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Medical News Today: 01-21-2005
Many rivers and streams in the United States are believed to contain a toxic antimicrobial chemical whose environmental fate was never thoroughly scrutinized despite large scale production and usage for almost half a century, according to an analysis conducted by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health... click link for more info.
Businesses rarely draw up written policies to tackle HIV/AIDS until 20% of the country's population is infected, according to a global survey on the impact of the disease on business... click link for more info.
As new child rights legislation enters into force in Romania, a report finds that babies are just as likely to be abandoned in the country's maternity and pediatric hospitals as they were three decades ago... click link for more info.
The NHS recommends regular medication reviews for older patients, yet a study published on bmj... click link for more info.
Invasive procedures, often given to patients as soon as they are admitted to hospital with a life-threatening heart condition, do not necessarily improve survival, finds a study published on bmj... click link for more info.
Mums to be have known for some time that what they eat when pregnant affects their unborn child but now researchers at the University of Nottingham believe that our mothers' diet during pregnancy may affect our predisposition to illnesses such as heart disease, diabetes and high blood pressure in late life... click link for more info.
AMA (Australian Medical Association) Vice President, Dr Mukesh Haikerwal, said today the AMA has advised doctors to check contracts with their software providers... click link for more info.
Second year London medical student Bala Karunakaran hoped a trip to Sri Lanka would widen his outlook and help prepare him for a career as a doctor, but nothing prepared him for the tsunami... click link for more info.
More than eight out of ten doctors think the loss of university departments such as physics and chemistry will have a bad effect on medicine... click link for more info.
Second annual report published on National Suicide Prevention Strategy for England - The suicide rate for young men has fallen to its lowest level for almost 20 years, having dropped almost 30 percent from its peak in 1998, according to the second report published today measuring the progress of England's national suicide prevention strategy... click link for more info.
In research published on 19th January this year1, scientists from Broom's Barn Research Station2 conclusively show how to use GM herbicide tolerant (GMHT) crop technology for environmental benefit... click link for more info.
Why is it that when you go on vacation some members of your family always seem to get bitten more than others? Scientists at Rothamsted Research in Hertfordshire think they may have found the answer and their work could lead to the development of novel insect repellents... click link for more info.
A University of Edinburgh study has found that patients from minority ethnics groups who have asthma have a higher chance of having to go to hospital for treatment than the rest of the population... click link for more info.
Data Published in the Journal The Breast Shows Cryoablation to be an Excellent Non-Surgical Option for Treatment of Benign Breast Tumors - Sanarus Inc, a developer of minimally invasive diagnostic and treatment tools for breast disease, announced today twelve-month follow-up data from a peer-reviewed, prospective multinational study demonstrated that cryoablation is an excellent minimally invasive treatment option for eradicating benign breast tumors... click link for more info.
With support from the National Federation of the Blind (NFB), Melissa Resnick of Merrick, New York, will become the first blind nursing student at Nassau Community College (NCC)... click link for more info.
Idebenone, Allergan's Latest Wrinkle Fighter Gets January 2005 Release - Allergan, the makers of Botox Cosmetic, have announced the January 2005 release of the highly anticipated, breakthrough, anti-wrinkle cream "Prevage... click link for more info.
Immunomedics, Inc (Nasdaq: IMMU) today announced that the Biologics and Genetics Therapies Directorate at the Health Products and Food Branch of Health Canada has approved the marketing and use of LeukoScan(R) (sulesomab) for the detection of osteomyelitis... click link for more info.
Scientists at the Karolinska Institute, Sweden, have found that young males who have a high score in IQ tests have a lower probability of committing suicide, when compared to young men with low IQs... click link for more info.
European Union Health and Consumer Affairs Commissioner, Markos Kyprianou, says the EU may place a ban on junk food advertising if junk food producers to not reduce ads aimed at children... click link for more info.
KOBE - "With exceptionally generous help from Japan and other donors, no child who survived the Asian tsunami should die from hunger... click link for more info.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), an agency of the Department of Health and Human Services, today announced new federal guidelines for the use of antiretroviral drugs to prevent HIV infection after exposure to HIV through sexual intercourse, sexual assault, injection drug use, or accidents... click link for more info.
Whether it is barn-raising or crafting a business plan, humans are among the few creatures that are able to work well cooperatively... click link for more info.
Poor women who are physically or sexually abused at some point in their lives are less likely to maintain stable intimate relationships, according to a new study of more than 2,500 women by sociologists from The Johns Hopkins University and Penn State University... click link for more info.
Just one cellular pathway produces the raw ingredients plants use to make thousands of compounds, from molecules with anticancer properties to the active ingredient in catnip, according to a team of researchers at Purdue University and the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology... click link for more info.
A special supplement to the Society of Nuclear Medicine's Journal of Nuclear Medicine examines current and future uses of radionuclide therapy and its importance in medical practice and patient management... click link for more info.
Maureen A Callaghan, MD, and Mohammad Wasay, MBBS, MD, have been selected as the American Academy of Neurology's 2004 Advocates of the Year... click link for more info.
The scientists found that depressed female monkeys become socially withdrawn and have reduced body fat, low levels of activity, high heart rates and disruptions in hormone levels - all of which are known or suspected characteristics of major depression in women... click link for more info.
Irvine, California, USA - While there are essentially no disparities in general intelligence between the sexes, a UC Irvine study has found significant differences in brain areas where males and females manifest their intelligence... click link for more info.
Indianapolis, USA - Additional evidence that a class of antidepressants can reduce the effectiveness of tamoxifen has been published by researchers from the Indiana University School of Medicine, the University of Michigan and Johns Hopkins University... click link for more info.
Bethesda, Md, USA - For decades, hormone replacement therapy (HRT) was prescribed for postmenopausal women to protect them from cardiovascular disease (CVD)... click link for more info.
Reduced blood concentrations of a protein called adiponectin appear to indicate a significant risk of cardiovascular disease in one of the first studies to focus on risk of the disorder among patients with diabetes mellitus type 1, previously known as juvenile diabetes... click link for more info.
Does home based medication review keep older people out of hospital? The HOMER randomised controlled trial/BMJ Online First - The NHS recommends regular medication reviews for older patients, yet a study published on http://www... click link for more info.
Many health policies under George Bush's second term in office are likely to be controversial, warns a leading British doctor and an American colleague in this week's British Medical Journal (BMJ)... click link for more info.
St Louis, USA - Brain cells in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease have surprised scientists with their ability to recuperate after the disorder's characteristic brain plaques are removed... click link for more info.
Low exercise capacity in rats associated with high levels of CV risk factors - Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA - If your New Year's resolution to exercise is now just a distant memory, there are some rats at the University of Michigan Medical School that may convince you to climb back on the treadmill... click link for more info.
Researchers have created mice lacking the ATRX gene and show how mutations in this gene cause changes within the brain resulting in the severe mental retardation observed in patients with alpha-thalassemia X-linked mental retardation syndrome... click link for more info.
Inflammation and the loss of calcium in bone are complications of rheumatoid arthritis and gum disease... click link for more info.
About 10% of the US population suffers from the chronic inflammation of their airways that we have come to know as allergic asthma... click link for more info.
Excessive accumulation of fluid, known as edema, occurs in asthma and other inflammatory diseases when fluid drainage through lymphatic vessels is overwhelmed by the amount of plasma leaking from blood vessels... click link for more info.
Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) produce autoantibodies to their own proteins and DNA and the resultant inflammation can cause kidney damage, arthritis, and inflammation of the heart and blood vessels... click link for more info.
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