AScribe Medicine News Service articles from November 2006

AScribe Medicine News Service archives from November 2006

Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis on the Rise; New Reports Say Public Involvement Is Critical in Fight; George Soros, U.N. Special Envoy, Health Activists Call for Action to Halt Spread of TB Epidemic.
November 1, 2006... Byline: Open Society Institute PARIS, Nov. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Massive social mobilization is needed to defeat the deadly resurgence of tuberculosis, says the Open Society Institute's Public Health Watch in five new reports released...

Nurse Authors Book About Transformation of In-Patient Child Psychiatric Unit at Cambridge Health Alliance.
November 1, 2006... Byline: Cambridge Health Alliance CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) is celebrating employee Kathleen Regan, RN, BSN, MHA, on the occasion of her new book, "Opening Our Arms: Helping Troubled...

Visual Imagery Technique Boosts Voting, Study Finds.
November 2, 2006... Byline: Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Registered voters who used a simple visual imagery technique the evening before the 2004 election were significantly more likely to vote the next day, a new study...

Color Names: More Universal Than You Might Think.
November 2, 2006... Byline: Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- From Abidji to English to Zapoteco, the perception and naming of color is remarkably consistent in the world's languages. Across cultures, people tend to...

American Institutes for Research Wins Prestigious SIOP Award for Efforts to Reduce Medical Errors.
November 2, 2006... Byline: American Institutes for Research WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers for American Institutes for Research (AIR) have won the prestigious 2007 M. Scott Myers Award for Applied Research in the Workplace, given by the...

New Brain Chemistry Differences Found in Depressed Women; University of Michigan Depression Center Study Shows Alterations in Key Brain-Chemical System Involved in Responding to Stress, Regulating Emotions.
November 6, 2006... Byline: University of Michigan Health System ANN ARBOR, Mich., Nov. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new brain study finds major differences between women with serious depression and healthy women in a brain-chemical system that's crucial to...

Jury Finds in Favor of Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary in Visudyne Case.
November 7, 2006... Byline: Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary BOSTON, Nov. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary (MEEI) announces that yesterday, in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, a jury found in...

Smart Lasers Promise Cutting-Edge Technology - and Jobs.
November 7, 2006... Byline: Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich., Nov. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Lasers capable of everything from monitoring diseases to enhancing metabolic studies of drug interactions are the future of modern medicine and promise to...

Economist Shows Good Fences Do Make Good Neighbors; Contrary to Popular Belief, Space Between Residents Increases Interaction.
November 8, 2006... Byline: University of California, Irvine IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new study led by a University of California, Irvine economist debunks a popular argument against urban sprawl -- that living farther from neighbors...

Family Caregiving Valued at $306 Billion; Market Value of 'Free' Services Jumps 19 Percent in 4 Years.
November 10, 2006... Byline: National Family Caregivers Association WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- The value of "free" services provided by family caregivers to their chronically ill, disabled or aged loved ones jumped to $306 billion -- a 19...

Hopkins Researchers Discover How Brain Protein Might Control Memory.
November 10, 2006... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Nov. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at Johns Hopkins have figured out how one particular protein contributes to long-term memory and helps the brain remember things longer than an...

Fast Test for Low Blood Flow in Dogs Detects Early Heart Trouble; Cardiac Stress-CT Could Replace All Other Tests to Catch Early Signs of Blocked Arteries.
November 12, 2006... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Nov. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- Working with dogs and using the latest in imaging software and machinery, also known as a 64-slice CT scanner, Johns Hopkins heart specialists have...

Targeted Cancer Drugs May Work by Disrupting Balance of Cellular Signals; Study Supports New Model of Drug Action That May Explain Problems, Suggest New Approaches.
November 13, 2006... Byline: Massachusetts General Hospital BOSTON, Nov. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Targeted cancer therapy drugs like Gleevec (imatinib) and Tarceva (erlotinib), which destroy tumors by interfering with specific proteins or protein pathways, may...

New Indiana University Cancer Center System Should Speed Discoveries From Lab to Patients.
November 13, 2006... Byline: Indiana University School of Medicine INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Leaders at the Indiana University School of Medicine and the Indiana University Cancer Center are borrowing some of the best practices from private...

Long-Awaited Non-Prescription Plan B Emergency Contraception Arrives in Pharmacies in Los Angeles and Nationwide.
November 13, 2006... Byline: Public Health Institute LOS ANGELES, Nov. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Following is an advisory regarding a press conference to discuss the status of access to the contraceptive Plan B. - - - - WHAT: Press conference to...

Soy Protein Study Generates New Findings in Cholesterol Reduction, Metabolic Syndrome, Clinical Trials Recruitment.(Clinical report)
November 13, 2006... Byline: School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, Md., Nov. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Beneficial Effects of Soy Trial (BEST), a Baltimore-based randomized controlled study of dietary soy, has yielded an array of results...

UC Santa Cruz Professor Emeritus Elliot Aronson Receives Lifetime Achievement Award From Association for Psychological Science.
November 13, 2006... Byline: University of California, Santa Cruz SANTA CRUZ, Calif., Nov. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Called a man who has "fundamentally changed the way we look at everyday life," preeminent social psychologist Elliot Aronson has received a...

Adult Pig Stem Cells Show Promise in Repairing Animals' Heart Attack Damage.
November 13, 2006... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Nov. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Johns Hopkins scientists have successfully grown large numbers of stem cells taken from adult pigs' healthy heart tissue and used the cells to repair some...

Dr. Stefan Riedl Selected as Prestigious 'V Foundation Scholar'; V Foundation Scholarship Will Support Cancer Drug Discovery at Burnham Institute for Medical Research.
November 13, 2006... Byline: Burnham Institute for Medical Research LA JOLLA, Calif., Nov. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Stefan Riedl, Ph.D., assistant professor at the Burnham Institute for Medical Research, has been named as one of 15 cancer researchers to receive...

Ludwig Fund Gives $120 Million for Cancer Research; Donation Believed to Be Largest Single Gift by a Foundation for Cancer Research in U.S.
November 13, 2006... Byline: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center NEW YORK, Nov. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- A foundation created by American billionaire, Daniel K. Ludwig, will this year give six leading U.S. institutions $20 million cash each, plus stock in a...

Long-Awaited Non-Prescription Emergency Contraception (EC) Arrives in Pharmacies in Los Angeles and Nationwide; L.A. Has Highest Saturation of Pharmacy Access to EC in California.
November 14, 2006... Byline: Public Health Institute LOS ANGELES, Nov. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- At a news event today, California emergency contraception advocates celebrated the long-anticipated availability of Plan B emergency contraception (EC), also known...

UCLA Cancer Researchers Develop Quality Measures Designed to Improve Care for Colorectal Cancer Surgery Patients.
November 14, 2006... Byline: UCLA LOS ANGELES, Nov. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- A set of quality measures used to evaluate the quality of care received by patients undergoing surgery for colorectal cancer has been created by UCLA researchers in an effort to...

Joslin's Latino Diabetes Initiative Launches Its First Audio-Novella for Hispanics/Latinos With Diabetes and Their Families; Release of New Spanish Educational CD Marks World Diabetes Day.
November 14, 2006... Byline: Joslin Diabetes Center BOSTON, Nov. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- "Rosa's Story," an audio-novella from the Joslin Diabetes Center Latino Diabetes Initiative, uses the art of storytelling to educate listeners about the challenges of...

New Guidelines on Advertising to Kids Remain Strictly Voluntary, Fail to Protect Children.
November 14, 2006... Byline: Public Health Advocacy Institute BOSTON, Nov. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Today, the Council of Better Business Bureaus (CBBB) and the National Advertising Review Council (NARC) announced new guidelines for food marketing to children...

Study: Summer Sports Camp Shapes Up Positive Attitudes, Self-Esteem.
November 15, 2006... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Nov. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Participation in a national summer day-camp program has a significant effect on the attitudes of children regarding education, self-perception and sportsmanship,...

Joslin Diabetes Center Launches Veraxa Health to Meet Large Unmet Patient Need for Timely Detection of Diabetic Eye Disease; Joslin Vision NetworkTM, a Proven Retinal Imaging Service, Targets Millions of Patients With Diabetes at Risk For Vision Loss.
November 15, 2006... Byline: Joslin Diabetes Center BOSTON, Nov. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Joslin Diabetes Center, global leader in diabetes research, care and education, announced today the launch of Veraxa Health, Inc. as an independent company. The first...

High School Biology Students to Tackle Ethical Questions; National Institutes of Health Funds Education Development Center to Develop Bioethics Curriculum.
November 15, 2006... Byline: Education Development Center NEWTON, Mass., Nov. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a two-year contract to Education Development Center (EDC) to develop a curriculum in bioethics to be used...

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Awarded Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Grant for Simulation Research to Improve Patient Safety.
November 15, 2006... Byline: LSU Health Sciences Center NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Sheila W. Chauvin, M.Ed., Ph.D., Director of the Office of Medical Education Research and Development at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New...

Hormone Therapy May Improve Trip Down Memory Lane; Treatment With Hormones Shows Promise in Helping Visual Memory of Postmenopausal Women, University of Michigan Researchers Find.
November 16, 2006... Byline: University of Michigan Health System ANN ARBOR, Mich., Nov. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- Many women experience declines in their memory during and after menopause, a change thought to be due, in part, to the rapid hormonal changes they...

Vanderbilt University Medical Center is First in Middle Tennessee to Earn Designation as Magnet Hospital.
November 16, 2006... Byline: Vanderbilt Medical Center NASHVILLE, Tenn., Nov. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center has achieved designation as a Magnet hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. The news came via a...

Revised Military Document Suggests That Homosexuality Is a Defect; Lawmaker, Experts Protest Pentagon Re-Classification.
November 17, 2006... Byline: Center for the Study of Sexual Minorities in the Military SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Nov. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Congressman Marty Meehan and the American Psychological Association and American Psychiatric Association sent letters to...

Woodruff Foundation Gives Major Boost to Emory University's Strategic Plan.
November 17, 2006... Byline: Emory Medical Center ATLANTA, Nov. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Robert W. Woodruff Foundation, Inc. is contributing $261.5 million to Emory University to help the institution construct a model patient-centered health care system...

Does Natural Selection Drive the Evolution of Cancer? Emerging Field Sees Cancer as an Evolutionary and Ecological Process.
November 17, 2006... Byline: The Wistar Institute PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- The dynamics of evolution are fully in play within the environment of a tumor, just as they are in forests and meadows, oceans and streams. This is the view of...

Children and Chronic Kidney Disease: News Tips From the 2006 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Nephrology Nov. 14 to 19, San Diego.
November 17, 2006... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions SAN DIEGO, Nov. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Following are news tips from the 2006 annual meeting of the American Society of Nephrology Nov. 14 to 19, San Diego. For more information or to arrange an...

Scientists Identify Cells That Promote Repair of Blood Vessels in Eye; Discovery Could Lead to New Treatments for Prevalent Eye Diseases.
November 17, 2006... Byline: The Scripps Research Institute LA JOLLA, Calif., Nov. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have discovered a method of repairing and normalizing blood vessels in the eye through the use of stem cells...

Graduate Programs in Health Care Accept 90 Percent of Bates College Applicants.
November 17, 2006... Byline: Bates College LEWISTON, Maine, Nov. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Ninety percent of Bates College seniors and alumni applying to graduate programs in the health professions for fall 2006 matriculation were accepted. Eighty-five...

Setting the Stage to Find Drugs Against SARS.
November 17, 2006... Byline: Brookhaven National Laboratory UPTON, N.Y., Nov. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have set the stage for the rapid identification of compounds to fight against...

Cancer Prevention News Tips.
November 17, 2006... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Nov. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- The following are based on abstracts presented at the American Association for Cancer Research's Fifth Annual International Conference on Frontiers in...

Johns Hopkins Performs Historic 'Domino Donor' 'Quintuple' Kidney Transplant; Five Donor-Recipient Pairs Interchange Kidneys in Simultaneous Group Procedure.
November 20, 2006... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Nov. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- Surgical teams at Johns Hopkins have successfully completed the first five-way donor kidney swap among 10 individuals. All five organ recipients -- three...

Produce Industry Veteran to Lead California Worksite Health Promotion Program.
November 20, 2006... Byline: Public Health Institute OAKLAND, Calif., Nov. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Public Health Institute (PHI) today announced that Curtis Granger has been retained to lead the statewide roll-out of the California 5 a Day-Be Active!...

Johns Hopkins University Nursing News and Research Briefs November 2006.
November 20, 2006... Byline: School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, Nov. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- Following are news and research briefs from Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing. - - - - First Responders Face Serious Health Risks...

University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center Physician George Eisenbarth Wins International Award for Diabetes Work.
November 20, 2006... Byline: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center AURORA, Colo., Nov. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- George Eisenbarth, MD, PhD, executive director of the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes at the University of Colorado at Denver and...

The American Dental Education Association Acquires Online Health Careers Site.
November 20, 2006... Byline: American Dental Education Association WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- The American Dental Education Association, funded in part through a Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation grant, has acquired http://www.explorehealthcareers.org/...

Innovative Movies Show Real-Time Immune-Cell Activity Within Tumors: Insights From New View May Lead to Improved Cancer Immunotherapies.
November 20, 2006... Byline: The Wistar Institute PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- Using advanced new microscopy techniques in concert with sophisticated transgenic technologies, scientists at The Wistar Institute have for the first time created...

Medical Identification Jewelry for Family Caregivers Protecting Care Recipients in Case of Emergencies.
November 20, 2006... Byline: National Family Caregivers Association WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- Family caregivers are currently providing more than 80 percent of all long-term care services for other family members or friends who are chronically...

Expert: Defeat Stress This Holiday Season.
November 21, 2006... Byline: University of Maryland, College Park COLLEGE PARK, Md., Nov. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- The holidays are here - and for many, stress will be an unwelcome guest. University of Maryland psychology lecturer, Dr. Thomas Capo, says that...

Millions With Arthritis May Benefit From Bone Loss Drug; Popular Osteoporosis Pills May Also Slow Joint Deterioration.
November 21, 2006... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Nov. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- People taking a widely used medication to strengthen fragile, aging bones may also be protecting their joints, according to a recent study led by Johns...

Award-Winning Scientist Dr. Vassilios Papadopoulos Appointed as New Director of the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre.
November 22, 2006... Byline: McGill University Health Centre MONTREAL, Nov. 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- Dr. Arthur Porter, Director General and CEO of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC), is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Vassilios Papadopoulos...

Plague Proteome Reveals Proteins Linked to Infection; Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Study Could Lead to Improved Disease Detection, Vaccines, Treatments.
November 22, 2006... Byline: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory RICHLAND, Wash., Nov. 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- Recreating growth conditions in flea carriers and mammal hosts, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory scientists have uncovered 176 proteins and...

State Health Departments Support National Influenza Vaccination Week: Statement of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials.
November 27, 2006... Byline: Association of State and Territorial Health Officials WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) joins the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the...

Council on Contemporary Families Experts and Story Ideas for the Holidays.
November 27, 2006... Byline: Council on Contemporary Families CHICAGO, Nov. 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- This time of year, the Council on Contemporary Families receives many calls from journalists wanting to explore how families and individuals cope with the...

Georgetown University Names Howard J. Federoff, M.D., Ph.D., Executive Vice President for Health Sciences; Research Leader Joins Washington, DC'S Most Prominent Academic Medical Center on April 1, 2007.
November 28, 2006... Byline: Georgetown University Medical Center WASHINGTON, Nov. 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- Georgetown University today announced the appointment of Howard J. Federoff, M.D., Ph.D., as Executive Vice President for Health Sciences and Executive...

Gift Spurs Naming of the Anschutz Medical Campus.
November 28, 2006... Byline: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center AURORA, Colo., Nov. 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- In recognition of a series of gifts totaling more than $91 million by The Anschutz Foundation, the University of Colorado system announced...

Cell Death Following Blood Reflow Injury Tracked to Natural Toxin.
November 29, 2006... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Nov. 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at Johns Hopkins have discovered what they believe is the smoking gun responsible for most tissue and organ damage after a period of blood...

High Dopamine Transporter Levels Not Correlated With ADHD; Finding Contradicts Use of Transporter Levels as Diagnostic Indicator, Suggests Need for More Study.
November 29, 2006... Byline: Brookhaven National Laboratory UPTON, N.Y., Nov. 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- Results from a brain-imaging study conducted at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory in collaboration with Mount Sinai School of...

Staffers Benefit From Single-Room Design for Baby Care, Study Finds.
November 29, 2006... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., Nov. 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- Neonatal intensive care units designed with single-family rooms not only increase patient privacy but also boost staff satisfaction and reduce stress, according...

Fortified Milk Reduces Morbidity in Preschool Children; Diarrhea, Pneumonia, Severe Illness Caused by Micronutrient Deficiency.
November 29, 2006... Byline: Bloomberg School of Public Health BALTIMORE, Nov. 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- Consumption of milk fortified with specific micronutrients - zinc, iron, selenium, copper, vitamin A, vitamin C and vitamin E - significantly reduce diarrhea...

Harvard Researchers at Cambridge Health Alliance Find Extensive Differences in Health Insurance Coverage for Latino, Asian Subethnic Groups; Latinos More Likely to Be Uninsured.
November 29, 2006... Byline: Cambridge Health Alliance CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov. 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) announced today that its Center for Multicultural Mental Health Research (CMMHR) released a study in the current issue of the...

Electronic Educational Toys Not Always the Best Gift, Advise Temple and Delaware Developmental Psychologists.
November 30, 2006... Byline: Temple University PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- Visit any toy department this holiday season, and it's clear the age of the electronic educational toy has arrived. But just like Santa Claus, you should check your...

Performance of Wide Receivers, Running Backs Post-ACL Injury Falls by One Third.
November 30, 2006... Byline: Vanderbilt Medical Center NASHVILLE, Nov. 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- The good news for NFL players who sustain an injury to their anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is that they'll likely play again in the NFL. The bad news is, they'll...

'[Whatever] Rage' Is All the Rage in Media.
November 30, 2006... Byline: Center for Media & Public Affairs WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Statistical Assessment Service (http://www.stats.org) - a non-profit, non-partisan media research organization affiliated with George Mason University...

Youth Smoking Prevention Programs Common, Yet Few Youth Seek Help.
November 30, 2006... Byline: University of Illinois at Chicago CHICAGO, Nov. 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- A survey conducted by University of Illinois at Chicago researchers found that programs to help teens stop smoking are common, yet few youths seek treatment....