Imagine a world where some broken bones can heal significantly faster with the assistance of a paste or injection. Or a time when a mild antibiotic taken in the form of a pill may be able to "turn on" a gene to fight the effects of osteoporosis.
If you are one of the estimated 36 million people in the U.S. who suffer from arthritis, you are aware of its painful symptoms and its effect on your quality of life.
New devices which control muscles in the extremities and spine are enabling some paraplegics and quadriplegics to regain use of their bodies after paralysis.
Some orthopaedic surgeons are restoring height and stability to older people's spine by injecting it with bone substitute material to raise recently collapsed vertabrae, a New York orthpaedic surgeon says.
The National Institutes of Health have awarded the University of Minnesota's Center for Spirituality and Healing a $1.6 million grant to build and support a curriculum in complementary and alternative medicine.
Most patients with a history of allergy to penicillin show a negative reaction to a skin test for the drug and can safely use penicillin. (CHEST, 10-00)
Chicken soup may contain a number of substances with beneficial medicinal activity including an anti-inflammatory mechanism that could ease the symptoms of upper respiratory tract infections. (American College of Chest Physicians, 10-00)
The same deadly toxin that is often associated with botulism food poisoning can, in very low doses, safely bring enduring relief to patients suffering from chronic low back pain, researchers at Louisiana State University's (LSU) Health Sciences Center in Shreveport reported.
National Soft Drink Association Media Backgrounder. Annual Meeting of the American Dietetic Association.
A colonoscopy screening program could cut colon cancer deaths by 50 percent or more and lower the cost of colorectal cancer surgery and general cancer care, according to the results of new research presented at the 65th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology.
Researchers from the Veterans Administration Medical Centers have found that a coughing episode in person with asthma might lead to acid reflux, but it is far more common for an episode of reflux to cause coughing and wheezing. The findings were reported at the 65th Annual Meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology.
This study presented at the 65th Annual Meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology (October 16- 18th) indicates a rise in the public's acceptance of alternative therapies for gastrointestinal disorders, especially when standard or conventional therapies do not eliminate all the symptoms.
Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center surveyed 1,032 HMO participants and found that patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) have a significantly lower quality of life than patients without IBS.
Puerto Rican researchers detected an association between Helicobacter pylori infection and severe morning sickness during early pregnancy. The findings will be presented at the Annual Meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology, October 16 - 18th.
Drinking at least one glass of wine per week may actually protect against the development of colorectal cancer, whereas beer or mixed drinks do not. This research will be presented at the 65th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology, October 16 - 18th.
Some women experience "phantom" pain and other sensations after a mastectomy as if the breast had never been removed. Similar to feelings experienced by some leg or arm amputees, these sensations can persist for months and having breast reconstruction surgery does not reduce the likelihood that these sensations will occur.
The development of adult living donor liver transplantation (LDLTx) about two years ago vastly increases the pool of potential donors for patients in need of healthy livers. The surgery offers new hope to patients with liver failure, including the 12,000 individuals in this country currently waiting for transplants.
In terms of higher pregnancy rates and patient satisfaction but at less cost, spinal anesthesia (SA) emerges as the superior anesthetic choice over general anesthesia (GA) for oocyte, or egg, retrieval procedures for in vitro fertilization (IVF), according to research conducted at BostonÃs Massachusetts General Hospital.
University of Michigan researchers have found that a gene recently implicated in liver, skin and pancreas cancer can cause an especially deadly kind of breast cancer, and may help explain why it grows, spreads and sometimes proves deadly so quickly. (Cancer Research, 10-15-00)
Electromagnetic fields, similar to those found in overhead power lines, can have a biological effect on human cells, an effect that could contribute to the complex cellular process that leads to cancer, research at Michigan State University shows.
The Johns Hopkins Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine has received a $14 million grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) to identify genes involved in 10 heart and lung diseases.
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center's School of Allied Health has launched a graduate program like no other in Texas. The new master of athletic training program is one of only three that exists in the country at a university medical center.
The causes of fever blisters and the connection between oral skin health and the rest of the body are two of the topics a University of Maryland professor will include in his report to the American Dental Association meeting in Chicago October 14.
Federal research dollars awarded to Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in fiscal year 2000 were 2.3 times the amount for fiscal year 1998. And overall research funding for fiscal year 2000, totaled $12,950,422.
University of Maryland Baltimore President David Ramsay, DM, DPhil has been elected chair of the Association of Academic Health Centers.
Now in its 30th year, the Muscatine Heart Study led by University of Iowa Health Care researchers has involved nearly 20,000 individuals, most of them school children. Many of the original participants are involved in the study as adults in their 30s and 40s.
Women taking tamoxifen to prevent breast cancer receive no benefit from routine screening for endometrial cancer, a known risk associated with the drug. (Journal of Clinical Oncology, 10-15-00)
Study finds hospital doctors weren't sure of patients' urinary catheter status more than a quarter of the time. And, perhaps as a result, nearly one-third of their patients using catheters didn't need them, putting them at increased infection risk. (American Journal of Medicine, 10-16-00)
The Workers' Compensation system could improve patient outcomes by providing an incentive for patients to return to work as soon as possible after a work-related injury or illness. (The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 10-00)
For anyone facing cancer, effective treatment is usually the patient's foremost concern. But a host of non-treatment problems can present as much worry as the disease itself.
Bioengineers at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, have uncovered some of the algorithms of learning, the "primitives" the brain uses to comprehend the world. In particular, they have described the mathematical shapes used to control movements of the arms. (Nature, 10-12-00)
Homosexual men with long-term, low-grade depression are almost twice as likely to have had unsafe casual sex in the last six months, according to researchers at Adelaide University.
The prevalence of obesity in children and adults has reached epidemic proportions.
A USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University researcher presented the evidence that high intakes of dietary folate thwarts the development of colorectal cancer, the number two cancer in both men and women in the USA.
The question of whether too much iron increases the risk of dying from heart disease has received another "no" answer through the results of a population-based, long-term, follow-up study conducted by researchers at the University at Buffalo. (Annals of Epidemiology, 10-00)
The University of Illinois at Chicago will assess the nation's progress toward the goal of making fitness, leisure and recreational facilities available to disabled people under a $915,000 grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
More than 2,700 of the world's preeminent gastroenterologists will gather from October 16 - 18 for the American College of Gastroenterology's 65th Annual Scientific Meeting at the New York Hilton.
Boston University School of Medicine is sponsoring the Second International Symposium on Virtual Colonoscopy, beginning October 16, 2000.
Psychologists examining what puts athletes and performers at risk for injuries have found that ballet dancers get hurt just as often and severely as contact sports athletes. (Anxiety, 10-00)
The combination of two non-essential but vital factors of long-standing, namely carnitine and Coenzyme Q10 can serve as back-up antioxidants. The statin drugs for lowering blood cholesterol also decrease the synthesis of CoQ10 and lead to deficiency.
Children who use inhaled steroids to control their asthma do not have to worry about stunting their growth, according to a study in the New England Journal of Medicine.
A laboratory test developed by University of Iowa researchers indicates that the lungs of cystic fibrosis patients are infected primarily with bacterial biofilms, organized communities of bacterial cells that are extremely resistant to antibiotic treatment.(Nature, 10-12-00)
The American Chiropractic Association has embarked on a campaign of misinformation intended to blame a competing organization for the failure of a Congressional bill which could have limited chiropractic to specific medical conditions.
A California researcher became the first winner of an annual national prize endowed by a distinguished scientist at the University of North Carolina. The prize is for an outstanding scientific contribution to the field of neuroscience.
The FDA has approved Lescol(R) XL, an extended-release formulation of fluvastatin, a therapy for dyslipidemia. Lescol XL effectively manages dyslipidemia because LDL-C reductions of 30 percent or less are sufficient to bring 90 percent of patients to their treatment goals.
A third of people with epilepsy may also have undiagnosed sleep apnea, a potentially serious but treatable condition marked by interruptions in breathing during sleep. The finding may help the understanding of the interplay between brain activity and sleep. (Neurology, 10-10-00)
Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham are "cooling" sick newborns to see if the treatment may prevent brain damage.
The misguided settlement between the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Alternatives Research & Development Foundation, which would have expanded the Animal Welfare Act's definition of animal to include rats, mice, and birds, will not become a reality.
Scientists at Johns Hopkins report that some people who suffer with repeated sinus infections may be predisposed to them in part because they carry the same genetic mutation responsible for cystic fibrosis(CF). (JAMA, 10-00)
Mayo Clinic scientists have found that women with a strong family history of breast cancer who had ever taken oral contraceptives, particularly those introduced prior to 1975, may have a heightened risk of breast cancer (American Medical Association, 10-11-00).
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