Researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center have found that early palliative care interventions can reduce the length of stay for seriously ill patients in the medical intensive care unit (MICU) by more than seven days without impacting mortality rates.
Peter K. Gregersen, MD, stares at x-rays of hands, searching out the telltale signs of inflamed joints and wrists from his research subjects with rheumatoid arthritis. With these clinical features at his side, he turns to the basic building blocks of life ? the human genome ? to figure out what makes these people susceptible to the disabling inflammatory condition.
Northwestern University researchers have discovered a drug that slows ? and may even halt ? the progression of Parkinson?s disease. The drug rejuvenates aging dopamine cells, whose death in the brain causes the symptoms of this devastating and widespread disease.
An international research consortium investigating the genetic causes of intestinal inflammatory conditions has identified a new genetic risk factor for coeliac disease. The findings, published online today (10 June 2007) in the science journal Nature Genetics, could pave the way towards improved diagnostics and treatments for the common, lifelong complaint.
The University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center will host its annual Cancer Survivors Day celebration on Sunday, June 10 at Washtenaw Community College. Cancer Survivors Day is a national event which began in 1987 as a way of inspiring current cancer patients and showing the world that life after a cancer diagnosis is possible.
People suffering from the common cold want an on-average 25 percent to 57 percent reduction in overall illness severity to justify the cost and risk of popular cold treatments finds this study.
Poor glucose control is often attributed to clinical inertia: the recognition of a problem by the physician, but failing to act.
United Food Group, LLC, a Vernon, Calif., establishment, is voluntarily expanding its June 3 recall of ground beef products because they may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced today.
Researchers at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), a component of the National Institutes of Health, have discovered a survival mechanism in a common type of bacteria that can cause illness. The mechanism lets the bacteria protect itself by warding off attacks from antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), which are defense molecules sent by the body to kill bacteria.
Looking into the brain is yielding vital clues to understanding, diagnosing and treating bipolar disorder, according to findings being presented today at the Seventh International Conference on Bipolar Disorder. Two studies, featured in a press briefing held at 12:15 p.m., Thursday, June 7, have helped to identify novel pathways and markers for diagnosis and treatment of the disease.