| Dr. William Dahms, was nationally known for diabetes research | | Posted Sunday, October 29, 2006 7:08:03 PM by Blog57 Team | | Shaker Heights- Dr. William T. Dahms, a pediatric endocrinologist at Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital, was nationally recognized for diabetes re search. Dahms, 63, of Shaker Heights, died at home Thursday of complica tions of a rare form of muscle cancer. Dahms worked 28 years at Rainbow, a part of University Hospitals. From 1982 to 1993, he was co-principal investigator of a Case Western Reserve University/Rainbow clinic that studied local diabetes patients. It was one of numerous clinical sites set up under the landmark Diabetes Control and Complications Trial, funded by the National Institutes of Health. Dahms chaired the clinic-monitoring group for the North American study. The trial followed 1,441 people for a decade and showed conclusively that better control of blood-glucose levels, with intensive insulin therapy, significantly reduced the risk of eye, kidney and nerve disease for children and adults with Type 1 diabetes.... | |
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| | | Hospital staff struck in disease outbreak | | Posted Saturday, October 28, 2006 1:16:43 PM by Blog57 Team | | Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup is being investigated after three people, including two members of hospital staff, were struck with the disease. The Health Protection Agency announced yesterday (October 26) that several locations in the hospital have tested positive for the bacteria Legionella pneumophila. Chief Executive of Queen Mary's Sidcup NHS Trust, Kate Grimes said: "Whilst it is possible that our water supply systems have been the cause of these two infections, the bacteria Legionella pneumophila can occur in many different water systems. "We have immediately taken independent advice and as a precautionary measure undertaken disinfection of our water, water systems, taps and shower heads. We are also monitoring our water systems regularly." Legionnaires' disease is caused by a bacterium and is acquired through the inhalation of aerosols from an infected water source.... | |
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| | | Lyme debate:Doc says disease overdiagnosed, overtreated | | Posted Saturday, August 19, 2006 11:03:21 PM by Blog57 Team | | DANVERS - As the four women compared notes, it seemed more like they were swapping war stories. One of them even displayed a scar on her chest, pointing to the spot where she had heart surgery. The women, who were all diagnosed with Lyme disease, have more in common than their illness. They say they were also misdiagnosed by Massachusetts doctors - a mistake they say resulted in the need for long-term antibiotic treatments only available out of state. "It's very devastating, especially financially," said Liz Maciejewicz, an assistant professor at Salem State College. But what's even more devastating, says the chief of infectious disease at Northeast Health Systems, is the tendency for people to seek out "Lyme gurus" - cash-only, out-of-state doctors who make their living prescribing unneeded antibiotics.... | |
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| | | Identification Of Role For Proteins In Children's Muscle Disease ... | | Posted Tuesday, July 18, 2006 12:58:22 PM by Blog57 Team | | A study presented by Mrs. Elisabeth Elst today shows for the first time that a protein - heat shock protein 60 (HSP60) - that is present in chronic inflammations, triggers a response by T-cells (a type of white blood cells that plays a part in the body's own immune response) in children with juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM). The specific response has earlier been observed in juvenile idiopathic arthritis, but to date, little is known about the role of HSP60 in inflammatory myositis. Inflammatory myositis (IM) is the name given to a group of diseases that cause inflammation in the muscles of the body, which is mediated by the immune system of the body. The main symptoms are pain and weakness and can cause patient disability because of damage to the muscles. The main types of IM are dermatomyositis and polymyositis.... | |
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