Medical Letter on the CDC & FDA articles from May 2003

Medical Letter on the CDC & FDA archives from May 2003

Ebola and lassa viruses target dendritic cells and prevent cytokine release.
May 4, 2003... 2003 MAY 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ebola and lassa viruses target dendritic cells and prevent them from releasing cytokines According to a study from the United States, "Acute infection of humans with Ebola and Lassa viruses, two...

Use of epidemiology in heart disease and cancer fields increasing.
May 4, 2003... 2003 MAY 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An analysis of literature citations revealed that epidemiological citations are increasing in the fields of cancer and cardiovascular disease. "Epidemiologists respond to the information needs of...

Microtiter plate system better than Southern blot for detection of HHV-8.(Human Herpesvirus 8)
May 4, 2003... 2003 MAY 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A microtiter plate system was as sensitive and specific as Southern blot for detection of human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8), but allowed a faster turnaround of samples. According to published research...

Seasonal abundance of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in Alabama oysters determined.
May 4, 2003... 2003 MAY 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The seasonal abundance of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in Alabama oysters was determined. According to recent research published in the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology, "Recent Vibrio...

CDC publishes information on world's first reported infection with VRSA.(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Vanomycin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus )
May 4, 2003... 2003 MAY 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reported the first case of vanomycin resistance involving the Staphylococcus aureus bacterium, the most common cause of skin infections in...

Nipah virus morphogenesis and replication elucidated.
May 4, 2003... 2003 MAY 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Nipah virus morphogenesis and replication was elucidated using ultrastructural and molecular approaches. According to recent research published in the journal Virus Research, "Nipah virus,...

Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus used as vector in anthrax vaccine.
May 4, 2003... 2003 MAY 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Vaccines using Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus as a vector protected mice against challenge with Bacillus anthracis, according to a report in...

Oregon blood plasma center cited twice by FDA before closure.(Brief Article)
May 4, 2003... 2003 MAY 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The only blood plasma collection center in Salem, Oregon, was cited twice by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for safety violations before it voluntarily closed its doors, officials say. ...

Global cancer rates could increase by 50% to 15 million by 2020.(World Cancer Report)
May 4, 2003... 2003 MAY 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cancer rates could further increase by 50% to 15 million new cases by the year 2020, according to the World Cancer Report, the most comprehensive global examination of the disease to date. However,...

Commentary on strategies for establishing healthy diets reviewed.(Brief Article)
May 4, 2003... 2003 MAY 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Commentary on strategies for establishing healthy diets in Americans has been reviewed recently. According to a study from the United States, "The typical American diet is top-heavy in comparison...

Researcher reviews sugar and fat cravings and aversions.
May 4, 2003... 2003 MAY 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An investigator has published a recent review of sugar and fat cravings and aversions. According to recent research published in the Journal of Nutrition, "Food cravings are extremely common,...

AHA urges ban of ephedra-based supplements.(American Heart Association )
May 4, 2003... 2003 MAY 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Over-the-counter dietary supplements containing ephedra do more harm than good and should be removed from the market, according to the American Heart Association (AHA). In comments submitted to the...

PEGylated drug conjugates provide effective drug delivery.(poly(ethylene glycol))
May 4, 2003... 2003 MAY 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- PEGylated drug conjugates provide effective drug delivery. According to a study from the United States, "The current review presents an update of drug delivery using poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG),...

Clinical research association doubles membership in first year.(Brief Article)
May 4, 2003... 2003 MAY 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Amid increasing awareness of the need for clinical research organizations to participate in health policy debates regarding drug development issues, the Association of Clinical Research Organizations...

Kullback-Leibler divergence is alternative for evaluating bioequivalence.(in drug formulations)
May 4, 2003... 2003 MAY 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Kullback-Leibler divergence is a suitable alternative to the FDA-proposed metric for evaluating bioequivalence. According to recent research from the United States, "In this paper we propose a...

Gas chromatography still best for residual solvent testing.
May 4, 2003... 2003 MAY 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Gas chromatography remains the best method for residual solvent testing in pharmaceutical products. "The purpose of this brief review is to describe and discuss some of the current analytic...

Conference clarifies confusion with FDA's new 21 CFR Part 11 requirements.(Brief Article)
May 4, 2003... 2003 MAY 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Center for Pharmaceutical Training will present its Risk-Based Approaches to 21 CFR Part 11 conference in Philadelphia, July 29-30, 2003. In February 2003 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration...

From gadgets to urban planning, the CDC wants to get people moving.(U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
May 4, 2003... 2003 MAY 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Try to take 10,000 steps a day, Dr. Julie Gerberding advised the congressmen, a mostly graying bunch with a bit of paunch who curiously fingered the beeper-sized step-counters she'd brought them. ...

Method offers selective protection of internal restriction endonuclease sites.(during insertion of PCR-amplified DNA sequences into plasmid vectors, developed by the U.S. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
May 4, 2003... 2003 MAY 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Molecular biologists with the U.S. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases have developed a laboratory technique that enables selective protection of an internal restriction...

FDA approves Valtrex caplets for recurrent infections in HIV patients.
May 4, 2003... 2003 MAY 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved GlaxoSmithKline's supplemental new drug application (sNDA) for Valtrex (valacyclovir HCl) caplets for the suppression of recurrent genital herpes...

Exclusive rights obtained to HIV microbicide candidate.
May 4, 2003... 2003 MAY 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Biosyn, Inc., announced that the company has acquired exclusive, worldwide rights from the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) for the development and commercialization of the novel protein,...

Uninfected HIV vaccine recipients would be misdiagnosed as HIV-infected.
May 4, 2003... 2003 MAY 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Western blot analysis would result in a significant percentage of uninfected HIV vaccine recipients being misdiagnosed as HIV-infected. "Since 1987, more than 10,000 individuals worldwide have...

NIMH launches campaign to reach men with depression.(National Institute of Mental Health )(Brief Article)
May 4, 2003... 2003 MAY 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), one of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, announced the launch of the first national campaign to raise awareness that depression is a major public...

Russia accepts World Bank loan to combat AIDS, tuberculosis.(Brief Article)
May 4, 2003... 2003 MAY 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Russia accepted a $150 million World Bank loan to combat the rapid spread of AIDS and tuberculosis in the country, World Bank officials said recently after 4 years of negotiations. The World Bank...

FDA approval granted for hepatitis C viral load assay.(Bayer HealthCare's Versant HCV RNA 3.0 Assay )
May 4, 2003... 2003 MAY 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Diagnostics Division of Bayer HealthCare LLC, a member of the Bayer Group (BAY), announced that it has received premarket approval after expedited review from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration...

Etiological factors reviewed.
May 4, 2003... 2003 MAY 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Viruses and chemicals are key factors in the etiology and molecular pathogenesis of hepatocellular carcinoma. "Primary hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common malignancies and has...

Research shows benefits of vaccination for elderly.
May 4, 2003... 2003 MAY 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- As a new study further documents the substantial benefits of influenza vaccinations for the elderly, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has dramatically increased flu immunization among its...

Automotive plant workers may be at risk.(Brief Article)
May 4, 2003... 2003 MAY 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Automotive plant and other industrial workers may be at risk of Legionella infection. Researchers in the United States "investigated four cases of legionnaires' disease (LD) reported among workers...

Neisseria meningitidis outbreak threatens Hajj pilgrims.
May 4, 2003... 2003 MAY 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An outbreak strain of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W135 threatens Hajj pilgrims in Singapore. According to published research from Singapore, "An outbreak of disease due to Neisseria...

Feds say risks may not back up spine-fracture treatment.(Brief Article)
May 4, 2003... 2003 MAY 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Injecting a special glue into osteoporosis-caused spinal fractures is a pain-easing treatment growing in popularity, but the U.S. government is reminding doctors that it may be linked to serious and...

Childhood vaccines do not cause allergic or autoimmune disease.
May 4, 2003... 2003 MAY 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Parents with concerns about the safety of childhood vaccinations should be reassured that large, well-conducted clinical trials do not indicate any increased risk of allergic or autoimmune disease from...

Can genetic research improve public health?
May 4, 2003... 2003 MAY 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Genetic studies have an important part to play in the health of the general public, according to new research from Bristol University, England. Although reports of claims that a particular gene has...

WHO calls India "number 1" eradication priority.(Polio immunization )
May 4, 2003... 2003 MAY 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In response to the largest polio epidemic in recent years, Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), launched a massive polio immunization campaign in the...

Policy makers, schools, businesses and communities called on fight obesity.
May 4, 2003... 2003 MAY 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Americans' waistbands are increasing at unprecedented levels, causing health professionals to label obesity a national epidemic. Spurred by sedentary lifestyles and unhealthy diets, approximately...

Smallpox planning detracts from core goals, officials say.
May 4, 2003... 2003 MAY 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Federally mandated smallpox preparations are stealing scarce resources away from essential public health efforts such as childhood immunizations and tuberculosis prevention, health officials across the...

SARS demonstrates the risks of globalization.(Severe acute respiratory syndrome)
May 4, 2003... 2003 MAY 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Before: Man catches cold in hometown. Spreads it to a few neighbors. Goes home, perhaps infects his wife and children. Climbs into bed until he's well. Now: Man catches cold in hometown. Boards 747...

WHO points at "super spreaders" as key to stopping SARS.
May 4, 2003... 2003 MAY 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The key to controlling the fast-spreading respiratory illness known as SARS could lie in identifying highly infectious people, a World Health Organization (WHO) official says. Puzzled by the rapid...

U.S. military bars vaccine for some.(Brief Article)
May 4, 2003... 2003 MAY 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. military has decided to bar people with strong risks of heart disease from being inoculated against smallpox after three deaths from heart attacks possibly linked to the vaccine. Following...

Progressive vaccinia more likely in patients with cell-mediated immunodeficiency.
May 4, 2003... 2003 MAY 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Among patients with immune disorders, including AIDS, progressive vaccinia is more likely in those with cell-mediated immunodeficiency. "The resumption of smallpox vaccination for health care...

Review outlines smallpox vaccination impacts on patients with organ transplants.(Brief Article)
May 4, 2003... 2003 MAY 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A review outlining the smallpox vaccinations recommendations by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the impact of the smallpox vaccination program on organ transplant patients has been...

CDC eyes possible workplace spread of SARS.
May 11, 2003... 2003 MAY 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The respiratory virus known as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) has appeared to spread in the United States only to family members of health workers with close contact to an infected person....

CDC lab sequences genome of new coronavirus.
May 11, 2003... 2003 MAY 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has sequenced the genome for the coronavirus believed to be responsible for the global epidemic of severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS....

American Red Cross agrees to revised consent decree.
May 11, 2003... 2003 MAY 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that the American Red Cross (ARC) has agreed to substantial revisions in its consent decree with the FDA. The revised consent decree includes...

Efficient gene transfer into dendritic cells accomplished by electroporation.
May 11, 2003... 2003 MAY 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers have achieved efficient gene transfer into human monocyte-derived dendritic cells by electroporation. According to recent research published in the journal FEBS Letters, "Dendritic...

Gene-environment interactions involving antioxidants influence lung cancer risk.
May 11, 2003... 2003 MAY 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Gene-environment interactions between the codon 194 polymorphism of XRCC1 and antioxidants influence lung cancer risk. "X-ray repair cross complementing group 1 (XRCC1) is a DNA repair gene whose...

Elderly, disabled smokers report poorer health.
May 11, 2003... 2003 MAY 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Elderly and disabled Medicare patients who smoke say that they are in worse physical and mental health than Medicare patients who have never smoked, according to new research. Elderly smokers in...

CDC tries new strategies in HIV battle.
May 11, 2003... 2003 MAY 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Saying AIDS prevention efforts have "stalled," the U.S. government announced a new strategy it hopes will sharply increase routine testing of people at risk for the disease. The U.S. Centers for...

Researcher reports on advances in treatment of a leading parasitic killer.
May 11, 2003... 2003 MAY 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In the developing world, 1 of every 10 children dies by his or her fifth birthday. In a new report, Dr. William Petri, professor of medicine at the University of Virginia Health System, discusses...

Immunodominant protein and others identified of B. anthracis exosporium.
May 11, 2003... 2003 MAY 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Immunodominant protein and others identified of B. anthracis exosporium. According to published research from the United States, "Spores of Bacillus anthracis, the causative agent of anthrax, are...

Paracoccus yeeii sp. nov. is novel bacterial species causing human infection.
May 11, 2003... 2003 MAY 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Paracoccus yeeii sp. nov. (formerly CDC group EO-2) is a novel bacterial species associated with human infection. According to a study from the United States and Canada, "CDC eugonic oxidizer...

Candida albicans forms genetically homogeneous population in the U. S.
May 11, 2003... 2003 MAY 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Candida albicans appears to form a genetically homogeneous population in the United States. "Allelic distributions and frequencies of five Candida albicans microsatellite loci have been determined...

Prion protein-encoding (PRNP) gene in HeLa cells is stable.
May 11, 2003... 2003 MAY 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The prion protein-encoding (PRNP) gene in HeLa cells is stable and unlikely to lead to expression of abnormal prion proteins. According to published research from the United States, "To assess the...

Cultural ergonomics study aims to prevent pesticide exposure.
May 11, 2003... 2003 MAY 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pesticides are one of the most significant sources of poison to the human nervous system when misused. New research indicates that various cultures may misinterpret the directions provided by the...

Liquid chromatography provides rapid, sensitive analysis of erythromycin A.
May 11, 2003... 2003 MAY 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Liquid chromatography using electrochemical detection provided a rapid and sensitive analysis of erythromycin A in salmon tissue. According to a study from the United States, "A rapid and...

Gum arabic modifies electrolyte transport in the small intestine.
May 11, 2003... 2003 MAY 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Gum arabic modifies paracellular water and electrolyte transport in the small intestine. "Previous experiments have shown that a soluble fiber, gum arabic (GA), enhances water, electrolyte, and...

Use of nutritional biomarkers reviewed.
May 11, 2003... 2003 MAY 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers have published a recent review of the use of nutritional biomarkers. According to recent research published in the Journal of Nutrition, "Biomarkers of nutritional status provide...

FDA grants expanded use of brain implant for movement disorder.
May 11, 2003... 2003 MAY 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a brain implant intended to help control some symptoms of dystonia, a rare, debilitating movement disorder. The device was approved for treating...

Carbohydrates of adult worms characterized by lectin-binding analysis.
May 11, 2003... 2003 MAY 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Carbohydrates of adult Echinococcus granulosus worms characterized by lectin-binding analysis. According to recent research from Uruguay, "The identification of lectin-binding structures in adult...

Environmental Health Institute announces advances in genomics.
May 11, 2003... 2003 MAY 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) has announced the completion of the first phase of the Environmental Genome Project to characterize genes that confer susceptibility to...

Vardenafil effective for treatment of erectile dysfunction.
May 11, 2003... 2003 MAY 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Vardenafil is an oral selective phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitor for the treatment of erectile dysfunction. "Vardenafil (Levitra, Bayer AG/GlaxoSmithKline) is a selective inhibitor of...

Chromogenic substrate allows direct detection of L. monocytogenes in food.
May 11, 2003... 2003 MAY 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Combining Oxford (OXF) or Palcam (PAL) medium with a chromogenic substrate was found to be superior to the OXF-PAL combination for detecting L. monocytogenes in food samples. ...

Orphan crisis in sub-Saharan Africa blamed on AIDS prevalence.
May 11, 2003... 2003 MAY 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The orphan crisis emerging in sub-Saharan Africa has been blamed on the prevalence of AIDS in that region. "This study uses recent Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) data to examine levels,...

FDA announces labeling changes on cholesterol drug Zocor.
May 11, 2003... 2003 MAY 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced changes to the labeling for Zocor (simvastatin), based on the results of the Heart Protection Study (HPS). The new labeling will reflect...

Cytokine polymorphisms modulate UVB-induced immune responses to HBV vaccine.
May 11, 2003... 2003 MAY 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cytokine polymorphisms play a role in susceptibility to ultraviolet B-induced modulation of immune responses after hepatitis B vaccination. "UVB exposure can alter immune responses in experimental...

Nested PCR assay validated for the detection of hepatitis C virus.
May 11, 2003... 2003 MAY 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A nested PCR assay has been validated for the detection of hepatitis C virus. "An analysis of the performance characteristics of the UMELOSA HCV CUALITATIVO assay for the detection of hepatitis C...

FDA revises finding on estrogen/androgen combination products.
May 11, 2003... 2003 MAY 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is beginning a formal administrative process to examine the effectiveness of estrogen/androgen combination products for the treatment of hot flashes...

Study: More smokers lighting up less.
May 11, 2003... 2003 MAY 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- While the percentage of American smokers hasn't significantly changed over the past few years, a federal survey has found a bump in the number of occasional smokers. Analysts with the U.S. Centers...

Obesity prevention program aimed at second graders.
May 11, 2003... 2003 MAY 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Some 20 years ago, children would hike, play basketball, and leave the house to play - only coming back when dinner was ready. Now, in many communities, open spaces have been filled with town houses...

European Phamacopoeia pertussis mouse antiserum standard established.
May 11, 2003... 2003 MAY 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A European Phamacopoeia biological reference preparation for Bordetella pertussis mouse antiserum was established for serological potency testing of acellular pertussis vaccines. According to...

Genetic blueprint for bacterium unveiled.
May 11, 2003... 2003 MAY 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The genetic blueprint of yet another important disease-causing microbe, the bacterium Coxiella burnetii, has been deciphered and analyzed. C. burnetii - a highly infectious organism that sickened...

Antibodies against PsaA inhibit pneumococcal adherence to nasopharyngeal cells.
May 11, 2003... 2003 MAY 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Antibodies against surface adhesin A (PsaA) inhibited pneumococcal adherence to human nasopharyngeal epithelial cells. According to published research from the United States, "The role of...

Juvenile rhesus monkeys have lower type 2 cytokine responses than adults.
May 11, 2003... 2003 MAY 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The age dependent differences in schistosomiasis appear to be explained in a rhesus monkey model, where juveniles have lower type 2 cytokine response, as well as higher antigen and lower specific...

Deaths are on the increase in U.S., according to Emory and CDC study.
May 11, 2003... 2003 MAY 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The incidence of sepsis - a severe, whole-body immune response to infection - has increased by an annualized average of 8.7% a year in the U.S. over the past 22 years, according to research by...

Masks a must for SARS patients and doctors, but not most people.
May 11, 2003... 2003 MAY 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- They are fear soothers and even fashion statements. Surgical masks seem to be the only tangible step worried people think they can take against the new, highly contagious disease spreading through...

Singapore distributes wrist tags to track SARS patients.
May 11, 2003... 2003 MAY 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Singapore authorities have stepped up efforts to contain a deadly new virus, including issuing electronic wrist tags to keep track of those under quarantine. The virus, severe acute respiratory...

Congress approves compensation for vaccine.
May 11, 2003... 2003 MAY 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Congress approved a package of payments for people injured by the smallpox vaccine, a move praised by health care unions and those hoping to move the stalled inoculation program forward. Under the...

FDA approves new Rapamune labeling likely to improve kidney functioning.
May 11, 2003... 2003 MAY 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced the approval of revised labeling for Rapamune (sirolimus) that will allow new kidney transplant patients at low to moderate immunologic risk of...

Production of mRNA transcript for Ts23-2 gene suggests stage-specific expression.
May 11, 2003... 2003 MAY 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Production of the mRNA transcript for the Ts23-2 gene was mainly restricted to the 30-day PI muscle larvae, suggesting stage-specific expression. According to a study from Japan, "A serine...

CDC worried about alcohol ads at stores.
May 11, 2003... 2003 MAY 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. government warns that aggressive alcohol advertising at convenience stores, small groceries, and gas stations could increase underage drinking and drunken driving among youngsters. ...

New report shows current patterns of hospitalization in the U.S.
May 11, 2003... 2003 MAY 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The 32.7 million patients in the nation's hospitals in 2001 had a much shorter stay on average (4.9 days) than patients hospitalized in 1970 (7.8 days). Over the past 3 decades, the average length...

Novel immunoassay detects serum antibodies in multiple bird species.
May 11, 2003... 2003 MAY 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A novel avian immunoassay can be used to monitor the spread of West Nile fever. Researchers in the United States described "the development of epitope-blocking enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays...

Report says 10% increase needed to prepare for health needs of aging America.
May 18, 2003... 2003 MAY 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Task Force for Aging Research Funding has released its annual report urging Congress to act on the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) budget put forth by the Bush Administration. The...

Lessons from the tobacco experience may help design obesity control strategies.
May 18, 2003... 2003 MAY 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Lessons learned from people's behavior toward tobacco use may be helpful for preventing and treating obesity. "Although obesity is increasing to epidemic proportions in many developed countries,...

Preliminary linkage map of the tick, Ixodes scapularis, released.
May 18, 2003... 2003 MAY 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A preliminary linkage map of the hard tick, Ixodes scapularis, has been published recently. "A linkage map of the Ixodes scapularis genome was constructed, based upon segregation amongst 127 loci....