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Medical News Today: 10-22-2004
Dutch researchers say that older moderate drinkers have fewer signs of cerebrovascular disease and may be at less risk of dementia than teetotallers or heavy drinkers... click link for more info.
This monthly notice gives the latest statistics on TB in cattle to the end of July 2004... click link for more info.
Much attention has been drawn to recent research at Hirosaki University, Aomori Prefecture, the capital of Japanese apple-producing, that drinking apple juice may boost the immune system and fight cancer... click link for more info.
The proposals for major reform of the UK educational system have received a guarded welcome today from the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI), the trade organisation that represents the UK pharmaceutical industry... click link for more info.
Medicines have remained a major contributor to the UK's balance of trade with the rest of the world, figures released today by the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry show... click link for more info.
Recalling four years of choices by a president who has put ideology and his special interest friends ahead of science and innovation, Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry Thursday said he offers America a fresh start... click link for more info.
Tax Credits To Small Businesses And Their Employees To Set Up Health Savings Accounts (HSAs)... click link for more info.
Trust for America's Health (TFAH) today released a new report "F As in Fat: How Obesity Policies are Failing in America," which found that national and state policies are falling far short of obesity control and reduction goals... click link for more info.
If you are a nursing mother, think twice before freezing or refrigerating your expressed breast milk as you could be undermining its crucial antioxidant content... click link for more info.
US authorities have starting suing companies that have tried to make a quick profit from the flu vaccine crisis that has hit the USA... click link for more info.
FluMist maker, MedImmune Inc, says it will deliver an extra one million doses of its nasal spray... click link for more info.
The Washington Post on Thursday examined India's growing "medical tourist industry," which provides lower-cost surgical and other procedures to foreign patients... click link for more info.
Potential cardiovascular and cancer benefits in younger patients emerge from Women's Health Initiative... click link for more info.
An editorial in this week's issue of THE LANCET (p 1462) discusses the complex issues surrounding decisions to withhold medical treatment for profoundly ill patients, recently highlighted by the UK cases of 11-month-old Charlotte Wyatt and 9- month-old Luke Winston-Jones... click link for more info.
Authors of a research letter in this week's issue of THE LANCET (pp 1466, 1519) highlight how the use of drug-eluting stents (DES) may carry a risk of subsequent thrombosis if stenting is accompanied by a withdrawal of antiplatelet therapy... click link for more info.
Research from Australia in this week's issue of THE LANCET (p 1513) suggests that tall girls given oestrogen therapy in adolescence to reduce adult height are more likely to experience later fertility problems than the general population... click link for more info.
Results of a European study in this week's issue of THE LANCET (pp 1463, 1489) provide further evidence that patients with early symptoms of multiple sclerosis given a weekly injection with interferon beta are less likely to progress to full clinical disease after two years follow-up... click link for more info.
Misconceptions about sexual violence and the risk of HIV infection and AIDS are common among South African youth, finds a study in this week's BMJ... click link for more info.
Patients with obstructive sleep apnoea are at high risk of developing complications when having surgery under general anaesthesia, say researchers in this week's BMJ... click link for more info.
The attitude towards MRSA in the United Kingdom is a case of shutting the gate after the horse has bolted, argues a doctor in a letter to this week's BMJ... click link for more info.
Children of older fathers are more likely to develop schizophrenia in later life, concludes new research published on bmj... click link for more info.
The American Medical Student Association (AMSA), the nation's largest, independent medical student organization, today announces National Primary Care Week (NPCW), an annual campaign funded by the Bureau of Health Professions' Division of National Health Service Corps and Division of Medicine and Dentistry, which focuses on gaining attention of health professional students on the importance of primary care... click link for more info.
A new ointment is helping in treating patients who suffer from psoriasis -- one of the various diseases that affect skin, and that was for more than one thousand years mistakenly confounded with leper (Hansen's disease, differentiated only in 18th century)... click link for more info.
A team of French researchers may have discovered a way that may make some tuberculosis drugs more efficient at lower doses, according to a report in the 22 October issue of the journal Molecular Cell... click link for more info.
First cancer survivor to beat Everest to speak at ESMO Patient SeminarEurope's leading cancer charity and the first cancer survivor ever to reach the summit of Mount Everest have teamed up to help others get the best help possible in the fight against cancer... click link for more info.
In order to divide, cells must first replicate their chromosomes... click link for more info.
For the first time, researchers from the Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology (VIB) connected with the Catholic University of Leuven have shown clearly that receptors in yeast cells detect and react to nutrients in the cell... click link for more info.
After five years of work, Johns Hopkins researchers report that a particular genetic region long assumed to be a critical factor in Down syndrome isn't nearly as important as once thought... click link for more info.
Researchers at Yale and Syracuse Universities found the first direct evidence for a mutation in mitochondrial DNA that directly affects blood pressure and cholesterol levels... click link for more info.
For the first time, researchers have demonstrated that a single change in a person's DNA can contribute to a range of life-shortening risk factors, including high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and other metabolic disorders... click link for more info.
A novel computational method to detect disease-causing genes accurately and rapidly was announced by Roche scientists in the October 22 issue of Science... click link for more info.
In preparation for the Women International Space Simulation for Exploration (WISE) study, which starts on 22 February next year, an official call for candidates to participate as test subjects was issued on 3 August... click link for more info.
Strong-flavored onions can be harsh on your social life, but they're potentially great for fighting cancer... click link for more info.
Doctors and nurses need more environmental health training to prevent, recognize, and treat diseases caused by environmental exposures, according to a new study funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences... click link for more info.
Its two-step handiwork described in The EMBO Journal as most efficient of any enzyme - A newly discovered enzyme described by University of Pittsburgh researchers in a study published online today, is believed to play a key role in maintaining the integrity of a cell's genetic information - the basis by which the life of a cell or species is preserved - by allowing its DNA to be replicated despite discovery of a mishap on the sequence that it corrects with a new mistake... click link for more info.
More than one-third of all physician assistants (PAs) reported their primary work setting is a hospital, according to the American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) 2004 Annual Physician Assistant Census Report... click link for more info.
Cost reductions associated with advances in large-scale biopharmaceutical manufacturing will play a role in reducing healthcare costs, according to a new industry joint publication by ASM Press, the book publishing division of the American Society for Microbiology, and BioPlan Associates... click link for more info.
A research consortium organized by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), today published a paper in the journal Science detailing the scientific rationale and strategy behind its quest to produce a comprehensive catalog of all parts of the human genome crucial to biological function... click link for more info.
In the midst of the current national shortage of influenza vaccine, the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) today renewed its call for Congress and the Administration to implement innovative public policy geared toward removing financial disincentives that have caused pharmaceutical companies to leave the vaccine market... click link for more info.
For many patients with advanced Parkinson's disease, deep brain stimulation can mean the difference between having difficulty walking and being able to run... click link for more info.
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