Healthy :: Social Studies, Healthy Healing
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Research
Lupus :: Gene linked to Lupus
Lupus occurs when the immune system misfires and attacks the body’s organs and tissues. Nobody knows exactly why this happens, but a new study points to one possible cause.
Cervical Cancer :: New cervical cancer vaccine to be evaluated in Rochester
Rochester has been chosen as one of four national sites to monitor the effectiveness of the new cervical cancer vaccine. The project, which is funded by the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), will be jointly conducted by the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) and the New York State Department of Health.
Multiple Sclerosis :: Waddell Center Experts Conduct Multiple Sclerosis Symposium
Clinicians from the Waddell Center for Multiple Sclerosis will conduct MS Symposium 2007: Education, Support and Solutions, a free event for patients, caregivers and health care providers, on Saturday, Oct. 6, at the Oasis Conference Center in Loveland. The Waddell Center is an affiliate of UC Physicians and the Neuroscience Institute at University Hospital and the University of Cincinnati (UC).
Diarrhea :: Iomai vaccine patch for Travelers’ Diarrhea effective
Iomai Corporation (Nasdaq: IOMI) announced that travelers who received the company’s patch-based travelers’ diarrhea vaccine were significantly less likely to be sickened as compared with travelers who receive a placebo, according to research presented today by Chief Scientific Officer Gregory Glenn, M.D. at a late-breaker presentation during the “Vaccines and Pediatric Infections” session of the 47th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy being held in Chicago.
Blood :: Test to screen for bacterial contamination in blood platelets
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared for marketing the first rapid test to detect bacterial contamination in blood platelets prior to transfusion.
E Coli :: Dole hearts delight packaged salads recalled
Dole Fresh Vegetables, a division of Dole Food Company, Inc. is voluntarily recalling all salad bearing the label “Dole Hearts Delight” sold in the U.S. and Canada with a “best if used by (BIUB)” date of September_19, 2007, and a production code of “A24924A” or “A24924B” stamped on the package.
Stem Cell :: Stem cells from testes produce wide range of tissue types
After a decade of research, Howard Hughes Medical Institute scientists have succeeded in reprogramming adult stem cells from the testes of male mice into functional blood vessels and contractile cardiac tissue. The research offers a promising new source of stem cells for use in organ regeneration studies.
Flu :: FDA approves nasal influenza vaccine for use in younger children
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved expanding the population for use of the nasal influenza vaccine FluMist to include children between the ages of 2 and 5.
Tuberculosis :: $280 m grants to fight tuberculosis epidemic – Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced grants totaling $280 million to help fight tuberculosis, an epidemic that infects one-third of people on earth and kills nearly 2 million yearly—mostly in the poorest countries.