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Partnership to develop an AIDS vaccine using a promising new technology

GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals (GSK Biologicals) and the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) today announced a public-private partnership to develop an AIDS vaccine using a promising new technology.

21 Jun 2005

New research tool replicates extreme environmental conditions to help understand the human body's response to everyday stresses

A new research tool will allow University of Oregon scientists to replicate an extreme range of environmental conditions in their quest to test and understand the human body's response to everyday stresses.

21 Jun 2005

New book asks if obesity 'crisis' is justified

Although increasing obesity levels are currently extremely topical, very few people have stopped to think carefully about what this trend means.

21 Jun 2005

New cardiovascular drug derived from Dan Shen (Saliva miltiorrhiza)

Through a large number of clinical trials over the past 3 years, researchers from the CAS Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica (SIMM) have developed a new cardiovascular drug with a definite effective component extracted from Dan Shen (Saliva miltiorrhiza), a medicinal herb widely used in China.

21 Jun 2005

Children better off but more needs to be done

Griffith University's Socio-Legal Research Centre has released findings of a study examining how children's contact services are being used in Australia and how they can be improved.

21 Jun 2005

Mentors really do help

A newly released study by Flinders University has measured the relative success of junior female academic staff who joined a mentoring program against colleagues who did not. The study found that the women with mentors achieved more in terms of significant publications, won more research funding and had a higher rate of promotion.

21 Jun 2005

Motor skills: power for life

'Motor Magic', a program that works with pre-school children who are experiencing developmental difficulties, their parents and kindergarten staff, produces marked benefits in terms of motor skills and sensory processing, leading to improved self-confidence and concentration, and better engagement in learning activities.

21 Jun 2005

Make friends, live longer

New research by the Centre for Ageing Studies at Flinders University suggests that a network of good friends is more helpful than close family ties in prolonging life among older people.

21 Jun 2005

Confronting self-harm crisis in A&E departments

Health service staff have been told to 'own up' to widespread feelings of anger and disgust when faced with people who need medical treatment because they cut or harm themselves.

21 Jun 2005

Novels are the best medicine for psychiatrists

Psychiatrists could improve their clinical skills by putting their feet up with a good novel, rather than burying their noses in academic journals, delegates at the annual conference of The Royal College of Psychiatrists were told today.

21 Jun 2005

Psychiatric centres needed for Iraqi children

Psychiatric illness among Iraqi children in Baghdad is such a problem that child psychiatric centres are needed, a new study has found.

21 Jun 2005

What are the links between psychological trauma and addiction?

Childhood sexual abuse, as well as combat stress among ex-soldiers, are forms of trauma that are linked to drug and/or alcohol abuse, according to a new study.

21 Jun 2005

Study finds incidence of psychosis and schizophrenia is slightly higher than that found in recent studies

The Northern Ireland First-Episode Psychosis Study has shown that the incidence of psychosis and schizophrenia is slightly higher than that found in recent studies in Ireland and Nottingham.

21 Jun 2005

Better prognosis for depressed patients if spouses agree reasons for their illness

A new study has found for the first time that depressed patients whose spouses agree with them about the reasons for their illness have a better outcome than those whose spouses do not.

21 Jun 2005

'Bed blocking' in one adolescent unit costs NHS over a million

An 18-month study of 'bed blocking' in an adolescent unit in Birmingham has found that the cost to the NHS was over £1 million.

21 Jun 2005

Simple risk score to predict stroke in the 7 days after a person has had a mini-stroke

Ischaemic strokes are frequently preceded by a TIA. North American and UK guidelines state that all patients in whom a diagnosis of TIA is suspected should be assessed and investigated in 7 days. However, this aim is frequently not achieved in practice.

20 Jun 2005

Keyhole surgery can be safely used for the removal of tumours from the colon

The safety and short-term benefits of keyhole surgery for colon cancer have been debatable. Minimally invasive surgery for cancer reduces surgical trauma but there has been concern that it could lead to tumour recurrence.

20 Jun 2005

Researchers use PET/CT for molecular imaging of the heart

For the first time, researchers used positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) for imaging the subcellar function of the heart - from its subcellular function to its morphologic appearance. The results of the study were reported at the Society of Nuclear Medicine's 52nd Annual Meeting June 18–22 in Toronto.

20 Jun 2005

New discoveries in treatment for patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

Three scientific studies - each highlighting new discoveries in treatment for patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma - were announced at the Society of Nuclear Medicine's 52nd Annual Meeting June 18–22 in Toronto.

20 Jun 2005

Computer program that enhances the diagnostic accuracy of positron emission tomography (PET)

German scientists developed a computer program that enhances the diagnostic accuracy of positron emission tomography (PET) scans with Alzheimer's patients, opening the door for earlier treatment of this progressive brain disorder. Details of their findings were provided at the Society of Nuclear Medicine's 52nd Annual Meeting in Toronto.

20 Jun 2005