Expert outlines why universal HPV vaccination is needed.
CALGARY, ALTA. -- As an epidemiologist whose research focuses on the prevention of cervical cancer, Dr. Eduardo L. Franco spends a lot of his time dispelling baseless arguments and protests from other health care professionals and patients that more research is needed before universal human papillomavirus vaccination can be...

Area towns on mosquito spraying hit list.
Byline: Linda Bock The Central Massachusetts Mosquito Control Project was expected to spray pesticide in nine Central Massachusetts towns last night. West Nile virus-infected mosquitoes were confirmed in Clinton on Wednesday, from samples collected Aug. 13. The first West Nile virus-positive mosquitoes in the area...

The 2008/2009 Editorial Board.
This is the time of year when I suffer "scrambled brain." There is so much to do before the start of the new academic year, and so little time. I begin a project and then get pulled in a different direction because suddenly something else seems more important and...

All Asia Licensing to Lead International Workshop on Exotic Animal Diseases.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-19 August 2008-All Asia Licensing to Lead International Workshop on Exotic Animal Diseases(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com All Asia Licensing announced that it accepted an invitation for its chief scientist to lead a workshop September 23-25 in China at anointer national conference on little-known...

All Asia Licensing to Partner with a Bio Research Firm to Provide Bovine Testing in China.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-13 August 2008-All Asia Licensing to Partner with a Bio Research Firm to Provide Bovine Testing in China(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com All Asia Licensing announced that it entered into a Letter of Intent with an international bio research and marketing firm to manufacture...

Central Pain Syndrome: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management.
Central Pain Syndrome: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management Canavero s, Bonicalzi V. New York, NY 10013, Cambridge University Press, 2007, hardcover, 382 pp, illus, ISBN: 978-0-521-86692-7, $90. This comprehensive, evidence-based text addresses the history, presentation, diagnosis, and treatment of central pain syndrome (CPS). The authors have...

Grove is in the heart.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Take one "huge iPod fan," add encouragement from his cardiologist dad, stir well with an interest in science, and you've got Jay Thaker. While still in high school, the 18-year-old from East Lansing, Mich., teamed up with University of Michigan scientists to research the effects...

The more the mentoring, the happier the resident.
KYOTO, JAPAN -- U.S. dermatology residents who spend at least 30 minutes per month with a faculty mentor outside of classroom and clinic are significantly more satisfied overall with their training programs, according to a national survey. Results of the survey provide valuable feedback for dermatology residency...

Social networks and health inequalities: evidence for working with disadvantaged groups.
Abstract This paper examines the growing body of research that identifies links between poverty and ill health, and the evidence that social factors do affect health. Epidemiological studies clearly demonstrate links between inequality, poor social networks and ill health. This paper critically examines these core public health...

Stewardship program explores antimicrobial use, resistance.
BETHESDA, M D. -- The antimicrobial stewardship program at the health sciences center of West Virginia University, Morgantown, has been successful in reducing resistance in some pathogens, while generating more questions about others, according to Dr. Arif R. Sarwari, the program's director. In its first 5 years,...