in D.sseldorf, Germany, from 24-27 November 2004, the European Space Agency will introduce highly progressive methods in space medicine and their application on Earth.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) tried to discredit one of its own experts after he told a US Senate hearing that the FDA had failed to protect the public over rofecoxib (Vioxx), according to two articles published online by the BMJ today.
Gene mutations that impair the ability of photoreceptor cells to properly dispose of waste - and as a result cause the blinding eye disease retinitis pigmentosa - have been identified by vision researchers at the University of Utah's Moran Eye Center. The discovery raises concerns that carbonic anhydrase inhibitors (medications often used to treat both heart and eye diseases) may adversely affect vision.
Patients with cancers previously next to untreatable may have new hope because of a license agreement between Isotron of Norcross, Ga., and UT-Battelle, which manages Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
The dermal route of exposure to chlorpyrifos, a common agricultural pesticide, contributes substantially to workers' total exposure, according to researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the US Environmental Protection Agency. Accurate methods for estimating dermal exposure are necessary as they form the basis for assessing and protecting worker health.
What is abuse? According to research in the new book, International Perspectives on Family Violence and Abuse, a country's history and culture strongly influence what its residents consider to be unacceptable -- and acceptable -- examples of domestic violence and abuse. Edited by Kathleen Malley-Morrison, a professor of psychology at Boston University, the book's compelling country-by-country narratives present perceptions of family violence and abuse that reflect the day-by-day social and ecologic contexts in which people live.
Many pharmacists aren't opposed to importing drugs to lower patients' costs as long as pharmacists have a role in ensuring safety and efficacy, says a study by the University of Illinois at Chicago and the University of Michigan.
Researchers have discovered that individual fibroblast cells contain independent, self-sustaining circadian (ca. 24 hr) clocks. Circadian clocks are important for synchronizing many physiological and behavioral processes to the day/night cycle.
Condoms are traditionally seen by reproductive health care workers as second-rate methods of barrier control against pregnancy, and so are not as strongly promoted as they should be for protection against HIV/AIDS
Low-glycemic load diets, those low in sugars with moderate levels of carbohydrates and not as low in fat and protein, may lower metabolism less when compared with low-fat diets, making the dieters feel less tired, cold and hungry, as well as improve cardiovascular risk factors, according to an article in the Nov. 24 issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association.
A nutritional scientist at the University of Alberta believes that chylomicrons, metabolized balls of fat and cholesterol that enter the blood stream after a meal, are the key to understanding why some people with low LDL cholesterol are still vulnerable to suffering a heart attack or stroke.
The New Jersey Center for Biomaterials has generated what it hopes to be the beginning of a technology transfer success story that originated through the work of Rutgers University Professor Joachim Kohn in his search for improved biomaterials.
Johns Hopkins researchers say there is growing evidence that stem cells gone awry in their efforts to repair tissue damage could help explain why long-term irritation, such as from alcohol or heartburn, can create a breeding ground for certain cancers.
Imagine seeing or tasting sounds, as well as hearing them. This blending of the senses occurs in a rare condition called "synesthesia." In this condition, a stimulus, such as sound, creates a reaction in another sense, as well as the expected sense.Now, professor Daphne Maurer of McMaster University's department of psychology has found that at one time we all lived in a world in which sights had sounds and feelings had taste.
Individuals aged 65 and older are unlikely to receive needed mental health treatment in the United States, according to a recent national study by researchers at Texas A&M University.
People with more muscle than fat have increased ability to regulate their blood pressure in response to stress, according to a Medical College of Georgia study.
A groundbreaking technique developed at The University of Manchester, which uses crystals to map 'invisible' parts of molecules, is set to revolutionise drug discovery.
Case Western Reserve University, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation and University Hospitals of Cleveland have been awarded $4.5 million in seed funding to establish the National Center for Regenerative Medicine as part of the omnibus appropriation bill approved by Congress.Additional funding for the center is expected over the next five years.
Researchers at Purdue University have shown that artificial joints might be improved by making the implants out of tiny carbon tubes and filaments that are all aligned in the same direction, and findings were presented at two recent meetings
Research that could lead to a breakthrough in the treatment of HIV has scooped a University of Manchester scientist a prestigious industry award.
Waterloo's battlefield is reigniting the debate about whether modern medicine is always good for you, according to University College London (UCL) scientists who are launching a study of why some critically ill patients recover and others die from multiple organ failure - the number one killer of patients in intensive care.
A recently published dissertation from the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden shows that testosterone has both a physiological and a psychological impact on women's sexuality.
Duke University Medical Center geneticists have discovered new proteins that help the olfactory system in mammals organize properly.
Preliminary data in the November 24 JAMA suggest that dieters may lose more weight when they seek to reduce glycemic load -- the amount their blood glucose rises after a meal -- rather than limit fat intake. A low-glycemic diet may overcome the body's natural tendency to slow metabolism and turn on hunger cues to "make up" the missing calories.
In this issue, Gabel et al. report that FMRP expression is dynamically regulated in vivo in dark-reared, light-exposed rats.
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