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Medical News Today: 02-12-2005
Saint Louis University authors present facts about critical new role - A new book by two Saint Louis University School of Nursing faculty members prepares nurses to do what the public expects - take the lead in caring for them when disaster strikes... click link for more info.
The J David Gladstone Institutes, a group of UCSF-affiliated medical research institutes, is among the top 15 institutional work environments for life sciences postdoctoral fellows, according to The Scientist's annual "Best Places to Work for Postdocs" survey, set to be published in the February 14 issue... click link for more info.
A behavioral neuroscientist at the University at Buffalo holds that the ingestion of afterbirth by a mother, a feature of pregnancy in nearly all non-human mammals, not only relieves postpartum pain, but optimizes the onset of maternal behavior by mediating the activity of specific opioid activity circuits in the brain... click link for more info.
New research is shedding light on why estrogenic hormones produce unintended results in women, giving hope to the idea that new drugs might reach their targets and work more effectively... click link for more info.
Treatments for mood and anxiety disorders are thought to work, in part, by helping patients control the stresses in their lives... click link for more info.
By applying new imaging technology and genetics, researchers will better understand tumor behavior and predict clinical outcomes - (Philadelphia, PA) - The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine was recently selected to become a member of the National Cancer Institute's Mouse Models of Human Cancers Consortium (MMHCC)... click link for more info.
An automatic sprinkler system significantly increases a person's chances of surviving a dormitory fire, according to a report issued recently by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)... click link for more info.
Parents can more effectively advise teens about alcohol and drug use if, first, they try dialogue instead of lecture and, second, they set an everyday example, rather than give the one-time drug sermon, according to a Penn State researcher... click link for more info.
Survey indicates vaccination rates are up for children 6 to 23 months - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced today that influenza vaccine was used during the first part of the 2004-2005 flu season to vaccinate those at highest risk of serious complications from influenza, including young children, the elderly, those with chronic health conditions, and health-care workers... click link for more info.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today released highlights of its fiscal year (FY) 2006 budget request to Congress totaling $1... click link for more info.
The FDA (USA) is aware of Health Canada's decision to suspend sales, but not revoke the approval in Canada, of the drug Adderall as a treatment for Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)... click link for more info.
New York city resident diagnosed with rare strain of multi-drug resistant hiv that rapidly progresses to aids - Highly Virulent Strain Resistant to Three Types of HIV drugs is rare in patients not previously treated for HIV; strain is also associated with rapid onset of AIDS... click link for more info.
It seems that the heart wants what the heart wants -- and it can figure it out fairly quickly, according to evolutionary psychologists at the University of Pennsylvania... click link for more info.
A meticulous diary kept by a mother of twins has revealed indicators of autistic behaviour in children as young as six months of age... click link for more info.
Dutch researcher Corine Visser investigated a new way of transporting medicines into the brain... click link for more info.
The existence of growth spurts and growing pains in children may be perpetually evident to parents, but their cause has lacked scientific explanation... click link for more info.
A large, multisite trial designed to examine the safety and preliminary effectiveness of two candidate topical microbicides to prevent HIV infection has opened to volunteer enrollment... click link for more info.
Take a moment and look at a picture near you - What did you see? How long did it take you to understand what was in the image, meaning how long did it take you to realize the green blob was a tree? Or that the orange circle was a piece of fruit? Most likely you assume that it took you no time at all, you just knew... click link for more info.
A 34-year-old Atlanta woman who plead guilty to killing her five-week-old daughter and the... click link for more info.
Inventors' work includes Valium, the electric guitar, genetic fingerprinting, frozen foods - Washington - Celebrating its commitment to honor invention and innovation, the National Inventors Hall of Fame has recognized the next group of world-class inventors who will be inducted into its ranks... click link for more info.
In a publication today in the prestigious scientific journal, Nature, a team at CAMBIA in Canberra unveils the 'kernel' of the world's first 'explicit open source' biotechnology toolkit... click link for more info.
A new Mayo Clinic study of pregnant women who experience early membrane rupture has found induction of labor at 32 weeks gestation to be a viable option... click link for more info.
According to latest research, Dr... click link for more info.
AMA (Australian Medical Association) President, Dr Bill Glasson, said today that the December 2004 quarter bulk billing rates are proof positive that the rate will rise in line with the amount of funding being injected to the system as incentives... click link for more info.
Boosting these cellular signals may lead to new treatments - Using a revolutionary technique to turn off chemical signals inside the cell, scientists at Joslin Diabetes Center have discovered that the different metabolic abnormalities present in type 2 diabetes can be caused by knocking out two key signals in liver cells... click link for more info.
The Protein Structure Initiative (PSI), a national program aimed at determining the three-dimensional shapes of a wide range of proteins, has now determined more than 1,000 different structures... click link for more info.
A compound may improve the chances that stem cells transplanted from a patient's bone marrow will help take over brain functions - A compound similar to the components of DNA may improve the chances that stem cells transplanted from a patient's bone marrow to the brain will take over the functions of damaged cells and help treat Alzheimer's disease and other neurological illnesses... click link for more info.
Teens who cut themselves are more likely to engage in unprotected sex according to a new study by researchers at the Bradley/Hasbro Children's Psychiatric Research Center (BHCPRC) in Providence, RI... click link for more info.
Developing compounds to block activation pathway - Researchers from Tufts-New England Medical Center have identified a long-sought-after enzyme that interacts with a specific protease-activated receptor, PAR1, on breast cancer cells... click link for more info.
A novel technology that can test cells in minutes for responses to any stimulus, including antibiotics, pathogens, toxins, radiation or chemotherapy, has been developed by scientists at the University at Buffalo... click link for more info.
Improved patient outcomes and reduced costs highlight crucial link between electronic medical data and clinical practice guidelines - A new clinical study published today in this month's American Journal of Managed Care demonstrated that a technology-driven clinical decision support system applying evidence-based clinical guidelines to patient's electronic medical data helps flag potentially serious clinical errors or deviations from accepted best practices, while making a significant improvement on the cost and quality of medical care... click link for more info.
Recently, Jose Ordovas, PhD, and colleagues shed some light on a genetic factor in obesity... click link for more info.
It can't be said enough: an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of bone... click link for more info.
When medical students at the University of Iowa Roy J... click link for more info.
Secret romantic relationships are hot, right? Movies and television dramas are full of them, and they almost always seem intense, the gateway to a new life filled with promise if not outright ecstasy... click link for more info.
A sensing device tailored for mass production of highly sensitive and stable nerve-gas detectors has been developed by a research group led by a mechanical engineer at The University of Texas at Austin... click link for more info.
People who regularly drink alcohol are three times as likely to die from injury as are non-drinkers and former drinkers of alcohol, according to new research from the Center for Injury Research and Policy at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health... click link for more info.
Checking on Alzheimer's patients miles away is now as close as a simple satellite linkup... click link for more info.
Heart disease and stroke are the first and third leading causes of death, respectively, in the United States (1)... click link for more info.
Preventive measures are failing to stem the rising rate of HIV infection, warn two senior doctors in an editorial in this week's BMJ... click link for more info.
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