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Vaccine Reduced Staph Aureus Bloodstream Infections By Nearly 60 Percent
A single injection of a first-of-its-kind experimental vaccine,the Nabi StaphVAX (S. aureus
polysaccharide conjugate vaccine), reduced bloodstream infections caused by the often drug-resistant and potentially deadly
bacteria, Staphylococcus aureus, in end-stage kidney disease patients by nearly 60 percent, according to a Phase III study that
appears in the 14 February 2002, issue of The New England Journal of Medicine. The study was conducted by investigators
from Kaiser Permanente in collaboration with scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and at Nabi. more
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Vitamin E Reduces High Blood Pressure In Cases Of Kidney Failure
High doses of vitamin E significantly reduced high blood pressure in rats with chronic kidney failure, a
UCI College of Medicine study has found. The study illustrates the key role a damaging process called oxidative stress plays in
causing high blood pressure. It also shows how vitamin E and other antioxidants may provide new ways to treat high blood
pressure, especially in patients with kidney disease. The study appears in the wake of new research that suggests kidney disease
is much more prevalent than previously assumed. more
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Cocaine Dramatically Accelerates HIV Infection
For the first time, UCLA AIDS Institute scientists have demonstrated in an animal model that cocaine
use dramatically accelerates the spread of HIV infection. Offering a useful tool for examining other HIV-related risk factors,
their findings are reported today in the online edition of the Journal of Infectious Diseases. more
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High Homocysteine Levels May Double Risk Of Dementia, Alzheimer's Disease, New Report
Suggests
People with elevated levels of homocysteine in the blood had nearly double the risk of developing
Alzheimer's disease (AD), according to a new report from scientists at Boston University. The findings, in a group of people
participating in the long-running Framingham Study, are the first to tie homocysteine levels measured several years before with
later diagnosis of AD and other dementias. The report, which appears in the 14 February 2002, issue of The New England
Journal of Medicine, provides some of the most powerful evidence yet of an association between high plasma homocysteine and
later, significant memory loss. more
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Information For Patients: Alzheimer's Disease Fact Sheet
Dementia is a brain disorder that seriously affects a person's ability to carry out daily activities.
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia among older people. It involves the parts of the brain that
control thought, memory, and language. Every day scientists learn more, but right now the causes of AD are still unknown, and
there is no cure. more
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