Researchers at Weill Medical College of Cornell University and New York Presbyterian Hospital have successfully used a new technique to identify the genetic mutation that causes sickle cell anemia, As a result, healthy twins were born to parents who both carry the mutation.
Swelling HIV infection rates continue driving a tuberculosis epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa, and world health policy makers need to better account for the intertwining of the two diseases, Johns Hopkins researchers report.
Two new European (UK and Scotland) studies strongly supporting the effectiveness of mammography screening for women under 50 were published this week in The Lancet.
Scientists at Johns Hopkins and Novartis Ltd. Pharmaceuticals, in partnership with Novartis' CIBA Vision eye care unit, have identified a drug that completely stops the growth of abnormal blood vessels on or beneath the retinas of laboratory mice.
By second grade, a child's readiness and success in school is linked to the quality of child care received in preschool, according to a four-state study of 800 preschool children. Results of the study, started in 1993, were released today in Washington, D.C.
The program, Prostate Cancer: A Journey of Hope, airs in some cities Friday, June 11, and stresses the importance of early detection for the disease, as well as the recommendation that men age 50 and older obtain an annual Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) blood test and a digital rectal exam.
For the first time in history, scientists now have the complete blueprint of the genetic information that makes an animal. British and American scientists announced in the 1998 December 11th issue of Science that they completed the sequencing of the whole genome of the tiny soil-dwelling, free-living nematode Caenorhabditis elegans.
Some of the talk about making people and organizations more accountable may amount to just that -- talk with little real payoff, a Carnegie Mellon University study shows.
Nursing home advocates, administrators, regulators, ombudsmen and nursing service directors agree on the three most important yardsticks for measuring how good a job the nation's nursing homes are doing, according to a new study sponsored by AHCPR: quality of care; quality of life; and residents' rights.
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Although many Americans still hold misconceptions about mental illness, an overwhelming majority support adequate health insurance coverage of mental health, according to a new survey sponsored by the National Mental Health Association.
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A new study in rats suggests that aging by itself may not affect brain systems responsible for important aspects of learning and memory. However, the Ohio State research found that the combination of old age and pre-existing brain pathology led to serious problems.
UD research may someday help Type I diabetes mellitus patients better control their blood-sugar levels using an implantable insulin pump, scientists said during the AAMI conference.
"Significant reduction" in Tourette syndrome symptoms was noted in a study of nine affected adults after they received a medication not usually prescribed for this neurologic disorder, according to data presented by Emory University researchers at this week's 3rd International Scientific Symposium on Tourette Syndrome.
In two studies which have ramifications for everyone from goalies to gardeners, two non-steroidal, anti-inflammatory drugs - ibuprofen and flurbiprofen - provide no detectable therapeutic benefit as anti-inflammatory agents or as analgesics following muscle injury, according to research conducted by Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine (OU-COM) scientists.
Forests may be a potential buffer against global warming by absorbing a portion of projected increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide, say researchers from West Virginia University and three other institutions.
Investigating a "new frontier" in medicine, a recent study in the journal "Family Medicine" discovered a link between patients' spirituality and better overall health, but not necessarily less pain.
Men recovering from a heart attack who are at the highest risk of a second attack and thus would benefit most from conscientious participation in an exercise program are the least likely to do so, a University at Buffalo study has found.
Scientists and government agencies in New York City have joined forces to meet the challenges climate change is expected to have on the city. Early results will be presented at the American Geophysical Union meeting.
If athletes from elite to novice needed yet another reason to drink plenty of fluids during exercise, a new study by University at Buffalo exercise scientists shows that dehydration may induce bronchospasm even before exercise.
People with high levels of self-doubt have markedly different thinking patterns than do individuals who harbor lower levels of self-doubt, a new Ohio State study shows.
Finding effective migraine treatment can significantly improve a migraine sufferer's satisfaction with everyday life, according to a study released as part of National Headache Awareness Week, June 6-12, sponsored by the National Headache Foundation.
Exactly 300 years after Guillaume Amontons produced the classic laws of friction, physicists have explained why Amontons' equations explain static friction so precisely.
Surgeons at the Skull Base Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center have refined an endoscopic procedure that reduces trauma, decreases risk of complications and speeds recovery for patients who need surgery of the pituitary gland.
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A recent Mayo Clinic study has found that nearly one out of four people at higher risk for heart valve infection who have parts of their body pierced suffer from infection as a result of the piercing.
Experimental evidence strongly supporting an energy landscape "funnel" model of protein folding has been obtained by researchers at the University of Illinois.
In the search for skin cancer treatments, chemists at the University of Notre Dame have constructed a computer model of the chemical structure of an enzyme that many organisms use to repair DNA damaged by ultraviolet light.
University of Illinois scientists have found a way to improve the properties of T-cell receptors -- and potentially other proteins, opening the door to manipulating a virtually untapped part of the immune system to fight autoimmune and viral diseases.
Birds that stay in one place year-round may reproduce seasonally like migrating birds, but they are one up when it comes to testosterone. In Panama, spotted antbirds raise their testosterone levels in the "off-season" to boost their aggressiveness against invaders.
A recombinant version of the widely used BCG vaccine protected against virus-induced diabetes in mice, a Hannam University (Korea) scientist reported at the ASM General Meeting.
Not only are antibiotic-resistant bacteria readily found in the nation's rivers, they often appear to have means of transferring this resistance to other bacteria, a Washburn Univ. scientist reported at the ASM General Meeting.
The hidden poles of the moon have been revealed by Cornell University and Jet Propulsion Laboratory researchers working with the radar antennas of NASA's Deep Space Network at Goldstone, Calif. The south pole image, in particular, reveals a chaotic surface, with deep craters that are in permanent shadow from the sun and which are potential repositories for water ice.
Acupuncture activates a group of nerve cells called the endorphin system to lower blood pressure and treat some types of heart disease, a team of researchers at UC Irvine and a university in China has found.
Genetic testing and dietary modification may save the lives of children born with a defect in the gene controlling fatty acid breakdown, a Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center physician reported in the June 3 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
Monitor lizards can breathe while they run by pumping air through sacs in their throats, UC Irvine researchers report in the June 4 issue of Science.
Boston University astronomers announced the discovery of an enormous tail of sodium gas stretching to great distances from the moon and presented their results June 1, at the Annual Spring Meeting of the American Geophysical Union in Boston.
University of Washington researchers say a Northern Hemisphere climate cycle they call the Arctic oscillation has far-reaching impact in North America. Significant changes in the cycle in the last 30 years have influenced temperature and precipitation patterns throughout the Northern Hemisphere.
A new technique derived from modern physics that can help doctors distinguish between a healthy heart and one that is headed for trouble, was described in Nature this week by scientists from Boston University.
Researchers are discovering that nicotine withdrawal symptoms can behave like characters in a bad horror flick: Just when you think you've killed them, they're back with a vengeance.
New Hubble Space Telescope images show gas shells ejected into space at regular intervals by an unusual type of white dwarf star, possibly revealing important information about the role novae play in the evolution of our galaxy, including the distribution of heavier elements and the development of planetary systems.
Astronomers believe they have found the makings --or the dust and debris -- from a failed terrestrial planet circling a nearby system of two young stars similar to our early sun.
A new study that uses stem cell transplants to treat severe eye damage shows great promise as a future surgical therapy, experts at The Schepens Eye Research Institute say.
NASA scientists are beginning to understand exactly how a solar flare changes over time.
Tickborne diseases, such as Lyme disease, are not always recognized and reported in Iowa, a situation which may occur in other regions as well, a Univ. Iowa scientist reported at the ASM General Meeting.
Researchers determined that methanogenic bacteria could grow in conditions simulating the subsurface of Mars if even a small amount of water is available, a University of Arkansas scientist reported at the ASM General Meeting.
Researchers have provided evidence that microbes in rocks and soil from Yucca Mountain could cause corrosion of containers designed to store radioactive wastes at the proposed Yucca Mountain repository, a Lawrence Livermore Natl. Lab. scientist reported at the ASM General Meeting.
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