Obesity :: Obesity is a key factor in infertility
A University of Adelaide researcher has discovered scientific evidence that obesity is a key factor in infertility – because of how it affects women’s eggs.
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Kidney :: Help for Fabry patients
Physicians at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) have discovered the first successful treatment to stop progressive kidney function loss in patients suffering from Fabry disease. David Warnock, M.D., director of the UAB Division of Nephrology, led the team, whose results are published in the September edition of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.
Infection :: UAB researchers discover process of GBS infection formation
Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) collaborated with Researcher Hung Ton-That, Ph.D., from the University of Connecticut to discover important information about Group B Streptococus (GBS), a bacterium that causes serious, life-threatening infection, especially in infants and the elderly.
Bacteria :: Environmental monitoring helps to predict risk of hospital-acquired Legionnaires’ disease
A new study spearheaded by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine has determined that environmental monitoring of institutional water systems can help to predict the risk of hospital-acquired Legionella pneumonia, better known as Legionnaires’ disease.
Cholesterol :: British Heart Foundation comments on side effects of raising HDL cholesterol
Dr Jay Heinecke of the University of Washington School of Medicine this week presented a paper about raising HDL cholesterol at the American Chemical Society.
Diabetes :: UIC studies aspirin-like treatment for type 2 diabetes
The University of Illinois at Chicago is one of 16 sites in the United States taking part in the first large-scale study to test a promising approach to lowering blood glucose levels in adults with type 2 diabetes.
Brain :: Ear drum perforation may be sign of brain injury
Physicians treating patients who have suffered tympanic membrane perforation as a result of blast should also look for signs of comcomitant brain or neurologic injury, according to a study published in the August 23 edition of the New England Journal of Medicine.
Throat :: Study sheds light on vocal chord dysfunction and treatment
Vocal cord dysfunction (VCD) is the sudden, abnormal narrowing closure of the vocal cords during inhalation causing obstruction of the airflow, and is characterized by a noise that can mimic the sound of wheezing. A VCD attack can easily be mistaken for an asthma attack though it does not respond to asthma medications.
Stroke :: Improving the outcome of stroke, UK
The UK urgently needs to reorganise stroke services to improve outcomes for patients, argues a senior doctor in this week?s BMJ.
Leukemia :: Cancer Stem Cell Scientists Get $1.7M to Develop New Leukemia Drugs
Cancer stem cell researchers at the James P. Wilmot Cancer Center at the University of Rochester Medical Center have received grants totaling $1.7 million to pursue the study of experimental therapies that target leukemia stem cells.