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Medical News Today: 12-02-2004
UK Ministers today announced the start of a managed transition towards the lifting of the Over Thirty Months (OTM) Rule... click link for more info.
Women with suspected coronary artery disease and smaller social networks die at twice the rate of those who have a larger circle of social contacts, according to a new study... click link for more info.
The World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) will enter into force and become part of international law in 90 days, following ratification by 40 countries in the past 17 months... click link for more info.
Arrangement with Schwab and Devenir allows Blue Cross to promote first self-managed investing of health savings accounts... click link for more info.
The December 2004 issue of Psychiatric Services features an occasional column entitled "Patient Safety Forum" in which experts address questions related to medical errors and other safety issues... click link for more info.
HIV testing rates are higher among CDC-recommended groups than general population - Rates of HIV/AIDS diagnoses in the United States stayed steady for the years 2000-2003, but sharp racial disparities remain, according to an analysis of data from 32 states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced today... click link for more info.
The NSW Cancer Council, Australia, says young women continue to sizzle their skin in solariums, despite radiation dangers... click link for more info.
Australian scientists say the discovery of a new gene could significantly improve the treatment of patients with schizophrenia... click link for more info.
The Australian Medical Association (AMA) says drugs used to treat osteoporosis should be more widely available through the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS)... click link for more info.
The fourth annual NHS Careers Job Shop Day, held on 23 September, has been a record-breaker with more events and more contacts to the national response line and website than in previous years... click link for more info.
Some low-income women seeking prenatal care in Harris County, Texas, must wait several weeks or months to get an appointment, according to a survey of public and not-for-profit clinics in the area... click link for more info.
World AIDS Day: 42 million people-including 5 million in past year-now infected by HIV worldwide... click link for more info.
A BBC TWO television documentary, titled "Guinea Pig Kids," scheduled to air on Tuesday has renewed criticism of GlaxoSmithKline for sponsoring trials of HIV/AIDS-related medicines at Incarnation Children's Center in New York City, Reuters reports... click link for more info.
Russian media executives on Monday launched a new advertising campaign as part of the Global Media AIDS Initiative in advance of World AIDS Day in an effort to increase HIV/AIDS awareness and education in the country, USA Today reports (Sternberg, USA Today, 12/1)... click link for more info.
AIDS advocates and health workers on Wednesday marked World AIDS Day by focusing on gender inequalities that can lead to an increased risk of HIV infection among women and girls... click link for more info.
Regular use of cannabis during adolescence and early adulthood may increase the risk of developing psychotic symptoms in later life, according to new research published in the British Medical Journal... click link for more info.
Guillain Barré syndrome (GBS) is a rare disorder in which the body's immune system attacks part of the peripheral nervous system (an autoimmune response) causing weakness and tingling in the extremities that can spread to the entire body causing muscle paralysis that can be life-threatening... click link for more info.
The cell signaling pathway known as the JAK-STAT pathway regulates cell growth and survival, and aberrations in this pathway have been shown to exist in multiple solid tumors and leukemia... click link for more info.
The most common form of muscular dystrophy present at birth is caused by mutation of the LAMA2 gene that encodes laminin-alpha2... click link for more info.
Upon invasion of a tissue by a foreign pathogen or tumor cell, the cellular immune response is put into action: cells known as antigen-presenting cells (APCs) capture and internalize foreign material processing it into smaller peptide fragments, that are then presented on the cell surface to activate naïve T cells to kill the pathogen... click link for more info.
Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic inflammatory disease leading to joint destruction... click link for more info.
The use of stem cells obtained from bone marrow for the treatment of some skeletal or heart diseases is an attractive long-term strategy to deliver normal stem cells, capable of developing into any cell type of the body, to injured tissue in order to effect repair... click link for more info.
Atherosclerosis, a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in Western nations, is caused by the accumulation of cholesterol-rich lipoproteins that adhere to vessel walls and develop into macrophages... click link for more info.
Alzheimer disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia in the elderly and classic clinical features include memory loss, deterioration in speech, and behavioral disturbances... click link for more info.
The Center for Education of the National Research Council, with support from the American Educational Research Association, the American Psychological Association, the Decade of Behavior, and the National Science Foundation, will host a one-day forum on December 14 to explore the application of multiple social science research methods to educational problems... click link for more info.
People undergoing radiation therapy for diseases such as cancer run the risk of irreversibly damaging the cells of their intestine due to the radiation-induced death of cells within the gut... click link for more info.
Researchers have found that low-voltage, high-frequency stimulation of the brain's motor cortex via electrodes implanted on its surface can alleviate symptoms of Parkinson's disease... click link for more info.
Faces produce a particular resonance of recognition, even in the youngest infants, who respond to the sight of a face almost from birth... click link for more info.
The rising popularity of shark cartilage extract as an anti-cancer treatment is a triumph of marketing and pseudoscience over reason, with a tragic fallout for both sharks and humans, according to a Johns Hopkins biologist writing in the Dec... click link for more info.
Neural stem cells injected into mice can repair brain cells damaged by a disease similar to multiple sclerosis (MS), according to research presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)... click link for more info.
New evidence suggests that a promising investigational treatment for patients with damaged hearts -- using adult stem cells to regenerate heart tissue -- may not work as planned... click link for more info.
The polyphenols present in green tea help prevent the spread of prostate cancer by targeting molecular pathways that shut down the proliferation and spread of tumor cells, as well as inhibiting the growth of tumor nurturing blood vessels, according to research published in the December 1 issue of Cancer Research... click link for more info.
The significance of a detected colon polyp matches closely with the confidence score of an interpreting radiologist using virtual colonoscopy... click link for more info.
Also helps some patients avoid hysterectomy - MRI-guided ultrasound therapy is an effective way to treat women with uterine fibroids, improving their quality of life and avoiding hysterectomy, a new study shows... click link for more info.
Panoramic dental x-rays can be used to help identify postmenopausal women with low skeletal bone mineral density (BMD), meaning that screening for spinal osteoporosis could begin in the dentist's office a new study shows... click link for more info.
Heart researchers at Jefferson Medical College have used gene therapy to bring failing rat hearts back to normal... click link for more info.
Ordinary tap or bottled water could help people suffering from low blood pressure who faint while standing, claim researchers from Imperial College London and St Mary's Hospital... click link for more info.
Prospective cohort study of cannabis use, predisposition for psychosis, and psychotic symptoms in young people BMJ Online First - Frequent cannabis use during adolescence and young adulthood increases the risk of psychotic symptoms later in life, according to a new study published on bmj... click link for more info.
Vaccination with the anthrax capsule, a naturally occurring component of the bacterium that causes the disease, protected mice from lethal anthrax infection, according to scientists at the U... click link for more info.
The gap between basic biology and medical practice is growing... click link for more info.
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