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Computer Simulation Of HIV Provides Detailed Examination Of Transmission Networks And How Interventions Affect Them
Date: Jul-31-2012Policymakers struggling to stop the spread of HIV grapple with "what if" questions on the scale of millions of people and decades of time. They need a way to predict the impact of many potential interventions, alone or in combination. In two papers presented at the 2012 International AIDS Society Conference in Washington, D.C...
Target For Better Vaccine Design Revealed By Discovery Of New White Blood Cell
Date: Jul-31-2012Researchers in Newcastle and Singapore have identified a new type of white blood cell which activates a killing immune response to an external source - providing a new potential target for vaccines for conditions such as cancer or Hepatitis B. Publishing in the journal Immunity, the team of researchers from Newcastle University in collaboration with A*STAR's Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN) describe a new human tissue dendritic cell with cross-presenting function...
PTSD Symptoms Significantly Reduced By Accelerated Resolution Therapy
Date: Jul-31-2012Researchers at the University of South Florida (USF) College of Nursing have shown that brief treatments with Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) substantially reduce symptoms associated with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) including, depression, anxiety, sleep dysfunction and other physical and psychological symptoms. The findings of this first study of ART appear in an on-line article published recently in the journal Behavioral Sciences. ART is being studied as an alternative to traditional PTSD treatments that use drugs or lengthy psychotherapy sessions...
The Olympics And Bare Feet: What Have We Learned?
Date: Jul-31-2012Ethiopian runner Abebe Bikila made history when he earned a gold medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. His speed and agility won him the gold, but it was barefoot running that made him a legend. When the shoes Bikila was given for the race didn't fit comfortably, he ditched them for his bare feet. After all, that's the way he had trained for the Olympics in his homeland. Racing shoeless led to success for Bikila, and now, more than 50 years later, runners are continuing to take barefoot strides...
Exposure To Magnetic Fields In The Womb Associated With Increased Risk Of Obesity In Childhood
Date: Jul-31-2012In-utero exposure to relatively high magnetic field levels was associated with a 69 percent increased risk of being obese or overweight during childhood compared to lower in-utero magnetic field levels, according to a Kaiser Permanente study that appears in the current online version of Nature's Scientific Reports...
Cancer Progression Predicted By Tumor Cells' Inner Workings
Date: Jul-31-2012Using a new assay method to study tumor cells, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center have found evidence of clonal evolution in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). The assay method distinguishes features of leukemia cells that indicate whether the disease will be aggressive or slow-moving, a key factor in when and how patients are treated. The findings are published in the First Edition online issue of Blood...
New Spasticity Guideline Promotes Early Access To Physiotherapy, UK
Date: Jul-30-2012According to a new guideline by the UK's National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), aiming to improve the mobility and comfort of young people below the age of 19 with spasticity, spastic children and teenagers should receive a prompt assessment by physiotherapists (US term: physical therapists). Almost 24,000 children and teenagers in England and Wales have been diagnosed with spasticity. The new guidelines recommend that healthcare professionals promptly refer all young people diagnosed with spasticity to physiotherapists without delay...
MRSA - Rapid Whole-Genone Sequencing Impacts On Infection Control
Date: Jul-30-2012Researchers have discovered that whole genome sequencing can impact infection control and patient management because of the clinical relevant data that it provides on bacterial transmission. In collaboration with Illumina researchers, scientists from Cambridge University's Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute have used whole genome sequencing to establish which isolates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) were part of a hospital outbreak, since current lab techniques are often unable to distinguish between MRSA isolates...
Cocaine-Like Action Of Bath Salts
Date: Jul-30-2012Over the last 5 years, synthetic stimulants known as "bath salts" have become more popular amongst recreational drug users because of their easy unrestricted availability over the Internet and at convenience stores. There are virtually no regulations in place to restrict the sale of these stimulants. According to recent studies, bath salts are frequently used by compulsive drug users, and have already been linked to several deaths caused by the bath salt mephedrone (4-methylmethcathinone or "meow- meow")...
Flu Vaccination Program Extended To All Children
Date: Jul-30-2012Andrew Lansley, the UK's Health Secretary, has accepted UK immunization experts' recommendations to extend the flu vaccination program to vaccinate all children. The UK Government's vaccination programs have already gained worldwide recognition as the most comprehensive programs. However, the government's new plans extend even further. The UK is set to become the first country in the world to provide all children free of charge with a comprehensive flu vaccination program...
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