Medical :: Indian doctor out of race for president of World Medical Association
Indian doctor Ketan Desai has lost out in the race for the President of World Medical Association (WMA) with Israeli medico Yoram Blachar being elected to the post.
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Taser :: US Taser study results suggest devices are safe
A US nationwide study examining the safety of Tasers® used by law enforcement agencies suggests the devices are safe, causing a low occurrence of serious injuries.
HIV :: Drug cocktail stops brain damage caused by HIV
A combination of drugs widely used to treat infections caused by HIV appears to stop brain damage caused by the virus as well, according to a study published in the Oct. 9, 2007, issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
Blood :: Banked blood loses ability to deliver oxygen to tissues
Almost immediately after it is donated, human blood begins to lose a key gas that opens up blood vessels to facilitate the transfer of oxygen from red blood cells to oxygen-starved tissues.
Pneumonia :: Patients with pneumonia who received pneumococcal vaccine have lower rate of death, ICU admission
Among patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia, those who had previously received the pneumococcal vaccine had a lower risk of death and admission to the intensive care unit than patients who were not vaccinated, according to a report in the Oct. 8 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Heart :: Central nervous system infections rare but devastating following heart transplantation
Central nervous system infections develop infrequently following heart transplants but are a significant predictor of death, according to an article posted online today that will appear in the December 2007 print issue of Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Antibiotic :: Predictors of inappropriate antibiotic prescribing among primary care physicians
In this retrospective cohort study that included 852 primary care physicians in Quebec, international medical graduates, physicians with high practice volumes and those who were in practice longer were more likely to prescribe antibiotics inappropriately.
Gene Therapy :: One shot of gene therapy spreads through brain
By targeting a site in a mouse brain well connected to other areas, researchers successfully delivered a beneficial gene to the entire brain—after one injection of gene therapy. If these results in animals can be realized in people, researchers may have a potential method for gene therapy to treat a host of rare but devastating congenital human neurological disorders, such as Tay-Sachs disease.
Lung Cancer :: CSHL researchers discover three new genes that cause lung cancer
Researchers at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory have discovered three genes that interact with cancerous results in 20 percent of lung cancers. The three genes are located next to each other on human chromosome 14 and two are known to play key roles in fetal lung development.
Smoking :: Smoking has no effect on progression of multiple sclerosis
Contrary to an earlier report, smoking appears to have no effect on the progression of multiple sclerosis, according to a study published in the Oct. 9, 2007, issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.