AScribe Medicine News Service articles from September 2006

AScribe Medicine News Service archives from September 2006

Researchers Uncover Type 1 Diabetes Genetic Risk Much Higher Than Previous Estimates.
September 5, 2006... Byline: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center AURORA, Colo., Sept. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- A discovery at the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes has identified a genetic risk for type 1 diabetes three to four times higher...

Hopkins-Led Study Finds That Chronic Form of Depression Runs in Families; Findings Validate Search for Possible Genetic Link.
September 6, 2006... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Sept. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- The odds are more than two to one that people whose close relatives developed chronic severe unipolar depression when they were young will have it, too,...

University of Illinois at Chicago Receives $20 Million National Cancer Institute Grant to Research Blood Disorders.
September 6, 2006... Byline: University of Illinois at Chicago CHICAGO, Sept. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- A $19.6 million National Cancer Institute grant has been awarded to the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine to advance basic and clinical...

American Dental Association Welcomes Additional Scientific Review of Dental Filling Safety.
September 7, 2006... Byline: American Dental Association CHICAGO, Sept. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- The American Dental Association (ADA) welcomes the call by a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) panel for additional review of scientific studies on the safety...

Johns Hopkins Nursing Launches International Midwifery Online Community of Practice.
September 8, 2006... Byline: School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, Sept. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing (JHUSON), in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO-Geneva) and other partners, will...

Elephant Pharmacy Completes $26 Million Equity Financing; Eric Olander to Join Board of Directors, Adding Significant Retail Expertise.
September 11, 2006... Byline: Straus Communications BERKELEY, Calif., Sept. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- Elephant Pharmacy, Inc. announced today the completion of $26 million Series C equity financing and the addition of a new board member. The investment will...

Craig B. Thompson, M.D., Appointed Director of the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania.
September 11, 2006... Byline: University of Pennsylvania Health System PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- Craig B. Thompson, MD, has been named the new Director of the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania and Associate Vice...

UC Davis Researchers Find Added Benefit of Statins in Those at High Risk for Heart Disease, Diabetes; Study Suggests Drug Therapy Beneficial for Metabolic Syndrome Patients.
September 12, 2006... Byline: Univ. of California, Davis, Medical Center SACRAMENTO, Calif., Sept. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- University of California, Davis researchers have shown that statins not only improve cholesterol levels, but also dramatically reduce...

Dr. Jack Secrist Named CEO of Southern Research Institute.
September 13, 2006... Byline: Southern Research Institute BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- John A. "Jack" Secrist III, Ph.D., has been named president and CEO of Southern Research Institute following a national search, said University of Alabama...

New Treatments for Epilepsy May Benefit Patients at University of Virginia.
September 13, 2006... Byline: University of Virginia Health System CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Sept. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- About 2.5 million Americans of all ages have epilepsy. Think of it as a tiny electrical storm in the brain. Many people suffer from seizures...

UC Davis Surgeon Investigates Advanced, Innovative Technology for Cervical Disc Disease.
September 13, 2006... Byline: Univ. of California, Davis, Medical Center SACRAMENTO, Calif., Sept. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- For two years, a headache was Deborah Ingman's constant companion. It was with her when she awoke in the morning, as a dull pain. It would...

Notre Dame Forum Panelists Focus on Global Health Crisis.(Discussion)
September 14, 2006... Byline: University of Notre Dame SOUTH BEND, Ind., Sept. 14, 2006 (AScribe Newswire) -- Michael Dewan contracted malaria while serving in Uganda through a program coordinated by the University of Notre Dame's Center for Social Concerns....

Bacteria Get Off Easy in Sinus Infections; Weakened Immune System in Chronic Sinusitis Reveals New Treatment Targets.
September 14, 2006... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Sept. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at Johns Hopkins have evidence that curbed activity from several key chemicals on the inner lining of the nose are linked to chronic sinusitis...

Who Gets a Heart Transplant? Criteria Expand to Cover Older Adults, Some Cancer Patients.
September 15, 2006... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Sept. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Elderly men and women with heart failure and men with treated prostate cancer are among those who have been historically denied heart transplantation. Now,...

Johns Hopkins University Nursing News and Research Briefs, September 2006.
September 15, 2006... Byline: School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, Sept. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing (JHUSON) today released the following news and research briefs. - - - - Critical Care Nurses...

Single Molecular 'Mark' Seen as Pivotal for Genome Compaction in Spores and Sperm; Evolutionarily Conserved Effect Seen in Yeast, Flies, Mice.
September 15, 2006... Byline: The Wistar Institute PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- In higher order animals, genetic information is passed from parents to offspring via sperm or eggs, also known as gametes. In some single-celled organisms, such as...

'Superbug' Outside the Hospital Poses Risk to Caregivers Inside, Self-Funded Hopkins Study Shows; Threat Can Be Minimized by Tighter Infection Control, Cleaning Policies.
September 17, 2006... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Sept. 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Infection control experts at Johns Hopkins are sounding the alarm for vulnerable health care workers to be on the lookout for a more aggressive form of...

New Publication Calls for Action on Comprehensive Chemicals Policy in California and New York.
September 18, 2006... Byline: Well Network VISTA, Calif., Sept. 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- WELL Network has joined the drive to create a national comprehensive chemicals policy that protects human health and the environment while stimulating the market for...

Purdue Nursing School Gets Grant for Doctoral Program.
September 18, 2006... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Sept. 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Purdue University's School of Nursing has received a $2.49 million grant from The Helene Fuld Health Trust to support the school's new doctor of nursing...

Yes, Doctor, It Can Be Done: MRIs Made Safe for People With Modern Defibrillators and Pacemakers; Low-Energy 'Fix' for Machine, Other Steps Vastly Reduce Risk.
September 18, 2006... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Sept. 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at Johns Hopkins have painstakingly figured out how to safely perform magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans on men and women who have any one...

New Milestones in Cancer Research and Education at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.
September 18, 2006... Byline: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center NEW YORK, Sept. 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) is now poised to take greater advantage of a new era in cancer research and education with the opening of...

University of Virginia Receives $35.7 Million Grant Renewal From NIH for Multi-Institutional, Collaborative Research on Cell Migration.
September 20, 2006... Byline: University of Virginia Health System CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Sept. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University of Virginia School of Medicine's Cell Migration Consortium grant has been renewed for five years. The $35.7 million "glue"...

The Starr Foundation Launches Multi-Institutional Cancer Consortium to Spur Transformation in Research and Treatment.
September 21, 2006... Byline: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center NEW YORK, N.Y., Sept. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Starr Foundation today announced that it has made a $100 million grant to create a wide-ranging cancer consortium to coordinate the efforts of...

Laser Probe of a Brain Pigment's Anatomy May Offer Insight Into Parkinson's Disease.
September 25, 2006... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Sept. 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- In a finding that may offer clues about Parkinson's disease, a team led by Duke University researchers used a sophisticated laser system to gain evidence that a dark...

American Lung Association of California Grants Nearly $700,000 to Lung Disease Research; Studies Into Asthma, Lung Cancer, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Offer Hope to Five Million Californians With Lung Disease.
September 25, 2006... Byline: American Lung Association OAKLAND, Calif., Sept. 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- Research offers hope to the more than five million Californians afflicted with lung diseases like asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)....

Vanderbilt Study Shows Food Labels Confusing to Many.
September 25, 2006... Byline: Vanderbilt Medical Center NASHVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- If you've ever struggled to decipher the nutrition information on food labels, you're not alone. In fact, the confusion aisle at the supermarket is getting...

Estate of Fashion Designer Geoffrey Beene Donates Funds to Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.
September 27, 2006... Byline: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center NEW YORK, Sept. 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- A gift from the estate of renowned fashion designer Geoffrey Beene will enable Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) to launch an ambitious...

University of Virginia Health System Wins $5.5 Million Grant to Help Detect Atherosclerosis.
September 27, 2006... Byline: University of Virginia Health System CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Sept. 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- The National Institutes of Health has awarded a $5.5 million grant over five years to the University of Virginia Health System to develop new,...

Reforms to Gun Dealer Sales Practices Reduce Supply of New Guns to Criminals.
September 27, 2006... Byline: Bloomberg School of Public Health BALTIMORE, Sept. 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- Reforms to the sales practices of a gun store - -which prior to May 1999, sold more than half of the guns recovered from criminals in the Milwaukee --...

Berkeley Lab Life Scientists Are Leaders in Team to Detect Cancer by Studying Proteins in the Blood; National Cancer Institute Announces Grants for Studying Clinical Proteomic Assessment for Cancer.
September 27, 2006... Byline: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory BERKELEY, Calif., Sept. 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- The National Cancer Institute (NCI) today announced awards totaling over $35.5 million to establish a network of teams that will investigate how...

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Joins National Proteomics Network; Federal Government Funds Effort to Improve Cancer Diagnosis, Treatment.
September 27, 2006... Byline: Vanderbilt Medical Center NASHVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center will participate in a major nationwide initiative to standardize proteomic technologies aimed at improving the detection...

Will Genetically Engineered Foods Cause Allergic Reactions? Michigan State University Scientists Receive EPA Grant to Find Out.
September 27, 2006... Byline: Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich., Sept. 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- The potential of genetically engineered foods to cause allergic reactions in humans is a big reason for opposition to such crops. Although protocols are...

Experts Issue Urgent Call to Adopt New Principles to Aid, Protect World's Most Vulnerable Populations From Influenza Pandemic.
September 28, 2006... Byline: Berman Bioethics Institute at Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, Sept. 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- The influenza pandemic of 1918 killed more than 50 million people. In the face of the possibility that another virulent pandemic might...

An Infectious Agent of Deception, Exposed Through Proteomics: Most-Detailed Inventory Yet of Salmonella Proteins Teases Out How Bacteria Invade Immune Cells While Evading Detection; Presents Promising Target for New Drugs, Vaccines, Rapid Diagnostics.
September 28, 2006... Byline: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory RICHLAND, Wash., Sept. 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- Salmonella bacteria, infamous for food poisoning that kills hundreds of thousands worldwide, infect by stealth. They slip unnoticed into and...

Study Defines Effective Microbicide Design for HIV/AIDS Prevention.
September 29, 2006... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Sept. 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- Duke University biomedical engineers have developed a computer tool they say could lead to improvements in topical microbicides being developed for women to use to...

Many Urinary Stones Can Be Treated Without Surgery; Medicines Used to Treat High Blood Pressure, Enlarged Prostate May Replace Need for Surgery in Many Patients With Urinary Stone Disease, University of Michigan Health System Study Finds.
September 29, 2006... Byline: University of Michigan Health System ANN ARBOR, Mich., Sept. 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- For many patients with urinary stone disease, treatment with a calcium-channel blocker or an alpha blocker can greatly improve their likelihood of...

Purdue--Indiana University Team Selected as National Cancer Institute Proteomics Center.
September 29, 2006... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Sept. 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- Purdue and Indiana universities' proteomics team has been selected as one of five national centers for cancer research. The National Cancer Institute...