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Medical News Today: 01-04-2005
A multi-state outbreak of urinary tract infections caused by drug-resistant Escherichia coli was probably due to consumption of a contaminated food product of animal origin, such as meat or milk, according to an article in the Jan... click link for more info.
Over the past 20 years, there has been speculation about a connection between immunizations and an increase in autism... click link for more info.
Using naturally-occurring mutant mice with a defective collagen gene, scientists at Harvard have identified a signaling molecule involved in one of the most common causes of disability among the elderly in the United States, osteoarthritis... click link for more info.
The European Patent Office is pleased to announce the addition to its epoline® range of products and services of a new online service called Register Plus... click link for more info.
NIH grant to research fertilization - Dr David Carroll, Florida Tech assistant professor of biological sciences, has earned a grant for $187,000 from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to research fertilization and early development in the starfish... click link for more info.
An estrogen-like chemical commonly used to synthesize plastic food containers has been shown to encourage the growth of a specific category of prostate cancer cell, potentially affecting the treatment efficacy for a subset of prostate cancers... click link for more info.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) today released the trans-NIH Action Plan for Liver Disease Research, a comprehensive plan that addresses the burden of liver diseases in the United States and maps out challenges for future research... click link for more info.
Fox Chase Cancer Center researchers have made new discoveries that shed new light on the mystery of why human tissues, such as skin, age... click link for more info.
Patients treated with the atypical anti-psychotic agents clozapine and olanzapine may be at an increased risk for insulin resistance, which is a major risk factor for diabetes mellitus, according to a study in the January issue of The Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals... click link for more info.
Young adults who participated in a social development training program in elementary school reported greater job stability, less incidence of drug use, and greater overall emotional well being compared with a control group, according to an article in the January issue of The Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals... click link for more info.
Although children with special health care needs comprised less than 16 percent of the child population, they had health care expenditures three times higher than other children, according to an article in the January issue of The Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals... click link for more info.
A new study led by researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) and the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) has found that heavy drinkers -- men who consume an average of three or more alcoholic beverages per day -- are nearly 45 percent more likely to suffer an ischemic stroke compared with nondrinkers... click link for more info.
Recent advances in therapy for HIV disease, particularly the use of combinations of antiretroviral drugs, collectively termed highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), have resulted in a dramatic improvement in health status for a large number of HIV-infected individuals... click link for more info.
The replenishment of missing neurons in the brain as a treatment for Parkinson disease reached the stage of human trials over 15 years ago, however the field is still in its infancy... click link for more info.
Time and again, research has demonstrated the power of an individual's self-fulfilling prophecies - if you envision yourself tripping as you walk across a stage, you will be more likely to stumble and fall... click link for more info.
University of California scientists working at Los Alamos National Laboratory have developed a new protein tagging and detection system based on a process for "splitting" a green fluorescent protein... click link for more info.
The January 2005 issue of Biology of Reproduction marks the start of the co-editorship of Drs... click link for more info.
There are many myths about constipation treatment... click link for more info.
A study at the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center has indicated that exposure to environmental tobacco smoke, even at extremely low levels, is associated with decreases in certain cognitive skills, including reading, math, and logic and reasoning, in children and adolescents... click link for more info.
Researchers from the University of Radboud, Netherlands, have found that gastric-acid suppressive drugs raise the risk of developing pneumonia... click link for more info.
The Medicines (Child Safety) Regulations 2003 number 2317 reclosable packaging - These Regulations came into force on 1 October 2003 and require products containing aspirin, paracetamol and more than 24mg of elemental iron to be packaged in containers which are child resistant... click link for more info.
Migraine sufferers have more genes that produce platelets, say researchers from Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, USA... click link for more info.
In response to last Sunday's catastrophic tsunami, UNICEF is seeking $81 million to support urgent humanitarian aid for the estimated 1... click link for more info.
INDONESIA-- WFP has begun distributing food aid in Aceh province, among the hardest hit areas in Asia... click link for more info.
OpusDuoTM Er:YAG is First Laser System Cleared for Contact Thermal Mechanical Ablation of Bone - Lumenis® Ltd LUME... click link for more info.
The Government of the Republic of Indonesia will be organizing Special ASEAN Leaders' Meeting on Aftermath of Earthquake and Tsunami in Jakarta on 6 January 2005... click link for more info.
Johns Hopkins researchers, using a novel birthing simulator designed by biomedical engineering faculty, staff and students at the University, have identified what may be the least forceful way to deliver a baby whose shoulders are stuck in the birth canal... click link for more info.
A survey of mothers in the January issue of Pediatrics found that physicians remain overwhelmingly negative in communicating a diagnosis of Down syndrome in newborn infants... click link for more info.
Children who appear to have higher levels of shyness, or a particular gene, appear to have a different pattern of processing the signals of interpersonal hostility, according to a study in the January issue of The Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals... click link for more info.
Impaired driving will affect one in three Americans during their lifetime... click link for more info.
China has sent a team of 14 doctors to Sri Lanka to help the country's tsunami victims... click link for more info.
A 15-year-old girl, Jeanna Giese, USA, is back home after surviving rabies without getting immediate treatment - the first person ever to survive rabies without a vaccine... click link for more info.
As new information provides a clearer picture of the full extent of the Indian Ocean disaster Australia will continue to increase its support for the international relief effort... click link for more info.
A Defence chartered Antonov 124 will land at Sydney International Airport this afternoon, load overnight and depart tomorrow (Monday 3 Jan 05)... click link for more info.
As a first line response to the disaster caused by the tsunami on December 26, medicines donated by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) are being airlifted to the affected countries across Asia... click link for more info.
International health and care group BUPA has given £100,000 to the Disasters Emergency Committee and launched an internal fundraising campaign to support the relief of the hundreds of thousands of people affected by the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster... click link for more info.
Shire Pharmaceuticals Group plc (LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPGY, TSX: SHQ) announces the signing of a non-binding initial agreement to globally develop and commercialize a new Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) compound from New River Pharmaceuticals Inc... click link for more info.
In response to the British Medical Journal article dated January 1, 2005, entitled "FDA to review missing drug company documents," Eli Lilly and Company has issued the following statement: To our knowledge, there has never been any allegation of missing documents from the Wesbecker trial or any other trial involving Lilly... click link for more info.
WHO has received informal reports of a laboratory-confirmed case of H5N1 infection in Viet Nam... click link for more info.
WHO is mobilizing emergency health kits to cover essential medical needs of two million people for three months... click link for more info.
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