AScribe Medicine News Service articles from February 2005

AScribe Medicine News Service archives from February 2005

Inflammatory Cells Highly Promising Target in NF 1 Gene Implicated in Neurofibromatosis.
February 2, 2005... Byline: Indiana University School of Medicine INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists at the Indiana University School of Medicine are closing in on potential treatments for neurofibromatosis, a genetic disease that afflicts...

Medical Explorer Post 63 to Host Biennial Conference; Retired PAMF Pediatrician Helps Bay Area Students Explore Medical Careers.
February 3, 2005... Byline: Palo Alto Medical Foundation PALO ALTO, Calif., Feb. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Medical Explorer Post 63 of the Boy Scouts of America, a program that introduces high school students to careers in the medical field, will hold its...

Mailman School of Public Health Researchers Develop Infectious Disease Diagnostic Tool That Significantly Reduces Time Needed for Pathogen Identification.(Mass Tag PCR)
February 4, 2005... Byline: Columbia University Health Sciences Division NEW YORK, Feb. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and the Columbia Genome Center have designed and developed a sensitive new...

Doctors Without Borders Issues List of the Year's 'Top Ten' Most Underreported Humanitarian Stories.
February 7, 2005... Byline: Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres NEW YORK, Feb. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Soaring tuberculosis (TB) deaths and the immense toll on people living through chronic conflicts in Chechnya, Colombia, the Democratic Republic...

High Levels of Airborne Mouse Allergen in Inner-City Homes Could Trigger Asthma Attacks; Researchers Call for Routine Mouse Allergy Testing for Inner-City Children With Asthma.
February 10, 2005... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Feb. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- The amount of mouse allergen found in the air in many inner-city homes could be high enough to trigger asthma symptoms in the children who live there, say...

Project Caring Heart Benefits Breast Cancer Patients; Palo Alto Medical Foundation Employees Take Their Concern for Patients One Step Further.
February 11, 2005... Byline: Palo Alto Medical Foundation PALO ALTO, Calif., Feb. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- When the Palo Alto Medical Foundation's (PAMF) breast cancer educator Rosemary Maresca, R.N., asked a group of co-workers to imagine that they had just...

Small Increases or 'Blips' in HIV Levels Do Not Signal Mutations Leading to Drug-Resistant HIV.
February 15, 2005... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Feb. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at Johns Hopkins have concluded that sudden, temporary spikes in the amount of HIV in the body, commonly called "blips," generally do not mean...

The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Begins Clinical Trial of Newest Technology to Treat Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms.
February 16, 2005... Byline: University of Pennsylvania Health System PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- A clinical trial is underway at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP) to study the safety and effectiveness of an endovascular...

Mayo Clinic Study Finds Obese Kidney Donors Face Few Increased Risks.
February 17, 2005... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., Feb. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Mayo Clinic researchers have found that obese individuals in otherwise good health who donated a kidney had outcomes similar to their non-obese counterparts. The study is...

HIV Patients May Be at Risk of Heart Problems When Taking Protease Inhibitor Drugs.
February 17, 2005... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., Feb. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- A widely-used class of drugs that keep the HIV-virus infection from progressing to AIDS may cause serious and potentially lethal heart rhythm disturbances in some...

Antibody That Neutralizes Most HIV Strains Described by Scientists at Scripps Research Institute.
February 22, 2005... Byline: The Scripps Research Institute LA JOLLA, Calif., Feb. 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- A group of scientists from The Scripps Research Institute and several other institutions has solved the structure of a rare human antibody that broadly...

Scientists Find High Levels of the Toxic Rocket Fuel Chemical in Human Breast Milk; Majority of Infants Will Exceed New NAS/EPA Perchlorate Safety Level.
February 22, 2005... Byline: Environmental Working Group WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- A study published today in a peer-reviewed scientific journal found the toxic rocket fuel chemical perchlorate in every one of 36 samples of breast milk from...

Opioid Prescribing at Forefront of Pain Medicine Meeting.(American Academy of Pain Medicine)
February 25, 2005... Byline: American Academy of Pain Medicine PALM SPRINGS, Calif., Feb. 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- Opioid therapy and prescribing is a topic provoking discussion at the American Academy of Pain Medicine's (AAPM) 21st Annual Meeting at the...

Treatment of Sleep Apnea Lowers Glucose Levels in Diabetics.
February 28, 2005... Byline: University of Illinois at Chicago CHICAGO, Feb. 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- Patients with Type II diabetes who also suffer from obstructive sleep apnea can lower their glucose levels by receiving the most common sleep apnea therapy, a...

Steven N. Konstadt, M.D., Named Chair of Anesthesiology at Maimonides Medical Center.
February 28, 2005... Byline: Maimonides Medical Center NEW YORK, Feb. 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- Pamela S. Brier, President & CEO of Maimonides Medical Center, today announced the appointment of Steven Konstadt, MD, FACC, MBA, as Chairman of the Anesthesiology...