Finally, findings from the University of Alabama suggest that strokes themselves may increase levels of homocysteine in the body. Koilocyte counts reflect HIV status. Hence the study concluded that Pap smears might be used to spot unsuspecting HIV cases. Bacteria kills E. coli. Researchers hope the new form of germ warfare will reduce the 100,000 cases of serious food-borne illnesses related to E. coli that occur in the US each year, according to a story in the Financial Times, London.
Gene helps ward off heart disease.
This study compared 396 patients with newly diagnosed cases of myocardial infarction to randomly selected control subjects. Drug therapy benefits resistant HIV patients. Researchers studied 23 patients who were known to harbor a resistant virus. In the five that continued, the fitness of the HIV virus was significantly reduced, the study found, leading to the conclusion that patients should remain on drug therapy until other drugs capable of suppressing the resistant virus become available. Nelson Publishing Inc. All rights reserved.