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Eurekalert Medical and Health News: 10-10-2004
Botox, a household name for wrinkle reduction, could be assuming a new role as a pain reliever. In a study presented today at the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) Plastic Surgery 2004 conference in Philadelphia, women injected with Botox in the pectoral muscles following the surgical removal of their breast experienced significantly less pain and shorter hospital stays.
Many post-bariatric surgery patients experience an extreme loss in skin elasticity that leads them to have body contouring procedures, which greatly differ from contouring procedures performed on normal weight patients. After contouring, these patients' skin will still loosen and sag much faster with age, according to Jeffrey M. Kenkel, MD, chair of the ASPS Post-Bariatric Task Force. Dr. Kenkel will moderate a panel today discussing how post-bariatric plastic surgery differs from standard body contouring at the ASPS Plastic Surgery 2004 conference.
Each year, devastating illness or injury results in life-altering reconstructive plastic surgery for many. Despite the obstacles they face, some of these patients focus on the silver lining of their experience making positive changes in their lives and, in some cases, a profound impact on others. Five such reconstructive plastic surgery heroes are being honored at the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) Plastic Surgery 2004 conference, on Saturday, Oct. 9 at 4:30 p.m. at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.
Patients without time for a facelift or intimidated by surgery now have more minimally invasive options that produce effective results. Barbed sutures, ultrasonic body contouring and soft tissue fillers, three emerging trends in the plastic surgery industry, offer patients faster results without the downtime of surgery, according to a program held today at the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) Plastic Surgery 2004 conference in Philadelphia.
The following are news tips from the American Heart Association's 58th Annual High Blood Pressure Research Conference. The conference takes place Oct. 9-12, 2004 at the Chicago Marriott Downtown in Chicago, Illinois.
Led by Michael Bieber, PhD, associate professor of information systems and co-director of the Collaborative Hypermedia Research Laboratory at NJIT, a group of information scientists and librarians received last month a total of more than $2 million in federal funding to develop computer software to create such a tool."We're developing a supersized library," said Bieber. "Our meta information engine will automatically add links within Web pages to related documents and services, customized to your current task."
In a report currently appearing in the online issue of the journal Nature Cell Biology, scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine and the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center describe - for the first time - how some proteins interact to ensure that the cell does not continually divide when its DNA is damaged.
Patients who undergo radiation for treatment of brain tumors may survive their cancer only to have lasting memory and learning deficiencies, the impact of which can be particularly devastating for children..Now, researchers at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center have discovered that lithium, a drug commonly used to treat bipolar disorder and other mental illnesses, can protect the brain cells involved in learning and memory from radiation damage.
Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology and MOLOGEN initiate development of a new tuberculosis subunit vaccine.
Australian and UK scientists have developed a technique to effectively control the 'super pests' that are highly resistant to pesticides used on important food and fibre crops worldwide.
A major, international Medical Research Council (MRC) trial has found that a routine treatment for patients with head injuries, widely used around the world for the last 30 years, does not improve survival rates and may do more harm than good. The results of the study are published in full in this week's edition of The Lancet.
The CHEST Foundation announced today it will hold its annual "Making a Difference" awards dinner this year on October 23 in Seattle, WA. The dinner will recognize 22 physicians from around the world who will be awarded the Governors Community Service Award for their community-based health and wellness programs. The awards dinner will be hosted by entertainer and musician Paul Shaffer of The Late Show with David Letterman.
Men and women with mental disorders have higher odds of being diagnosed with brain tumors and lung cancer and they develop these cancers at younger ages than individuals without mental illness.
The John A. Hartford Foundation of New York City and The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) selected eight outstanding doctoral students for the Hartford Doctoral Fellows Program in geriatric social work.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has made two large grants to the Children's Hospital Boston Informatics Program as part of a first-ever CDC initiative to sponsor innovative research in public health. The grants, aimed at health promotion and public health protection, give Children's an opportunity to pilot two computer-based health surveillance programs.
Black women are three times more likely than white women to die during pregnancy, and twice as many black babies as white babies die in infancy. Yet researchers know little about why pregnancy and infant health differ by race, despite massive efforts to address this persistent problem. Now, researchers at the University of Michigan will examine the issue from an interdisciplinary perspective to help solve this problem.
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA), like many chronic diseases of the immune system, likely results from a combination of genetic susceptibility and environmental triggers. Recently, a team of researchers in Sweden set out to investigate the interaction of two specific risk factors: the presence of a gene encoding protein sequence called the shared epitope (SE), the major genetic risk factor so far defined for RA, and cigarette smoking. The results, published in the October 2004 issue of Arthritis & Rheumatism, indicate that smoking significantly increases the risk of RA among men and women with a genetic predisposition for the disease.
Researchers at the University of Rochester have found in reality that roughly 80 percent of our cognitive power may be cranking away on tasks completely unknown to us. Curiously, this clandestine activity does not exist in the youngest brains, leading scientists to believe that the mysterious goings-on that absorb the majority of our minds are dedicated to subconsciously reprocessing our initial thoughts and experiences.
Scientists supported by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, have discovered that people with chronic sinus inflammation have an exaggerated immune response to common airborne fungi. The results of their study appear online today in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.
Today, HIV drug Fuzeon was awarded the 2004 International Prix Galien for the most innovative new medicine. Fuzeon was selected out of 12 major new drugs in all therapeutic areas which each won national awards. Since 1970 Roche has won a total of 24 international and national Prix Galien medals, notably winning the international award twice in the field of HIV. This reflects Roche's strong track record in innovation across its entire product portfolio.
This pivotal Phase III study will provide answers to questions about the properties of a new drug in the treatment of cognitive impairment in Schizophrenia. Cogtest will be used to assess a number of areas of cognitive function in patients including tests of social cognition, emotional recognition and verbal ability. These are domains unique to the Cogtest library of tests.
A team led by Mayo Clinic researchers has determined that over-reactive immune responses to airborne fungi could cause the stuffy noses and airway inflammation among sufferers of chronic rhinosinusitis. These findings could one day lead to a new, longer-lasting treatment.
In a three-year analysis of more than 10,500 genes, one-third of the human genome, researchers at Johns Hopkins have found a starting point to establishing the genetic basis for sinus disease and the growth of nasal polyps, illnesses not well understood despite their prevalence. The findings, set for publication in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology online Oct. 8, could lead to development of targeted gene therapies or other treatments to control these conditions.
Research in monkeys found that low-dose estrogen therapy significantly reduced the progression of fatty buildup in the arteries leading to the heart, according to research at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, reported today at the annual meeting of the North American Menopause Society in Washington, D.C.
New research in monkeys suggests that a diet high in soy could be good for the hearts and bones of premenopausal women. The findings from two separate studies conducted at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center were reported today at the annual meeting of the North American Menopause Society in Washington, D.C.
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