SCD

New Mount Sinai research finds 9/11 responders twice as likely to have asthma.
NewsRx Health & Science; 11/22/2009; 1047 words; ...respiratory problems, this is the first study to directly quantify the magnitude of asthma among WTC responders," said Hyun Kim, ScD, Instructor of Preventive Medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine (MSSM) and lead author of the analysis. "Eight years...

Recent findings from K.R. Ribeiro and co-authors highlight research in sickle cell anemia immunology.(Report)
Blood Weekly; 11/19/2009; 1147 words; ...from patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) present to transfusion service with numerous...needs of supplying RBC-compatible units to SCD patients using DNA arrays," researchers...Immunology). "We selected DNA samples from 144 SCD patients with multiple (receiving >5 units...

Studies conducted at University of Colorado on pancreas recently published.
Blood Weekly; 11/19/2009; 899 words; ...of kidney graft outcomes following Standard Criteria Donor (SCD) kidney transplantation," researchers in the United States...donation status is an independent predictor of improved outcomes of SCD kidney recipients," wrote A.S. Weiss and colleagues, University...

Exergen TemporalScanner Effective in Detecting Fevers in Children Aged 1-4 Years, Study Finds.
PR Newswire; 11/16/2009; 718 words; ...skin temperature to produce a temporal artery reading. The study authors were M. Olivia Titus, MD, Thomas Hulsey, MSPH, ScD, Julie Heckman, RN, and Joseph D. Losek, MD. The authors are not affiliated with Exergen and none received compensation...

World Trade Center Responders Plagued with Asthma.(Report)
Bioterrorism Week; 11/16/2009; 543 words; ...to directly quantify the magnitude of asthma among WTC responders compared with the general US population," said Hyun Kim, ScD, Instructor of Preventive Medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine (MSSM), New York, NY, and lead author of the analysis...