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Millions of people take the anticoagulant drug warfarin to prevent harmful clotting after a heart attack, stroke, or major surgery. But the proper dose of warfarin can vary greatly and can be hard to predict. Some of this variability may boil down to a recently identified gene involved in blood clotting, according to a new study.
A carefully chosen combination of public health measures, if implemented early, could stop the spread of an avian flu outbreak at its source, suggest two international teams of researchers.
The National Institutes of Health named 13 new recipients of the NIH Director's Pioneer Award, which supports exceptionally creative scientists who take innovative approaches to major challenges in biomedical research. The new awardees will receive $500,000 in direct costs per year for five years.
New research from scientists at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston and the University of Washington in Seattle suggests that containment can buy time to prepare, but containment alone is not enough to stop a flu pandemic from occurring.
A team of scientists and surgeons is developing a series of standard procedures for the care of severely injured patients. The clinical guidelines aim to improve patient care and to help the team identify genetic factors that correlate with particular outcomes.
Activities that heat up summer fun also can bring risks, including severe burns and other forms of trauma. Researchers supported by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, part of the National Institutes of Health, have made remarkable advances in both the basic understanding and treatment of these injuries.
Burns. Diabetic ulcers. Gunshot wounds. Bedsores. The treatment of these and other wounds may improve, thanks to a new $13 million NIH initiative to develop innovative therapies for acute and chronic wounds. The goal of this interdisciplinary effort is to deepen understanding of wound healing and apply this knowledge to enhance treatment.
Sepsis is the second leading killer in the ICU. A 5-year grant of more than $8.4 million will nationally test the first set of standard procedures to diagnose and treat sepsis in emergency departments.
An international team of researchers is using computers to prepare for a possible pandemic influenza, a type of flu that could infect millions of people worldwide.
One of the persistent riddles of the deadly 1918 Spanish influenza pandemic is why it struck different cities with varying severity. Why were some municipalities such as St. Louis spared the fate of the hard-hit cities like Philadelphia when both implemented similar public health measures? What made the difference, according to two independent studies.
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