For the first time a link has been established between the pain system, the immune system and the reproductive system. These findings go far beyond the known pain relief role of pain receptors.
Children with severe asthma who receive medical care at the National Jewish Medical and Research Center Pediatric Day Program have asthma-related medical costsósuch as hospital stays, emergency room and doctor visitsóreduced from an average of $21,370 a year to an average of $7,740 a year, researchers found.
Some complicated, high-risk liver operations are safer, easier on the patient -- and less costly -- when performed at medical centers that do a lot of them, according to a Johns Hopkins study.
Psychiatrists at the University of Illinois at Chicago are using a "testimony" method of psychotherapy to help survivors of the "ethnic cleansing" in Bosnia-Herzegovina. These survivors of genocide have suffered extreme psychological traumas that require special attention from mental health professionals.
A new, laparoscopic technique allows people to donate a kidney with much less pain, a shorter hospital stay, and a much faster recovery. Also, kidneys removed in this less-traumatic way function as well as those taken out with a large incision, according to surgeons from the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore.
"Great Issues for Medicine in the Twenty-first Century: Ethical and Social Issues Arising out of Advances in the Biomedical Sciences." Friday, Sept. 5 - Sunday, Sept. 7, 1997, Hanover, NH.
A team of researchers led by Johns Hopkins finds most men between 50 and 70 don't need an annual prostate specific antigen (PSA) test for prostate cancer because their risk of having a noncurable cancer that can be detected is so small.
Researchers at Johns Hopkins and other institutions have refined a chart that helps physicians determine how advanced a prostate cancer may be and guides treatment decisions.
An experimental drug delays organ rejection in rhesus monkeys with transplanted hearts, researchers from Stanford University Medical Center and Genentech Inc. have announced.
Nicotine patches should be stored in a safe place or discarded immediately after use because they can be toxic to children, according to a recent study published on Pediatrics electronic pages, the electronic journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
The nations foremost authority on child health has teamed up with the largest producer of healthcare television programming to announce the release of a new parenting multimedia program entitled HealthAnswers for Parents: A Guide to Babys First Three Months.
The number of uninsured children grew by nearly 1 million between 1987 and 1993, according to a study published on Pediatrics electronic pages, the electronic journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and Allstate Insurance Company are making the 1997 Family Shopping Guide to Car Seats brochure available available during Buckle Up America! Week, May 19-26, 1997.
Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center has announced the opening of the Center for Menopause, Hormonal Disorders, and Women's Health, the first of its kind in the New York metropolitan area.
HMS researchers report the discovery of a novel protein that begins to bring an understanding of how the oocyte moves its RNAs to the right places prior to fertilization; this work for the first time implicates a component of the cell's infrastructure, the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), in this process, describing a new subtype of ER and suggesting a new role for this well-studied organelle.
A wand-like instrument that emits radio-frequency energy can selectively shrink excess soft tissue, potentially offering a way to cure sleep apnea, a Stanford sleep specialist reports.
Automated home blood pressure monitoring is as accurate and efficient as the *gold standard* stethoscope and sphygmomanometer in measuring blood pressure, a study in the current American Journal of Hypertension shows.
Still looking for that perfect Mother's Day gift? What could be more perfect than the gift of better health? Two new studies published recently in medical journals demonstrate that vitamin E can improve the immune system and delay the deterioration caused by Alzheimer's in the elderly.
Borrowing from the field of dentistry, otolaryngologists are using titanium bone implants to create permanent anchors for prosthetic ears. This is a major advance for people who are missing an ear because of cancer, trauma, or birth defects.
A regimen of three anti-HIV drugs reduces amounts of virus stored in lymph tissue by 99.9 percent after six months, according to a study led by University of Minnesota researchers. The triple therapy was already known to drive virus in the blood to near-undetectable levels, but the new study shows similar results against virus stored in tonsils, a lymphoid tissue that acts as a reservoir for HIV.
Like the ancient Trojan horse hiding a silent enemy, some immune system cells in HIV-positive persons carry the genetic information for making HIV and can potentially restart a full-blown infection in patients in whom treatment has reduced AIDS virus to undetectable levels in the blood, according to researchers at Johns Hopkins.
Scientists at Johns Hopkins and other institutions report that a test that counts AIDS viruses in blood should be routinely used on newborns whose mothers are HIV-positive so that treatment with anti-HIV drugs can be started as early as possible.
One day soon, scientists will be able to ship a threatening virus or potential miracle drug found in a remote jungle to an automated laboratory, then use global computer networks to design and run experiments that will yield analytical results within days.
Radiologists who use high resolution x-ray systems, rather than standard systems, are more likely to detect fractures due to child abuse, according to a University of Massachusetts study.
Combination drug treatment could eliminate HIV from the body's major sites of infection in a few years, researchers conclude after subjecting new clinical data to rigorous mathematical analysis.
The nation's apology to the surviving patients of the Tuskegee syphilis study does not close the door on syphilis in the South, which has the highest rates of this sexually transmitted diseases. Thus far in 1997, over three-fourths of reported syphilis cases in the U.S. occurred in Southern states.
The roots of many adult ailments can be found in childhood abuse according to Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center researchers.
Many Wisconsin deer and some California and Oregon bears carry a tick-borne disease that can be serious or fatal in humans, according to a Johns Hopkins study.
Contrary to what doctors and patients have long believed, coronary bypass surgery per se is not the usual cause of depression found in some patients after surgery, according to a new study from researchers at Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions and the Krieger Mind-Brain Institute.
A new flu vaccine given to children via nasal spray or nose drops produced good antibody response. Embargo: Tues. May 6, 9:30 am EDT.
A vaccine for cytomegalovirus was found to be well tolerated and highly immunogenic in toddlers. CMV can cause mononucleosis-type illness, organ rejection, and birth defects. Embargo: Tues. May 6, 9:30 am EDT.
Twins die of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome at more than double the rate of single births. If one twin died of SIDS, the other twin had a six- to twelvefold risk of SIDS. Embargo: Tues. May 6, 9 am EDT.
Children who live in poor areas of Missouri are six times more likely to die in a fire; those who live in rural areas are three times more likely. Embargo: Tues. May 6, 10:15 am EDT.
A new drug may help prevent respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), which hospitalizes over 90,000 infants each year in the United States. Embargo: Tues. May 6, 8:45 am EDT.
A new flu vaccine given to children via nose drops or a nasal spray was safe and produced good antibody response, according to a multi-center study led by the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore. James C. King, M.D., associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Maryland Medical Center, will present the data on May 6 at the Pediatric Academic Societiesà annual meeting in Washington, D.C. EMBARGOED: 9:30 a.m. May 6, 1997
Radiologists using a freezing technique guided by ultrasound to treat prostate cancer have had much lower failure and complication rates than radiation therapy or radical surgery, a Michigan study reports.
A new use for a common test helps emergency room physicians rapidly identify patients in danger of having a heart attack, also saving money in the process, according to a Midwest study.
The use of vitamin and mineral supplements by active and retired military personnel, coupled with medical therapies to reduce or delay the onset of age-related disease, could save the federal government up to $6.3 billion annually, according to a report released May 1 by the non-profit National Defense Council Foundation.
Children with attention-deficit disorder have as much functional disability as children with mild mental retardation, and are not merely exhibiting "inconvenient" behavior. Embargo: Mon. May 5, 6 pm EDT.
Using cauliflower DNA as a marker, researchers have shown that pathogens can spread quickly in a child-care setting, but washing hands helps. Embargo: Mon. May 5, 5:30 pm EDT
Penicillin-resistant pneumococci exhibit less virulence than penicillin-susceptible pneumococci; animals injected with a resistant strain had more infections and a higher mortality rate. Embargo: Mon. May 5, 5 pm EDT.
LaCrosse encephalitis is a dangerous and under-recognized disease carried by the "tree hole mosquito". The disease has been found in most states East of the Mississippi, with nearly 13 cases a year in West Virginia. Embargo: Mon. May 5, 4:45 pm EDT.
A combination of stavudine (d4t), didanosine (ddI), and indinavir was well-tolerated in HIV-positive children and showed powerful anti-viral effects, according to research out of the Baylor College of Medicine. Embargo: Mon. May 5, 4:30 pm EDT.
Children with severe chronic iron deficiency in infancy lag behind into early adolescence on measures of motor skills, quantitative and numerical concepts, achievement tests, and IQ, according to research out of the University of Michigan. Embargo: Mon. May 5, 10:30 am EDT
The vast majority of medical and surgical staff at the Baltimore, MD VA Medical Center say that they prefer reading radiologic images on a digital, filmless system compared to standard x-ray film.
A new technology called virtual colonoscopy, shows great promise in detecting colon cancer, far less invasively than some current testing methods, a South Carolina study concludes.
Mammography screening every year finds more treatable breast cancers in women 40-49 than does screening every two years, according to a new study.
Low-income children with moderate or severe asthma who received education about managing asthma and follow-up phone calls were hospitalized less and had shorter hospital stays than children who did not receive educationalintervention. Embargo: Sun. May 4, 3:15 pm EDT
Mothers who brought their infants to an emergency department within three weeks of childbirth were three times as likely to develop symptoms of depression. Those who made frequent doctor visits for their infants were twice as likely to develop symptoms. Embargo: Sun. May 4, 3:50 pm EDT.
Researchers at Children's Mercy have found no advantage to including long-chain fatty acids in infant formula, despite their being essential components of brain and retinal tissue. Embargo: Sun. May 4, 3:15 pm EDT.
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