A new X-ray imaging method that produces significantly better pictures of breast tissue than conventional X-rays and could make mammography more effective in revealing tumors has been developed by a research team led by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University scientists (Radiology, 3-00).
An innovative method of physical therapy in use at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center is helping some disabled individuals trade in their wheelchairs for walkers.
A genetically engineered, gene-bearing herpes virus that significantly increases the survival time of mice with brain tumors has been created by University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers (Proceedings of the National Academy of Science).
University of Nebraska-Lincoln veterinary science research is helping reveal how herpes viruses cause disease and perpetuate themselves in humans and is offering hope for new herpes vaccines and treatments (Science, 2-25-00).
Double-contrast barium enema is a safe, accurate, cost-effective test that is used to detect colorectal cancer in both average and high-risk patients, according to the American College of Radiology.
The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine at NIH and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center is hosting a town meeting (3-15-00 in Boston) on complementary and alternative medicine.
PTTG1, a novel transforming gene that incites the development and growth of pituitary tumors, is also expressed in colorectal tumors, pre-cancerous colorectal polyps, and abundantly in invasive colorectal cancer, reports Cedars-Sinai Research Institute investigators (Lancet, 2-26-00).
The discovery of key molecules that affect nerve growth both expands basic understanding of the topic and may lead to medical treatments for illnesses ranging from muscular dystrophy to nerve and spinal injury, a University of Idaho scientist believes (Neuron).
Experts at a conference on childhood obesity sponsored by Georgetown University said that increasing physical activity and emphasizing eating a wide variety of foods are the most important steps parents should take in preventing childhood obesity.
Research published in The American Journal of Psychiatry (March 2000) provides increased understanding of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, and offers a greater awareness of the family and hereditary links of the disorders.
In the Feb. Neuron, a neuroscientist at Boston's Children's Hospital with his collaborators have reported that they have coaxed high-level neurons in adult zebra finches to be replaced by the bird's endogenous precursor cells.
The U.S. is home to the world's best neurosurgeon, M. Gazi Yasargil, M.D., "Man of the Century, 1950-1999," according to the recent cover of Neurosurgery.
Research by University of Illinois at Chicago scientists on a brain chemical called reelin is providing new clues to the molecular origins of schizophrenia.
Two natural compounds in animals and people may help protect red blood cells against damage that can cause some forms of anemia, including one in alcoholics, according to researchers at Ohio University and in Russia (Alcohol and Alcoholism, 2-00).
An oral medication, deferiprone, that may be helpful for patients with thalassemia and related blood disorders has fewer adverse effects on white blood cells than previously predicted (British Journal of Haematology, 2-00).
Estrogen appears to have no effect on the course of Alzheimer's disease in older women who have been diagnosed with the disorder, a UC Irvine College of Medicine study has found (JAMA, 2-23-00).
Green tobacco sickness may be increasing as family tobacco farms are consolidated into large commercial operations and work is done by migrant or seasonal farm workers, according to a Wake Forest University epidemiologist (American Journal of Industrial Medicine).
Hindsight bias can predispose a jury in a medical malpractice suit to a guilty verdict, but perhaps more troubling is the consequences it poses for the education of physicians and medical students, says an Ohio University professor of psychology.
UAB Hospital was the first in Alabama routinely to use state-of-the-art technology, called myocardial nuclear perfusion imaging, in an emergency setting to help diagnose heart attacks as they occur.
Watching the amount of cholesterol and saturated fat in your diet can do more than save your heart; it can save money, too.
While some workers benefit from state insurance mandates, many are actually worse-off, says the director of University of Alabama at Birmingham's Lister Hill Center for Health Policy.
A scientific award has been established to honor Dr. Paul A. Marks on the occasion of his retirement as President of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.
HIV/AIDS statistics are driving the work of researchers and healthcare workers attending the 2000 National Conference on African-Americans and AIDS, Feb. 23-25.
Physicians should consider a biopsy to confirm a prostate diagnosis when the PSA test reading is at least 4.0 ng./ml, the PSA level of a patient significantly increases from one test to the next, or a digital rectal examination is abnormal, according to the American Urological Association (Oncology, 2-00).
A small tumor-like mass known as a hypothalamic hamartoma can cause patients to feel the desire to laugh, which is not always followed by laughter, according to a case reported in the Feb. 22 Neurology.
Pain -- Is it nature or nurture? Why does one medication give relief for one person but not for another? Is it the same for men and women? Research is providing an improving handle on how to deal with it.
Inserting a beneficial gene into blood immune cells taken from patients infected with HIV blocked the virus from replicating in those cells, reports a Children's Hospital of Philadelphia research group (Gene Therapy, 2-00).
In an effort to reach the deaf community with cancer education programs, UCSD Cancer Center researchers conducted a study to identify barriers and develop ways to overcome them.
Evidence for a credible animal version of Down syndrome mounted today with Johns Hopkins scientists verifying the syndrome's signature skull and facial deformities in a genetically modified mouse (Developmental Dynamics, 1-00).
Children have significantly less tooth decay in their primary (baby) and permanent teeth today than children did in the early 1970s (Journal of the American Dental Association, 2-00).
Texas researchers have found that some sufferers of temporomandibular disorder may be able to reduce their symptoms by learning better posture (Journal of the American Dental Association, 2-00).
Poor diet and lack of exercise are behind just as many cancer cases as smoking, says the dean of Purdue's School of Consumer and Family Sciences.
A study of 616 middle-aged men from eastern Finland that showed that men who suffered from feelings of high hopelessness were more likely to develop hypertension than men who did not suffer as much from feelings of hopelessness is reported by University of Michigan researchers in Hypertension.
A team of physicians from Children's National Medical Center is travelling to Dammam, Saudi Arabia, to help treat critically ill children needing specialty medical care.
Weight training can be good for your heart health, according to a Scientific Advisory being published in Circulation.
The first mouse model genetically programmed to simulate motor deficits and brain alterations found in Parkinson's disease and realted disorders has been developed by scientists at UCSD, UCSF and the Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease (Science, 2-18-00).
The trigger for cirrhosis of the liver may be the erosion of tiny, repetitive DNA strands called telomeres that cover the tips of chromosomes and limit the number of times cells may divide, according to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute researchers (Science, 2-18-00).
Psychiatric physicians voice concerns about patient protections and the erosion of medical privacy and call for additional measures to be considered in the Administration's proposed medical privacy regulations.
A Johns Hopkins undergrad is refining a computer model of diseased heart tissue that may give doctors a better tool for detecting coronary artery disease before a heart attack occurs (Journal of Biological Systems, 12-99).
Story ideas include a nurse who had pediatric surgery, pace of pacemakers, making sick hearts beat more effectively, the skinny on low-carb diets, eating healthy, barriers that inhibit exercise, and heredity and heart disease.
A mutant gene, referred to as the apolipoprotein A-1 Milano gene, may lead to major changes in the prevention and treatment of clogged arteries that lead to heart attacks and strokes.
1- Mortality rates from asthma among U.S. Hispanics; 2- Consensus statement directed at patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; 3- ATS statement on health effects from air pollution (American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2-00).
While the number of women at all levels of academic medicine is increasing, they continue to lag behind their male counterparts in entering the senior ranks of the profession, according to an Association of American Medical Colleges study in the Feb.10 NEJM.
Association of American Medical Colleges President Jordan J. Cohen, M.D., reaffirms in a Feb. 10 NEJM editorial his concerns about the effect unions will have on medical education and the practice of medicine.
Diabetes mellitus occurs when insulin production decreases significantly, when the body produces defective insulin, or when the cells simply cannot use insulin.
Individually tailored vision screenings for diabetic patients could produce significant savings without substantially reducing health benefits, report Veterans Affairs researchers in the Feb. 16 JAMA.
The first laboratory and training center in Botswana devoted exclusively to the advanced study of HIV is a joint project of the Ministry of Health of Botswana and the Harvard AIDS Institute.
An entire issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association is devoted this week to contributions from the University of Michigan, marking the 150th anniversary of the U-M Medical School.
Health leaders from the University of Michigan Health System describe why their institution has a favorable balance sheet, a positive operating margin, and plans for new initiatives (JAMA, 2-15-00).
By studying age-related muscle loss and ways to prevent it, a University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston research center intends to help aging Americans avoid nursing homes or prolonged hospital stays and live at home as long as possible.
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