but was ignored largely by immunologists until recently. To find out whether adaptive immune responses could help mice resist bee venom Marichal
The Ige-deficient mutant mice were developed previously by Hans Oettgen MD Phd associate professor of pediatric immunology at Harvard Medical school
and may protect babies from acquiring HIV from their infected mothers has been identified for the first time by researchers at Duke Medicine.
and less than 60 percent are receiving the prevention drugs particularly in countries with few resources said senior author Sallie Permar M d. Ph d. assistant professor of pediatrics immunology and molecular genetics and microbiology at Duke.
which has long been recognized as having some protective quality that inhibits mother-to-child transmission despite multiple daily exposures over months and even years of nursing.
The discovery of the HIV inhibiting effect of this common protein in breast milk provides a potential explanation for why nursing infants born to HIV-infected mothers do not become infected more often than they do said Barton F. Haynes M d. director of the Duke
and in the November issue of Pediatrics is the first to examine the safety of selling breast milk to others over the Internet a trend that has become more frequent in the past several years.
because hygiene and shipping practices were compromised often said Dr. Keim also a faculty member at The Ohio State university College of Medicine.
and whole grains-Consume high-fat dairy instead of low-fat dairy-Take a regular women's multivitaminapproximately 40 percent of infertility issues are attributed to men according to the American Society for Reproductive Medicine.
#All probiotics are not the same in protecting preemies from common, life-threatening illnesstreating premature infants with probiotics the dietary supplements containing live bacteria that many adults take to help maintain their natural intestinal balance may be effective for preventing a common
The study A comparison of two probiotic strains of bifidobacteria in premature infants was published recently online in the Journal of Pediatrics.
The bowel disease necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is the second most common cause of death among premature infants said Mark Underwood lead study author neonatologist and professor in the Department of Pediatrics at UC Davis Children
however the standard of care for premature infants in the United states. The American Academy of Pediatrics has established not a policy about using the products in newborns
As part of this effort the research team led by wildlife technical assistant Samantha Carpenter and wildlife veterinary epidemiologist Nohra Mateus-Pinilla both with the natural history survey and U. of
Andreas Lehner of Michigan State university conducted the toxicological tests. The researchers were surprised to find that average concentrations of one of the compounds they analyzed dieldrin--an insecticide
The result was stunning says Rosen a professor of oncology biochemistry and cell & molecular biology and radiation medicine.
It is used also in burns surgical operations haemorrhages or when the patient is undernourished or dehydrated and in the case of chronic infections and renal or hepatic diseases.
The research is by Dr Diewertje Sluik Department of Epidemiology German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke Nuthetal Germany and colleagues.
Professor Christl Donnelly from the Medical Research Council Centre for Outbreak Analysis and Modelling at Imperial said:
To be exact UB researchers contributes to first literature references on TUP application to epidemiological or clinical studies.
Professor Nicholas Jonsson of the Institute of Biodiversity Animal health and Comparative Medicine said: Resistance to all the main acaricides is documented well--for example amitraz resistance is seen in about 20%of Australian tick populations and more than 50%of Mexican ticks.
As part of the long-term study LINA environmental immunologists from Leipzig have been focussing on tobacco smoke as an environmental stressor.
After already being able to demonstrate the influence of prenatal smoking on regulatory T-cell numbers in cord blood from our LINA study the current epidemiological investigation delves even deeper into molecular processes Dr. Gunda Herberth
Now the immunologists from Leipzig explicate we will know more about the molecular processes that trigger off stressors from smoke during pregnancy.
Study results appear in the Oct. 2013 issue of the journal Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry.
Larch is a professor of medicine of the Michael G. Degroote School of medicine at Mcmaster and member of the Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health at St joseph's Healthcare Hamilton.
and research group leader from the Faculty of health and Medical sciences at University of Copenhagen wanted to understand why for some people opening the fridge
The research that Carvajal Moreno did in collaboration with Jaime Berumen Campos from the Genomic Medicine Unit from General Hospital of Mexico now will be focused in studying stomach esophagus
which is published in the Sept. 30 online issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology. Participants in this Phase III double-blind multicenter study completed a seven day pre-screening phase and 12 weeks of intervention.
The study published in the journal Pediatrics examined the reach of tobacco and cigarette marketing among some of the world's most vulnerable populations sampling five and six year-old children from Brazil China India Nigeria Pakistan and Russia.
and adolescents who are exposed highly to pro-smoking messages are more likely to smoke said Dr. Dina Borzekowski lead author of the Pediatrics study
The analysis recently published in the'American Journal of Epidemiology'was directed by researchers from ten countries including Spain as part of the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC.
This study is the most significant epidemiological study that this association has examined to date Marã a Jos Sá
and Molecular Medicine Laboratory developed a pig model that closely mimics the human gastric environment.
#oepigs have greater anatomic physiologic and immunologic similarities to humans than mice the main animal model used in biomedical research said Raquel Hontecillas co-director of the Nutritional Immunology and Molecular Medicine
Medical experts caution that such tattoos may be risky and many tattoo artists refuse to do them to avoid legal complications.
#Sports medicine specialists make pitch to prevent overuse injuries in young athletesit stands to reason that young people who play organized sports are going to get injured.
Overuse injuries in young people are said definitely preventable Dr. David Martin an orthopedic surgeon at Wake Forest Baptist Medical center.
But the incidence of overuse injuries in young athletes has increased at a much quicker rate across all sports for reasons that are no mystery to sports medicine experts.
and many more single-sport athletes said Martin who is director of sports medicine for Wake Forest University athletics and team physician for the Winston-salem Dash minor-league baseball team.
Playing different sports on the other hand is good for young people on multiple levels said Dr. Daryl Rosenbaum who specializes in family medicine and sports medicine at Wake Forest Baptist.
and under-17 men's and women's national teams and served as medical director of this year's Winston-salem Open tennis tournament.
That view is echoed by Dr. Michael Freehill a Wake Forest Baptist orthopedic surgeon who specializes in shoulder injuries and assists as team physician for the Winston-salem Dash.
It is known to cause lasting neurological damage including psychiatric symptoms and chronic movement disorders resembling Parkinson's disease.
and functional value of the snack a study was conducted involving 48 obese children aged 9 to 15 who were being treated at the Department of Paediatrics of the University Hospital Doctor Peset.
and other substances) said Dr. Pilar Codoã er head of the Department of Paediatrics University Hospital Doctor Peset and professor in the Department of Paediatrics at the Universitat de Valã ncia.
The American Journal of Botany is one of the 10 most influential journals over the last 100 years in the field of biology and medicine according to the Biomedical & Life sciences Division of the Special Libraries Association.
and fractionation difficult--the first step in extracting natural chemicals from wood to make products ranging from medicinal polymers to sugars that are the basis for bioenergy systems.
New research published in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry analyses blood samples from spectacled caiman in Costa rica and finds that intensive pesticide use in plantations leads to contaminated species in protected conservation areas.
As a consequence of the continued rise in the number of MRSA cases the MRSA guidelines from the Danish Health and Medicines Authority were revised in November 2012.
In hospitals Staphylococcus aureus is the most frequent cause of post-surgery infections. In 2012 MRSA was identified in 1556 people.
if they know how to reduce allergens in the areas surrounding the home said allergist Richard Weber MD president of the American College of Allergy Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI).
and mold is an impossible feat the following tips from ACAAI allergists allergists can help you breathe a little easier.
ACAAI allergists recommend taking your medication two weeks before symptoms start and continue well after the first frost.
For those with severe seasonal allergies an allergist may prescribe immunotherapy also known as allergy shots which provide great relief.
Lead author Dr Louise Matthews Senior Research Fellow in the Institute of Biodiversity Animal health and Comparative Medicine said:
because medicines for veterinary use must show that animal health is improved. This is problematic because E coli O157 does not harm cattle
This study is an excellent example the interface between veterinary and human medicine and of the concept of'One Health'in action--controlling infections in animals can have a major impact on public health.
but also in its prevention says Ms Anu Ruusunen MSC who presented the results in her doctoral thesis in the field of nutritional epidemiology.
The results were published online Sept. 16 in JAMA Internal medicine. According to the U s. Food and Drug Administration nearly 80 percent of antibiotics in the United states are sold for use in livestock feeds.
and environmental epidemiologist who splits his time between Geisinger Health System and Bloomberg School's Department of Environmental Health Sciences.
#Surgery proving effective with epilepsy patientsmelanie Vandyke can't wait to get her driver's license. I just want to get back out in the world she said.
But since undergoing a cutting-edge minimally invasive surgical procedure called MRI-guided laser ablation at Wake Forest Baptist Medical center Vandyke is poised to reclaim her life.
The surgery I do believe has turned my life around said the resident of Buchanan County in southwestern Virginia.
and the only one between Philadelphia and Atlanta to perform this type of laser surgery for epilepsy with a technology called Visualase.
since having the surgery while a few have experienced only isolated episodes. Our initial indications are that this is a really effective therapy said Wake Forest Baptist neurosurgeon Adrian Laxton M d. who performed the operation on Vandyke.
The laser method is a much less invasive alternative to conventional surgery. That type of procedure is usually a daylong operation
Based on what we've seen so far it's at least as effective as open surgery is far superior in terms of risk
But most people with epilepsy don't need surgery as seizures can be controlled by medication in approximately 60 percent of all patients.
Vandyke was presented with the two surgery options and chose the laser technique. She underwent the operation April 15.
Some of the same brain regions and neurological chemicals that control human social behavior are involved probably in fish social behavior as well.'
Her discoveries may lead to a better understanding of the epidemiology and host adaptation of Influenza a virus.
Ragnhild Tønnessen defended her doctoral research on 27th august 2013 at the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science with a thesis entitled Epidemiology and Host Adaptation of Influenza a viruses in Gulls#.
and Anna Gilmore from the University of Bath UK and the UK Centre for Tobacco Control Studies published this week in PLOS Medicine.
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For centuries the leaves and berries of Rocky mountain juniper which contain strongly aromatic essential oil have been used extensively by native people of North america to treat a number of medical conditions.
and is used also in cosmetics and medical applications. Rice chemist Lon Wilson and his colleagues are inserting bismuth compounds into single-walled carbon nanotubes to make a more effective contrast agent for computed tomography (CT) scanners.
James Willerson president and medical director and Emerson Perin director of clinical research for cardiovascular medicine all of the Texas Heart Institute.
and is used commonly in muds for oil drilling in modern construction in medical applications and as a binder by iron and steel foundries.
Lead author Sara A. Quandt Ph d. a professor of epidemiology and prevention at Wake Forest Baptist said that CSAS which link consumers to a local farm's produce over a growing season have been proposed as a solution for disparities in fruit
and their findings are published in Epidemiology. The team analysed 12 eligible pieces of research 11 observational studies
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Though seemingly disparate the twin breakthroughs have a common midwife: the UN University's Venezuela-based BIOLAC programme which in 2013 marks 25 years of advancing regional economic and health interests by building biotech science throughout Latin america and the Caribbean.
Medicine Brigham and Women's Hospital. The study appears online August 29 2013 in BMJ (British Medical Journal.
The researchers examined data gathered between 1984 and 2008 from 187382 participants in three long-running studies (Nurses'Health Study Nurses'Health Study II and Health professionals Follow-up Study.
& Tropical Medicine in collaboration with Durham University and other researchers in the UK and US--is the first systematic review looking at using larval source management (LSM) to control malaria
Lead author Lucy Tusting from the Department of Disease Control at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine said:
The review was carried out by researchers at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine Princeton university and Durham University.
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and cow cartilage tissue was funded by medical research charity Arthritis Research UK the Biotechnology and Biological sciences Research Council's (BBSRC) Diet and Health Research Industry Club (DRINC
) and The Dunhill Medical Trust. Sulforaphane is released when eating cruciferous vegetables such as Brussels sprouts and cabbage but particularly broccoli.
Researchers from the School of Biological sciences and Norwich Medical school are now embarking on a small scale trial in osteoarthritis patients due to have knee replacement surgery to see
Although surgery is very successful it is not really an answer. Once you have osteoarthritis being able to slow its progress
and the progression to surgery is really important. Prevention would be preferable and changes to lifestyle like diet may be the only way to do that.
Arthritis Research UK's medical director Prof Alan Silman said: This is an interesting study with promising results as it suggests that a common vegetable broccoli might have health benefits for people with osteoarthritis
Once the surgery has taken place the researchers will look at whether the compound has altered joint metabolism
Study author Gary G. Schwartz Ph d. a cancer epidemiologist at Wake Forest Baptist said the purpose of the study was to examine
The study appears online ahead of print this month in the journal Critical reviews in Oncology/Hematology.
Researchers at the Wake Forest Baptist Medical center's Institute for Regenerative Medicine hope the oxygen-generating compound could one day aid in saving
and associate professor of regenerative medicine at Wake Forest Baptist We modified the material so it can be injected into muscle
and provide a boost of oxygen to slow down muscle death until surgery can restore blood flow.
Potential applications include treating amputations crush injuries from car accidents or even blast injuries suffered by those in combat zones.
Providing extra oxygen to oxygen-deprived muscle following injury is currently a major medical challenge. The few treatments that are available are aimed primarily at increasing the oxygen-carrying capacity of blood
If successful Harrison said the treatment could potentially extend the window of time known as the golden hour in emergency medicine
The major implication of these findings is that oxygen-generating compounds can potentially reduce the magnitude of the permanent functional deficits resulting from traumatic injury to muscle said George Christ Ph d. co-author and professor of regenerative medicine at Wake Forest Baptist.
The research was funded by the National institutes of health and the Armed forces Institute for Regenerative Medicine. Co-authors are Catherine L. Ward Ph d. Benjamin T. Corona Ph d. James J. Yoo M d. Ph d. Wake Forest Baptist.
Their study appears in the August 22 issue of The New england Journal of Medicine. The World health organization reports that more than 120 million people suffer from lymphatic filariasis commonly known as elephantiasis.
This study follows research that Kazura published in in 2002 The New england Journal of Medicine.
By combining the existing strategy with vector control we are more likely to reach elimination thresholds said Lisa J. Reimer Phd first author on the paper and a lecturer at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine.
when we pre-treated cancer cells with apigenin for 24 hours then applied the chemotherapeutic drug gemcitabine for 36 hours said Elvira de Mejia a U of I professor of food chemistry and food toxicology.
Indeed clinicians sometimes smoke alongside patients as a way of creating a rapport with them said Judith Prochaska Phd MPH associate professor of medicine at the Stanford Prevention Research center
which she documents the long history of tobacco in psychiatry sharing excerpts from a 1951 psychotherapy handbook that encourages practitioners to smoke during treatment sessions.
which is used already in the food production industry could work very effectively as a precursor to more time-consuming quantitative data collection and biomedical testing.
An infection from a pathogen or parasite--even injuries burns or surgery--all cause an immediate decrease in testosterone.
but is particularly strong for both pharmaceutical science where 73 percent of drugs that pass preclinical trials fail due to safety concerns
and for toxicology where shockingly few compounds receive critical or long-term toxicity testing. The study was funded by the National institutes of health and the National Science Foundation.
or progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus according to a report published by JAMA Internal medicine a JAMA Network publication.
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Hughes Medical Institute Investigator. Pascual said the findings show that environmental methods for sustainable disease control are needed urgently.
In the PNAS study the researchers examined epidemiological data on microscopically confirmed malaria cases from rural areas some dating back to 1997.
They tied the remote sensing and epidemiological findings to various socioeconomic factors. In general the high-risk areas had a lower proportion of literate people and more limited access to sources of clean drinking water.
In addition to Baeza and Pascual the authors of the PNAS paper are Menno Jan Bouma of the London School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Ramesh Dhiman of India's National Institute of Malaria Research
The findings by the University of Michigan Frankel Cardiovascular Center will be published in the September issue of Pediatrics.
and decreasing screen time says cardiologist and senior study author Elizabeth Jackson M d. M p h. assistant professor of internal medicine at the University of Michigan Medical school.
Researchers from the Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute at Cedars-Sinai the Division of Surgical Oncology at UCLA and the Molecular biology Institute at UCLA also participated in the study.
Ljubimova led the study with Manuel Penichet MD Phd associate professor of surgery microbiology immunology and molecular genetics at the University of California Los angeles David Geffen School of medicine.
To our best knowledge this is the first report of probable transmissibility of the novel virus person to person with detailed epidemiological clinical and virological data.
and Richard Coker from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine based in Bangkok in an accompanying editorial?
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Human cases of Lyme disease a bacterial illness that can cause serious neurological problems if left untreated are on the rise.
and may prevent damage to tooth enamel that leads to cavities according to new research at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry.
When those carbohydrates are consumed bacteria in the dental plaque on tooth surfaces produce acids says Christine Wu professor of pediatric dentistry
Anne Koerber Larry Salzmann Indru Punwani and Bradford Johnson all of the dentistry faculty at UIC.
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Funding for the study was provided by the Childress Institute for Pediatric Trauma the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Virginia Tech-Wake Forest University School of Biomedical engineering and Sciences.
Researchers from the University of Zurich's Institute of Social and Preventive medicine investigated whether these young Swiss men read up on addictive substances such as alcohol tobacco cannabis
Generally consumers of addictive substances are more likely to seek information on addictive substances compared to abstainers explains Meichun Mohler-Kuo a lecturer at the Institute of Social and Preventive medicine.
Children need a good night's sleep for their overall school performance said Kristin Avis Ph d. associate professor in the Department of Pediatrics Division of Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine.
Writing in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry researchers demonstrate the contamination of Pacific Tree Fogs in remote mountain areas including national parks;
Undergoing a novel care plan he became a teaching case for veterinary oncologists at the Cornell University Hospital for Animals paving the way to combat cancer in large animals.
The pig's medical treatment began when his owner George Goldner saw his friend fall ill.
Although lymphoma has been documented in swine there aren't any documented cases of pigs being treated for it said Cornell hospital oncologist Cheryl Balkman.
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#Widely used pesticide toxic to honeybeesforthcoming research in the journal Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry analyzes the physiological effects of three separate pesticides on honey bees (Apis mellifera.
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and neurological tests conducted as part of this study. The research team hopes that this work may ultimately improve helmet safety
The study was funded by the Childress Institute for Pediatric Trauma. Co-authors are Jillian Urban M. S. Elizabeth Davenport B. S. Adam Golman M. S. Joseph Maldjian M d. Christopher Whitlow M d. and Alexander Powers
Children's decision making has explained few dimensions Dr. Adam Drewnowski (CQ) director of the Center for Public health Nutrition and professor of epidemiology at the School of Public health University of Washington Seattle.
& Food Expo John Peters Ph d. professor of medicine at the University of Colorado and chief of strategy and innovation at the school's Anschutz Health and Wellness Center presented data from an experiment
The findings also point to the potential for cranberry derivatives to be used to prevent bacterial colonization in medical devices such as catheters.
Biointerfaces point to potential use for cranberry derivatives to hinder the spread of germs in implantable medical devices such as catheters
Based on the demonstrated bioactivity of cranberry its use in catheters and other medical devices could someday yield considerable benefits to patient health Tufenkji says.
As fears rise over antibiotic resistance two experts on The british Medical Journal website today debate
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While similar surgeries have been preformed using tissue donations and windpipes created from stem cells this is the first time 3d printing has been used to treat tracheobronchomalacia--at least in a human.
and experimental surgery suite to the hospital and clinic Wheeler said. The large-animal model is the roadway to take this device from the bench top to the bedside.
For more than 40 years pigs have served as medical research models because their physiology is very similar to humans.
In addition to tracheobronchomalacia pigs have been biomedical models for muscular dystrophy diabetes and other diseases. The team chose to use two-month-old pigs for this study
Essentially all our breakthroughs in human clinical medicine have been tested initially or perfected in animal models Wheeler said.
and U-M associate professor of pediatric otolaryngology Glenn Green carried out the surgical procedure. After the splint was placed the pigs'tracheobronchomalacia symptoms disappeared All of our work is inspired physician Wheeler said.
Soon Kaiba's tracheotomy tube will be removed after a year without any breathing crises. His success story provides hope for other children born with this disorder an estimated 1 in 2100 births.
This method is promising to pave the way for various real-time medical applications Tammer looks ahead.
and late first exposure to solid food for infants appears to be associated with the development of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1dm) according to a study published by JAMA Pediatrics a JAMA Network publication.
One of the keys to the success of this research was our cloning of a mosquito sodium channel for the first time said Ke Dong MSU insect toxicologist and neurobiologist and the paper's senior author.
It could have broad impacts in agriculture and medicine that affect people's lives especially in developing countries.
Sheng Yang He a Howard Hughes Medical Institute-Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Investigator and an MSU University Distinguished Professor in the DOE Plant Research Laboratory and Plant
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