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Truckies with sleep problems a danger on the road

A large study of commercial truck drivers has revealed that those who have chronic sleep deprivation and sleep-related breathing problems may be a hazard on the road.

15 Aug 2006

Some Yellow Jackets cause more severe allergic reactions than others

Allergists at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine have concluded that the sting severity is determined not by the calendar but by the species of insect doing the stinging.

15 Aug 2006

Serious gaps in Indian public knowledge about HIV

As India gears up implementation of national plans to fight HIV, infectious diseases experts at Johns Hopkins and elsewhere are pointing out serious gaps in public knowledge about the disease and identifying early problems in private clinics, where 70 percent of HIV-infected Indians receive their everyday medical care.

15 Aug 2006

Elite suppressors of HIV to change how scientists monitor spread of disease

Scientists at Johns Hopkins have found that 1 percent to 2 percent of those infected with HIV in Baltimore apparently suppress the virus to nearly undetectable levels on their own, confounding public health efforts to accurately monitor the pandemic's spread, now in its 20th year.

15 Aug 2006

Watch and wait the best option for low-risk prostate cancer

According to the American Cancer Society, 234,000 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer this year, and 27,350 will die from it, but researchers say that as many as half of men diagnosed with low-risk prostate cancer undergo surgery or radiation therapy unnecessarily.

15 Aug 2006

Diets rich in copper and trans fats increase the risk of mental decline

Researchers say that elderly people whose diets are rich in copper and heavy in saturated fats and trans fats increase their risk of a cognitive decline that could be related to the onset of Alzheimer's disease.

15 Aug 2006

Ureteroscopic laser lithotripsy for upper urinary tract calculi with active fragment extraction

In this study, the authors have changed the paradigm for ureteroscopic stone removal in several ways:

15 Aug 2006

Cancer patient receives first proton therapy treatment

A Cocoa Beach man with prostate cancer has become the first patient to undergo treatment at the new University of Florida Proton Therapy Institute, the first time the most advanced form of radiation therapy available has been offered in the Southeast.

15 Aug 2006

Cook device improves kidney stone removal procedures

Cook Urological, a division of Cook, the world's largest private medical device company, is advancing the treatment of kidney stones with the 1.7 French NCompass Nitinol Stone Extractor.

15 Aug 2006

The role of transurethral resection of the prostate and biopsy of the peripheral zone after pepeated negative biopsies in the diagnosis of prostate cancer examined

Persistent suspicion of prostate cancer despite repeated negative prostate biopsies is a common problem in urologic practice.

15 Aug 2006

Waist-hip ratio should replace body mass index as indicator of mortality risk in older people

Older people with high waist-hip ratios (WHRs) have a higher mortality risk than those with a high body mass index, or BMI, a new study reveals.

15 Aug 2006

Lack of outdoor play is health time bomb for children

Unless more suitable outdoor play opportunities are provided for children and young people, a physical and mental illness time bomb is likely to explode, an international conference in Bristol was told.

15 Aug 2006

Dementia film gets Edinburgh festival screening

A short film about one woman's experience of dementia is being screened at the Edinburgh Film Festival next week (21 and 23 August 2006).

15 Aug 2006

Major new research grant to develop new technology for delivering cell-by-cell medical treatments

Scientists from the Universities of Dundee and St Andrews have won a major new research grant to develop a completely new technology for delivering cell-by-cell medical treatments.

15 Aug 2006

Treating battlefield injuries and pain in veterans from Afghanistan and Iraq

The August issue of Pain Medicine features two original research studies on treating pain in veterans from Afghanistan and Iraq.

15 Aug 2006

Plan to boost access to essential medicines for children

The first international Expert Consultation on Paediatric Essential Medicines, jointly held by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nation's Children's Fund (UNICEF), has delivered a plan to boost access to essential medicines for children.

15 Aug 2006