A team of researchers from Oxford University and the U.K. Medical Research Council unit in Gambia have discovered that a gene in HIV, known as the gag gene, makes HIV-2 more susceptible to an immune system response, ANI/DailyIndia.com reports. According to ANI/DailyIndia. [...][click link for full article]
Archive for September, 2007
Gene In Hiv Makes Hiv-2 Susceptible To Immune System Response, Researchers Say
Published at September 30th, 2007Limited-service Clinics Provide ‘promising New Model Of Health Care,’ According To Op-ed
Published at September 30th, 2007“Limited-service clinics” in Massachusetts can “help meet an important need: Expanding the capacity for delivering quality, affordable and accessible care for acute, common family ailments,” Michael Howe, CEO of MinuteClinic, writes in a Boston Globe opinion piece. [...][click link for full article]
Almost 100 Percent Of Chronic Sinusitis Cases Are From Fungal-induced Inflammation
Published at September 30th, 2007Accentia Biopharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ABPI) announces evidence that most, if not all cases of chronic sinusitis (CS), are due to a fungal-induced inflammation as originally proposed by investigators at the Mayo Clinic. [...][click link for full article]
Physician Team At Northwestern Memorial Performs Rare Oral Gallbladder Removal
Published at September 30th, 2007Utilizing a procedure performed previously at only one center in the U.S., a team of physicians at Northwestern Memorial Hospital successfully removed a patient’s gallbladder through the mouth. Traditional means call for abdominal incisions. [...][click link for full article]
Dialysis Industry Cites Racial Disparities In Marketing Anemia Drugs
Published at September 30th, 2007The kidney dialysis industry has begun to highlight concerns about racial disparities to “fend off criticism that it fattens profits by overprescribing an anemia drug” — Epogen, manufactured by Amgen — that can increase risk for death and heart attacks when administered at high doses, the Wall Street Journal reports. [...][click link for full article]
Scientists Find Clues To Crack “neural Code” Of The Brain
Published at September 29th, 2007Decoding the complex electrical signals that brain cells use to “talk” to each other is a new and important frontier in neuroscience, one that could revolutionize the diagnosis and treatment of neurological and psychiatric disease. [...][click link for full article]
Scientists Eye Secrets Of Retinal Regeneration
Published at September 29th, 2007Peering at microscopic changes within the retina, scientists in the Department of Ophthalmology at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City, have discovered a key mechanism driving eye health and eye disease. Reporting in the cover article of a recent edition of Cell, the team says they have discovered just how light sensing discs [...]
Plastic Surgeons Make Scientific Leaps In Wound Healing, Facial Reconstruction
Published at September 29th, 2007Plastic surgeons have been busy researching ways to repair wounds and extreme facial trauma. From stem cells to facial transplantation, plastic surgeons published a number of studies showing leaps in helping patients heal, according to a recent issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery(R), the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS). [...]
Cognitive Activities Protect Against Alzheimer’s — Social And Physical Activities Not Enough
Published at September 29th, 2007New research now shows for the first time that, of all lifelong activities, only a high level of mental or cognitive activity protects against the devastating memory loss of Alzheimer’s disease. High levels of social or physical activity are not enough. [...][click link for full article]
Loneliness Is A Molecule
Published at September 29th, 2007It’s already known that a person’s social environment can affect their health, with those who are socially isolated that is, lonely suffering from higher mortality than people who are not. [...][click link for full article]