Health & Medicine Week back issues from May 2004:
Alcohol diagnoses being missed in hospital patients.
May 03, 2004 ... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Many people admitted to hospitals in the U.S. have alcohol-use disorders that go undetected, according to a new study by scientists at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), one of the U.S. National Institutes of Health ...
Alcoholism risk linked to gene involved in brain chemistry.
May 03, 2004 ... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A research team headed by Indiana University School of Medicine scientists has identified a gene that is strongly linked to an individual's risk of developing alcoholism. The gene identified, GABRA2, is one of several genes that produce ...
Inaccurate understanding perceives do-not-resuscitate as morally wrong.
May 03, 2004 ... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Inaccurate understanding of "do-not-resuscitate" status is likely to lead to its perception as being morally wrong. "Forty-eight oncology inpatients participated in a survey designed to characterize their understanding of and beliefs ...
College women have much higher risk of victimization on days they drink.
May 03, 2004 ... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- When parents send their daughters off to college, few think they may return home as victims. Yet roughly 10% of women have experienced an attempted or completed rape during their first year at an American college and, often, alcohol is involved. ...
Cases of whooping cough piling up in Colorado.
May 03, 2004 ... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Larimer County health officials fighting an outbreak of whooping cough say all nine of the county's recent confirmed patients had their pertussis shots as toddlers. They got sick as teenagers. The vaccine for pertussis, or ...
Tibial bone tunnel enlargement follows anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.
May 03, 2004 ... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Interleukin (IL-6), tumor necrosis factor (TNF) alpha, and nitric oxide (NO) may be involved in the pathogenesis of bone tunnel enlargement, researchers say. According to a study from Germany, "There is growing evidence that cytokines ...
Antibodies that recognize HIV coreceptor-binding site on gp120 studied.
May 03, 2004 ... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists describe the structural basis of tyrosine sulfation and V[subscript]H-gene usage in antibodies that recognize the HIV type 1 coreceptor-binding site on gp120 in a recent issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the ...
Attenuated SIV vaccine provides early protection against viral infection.
May 03, 2004 ... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Vaccination with attenuated simian immunodeficiency virus provided early protection against pathogenic viral infection at a mucosal challenge site. "Atraumatic application of attenuated SIVmac239Deltanef vaccine to the tonsils of rhesus ...
Epitope mimic for human HIV-neutralizing antibody 2G12 synthesized.
May 03, 2004 ... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists have synthesized a template-assembled oligomannose cluster as an epitope mimic for human HIV-neutralizing antibody 2G12. According to published research from the United States, "The synthesis and antibody-binding affinity of a ...
HIV synthetic peptide-cocktail prevents SHIV transmission.
May 03, 2004 ... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An HIV synthetic peptide-cocktail prevented SHIV transmission in rhesus macaques. "An effective vaccine against human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) should not only protect from infection and development of acquired immunodeficiency ...
Low-dose mucosal SIV challenge has same kinetics as high-dose challenge.
May 03, 2004 ... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Repeated low-dose mucosal simian immunodeficiency virus SIVmac239 challenge results in the same viral and immunological kinetics as high-dose challenge. According to published research from the United States, "Simian immunodeficiency ...
Nasal vaccine controls SHIV viremia and disease progression in primates.
May 03, 2004 ... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- IL-2-augmented DNA-modified vaccinia virus Ankara nasal vaccination controlled simian/human immunodeficiency virus viremia and disease progression in nonhuman primates. According to recent research from the United States, "A successful ...
Women physically or sexually abused as children more likely to smoke.
May 03, 2004 ... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women survivors of childhood abuse are 40% more likely to become smokers than women who have not been abused, suggests research in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. And women who experienced both physical and sexual abuse ...
FDA issues clearance for the LuxV handpiece acne treatment.
May 03, 2004 ... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Palomar Medical Technologies Inc (PMTI) has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market the LuxV handpiece for the treatment of acne. Prior to this clearance, Palomar marketed and sold the LuxV ...
Molecular analyses of ALL suggest strategies for more effective treatments.
May 03, 2004 ... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The cure rate for pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) might continue to rise with improved use of conventional therapies. But even more effective and less toxic therapies based on genetic and pharmacogenetic studies might one ...
Mayo Clinic receives $12 million to research addiction.
May 03, 2004 ... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Mayo Clinic has received $12 million to research the genetics of addiction. The gift by Samuel Johnson, a recovering alcoholic and the billionaire behind the Wisconsin companies that make Pledge, Ziploc bags and Old Town canoes, will ...
Popular citrus soda culprit in patient's medical mystery.
May 03, 2004 ... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Bill Turner never knew that drinking a popular soda could adversely affect his recovery from a double-lung transplant. What ensued was a true medical mystery, leading to the identification of a new food-and-drug interaction. It took a ...
Company reports additional FDA clearances for its Gemini system.
May 03, 2004 ... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared Laserscope's (LSCP) Gemini laser system for three major additional indications, including acne treatment, permanent hair reduction, and wrinkle reduction. Including these new ...
New University of Alabama Birmingham center will toast to good health.
May 03, 2004 ... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The University of Alabama at Birmingham plans to open a center to study the health benefits of drinking wine. The University of Alabama System Trustees approved the establishment of the Center for Wine and Cardiovascular Health on April ...
"Neutered" U.K. government alcohol report pulls its punches.
May 03, 2004 ... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A recent report on reducing harm from alcohol by the U.K. government's strategy unit has been "neutered" in comparison with the same study's interim findings, according to the study's authors. The report, "Alcohol Harm Reduction Strategy ...
Binge drinking a national problem.
May 03, 2004 ... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Binge drinking, defined as the consumption of five or more alcoholic beverages on an occasion, generally results in acute impairment and has numerous health consequences. While drinking is a problem nationwide, the percent of U.S. adults ...
Binge drinking declined in late '80s, rose again in late '90s.
May 03, 2004 ... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Alcohol use and binge drinking declined during the last half of the 1980s but increased between 1997 and 1999, according to a new study that examines U.S. surveys conducted between 1985 and 1999. In the late 1980s, moderate and binge ...
Patch to help cut down alcohol consumption in development.
May 03, 2004 ... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A patch that could help drinkers cut down on alcohol is being developed, according to a new report. The patches will contain nicotine, to help smokers get off cigarettes, and a compound called mecamylamine, which reduces a person's ...
Researchers specify alcohol-related brain-damage among heavy social drinkers.
May 03, 2004 ... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Almost all knowledge about brain damage due to chronic alcohol consumption has been gathered from alcoholics, who have generally been studied toward the end of their institutionalized treatment program (several weeks after their last drink) or many ...
Nasal lavage may help allergy sufferers.
May 03, 2004 ... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Last summer, Bill Schroeder's extreme allergies, inflammation, and infection of his sinuses kept him from tending his beloved garden in rural Wisconsin. This year, Schroeder has already begun to work in his backyard full of lush trees, ...
weather.com launches online pollen forecast.
May 03, 2004 ... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- weather.com announced the launch of PollenCast, its first pollen forecast, which was developed by a team of expert meteorologists at The Weather Channel as part of expanded allergy content located within weather.com's Health section. ...
Optimal occlusion time for atopy patch test determined for children.
May 03, 2004 ... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The optimal occlusion time for the atopy patch test (APT) has been determined for pediatric patients. The APT "is a valuable additional tool in the diagnosis of food allergies in children with atopic dermatitis (AD)," immunologists in ...
Mycobacterium vaccae induces regulatory pulmonary CD11c+ cells in mice.
May 03, 2004 ... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Exposure to a ubiquitous strain of mycobacteria triggers the production of regulatory pulmonary CD11c+ cells in allergic mice. "The hygiene hypothesis proposes that common, harmless microorganisms, present throughout our evolutionary ...
Eosinophil-produced MIF plays key role in allergic rhinitis.
May 03, 2004 ... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Eosinophil-produced MIF is involved in the development and subsequent symptoms of allergic rhinitis. Scientists in Japan conducted a study "to assess the potential role of macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) in the pathogenesis ...
Researchers go fishing, pull out antigens.
May 03, 2004 ... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at National Jewish Medical and Research Center have developed a method for finding the molecular targets of the immune system, known as antigens. The method extends a widely used technique, called library display, to more ...
Paper further validates brain protein theory.
May 03, 2004 ... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Prana Biotechnology, Ltd., (PRAN) announced the publication of a new study in which the results further support Prana's theory that metals in the brain, rather than proteins on their own, are responsible for the pathology of Alzheimer disease and ...
Researchers link common airborne bacterium to Alzheimer disease.
May 03, 2004 ... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine's Center for the Study of Chronic Diseases of Aging in the Adolph and Rose Levis Alzheimer disease Laboratory have found a possible link between Chlamydia pneumoniae, a common airborne ...
Current concepts and future prospects for Alzheimer disease vaccines.
May 03, 2004 ... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers review current concepts and future prospects for Alzheimer disease vaccines in a recent issue of the journal Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders. "Alzheimer disease (AD) is the most prevalent form of dementia ...
Early Alzheimer detection and treatment essential.
May 03, 2004 ... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Alzheimer disease can't be cured, but discovering it early and treating it with drugs can give the patient a better quality of life, a neurologist from Texas told a Montana conference here. Available drugs to treat Alzheimer work best ...
FDA completes review of Propofol IDD-D phase II trial results.
May 03, 2004 ... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- SkyePharma PLC (SKYE) successfully completed the review of the phase II trial results of Propofol IDD-D with the U.S. Food & Drug Administration. Propofol IDD-D is licensed in North America to Endo Pharmaceuticals (ENDP) and, under the ...
Case made for using awareness monitoring in surgical patients.
May 03, 2004 ... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Patients describe it as like being buried alive. The worse part is not the pain, they say, although that can be excruciating, but the horror of being paralyzed, unable to talk and yet totally aware of what the surgeon is doing to you. ...
FDA approves CardizemLA.
May 03, 2004 ... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Biovail Corp. (BVF) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved CardizemLA for the treatment of chronic stable angina. CardizemLA can be given orally once daily, either in the evening or in the morning. ...
Antioxidants may mediate exercise-induced drop in platelet activity.
May 03, 2004 ... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Antioxidants may mediate exercise-induced reductions in platelet activity. Researchers in Italy conducted a study "to evaluate in sedentary individuals the effects of a 20-week exercise training program on ex vivo platelet responsiveness ...
LPS-induced COX-2 expression attenuated in diabetic blood vessels.
May 03, 2004 ... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- COX-2 expression and prostacyclin production after lipopolysaccharide (LPS) stimulation are attenuated in diabetic blood vessels. According to recent research published in the journal Naunyn - Schmiedebergs Archives of Pharmacology, "In ...
Japan approves Sprinter balloon catheter.
May 03, 2004 ... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Medtronic, Inc., (MDT) has received approval from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare to market its Sprinter Semi-Compliant Rapid Exchange Balloon Dilatation Catheter for use in coronary angioplasty procedures. The ...
Suprax launched in the U.S.
May 03, 2004 ... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Lupin, Ltd., has now launched its anti-infective product Suprax (cefixime Oral Suspension) in the U.S. The newly established, 50-strong, pediatric-specialty sales force of the company's subsidiary, Lupin Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (LPI) has ...
AACR data indicate strong synergy of Hsp90 inhibitor, 17-AAG.
May 03, 2004 ... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Kosan Biosciences (KOSN) announced, at the American Association for Cancer Research, preclinical in vitro data on the cytotoxic and antiproliferative effects of Kosan's lead Hsp90 inhibitor, 17-AAG, when used in combination with 20 different ...
Oncology company licenses cancer compound to NeoRx.
May 03, 2004 ... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- AnorMED, Inc., (AOM) announced that it has licensed its platinum-based anticancer agent, AMD473, to NeoRx Corporation (NERX). Under the terms of the agreement, NeoRx was granted exclusive global rights, excluding Japan, to develop, ...
CLEAR II registry launched.
May 03, 2004 ... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Enzon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (ENZN) announced a major new initiative to build upon the value of its CLEAR (Collaborative Exchange of Antifungal Research) patient registry with the launch of CLEAR II. CLEAR II is a multicenter registry ...
Plasmodium falciparum drug resistance in India determined.
May 03, 2004 ... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The prevalence and patterns of Plasmodium falciparum drug resistance in India have been characterized. In a recent study, the P. falciparum "chloroquine resistance transporter (Pfcrt) K76T mutation and haplotype (amino acids 72-76) and ...
Novel antibacterial agents for skin infections reviewed.
May 03, 2004 ... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers review novel antibacterial agents for skin and skin structure infections in a recent issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. "With the continuing development of clinical drug resistance among bacteria and ...
Mental health symptoms common at Pentagon after 9/11.
May 03, 2004 ... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- About 40% of Pentagon personnel screened for mental health disorders in the 4 months after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks were at high risk for problems like generalized anxiety, panic attacks, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder ...
EGCG inhibits radiation-induced apoptosis by inactivating capase pathway.
May 03, 2004 ... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Polyphenol EGCG inhibits radiation-induced apoptosis by inactivating the capase pathway in HaCaT cells. "Green tea is a rich source of polyphenols, and (-)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) is a major constituent of green tea ...
Refinement of MedClose device completed.
May 03, 2004 ... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Biomed Research, Inc., reported completion of ergonomic refinements to MedClose Internal Puncture Closure Device. The MedClose is a catheter-based debridement and biological glue delivery system designed to rapidly seal arterial puncture ...
Heat shock protein promotes presentation of antigens to immune system.
May 03, 2004 ... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Recombinant human heat shock protein 60 (HuHsp60) facilitates the presentation of antigenic proteins to the immune system. According to a study from England, "Cross-reactive T cell recognition of self-heat shock proteins (hsp) has been ...
Coordinated teams help pregnant patients with locked knees.
May 03, 2004 ... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Coordinated teams help pregnant patients with locked knees. According to published research from the United States, "an acutely locked knee is a painful and debilitating orthopedic condition usually caused by a loose body or ...
NO scavenging underlies hypertensive effects on Hb-based blood substitutes.
May 03, 2004 ... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Nitric oxide [NO] scavenging underlies the hypertensive effects of hemoglobin [Hb]-based blood substitutes. "The major pathway for nitric oxide scavenging in red cells involves the direct reaction of the gas with HbO[subscript]2 to form ...
Health officials studying workers for possible asbestos.
May 03, 2004 ... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Workers at a former building insulation plant in St. Louis were unknowingly exposed to asbestos, and city, state and federal agencies are trying to determine if the exposure damaged their health, officials said April 16, 2004. The W.R ....
Intracytoplasmic sperm injection works when oocytes have abnormal structures.
May 03, 2004 ... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Intracytoplasmic sperm injection works when oocytes have abnormal structures. According to recent research from Israel, "a couple with unexplained infertility was referred for routine in vitro fertilization (IVF) and intracytoplasmic ...
Multiple birth rates after assisted reproductive techniques have leveled off.
May 03, 2004 ... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Multiple birth rates after assisted reproductive techniques have leveled off. "European results of assisted reproductive techniques from treatments initiated during 2000 are presented in this fourth annual report. Data were collected ...
Multiple births via in vitro fertilization are declining.
May 03, 2004 ... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A worrisome national surge in multiple births linked to test-tube technology is easing, largely because doctors are implanting fewer embryos during each attempt to make a woman pregnant, a study suggests. Doctors routinely place several ...
Parents' feelings and official practices governing stored embryos vary.
May 03, 2004 ... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Parents' feelings and official practices governing stored embryos vary. According to a study from the United States, "cryopreservation of embryos is frequently employed in in vitro fertilization (IVF) practices because transfer of more ...
Three key variables predict the success of intrauterine insemination.
May 03, 2004 ... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Three key variables predict the success of intrauterine insemination. "This study was performed to predict pregnancy by intrauterine insemination (IUI) using computer-aided sperm analysis (CASA) estimates and strict criteria in patients ...
Role of costimulatory molecules in allergy and asthma reviewed.
May 03, 2004 ... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists review the role of costimulatory molecules in allergy and asthma in a recent issue of Springer Seminars in Immunopathology. "Activation and differentiation of T cells play a critical role in the pathogenesis of allergies and ...
Xolair forecasted to lead the growth of the asthma drug market in 2012.
May 03, 2004 ... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Decision Resources, Inc., forecasts that Genentech/Novartis/Sankyo/Tanox Biosystems' Xolair will lead the growth of the asthma market with major-market sales of $3.3 billion in 2012. According to the new Pharmacor study entitled ...
Poor glycemic control increases asymptomatic bacteriuria risk in women.
May 03, 2004 ... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Poor metabolic control increases the risk of asymptomatic bacteriuria in women with diabetes. According to recent research from Italy, "We screened 228 women with diabetes for bacteriuria during the period of January 1997 through ...
Mortality rate higher for homeless women in Toronto.
May 03, 2004 ... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A study of homeless women in Toronto, Canada, found these women have a 10 times higher mortality risk than women in the city's general population. Angela M. Cheung of the Women's Health Program, University Health Network; and Stephen W ....
Novel platelet proteins located in human atherosclerotic lesions.
May 03, 2004 ... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Characterization of the proteins released from activated platelets led to localization of novel platelet proteins in human atherosclerotic lesions. "Proteins secreted by activated platelets can adhere to the vessel wall and promote the ...
Advanced scanning being used for brain disorder.
May 03, 2004 ... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Only Michael Berman's small thumbs move inside the giant MRI machine, pushing buttons in a video game-like test as the scanner measures how the youngster's brain processes light and motion. At 6, he's one of the youngest children to undergo such ...
Brain areas identified that "decode" emotions of others.
May 03, 2004 ... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Queen's University psychologists have discovered that our ability to assess how other people are feeling relies on two specific areas of the brain. The findings, published in the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, are expected to have ...