Recent reports in Science and Medicine for November 2003

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Week of November 24 - 28

  1. The New England Journal of Medicine Volume 349 November 20, 2003 Number 21  Article Summaries
  2. HuMax-CD4: A Fully Human Monoclonal Anti-CD4 Antibody for the Treatment of Psoriasis Vulgaris. Arch Dermatol. 2003;139:1433-1439.
  3. §A Comparison of 15% Azelaic Acid Gel and 0.75% Metronidazole Gel in the Topical Treatment of Papulopustular Rosacea: Results of a Randomized Trial. Elewski, et al. Arch Dermatol. 2003;139:1444-1450.[Eurekalert report]
  4. Lymphoma Rates Are Low but Increased in Patients With Psoriasis Results From a Population-Based Cohort Study in the United Kingdom. Gelfand, et al. Arch Dermatol. 2003;139:1425-1429
  5. Effects of 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine on fetal hemoglobin levels, red cell adhesion, and hematopoietic differentiation in patients with sickle cell disease. Saunthararajah, et al. Blood 2003 102: 3865-3870. [Eurekalert report]
  6. Effect of a High Saturated Fat and No-Starch Diet on Serum Lipid Subfractions in Patients With Documented Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease. Hays, et al. Mayo Clin Proc. 2003: 78:1331-1336 [Medscape news report]
  7. §Study of deadliest form of stroke demostrates much lower morality rates at high caseload hospitals [Eurekalert report from Journal of Neurosurgery]
  8. Direct link found between chronic inflammation, colon cancer [Eúrekalert report from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science]
  9. Journal of Clinical Investigation November 1 2003, Volume 112, Issue 9    Contents
  10. Epidemiology of Autoimmune Liver Disease [Medscape review of J Gastroenterol Hepatol 18(10):1118-1128, 2003. ]
  11. Racial Differences in Mortality Among Medicare Recipients After Treatment for Localized Prostate Cancer. Godley, et al. JNCI 2003; 95: 1702-1710. [Eurekalert report]
  12. Hypoglycemic Neuronal Death and Cognitive Impairment Are Prevented by Poly(ADP-Ribose) Polymerase Inhibitors Administered after Hypoglycemia. Swanson, et al. J. Neurosci. 2003 23: 10681-10690. [Eurekalert report]
  13. Trends in Breast Cancer by Race and Ethnicity. Ghafoor, et al. CA Cancer J Clin 2003; 53:342-355

November 21

Weekend Reading - Basic Science and general interest articles

  1. Reducing Medical Errors Requires National Information Systems [Institute of Medicine Report]
  2. In vivo selection of MGMT(P140K) lentivirus–transduced human NOD/SCID repopulating cells without pretransplant irradiation conditioning. J. Clin. Invest. 2003 112: 1561-1570.
  3. Methylguanine methyltransferase–mediated in vivo selection and chemoprotection of allogeneic stem cells in a large-animal model J. Clin. Invest. 2003 112: 1581-1588.
  4. Hematopoietic stem cell gene therapy: selecting only the best J. Clin. Invest. 2003 112: 1478-1480.
  5. Carbon monoxide neurotransmission activated by CK2 phosphorylation of heme oxygenase-2. Boehning D, et al. [Abstract of Neuron. 2003 Sep 25;40(1):129-37. and Science NOW review]
  6. Postinfective cardiomyopathy requires cooperation between adaptive and innate immunity [The Scientist report from Nature Medicine]
  7. Novel delivery system and new target show promise for toxoplasmosis treatment [UCH news report from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences]
  8. §Research on spleen cells could yield potential cure for Type 1 diabetes [Eurekalert from Islet Regeneration During the Reversal of Autoimmune Diabetes in NOD Mice. Kodama, et al Science Nov 14 2003: 1223-1227. ]
  9. Review of Evidence and Explanations for Suboptimal Screening and Treatment of Dyslipidemia in Women [Medscape review from the Journal of General Internal Medicine]
  10. Paperless, Wireless and Almost No Typing. [Medscape review from Private Practice Success]
  11. The genetic basis of Pseudomonas biofilm antibiotic resistance linked to glucans[The Scientist report from the November 20 Nature]
  12. Glitazone Use May Be Associated With Macular Edema in Diabetics. [Medscape report from the annual meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.]
  13. Reducing inflammation decreases secondary degeneration and functional deficit after spinal cord injury. Gonzalez, et al. Experimental Neurology 2003;184:456-463 [Science Daily report Blocking Immune Response To Spinal Cord Injury Can Improve Chances For Recovery]

November 20

  1. This Week in JAMA 2003;290:2513.
  2. Leisure activities and cognitive function in middle age: evidence from the Whitehall II study. A Singh-Manoux, et al. J Epidemiol Community Health 2003; 57: 907-913.
  3. § Impact of Time to Treatment on Mortality After Prehospital Fibrinolysis or Primary Angioplasty. Data From the CAPTIM Randomized Clinical Trial. (CAPTIM) Investigators. Circulation 2003: published online before print November 17, 2003

November 19

  1. §Your Doctor's Drug Problem. Arnold S. Relman New York Times Op_ed, Tuesday, November 18, 2003 [pdf file]
  2. §Retrospective analysis of evidence base for tests used in diagnosis and monitoring of disease in respiratory medicine. BMJ  2003;327:1136-1138. [Eurekalert : Many diagnostic tests are not based on good evidence ]
  3. Annals of Internal Medicine 18 November 2003 Volume 139 Issue 10

November 18

  1. §Long-Term Improvement in Insulin Sensitivity by Changing Lifestyles of People with Impaired Glucose Tolerance: 4-Year Results From the Finnish Diabetes Prevention Study. Uusitupa, et al. Diabetes 2003 52: 2532-2538. [Medscape analysis]
  2. §Insulin Sensitivity, Insulin Secretion, and Abdominal Fat: The Insulin Resistance Atherosclerosis Study (IRAS) Family Study. Wagenknecht, et al. Diabetes 2003 52: 2490-2496.
  3. Fish Oil Supplementation Reduces Severity of Exercise-induced Bronchoconstriction in Elite Athletes. Mickleborough, et al. Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 168: 1181-1189.
  4. Reduction of Sleep-disordered Breathing after Physostigmine Hedner, et al. Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 168: 1246-1251.
  5. Rhinitis and Blood Pressure in Adults Heinrich, et al Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 168: 1243-1245.
  6. Mechanisms of disease: Myocardial-tissue-specific phenotype of maternal microchimerism in neonatal lupus congenital heart block. Stevens, et al. Lancet 2003;362 (subscribers) Eurekalert summary]
  7. Anti-inflammatory drugs speed brain recovery [Eurekalert report of: Inflammatory Blockade Restores Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis Published online November 13 2003; 10.1126/science.1088417]

November 17

  1. New England Journal of Medicine Volume 349  November 13, 2003  Number 20  Article Summaries

November 14

Weekend Reading - Basic Science and general interest article

  1. Pill helps people unlearn fears [Science NOW and CNN-Health report from the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience.]
  2. §Modeling the Time Dependence of the Association between Human Papillomavirus Infection and Cervical Cancer Precursor Lesions. Schlecht, et al. Am. J. Epidemiol. 2003 158: 878-886. [Medscape report]
  3. § Evaluating Medication Effects Outside of Clinical Trials: New-User Designs Wayne A. Ray Am. J. Epidemiol. 2003 158: 915-920.
  4. Major New Challenges for Academic Medicine. Whitcomb.Acad Med 2003 78: 1077-1078. (subscribers only)
  5. Prospective Medicine: The Next Health Care Transformation. Snyderman and Williams Acad Med 2003 78: 1079-1084
  6. Teaching hospital physicians report trouble obtaining specialty services for the uninsured [Eurekalert report from the November/December issue of Health Affairs.]
  7. Sleep apnea, depression linked in Stanford study [Eurekalert report from the current issue of the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. ]
  8. Repetitive work tasks linked to bone damage [Eurekalert report from the Nov. 11 issue of the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research]
  9. §Antihistamine-Induced Rhabdomyolysis [Medscape report from the Southern Medical Journal ]
  10. Why Fat Raises Your Blood Pressure [Science NOW report from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences]
  11. Epigallocatechin gallate, the main component of tea polyphenol, binds to CD4 and interferes with gp120 binding. [Eurekalert and AAAAI posting]
  12. Protein identified that may play central role in inflammatory bowel disease [Eurekalert report of "Expression, Localization, and Functional Activity of TL1A, a Novel Th1-Polarizing Cytokine in Inflammatory Bowel Disease ". Bamias, et al. J Immunol 2003 171: 4868-4874. ]
  13. Ten-year study leads researchers to psoriasis genes [Eurekalert report from Nature Genetics]
  14. Gene Variant Linked to Autism [Eurekalert report from he annual meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics ]
  15. Diet Rich in Vitamin C Decreases Stroke Risk [Medscape report from Dietary antioxidants and the risk of ischemic stroke: The Rotterdam Study Vokó, et al. Neurology 2003 61: 1273-1275. ]

November 13

  1. In This Issue of Archives of Internal Medicine Arch Intern Med. 2003;163:2411.
  2. American Heart Association Scientific Sessions website and news releases

November 12

  1. §Effect of a High Saturated Fat and No-Starch Diet on Serum Lipid Subfractions in Patients With Documented Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease. Hays, et al. Mayo Clin Proc 2003;78:1331. editorial and issue contents.
  2. Suppressive effect of aspirin on aberrant crypt foci in patients with colorectal cancer. Shpitz, et al Gut 2003; 52: 1598-1601. and editorial. Aspirin: still learning about the wonder drug Gut 2003; 52: 1535-1536.
  3. Improving management of obesity in primary care: cluster randomised trial. Moore, and others. BMJ 2003; 327: 1085.
  4. Randomised controlled trial of clinical decision support tools to improve learning of evidence based medicine in medical students. Leung, et al. BMJ 2003; 327: 1090.
  5. JAMA. 2003;290:2371. Contents

November 11

  1. § Valsartan, Captopril, or Both in Myocardial Infarction Complicated by Heart Failure, Left Ventricular Dysfunction, or Both. M A. Pfeffer, and Others. Early release publication at www.nejm.org November 10, 2003 (10.1056/NEJMoa032292)
  2. §CII-DC-AdTRAIL cell gene therapy inhibits infiltration of CII-reactive T cells and CII-induced arthritis Liu, et al. J. Clin. Invest. 2003 112: 1332-134 and Editorial: The TRAIL to arthritis
  3. Developmental adaptation of the mouse cardiovascular system to elastin haploinsufficiency Faury, et al. JCI 2003 112: 1419-1428. and Editorial.
  4. Stem cell factor restores hepatocyte proliferation in IL-6 knockout mice following 70% hepatectomy Ren, et al. J. Clin. Invest. 2003 112: 1407-1418.
  5. Comparison of effectiveness of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors after acute myocardial infarction in diabetic versus nondiabetic patients
    Gottlieb, et al Am J Cardiol 2003;92:1020-1025. [Medscape report]
  6. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2003; 95: 1561

November 10

  1. New England Journal of Medicine Article Summaries Volume 349 November 6, 2003 Number 19  

November 7

Weekend Reading - Basic Science and general interest article

    1. §Prevention of Organ Allograft Rejection by a Specific Janus Kinase 3 Inhibitor. Changelian, et al. Science 2003; 302, pp. 875-878 [Eurekalertreport:Radically new anti-rejection drug shown to offer safe control of immune system ]
    2. §Anti-platelet Drug Blocks Bone Metastases In Mice; Treatment Also Slows Development Of Other Tumors [Eurekalert report from PNAS early online edition]
    3. §What makes peppers hot may also be cool for what ails you [Eurekalert report from C&E News and "What's That Stuff"]
    4. §Depleting Neuronal PrP in Prion Infection Prevents Disease and Reverses Spongiosis. Mallucci, et al. Science Oct 31 2003: 871-874. [Preventing prion disease progression :The Scientist and Science NOW]
    5. Study Offers New Insight Into Rett Syndrome [Science Daily report of Derepression of BDNF Transcription Involves Calcium-Dependent Phosphorylation of MeCP2. Chen, et al. Science Oct 31 2003: 885-889.
    6. FDA Issues Guidance on Pharmacogenomics Data
    7. Mast cells regulate lymph node hypertrophy through the rapid secretion of TNF ( The Scientist report from Nature Immunology , DOI:10.1038/ni1005, November 2, 2003).
    8. Role in Type 1 diabetes provides clue for researchers who discovered 'obesity gene' [Eurekalert report from the journal Public Library of Science-pdf]
    9. Major New Finding On Genetics Of Parkinson's Disease Zeroes In On Activity Of Alpha Synuclein [Science Daily report from Alpha-Synuclein Locus Triplication Causes Parkinson's Disease. Singleton, et al. Science Oct 31 2003: 841.
    10. Low-Dose Theophylline Highly Effective for Asthma Control [Medscape report of the annual meeting of the American College of Chest Physicians.]
    11. Aggressive Care Results in High Degree of Improvement in RA [Medscape report of meeting of American College of Rheumatology.]
    12. The Receptors for Mammalian Sweet and Umami Taste. Zhao, et al. Cell, Vol 115, 255-266.
    13. Science Special Issue: Brain Disease (October 31, 2003)
    14. Genetic Polymorphism Linked to Osteoporosis Risk [Medscape report from PLOS.]
    15. Childhood obesity and behavior problems linked [Eurekalert report from Pediatrics]
    16. Exercise, not diet, may be best defense against heart disease.[report from the American Journal of Preventive Medicine .]

November 6

  1. JAMA. 2003;290: Contents.

November 5

  1. §Women’s Early Warning Symptoms of Acute Myocardial Infarction. McSweeney, et al. Circulation 2003: published online.[Medscape and Eurekalert summaries]
  2. Annals of Internal Medicine 4 November 2003 Volume 139 Issue 9

November 4

  1. §In a new policy statement, " Poison Treatment in the Home ," the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that syrup of ipecac no longer be used routinely as a home treatment strategy. [Committee on Injury, Violence, and Poison Prevention: Poison Treatment in the Home Pediatrics 2003; 112: 1182-1185 ]
  2. Treatment Failure, NRTI Resistance Seen With Tenofovir-Based Anti-HIV Drug Regimen [Medscape alert]
  3. Clinical and Immunologic Results of a Randomized Phase II Trial of Vaccination Using Four Melanoma Peptides Either Administered in Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor in Adjuvant or Pulsed on Dendritic Cells. Slingluff, et al. JCO Nov 1 2003: 4016-4026.
  4. The Outcome of Liver Transplantation in Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma in the Unites States Between 1988 and 2001: 5-Year Survival Has Improved Significantly With Time. Yoo, et al. JCO published October 27, 2003
  5. §Adherence to advance directives in critical care decision making: vignette study. Thompson, et al. BMJ   2003;327:1011 (1 November)

November 3

  1. Impairment of Olfactory Identification Ability in Individuals at Ultra-High Risk for Psychosis Who Later Develop Schizophrenia. Brewer, et al. Am J Psychiatry 2003 160: 1790-1794. [Editorial: The Neural Substrates of Affect Impairment in Schizophrenia. Richard D. Lane Am J Psychiatry 2003 160: 1723-1725. ]
  2. The New England Journal of Medicine October 30, 1003 [Summaries]
  3. Asthma Intervention Program Prevents Readmissions in High Healthcare Users. Castro, et al. Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 168: 1095-1099.
  4. Decision Analysis of Antibiotic and Diagnostic Strategies in Ventilator-associated Pneumonia. Ost, et al. Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2003; 168: 1060-1067. [Editorial]