Hospital and Nursing Home Week

Newsweek - Survey finds more than 300,000 students use steroids

Nutrition - Chicken soup: It really does work

Nutritional Supplements - Proliferation of health information makes vitamin aisle confusing

Ohio State University - Leukocyte T-cell peptide construct protects against vaccinia virus challenge

Pan American Health Organization - Vaccine contributions to health highlighted at expert meeting

Park-Klinik Weissensee, Berlin - Debunking constipation myths: the truth about high-fiber diets and laxatives

Peking University - Dendritic cells elicit T-cell-mediated immune responses to HCA587 protein

Penn Pharmaceutical Services - Pharma firm names three management appointments

Personnel - Dr. Donald R. Fischer named Highmark's new chief medical officer

Pharming Group N.V - Pharma company provides update on recombinant human C1 inhibitor

Public Health - HHS delivers interactive talking book to Afghanistan

Royal Marsden NHS Trust - Germline sequence variation in CHEK2 gene screened in male breast cancer

Schiffler Cancer Center - Combining hormones with radiation helps high-risk prostate patients

Seattle Pacific University - Pschosocial differences identified between AIDS and cancer family caregivers

Semmelweis University of Medicine, Budapest - Comparative modeling of mutant receptor variants support clinical efforts

Stanford University Medical Center - Study questions accuracy of ads for body scans, lack of credible evidence

SuperArray Bioscience Corp - Bioscience company introduces PCR-based DNA microarray data verification system

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Ruschlikon - Thyroid function studied, deficiency and excess vitamin A influences revealed

The Beryl Companies - Hospital selects physician referral service

Tohoku University - Genetic variations of urotensin receptor genes affect risk of type 2 diabetes

Toronto General Hospital Research Institute - Paxillin associations analyzed, integrin selectivity revealed

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Diagnosis of meningococcal disease with immunohistochemistry and PCR outlined

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Office - U.S. veterans group ends laser eye surgery by optometrists

U.S. Health and Human Services - Anita Smith to co-chair presidential HIV/AIDS advisory committee

U.S. National Institutes of Health - Federal/private partners launch resource for gene studies

UN Integrated Regional Information Networks - In Gabon, illegal abortions cause one in four pregnancy-related deaths

Univ. of Texas, San Antonio - Exercise timing affects lipemia in hypertriglyceridemic men

Universite Francois Rabelais - Methods to improve rituximab efficacy reviewed

University Klinikum, Tubingen - Microscopic transitional zone may be site of mechanotransductional failure

University at Buffalo - Scientists achieve nonviral gene delivery in vitro and track it in real-time

University of Amsterdam - Drug-dependent HIV-1 variant emerges during T20 fusion inhibitor therapy

University of Bern - Omission of ventilation during early CPR is questioned

University of British Columbia - FSHR overexpression activates oncogenic pathways in surface epithelial cells

University of California San Francisco - Telomere loss can generate chromosome rearrangements associated with cancer

University of Coimbra - Very high prevalence of overweight/obese children in Portugal

University of Cordoba - Astrocytes and oligodendrocytes express distinct STOP protein isoforms

University of Edinburgh - Kinetochores play critical role in spindle checkpoint function

University of Edinburgh - Ovine OSE cells appear to be suitable research model of human equivalent

University of Florida - STAT3 boosts antiviral activity in hepatitis C-infected liver cells

University of Geneva - Cellular sources of new pancreatic beta cells reviewed

University of Glasgow - Long walks before eating may blunt harm of fatty meals

University of Gottingen, Germany - Candidosis reported earlier with ELISA-based detection

University of Heidelberg - Positioning maneuvers are successful treatment for paroxysmal positional vertigo

University of Iowa - Mammalian cell survival studied, role of phosphatase heterotrimers revealed

University of Maryland, Baltimore - Consolidation chemotherapy for relapsed/refractory Hodgkin disease feasible

University of Minnesota - Model of oral HIV exposure reveals extensive tonsil binding of HIV

University of North Carolina - Americans not guarding well enough against injurious, deadly falls

University of North Carolina - Immigrants with higher English-language are more likely to be physically active

University of North Carolina - Pregnant women in U.S. engage in less leisure-time physical activity

University of North Florida - Extracellular matrix flanking avian fissura prima characterized

University of Queensland - Rho expression and activation in vascular smooth muscle cells analyzed

University of Sao Paulo -  Penicillium sp. beta-galactosidase crystal structure and galactose link studied

University of Toulouse II - Study validates French version of Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale

University of Tubingen - Labor, ovariectomy effect neuronal changes influencing continence in rats

University of Ulsan - Pancreatic islets isolated in porcine pancreas with new enzyme

University of Utah - $6.7 million granted for bionic war on disabilities

University of Utah - Dietary supplement use among chronically ill children

University of Washington - Intramedullary tuberculoma mimicked primary CNS lymphoma in AIDS patient

University of Zimbabwe - Burn injury/HIV infection/sepsis independently result in immunosuppression

Vanderbilt University - Designs and limitations of clinical trials in rheumatic diseases reviewed

Vet. Ansbach - Philosophy of fighting disease within European Union outlined

Washington University - Cobalt wire-based rat model of focal epilepsy constructed

Washington University - Mouse brain tumors mimic those in human genetic disorder

WebMD Health - Medical web site picks top 10 health stories of 2004

WellChoice, Inc. - Insurance company finalizes rates for New York City contract extension

Wizzard Software - Speech software company filling orders for Talking Pill Bottle Starter Kits

Wyeth UK - Pharmaceutical company responds to MHRA action, affirms safety of Efexor drugs

Xcyte Therapies, Inc. - Results of 2 clinical trials of T cells in multiple myeloma presented

Xtria, LLC - IT company signs 3-year agreement with Texas medical center for imaging services

Yonsei University, Seoul - Estrogen receptor and p53 levels may factor into SUI development

Zila, Inc. - Pharmaceutical/neutraceutical company announces FY05 Q1 financial results