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Medical News Today: 02-17-2005
A clinical trial is underway at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP) to study the safety and effectiveness of an endovascular medical device to treat life-threatening thoracic aortic aneurysms... click link for more info.
Florida Tech and Dr... click link for more info.
The history of hormone therapy drugs - once thought of as almost magic pills to keep women healthy, vital and young - shows why it is so important to conduct research studies to identify the risks and benefits of drugs, say researchers from Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center... click link for more info.
The Conservative Party, the main opposition party in the United Kingdom, on Monday proposed immigration guidelines that would require people from non-... click link for more info.
Some HIV/AIDS experts have "questioned why such an uproar has emerged" over the detection of a rare, drug-resistant HIV strain and expressed concern that the public health alert issued in New York City last week might have been "premature," the... click link for more info.
The European Vaccine Effort against HIV/AIDS, today announced that a phase I clinical trial of novel investigational vaccines comprising DNA-HIV-C and NYVAC-HIV-C for the prevention of HIV infection has started in Lausanne and London in February 2005... click link for more info.
The discovery that zinc contained in the hemoglobin of deep-sea tubeworms is used to bind and transport nutrients to symbiotic bacteria will be published online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science during the week of 14 February 2005... click link for more info.
Global healthcare spending exceeds $3 trillion of which pharmaceuticals account for approximately $250 billion... click link for more info.
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President Bush on Monday resubmitted to the Senate 20 judicial nominees, including seven federal appeals court nominees who during the last Congress were blocked by Democratic filibusters because of concerns about their records on issues such as abortion rights, the... click link for more info.
Flu vaccinations for individuals ages 65 and older might not reduce flu-related mortality rates as much as previously thought, according to a study published on Monday in the Archives of Internal Medicine, the http://www... click link for more info.
Previous research suggests that older doctors tend to provide lower-quality care than younger doctors who recently graduated from medical school, according to a "provocative"... click link for more info.
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An increasing number of middle-class families are declining employer-sponsored health coverage for their children and enrolling them in public health insurance programs, the... click link for more info.
The number of COX-2 inhibitor prescriptions decreased by 43% between December 2003 and December 2004, according to a study released on Monday by the pharmaceutical information and consulting company... click link for more info.
WellPoint Health Networks this week released a study that linked the COX-2 inhibitors Vioxx, Celebrex and Bextra to increased cardiovascular risk, "reinforcing findings of other trials" as two... click link for more info.
The fiscal year 2006 budget proposal released last week by President Bush would reduce funds for almost all... click link for more info.
President Bush on Monday announced that he would nominate... click link for more info.
Mother-to-child HIV transmission "has been all but eliminated" in the United States, but health officials still can "save hundreds more lives" by making prenatal and perinatal HIV testing routine, Dennis Byrne, a Chicago-area writer, says in a http://www... click link for more info.
Ugandan First Lady Janet Museveni on Monday in a message to commemorate Valentine's Day urged the youth of the country to prevent the spread of HIV, Xinhua News Agency reports... click link for more info.
Following New York City health officials' announcement last week that they have detected a rare, drug-resistant HIV strain, HIV/AIDS experts and advocates are examining different prevention strategies, some calling for a "renewed commitment to prevention efforts and free condoms" and others hoping to "track down those who knowingly engage in risky behavior" to prevent the spread of the virus, the... click link for more info.
Radiofrequency (RF) ablation offers an effective first-line treatment for some liver cancer patients who are excluded from surgery, according to two studies appearing in the March issue of the journal Radiology... click link for more info.
The body mass index (BMI) of individuals who drink alcohol may be related to how much, and how often, they drink, according to a new study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health's National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)... click link for more info.
Research led by investigators at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) helps explain how a group of angiogenesis inhibitor molecules serve as an important defense mechanism against the development and spread of cancer, offering key insights into why cancerous tumors grow at different rates among different individuals... click link for more info.
Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St... click link for more info.
UCLA scientists have created a mechanism at the nanoscale to externally control the function and action of a protein... click link for more info.
Researchers at the University of Chicago have come up with a technique for teachers to use that increases student understanding of mathematics: explain how to solve a problem in one way, and also provide an alternative approach through gesture... click link for more info.
Austrian-German research team demonstrates for the first time a source of coherent kiloelectronvolt X-rays, which promises extraordinary applications... click link for more info.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers have made a discovery that may have implications for the treatment of liver-based genetic defects such as hemophilia A and B in humans... click link for more info.
Numerous mouse experiments showed heart-protective effects for COX-2 inhibitors allowing killer painkillers on marketOn February 17, John J... click link for more info.
A novel genetic manipulation significantly extends the life spans of flies by reducing the amount of wear and tear suffered by nerve cells in adults, according to new work published in Cell Metabolism... click link for more info.
Proteins that shuttle lipids in the body might be a missing link between obesity and other conditions that tend to go along with the excess weight, including diabetes and fatty liver disease, suggests a new study published in Cell Metabolism... click link for more info.
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) today announced that it is soliciting applications from U... click link for more info.
Scientists have turned to the brightest brains in Britain in a bid to understand the link between intelligence and dementia... click link for more info.
GenoMed, Inc said today that it has filed a patent application on two additional genes linked to common cancers... click link for more info.
The partners in EUREKA project E! 2526 IMPULSE have developed an implanted nerve stimulator which helps patients with drop foot to walk much better... click link for more info.
A new study of 60 newborns in New York City reveals that exposure of expectant mothers to combustion-related urban air pollution may alter the structure of babies' chromosomes while in the womb... click link for more info.
The first 'next generation' MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) body scanner in the world will be officially launched at Hope Hospital later this week (Friday 18th February)... click link for more info.
New and effective treatments for lung cancer may rest on their ability to hinder the action of estrogen in lung cancer cells, according to two studies published in the current issue of Cancer Research... click link for more info.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today published a draft guidance document entitled "Guidance for Industry: Internal Radioactive Contamination-Development of Decorporation Agents" to help ensure that medical products called decorporation agents -- drugs that help eliminate radioactive materials from the body -- will be available to protect U... click link for more info.
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