Responding to a growing need for highly specialized care of pediatric brain tumors and other central nervous system disorders, Cedars-Sinai's Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute has launched a state-of-the-art Pediatric Neurosurgery Program.
Researchers at UAB are using sophisticated computer technology to pinpoint pockets of antibiotic resistance and infection in long-term care facilities.
The class of compounds that helps cause the brilliant color of fruits and flowers may keep you in better health.
A study under way at UAB is testing the effectiveness of a new osteoporosis drug to stimulate bone growth.
Asthma appears to be more common among elite American athletes who participate in winter sports than those who participate in summer sports, according to a University of Iowa study of Olympic competitors (Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 8-2000).
Bioengineers are now using nanotechnology to create biohybrid grafts and drug delivery systems that target therapy to a precise location in the body, protect the device from attack by the body's defenses, and release the drug in response to a signal.
A rare defect in infants--one in which a congenital mass of pulmonary tissue does not have the normal connection with the bronchial tree or the pulmonary arteries--can be treated with coil embolization rather than surgery, according to an article in the October issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
When a suspicious nodule is found during a routine mammogram and a lesion also appears on a sonogram of the same region of the breast, doctors need a way to prove the two lesions are not the same structure (American Journal of Roentgenology, 10-00).
A new study published in the American Journal of Medical Genetics is the first to look at the prevalence of mullerian duct abnormalities, anomalies of the uterus, in girls and women having ultrasound examinations for reasons unrelated to uterine abnormalities.
An IHPM-sponsored national study of medical claims has revealed the cost was highest for treating patients with coronary artery disease, while more workers sought medical treatment for ailments of the ears, nose and throat than other medical conditions.
The College of Pharmacy at the University of Arizona has received a grant for more than $7.9M from the National Institutes of Health to create one of the nation's first centers to research dietary supplements.
The Association of American Medical Colleges in collaboration with Pfizer, Inc. and the Pfizer Medical Humanities Initiative awards six U.S. medical schools with grants to develop medical student-initiated services and programs for local communities.
Mayo Clinic researchers have developed a new test that will help physicians distinguish autonomic disorders caused by the immune system from other autonomic disorders, allowing for more accurate diagnosis and timely treatment of patients.
Health and Human Services Secretary announced the appointment of eight new members to the National Advisory Council for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The NAC provides advice to the Secretary and to the Director of AHRQ.
Using a nonhuman primate model, that the AIDS virus avoids the body's strongest immune responses during the first few weeks of infection, Scientists have shown for the first time in the Sept. 21 issue of Nature.
A study presented at the Scientific Assembly of the American Academy of Family Physicians showed that Flovent (R) Inhalation Aerosol, was significantly more effective than Singulair (R), at improving key measures of asthma control.
News tips from The Schepens features 1- novel way to promote corneal transplant survival, 2- prisms that help stroke victims, and 3- a new text on retinal diseases.
Purdue University will become home to a national center for the study of dietary supplements. The National Institute of Health will invest $7M over five years in the Botanical Center for Age-Related Diseases.
Plants components will be studied for possible health benefits by UAB scientists through collaboration with a new federal Center for Dietary Supplements Research on Botanicals being announced at 12 noon, Sept. 20, by the National Institutes of Health.
The evolving definition of scholarship and its assessment at U.S. medical schools are the focus of the September issue of AAMC's Academic Medicine.
1-urban living constitutes the biggest risk for asthma in children; 2-Tuberculosis has become the most common infection in HIV patients; 3-Prenatal steroids increase surfactant production in very premature infants with respiratory distress.
For parents worried about the consequences of concussion in their children, a new UCLA study suggests that mild traumatic brain injury may impair a child's brain's ability to develop to its fullest potential.
The offspring of adults who have had premature heart attacks show signs of blood vessel disease at young ages, even when they don't have other traditional risk factors for heart disease, report researchers in NEJM (9-21-00).
A Canadian study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute concludes that adding mammography for breast cancer screening to physical examinations does not reduce deaths. This study is badly flawed.
The number of physician assistant educational programs and enrollment inceased in 1999, while the demographics of the students and characteristics of the programs have remained about the same as in the previous year.
Half as many men as women seek psychotherapy. Half as many men as women are diagnosed with depression. Yet men commit suicide up to eight times more often than women.
The largest study to date of a form of inherited colorectal cancer known as hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (or HNPCC) shows that this form of the disease may be far less common than previous studies have reported, according to scientists at UC Irvine's College of Medicine.
The American Academy of Dermatology is strongly opposed to an advisory panel recommendation to the FDA that would include Accutane on a list of drugs that can only be obtained by registered physicians and patients.
The standard, widely-used approach to screen men for prostate cancer--annual PSA tests after age 50 may be less efficient and cost-effective than one that tests men earlier and less frequently, according to a study in today's Journal of the American Medical Association.
Based on data from a pilot study, Stanford researchers hypothesize that the "morning sickness" many women experience during pregnancy may be connected to a heightened sense of smell.
Parents of a six-year-old girl with Fanconia anemia are hoping that an umbilical cord blood transplant will save her. Her baby brother, conceived through in-vitro fertilization, is a perfect match, as determined by high-tech genetic testing.
Scientists have come one step closer to creating "smart" medical implants with the development of tiny artificial muscles at Ohio State University.
Cornell University researchers and colleagues report that nurse home visits to low-income, unmarried women during pregnancy and the first two years of their babies' lives helped reduce child abuse by up to 80 percent. The study appears in this week's issue of JAMA (Sept. 20, 2000).
Research at Ohio State University is paving the way for doctors to conduct blood tests and other diagnostics using a compact disc (CD) and a CD player.
NIH has awarded a six-month $290,000 SBIR grant to MetaPhore Pharmaceuticals to study potential new treatments for managing both acute and chronic pain.
Director of the National Center for Natural Products Research, will testify Sept. 20 before a Senate subcommittee to urge congressional support for increased research into growing antimicrobial resistance and new drugs to combat it.
The Milbank Memorial Fund and the Association of American Medical Colleges' Academic Medicine will host a special event entitled, "A Century of Reform-Medical Education's Quiet Revolution to Meet America's Health Care Needs."
People who never smoked or quit smoking after undergoing balloon angioplasty and other procedures to open obstructed heart arteries had greater improvements in health-related quality of life compared to people who continued to smoke, say researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Journal of the American Heart Association, 9-19-00).
Texas Tech Health Sciences Center researcher Barbara Pence, Ph.D., is part of an international team in a NATO-funded project to investigate incidence of esophageal cancer in the former Soviet Union.
Ninety-five percent of men and women surveyed say they wash their hands after using a public restroom, while only 67 percent of people actually do, according to a survey and observational study conducted for the American Society of Microbiology.
Many parents regard occasional minor illnesses as the most likely health risks posed by day care centers. However, according to data, a more insidious danger lurks in these facilities: they serve as incubators for antibiotic-resistance respiratory tract bacteria.
AHRQ has funded three new Centers for Education and Research on Therapeutics (CERTs). The CERTs will study the safety and effectiveness of drugs, biologics and medical devices to improve their use and effectiveness, and reduce costs.
New dietary approach shown effective for management of peripheral vascular disease and as a non-invasive alternative therapy.
A textbook that has taught physiology to medical students around the world for 45 years is being released in its 10th edition.
Pfizer Inc says a new clinical study shows one dose of Zithromax (R)is as effective as Augmentin(R), when administered twice a day for 10 days, in treating acute otitis media in children.
Mouth and throat cancers will hit more than 30,000 Americans this year, making the disease the sixth most common cancer for males. Males also are twice as likely to get oral cancer than females, according to reports.
The American College of Radiology urged women to register for National Mammography Day, October 20.
A strong link between brain cell loss on the left side of the brain has been found in sick Gulf War veterans and abnormal over-production of dopamine, a neurotransmitter chemical important in such conditions as degenerative brain diseases (Journal of Radiology, 6-00).
The U-M School of Public Health will host a symposium on Sept. 18 that will feature---among other notables---Francis Collins, director of the National Human Genome Research Institute, as its keynote speaker.
A new study in the Fall 2000 issue of Policy Studies Journal says fear may keep many employees with HIV/AIDS from asking for the "reasonable accommodations" they are entitled to receive under the Americans With Disabilities Act.
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