AScribe Medicine News Service articles from January 2005

AScribe Medicine News Service archives from January 2005

Patient Safety Measures Work at Children's Hospitals, Study Finds, But Better Kid-Specific Tools Are Needed; First Study of Its Kind Looks at Potentially Preventable Problems at Children's Hospitals, Suggests Ways to Improve.(Column)
January 4, 2005... Byline: University of Michigan Health System ANN ARBOR, Mich., Jan. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- In recent years, children's hospitals have joined in the national push to improve patient safety and avoid preventable problems. But it has been...

Tsunami Disaster: Moffitt's John Greene, M.D., Available for Interviews on Infectious Diseases.(Brief Article)(Column)
January 4, 2005... Byline: H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute TAMPA, Fla., Jan. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Typhoid, hepatitis, diarrhea, cholera and other infectious diseases could threaten as many as 5 million survivors in the tsunami-hit regions...

Young Peoples' Views Of Sexual Terms Undergo Big Changes.(Column)
January 5, 2005... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., Jan. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- The language of sex has changed greatly in the past 15 years, but men and women often still don't connect when it comes to sexual subjects ranging from orgasm to...

Mayo Clinic Cancer Center Receives SPORE Grant for Brain Cancer Research From National Cancer Institute.(Specialized Programs of Research Excellence)
January 6, 2005... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., Jan. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Mayo Clinic Cancer Center has received a Specialized Programs of Research Excellence (SPORE) grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) for brain cancer research. ...

Congressman's Death Underscores Need for Research Into Blood Cancer Syndrome.(death of Robert Matsui of myelodysplastic syndrome)
January 7, 2005... Byline: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute BOSTON, Jan. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- The recent death of Robert Matsui -- the 14-term Congressman from California who succumbed to myelodysplastic syndrome on Jan. 1 -- has placed a national spotlight on...

National Academy of Sciences Affirms Strict Standard for Rocket Fuel in Drinking Water.(Brief Article)
January 10, 2005... Byline: Environmental Working Group OAKLAND, Calif., Jan. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Today's National Academy of Sciences (NAS) report on the toxic rocket fuel chemical perchlorate strongly supports the conclusions of the EPA and the states...

John C. Baldwin, M.D., to Lead CBR Institute for Biomedical Research; Takes Helm as CBRI Expands Research, Fundraising.
January 12, 2005... Byline: The CBR Institute for Biomedical Research BOSTON, Jan. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- The CBR Institute for Biomedical Research, in Boston, Mass., announced today that John C. Baldwin, M.D., will become the new President and Chief...

'Against All Odds' Chronicles Earliest Achievements of Black Physicians at Harvard Medical School, Sheds Light on Times, Evolution of American Medicine; HMS Leaders Working to Reshape Face of Medicine in U.S. Available for Comment.(Book Review)
January 12, 2005... Byline: Harvard University Medical School BOSTON, Jan. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- What was it like to be a black Harvard medical student or physician before the Civil War, during the abolition movement, at the turn of the 20th century or in...

USC/Norris Oncologists Test New Front-Line Therapy for Pancreatic Cancer.(BAY 43-9006)
January 13, 2005... Byline: USC Health Sciences LOS ANGELES, Jan. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center oncologists are testing the effectiveness of a new drug against pancreatic cancer that targets the cancer from two directions. ...

California State University Northridge Biology Professor Offers Tips for Reducing Cancer Risks.
January 14, 2005... Byline: Calif. State University, Northridge NORTHRDIGE, Calif., Jan. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- New year's resolutions come and go. But Cal State Northridge biology professor Steven B. Oppenheimer has 10 resolutions that may reduce our cancer...

University of Pennsylvania Researchers Add More Evidence to Demonstrate Class Effect of COX-2 Inhibitors on Heart-Disease Risk.
January 17, 2005... Byline: University of Pennsylvania Health System PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- In two articles, to be published online today in Circulation, researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine provide further...

Simpler 'Alphabet' Guidelines for Treating Acute Coronary Syndrome Reduce Risk.
January 18, 2005... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Jan. 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- A simplified approach to the management of patients with an acute coronary syndrome (chest pain at rest or with mild exertion) can help ensure that precise...

CardioWest Named Top Advance for 2004 by American Heart Association.
January 21, 2005... Byline: University of Arizona TUCSON, Ariz., Jan. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- The CardioWest total artificial heart, developed by University of Arizona researchers and approved for commercial use this fall, has been deemed the top advance of...

Sildenafil Effectively Treats Enlarged Hearts, Mouse Study Shows.
January 23, 2005... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Jan. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at Johns Hopkins have found that sildenafil citrate (Viagra), a drug used to treat erectile dysfunction (ED) in millions of men, effectively...

Olson Family to Make $1 Million Gift to Arizona Cancer Center; Gift Will Benefit Bobbi Olson Endowment for Ovarian Cancer Research.
January 24, 2005... Byline: University of Arizona TUCSON, Ariz., Jan. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- Arizona head men's basketball coach Lute Olson announced Monday that he and his family will be making a $1 million gift to the Arizona Cancer Center at the...

Disasters: Unavoidable and Avoidable -- by David I. Levine.(public health disasters in developing countries)
January 25, 2005... Byline: Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley BERKELEY, Calif., Jan. 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- The following is an op-ed article by David I. Levine, Professor, Haas School of Business University of California, Berkeley. --- Today...

Mayo Clinic Researchers Discover New Kind of Heart Failure Gene; Genetic Defect Leads to Electrical Instability, Mechanical Pump Failure.
January 25, 2005... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., Jan. 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- A Mayo Clinic research team has discovered that a genetic defect previously shown to cause heart rhythm abnormalities also can cause heart failure, according to findings...

Legal Fight Over Feeding Tube Points to Need for Living Wills, Duke Expert Says.(Terri Schiavo case )
January 25, 2005... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Jan. 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- The bitter dispute over a Florida law created to keep a brain-damaged woman hooked to a feeding tube underscores the need for families and individuals to consider...

Mayo Clinic Researchers Identify New Form of Muscular Dystrophy in Adults.(zaspopathy)
January 26, 2005... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., Jan. 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- Mayo Clinic researchers have identified a previously unknown form of muscular dystrophy, a group of genetic diseases characterized by progressive weakness and muscle...

Clinical Trial of Etanercept for Wegener's Disease Shows No Benefit Against the Autoimmune Condition.
January 26, 2005... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Jan. 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- A Johns Hopkins-led study designed to evaluate the ability of etanercept to maintain disease remissions in a serious autoimmune disorder has failed to show...

Media Fellowship on Autism Available at Vanderbilt University.
January 26, 2005... Byline: Vanderbilt University NASHVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- Vanderbilt University encourages active journalists to apply to attend its Council for the Advancement and Support of Education media fellowship, "Autism: Rates,...

Science Features Evolution of Quantum Dot Imaging and Its Potential in Cancer Diagnosis, Treatment.
January 27, 2005... Byline: UCLA LOS ANGELES, Jan. 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- The evolution over the last two decades of the nanocrystals known as quantum dots has seen the growth of this revolutionary new tool from electronic materials science to far-reaching...

Penn Study Shows How Next-Generation Diabetic Drugs Could Work More Selectively; Understanding Molecular Double Action of TZDs To Reduce Side Effects.
January 27, 2005... Byline: University of Pennsylvania Health System PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- In an attempt to find a new generation of diabetic drugs that will minimize side effects, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of...

Joslin Diabetes Center Scientists Discover 'Master Switch' That Triggers Insulin Resistance, Type 2 Diabetes; Salicylate Blocks Inflammatory Cascade.
January 30, 2005... Byline: Joslin Diabetes Center BOSTON, Jan. 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists at Joslin Diabetes Center have discovered why excess weight leads to low-grade inflammation, which hampers the body's ability to use insulin. They found that...

Wisconsin Scientists Grow Critical Nerve Cells.(spinal motor neurons from human embryonic stem cells)
January 30, 2005... Byline: University of Wisconsin - Madison MADISON, Wis., Jan. 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- After years of trial and error, scientists have coaxed human embryonic stem cells to become spinal motor neurons, critical nervous system pathways that...

Recognizing New Aneurysm Syndrome Can Save Lives; Physical Traits, Genetic Test Help With Early Diagnosis.
January 30, 2005... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Jan. 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- A research team led by Johns Hopkins doctors has defined the physical traits and genetic basis of a new aortic aneurysm syndrome that is extremely...