A researcher's success in recruiting and retaining older African Americans in a dietary intervention trial will be among the projects highlighted in a meeting of the Black Congressional Caucus on Sept. 15 in Washington, D.C.
After screening some 150,000 compounds, a University of Michigan College of Pharmacy team has found an especially promising prospect -- a compound that is 10,000 times more effective than other known inhibitors of a key enzyme in Gram negative bacteria (Journal of the American Chemical Society, 9-27-00).
A new study showing that a simple pulmonary function test can predict overall long-term survival rates in both men and women appears in the Sept. 2000 CHEST.
The use of stents to open up obstructed veins that were used in previous coronary artery bypass grafts (CABG) does not result in long-term clinical benefit, according to a new study reported in the Sept. 2000 CHEST.
Cigarette smoking contributes to heart disease by choking off the heart's blood supply, according to a study in Circulation.
Children who experience a first seizure in the absence of fever or obvious precipitating cause should receive an EEG evaluation, according to new guidelines from the American Academy of Neurology and the Child Neurology Society. They are published in the September 12 issue of Neurology.
The first research to examine migraine's impact on the general population shows that even "typical" migraine sufferers consistently report lower mental, physical and social well-being than people without migraines, reported in the September 12 issue of Neurology.
An unusually high incidence of Alzheimer's disease in an Arab community provides the first evidence that a recessive gene is involved in the disease, according to a study published in the September 12 issue of Neurology.
Jobs involving the use of common solvents can put people at risk for developing symptoms of Parkinson's disease earlier in life and more severe disease symptoms throughout its course, according to a study in the September 12 issue of Neurology.
A series of simple tests can help care providers predict whether older women will develop physical disabilities in the near future, Johns Hopkins researchers have found (Archives of Internal Medicine, 9-11-00).
The University of Virginia School of Medicine has received $20 million for prostate cancer research from the estate of the late Paul Mellon.
How a few rare organ transplant recipients manage to prevent their bodies from rejecting their new organs without the help of drugs may have been discovered by Ohio State University scientists (Journal of Clinical Investigation).
Meeting the health care needs of the burgeoning elderly population will be discussed by a panel of business, government and academic experts convened by the UIC College of Nursing and chaired by former labor secretary Lynn Martin.
A dental anesthetic formula that's considerably more effective than any currently available has been patented by an Ohio State University researcher.
Flexible sigmoidoscopy performed every five years and the annual stool blood test are the two most cost-effective strategies for screening colon cancer in asymptomatic adults aged 50-85 years, according to a study funded by AHRQ (International Journal of Technology Assessment in Heath Care, Summer 2000).
Reduced estrogen levels due to stress may put some young women on a high-risk course for heart disease, report researchers from Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center at a meeting of the North American Menopause Society.
There's a new weapon to prevent malaria in travelers, says the director of the UAB Travelers Health Clinic. Malarone(tm), which recently received FDA approval, is now available in pharmacies.
Eric J. Nestler has been appointed chairman of psychiatry at UT Southwestern. Formerly director of molecular psychiatry at Yale University School of Medicine, his basic-science focus brings an added dimension to the Department of Psychiatry.
While the representation of minority medical school faculty in academic medicine has steadily increased in recent years, their rates of promotion continue to lag far behind those of white faculty, according to an AAMC study (JAMA, 9-6-00).
As Christopher Reeves continues to bring Spinal Cord Injuries into the spotlight, SCI research and treatments move with him in the news. A connecting spotlight focused recently on Arkansas researchers who developed computer programs to help people with SCI.
Talk About Sleep has a new Internet site dedicated to creating access to unbiased news and information about sleep and sleep disorders, while providing support services not available elsewhere on the Internet.
Nearly three percent of Maryland public school students receive medication, most commonly Ritalin, during school hours for treatment of ADHD. There are significant disparities in the treatment rate for minority children and a concentrated use among children receiving special ed services (Pediatrics, 9-00).
The latest developments in the diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases are being presented in New Orleans, Sept. 7-10, at the 38th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
The number of minorities -- blacks, Hispanics and Native Americans -- graduating from U.S. medical schools remains far behind their representation in the overall population, according to a report from the AAMC.
The center line keeps drivers on the proper side of the road, but some people with brain disorders disregard that center line and drive into the oncoming lane at breakneck speed. No one would choose to do that and those people should not be judged in a court of law, say Arkansas scientist and law professors.
According to a study published in the Sept. 7 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, an experimental testosterone patch improved the sexual function and psychological well-being of women who had undergone surgical menopause (removal of the ovaries and uterus).
Now, osteoporosis is known to afflict a significant number of men as well as women. A new study at the University of Maryland School of Medicine will explore the causes of the disease in men, differences between Caucasian and African-American men, and how the disease can be prevented in the male population.
Reproductive health care professionals need to develop better strategies to reduce pregnancy-related deaths among African-American women, according to a study led by a researcher at the University of Iowa College of Public Health.
A URI researcher has deciphered the physiological effects of lead on growing brain cells. Low levels of lead disrupt the timing of the interactions between gene products, causing these interactions to occur in an uncoordinated manner and resulting in a "less than optimally wired" brain.
Nobel laureate Dr. Alfred Gilman, chairman of pharmacology at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, will lead a $10 million-per-year project allowing researchers around the world to pool their efforts in studying one of the biggest unsolved problems in biomedicine -- how cells interact with, or signal, each other.
Scientists at the Vaccine Research Center of Emory University have successfully engineered and tested a single-dose, DNA-based influenza vaccine in mice that could serve as a template for more effective vaccines against a variety of viral illnesses, including HIV.
Of the millions of American suffering from clinical depression, experts estimate that more than 20 percent experience no relief through existing pharmaceutical treatments. Those patients are left with an uncertain combination of drug, hormone and electroconvulsive treatments.
Dr. Raymond DuBois, associate director of cancer prevention at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, has been elected to membership in the Royal College of Physicians, the oldest medical organization in the United Kingdom and one of the oldest in the world.
A study following more than a thousand medical school graduates for nearly 40 years has shown that young adults who've injured their knees have a substantially increased risk of developing arthritis as older adults (Annals of Internal Medicine, 9-5-00).
Six universities announced the launching of a new Internet service to provide medical information to health-care professionals. Its first product, "Disease Diagnosis," provides rapid access to information about diagnostic medical testing and the diseases themselves.
People with high blood levels of a fat-carrying particle known as Lp(a) have a 70 percent greater risk of heart attacks over a 10-year period than those with lower concentrations of this lipoprotein, according to Circulation (9-4-00).
The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) announced the release of new treatment recommendations for patients with both high blood pressure and diabetes.
Sequella Global Tuberculosis Foundation announces the first competition for Vaccine Innovation Program grants for highly innovative research projects to further the development of effective human TB vaccines.
Older drivers with heart disease or who have suffered a stroke are more likely to be involved in a car crash than those with other or no chronic illness, according to a study by University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers (American Journal of Epidemiology, 9-1-00).
Millennium Pharmaceuticals announces the discovery of a potential new target for treating cardiovascular disease. The discovery of ACE-related carboxypeptidase (ACE2) is described in the Aug. 31 Circulation Research.
A study of more than 16,000 women ages 40-55 has found that common symptoms of menopause differ by ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and lifestyle factors. (American Journal of Epidemiology, 9-1-00)
When it feels like you're about to lose your lunch, your brain may play as big a role as your stomach. Researchers at Ohio State have found that a chemical produced by the immune system directly stimulates the part of the brain that controls digestion. (American Journal of Physiology: Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, 9-00)
UCSD researchers have discovered a new genetic pathway involved in sudden cardiac death, the tragic cause of 400,000 American deaths each year. Incurable and largely untreatable, sudden cardiac death too frequently strikes healthy appearing individuals with no known illness. (Cell, 9-1-00)
A survey from the American Institute for Cancer Research reveals that Americans are less likely to adopt healthier diets as they get older; instead, they rely more on vitamins and supplements to lower cancer risk.
Surgery to repair a leaky heart valve can help even the sickest heart failure patients live longer, enjoy a better quality of life, and avoid or postpone a heart transplant, University of Michigan physicians report (Italian Heart Journal).
Two Harvard Medical School researchers working toward an HIV vaccine are yielding promising results using a novel viral vector known for its longevity, according to the Sept. Journal of Virology.
A team of scientists at Johns Hopkins, Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Wyeth-Ayerst Research has been able to prevent colon tumors in mice genetically susceptible to the disease by using a two-drug combination of sulindac and EKB-569, which inhibits a tumor-specific growth factor ( Nature Medicine, 9-1-00).
Hospitals nationwide are enhancing the healing process through the arts. A $50,000 grant to the Society for Arts in Healthcare will help establish arts programs inside healthcare institutions.
A newly discovered DNA-copying enzyme, or polymerase, copies past areas of DNA damage, defying the rules of its protein class. That finding, made by geneticists at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, offers new insight into how higher organisms deal with genetic damage. (Nature, 8-31-00)
University of Iowa researchers have found a way to improve circulation in the limbs of mice with diabetes. The findings have implications for the treatment of diabetes in humans. (Journal of Clinical Investigation, 8-15-00)
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