The News Review:

- PatientsLikeMe – Medicine – Doctors – Computers and the Internet -…
- Eye Test Peers Into Heat-related Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms
- Living Well: Exercise is easier when you get your groove on
- HIV focus shifts to man-to-man affairs

PatientsLikeMe – Medicine – Doctors – Computers and the Internet -…
New York Times – Mar 23, 2008
members to start taking lithium. But he is unmistakably excited by the endeavor. As he sees it the experiment perfectly illustrates how PatientsLikeMe might complement large-scale and long-term clinical research by conducting observational research “on the fly. ” Drawing on the notion of personalized medicine Jamie calls this “personalized research. ” And it has a certain logic: for those who already have A.

Eye Test Peers Into Heat-related Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms
Science Daily – Science Daily (press release) – Mar 23, 2008
Frohman said is to use this system to measure the effectiveness of a drug that appears to relieve heat-induced symptoms in people with MS. "We’ve shown that by this method we can model the principal mechanisms that cause certain symptoms to worsen in people with MS" he said. ther UT Southwestern researchers involved in the study were lead author Scott Davis assistant professor of neurology; Teresa Frohman clinical research manager in neurology; Dr. Craig Crandall associate professor of internal medicine; Douglas Mills former research assistant; and Dr. laf Stüve assistant professor of neurology. A researcher from the New Jersey Neuroscience Institute and a nurse from Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas also participated. The work was supported by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society nce Upon A Time.

Living Well: Exercise is easier when you get your groove on
Seattle Post Intelligencer – Mar 23, 2008
“I don’t like the typical disco stuff you hear in most gyms and health clubs. Liponis said an iPod or other MP3 player provides “a big benefit because you don’t feel the pain. In his new book “Ultra-Longevity: The Seven-Step Program for a Younger Healthier You” (Little Brown and Company $26) Liponis cites South Korean research showing music therapy sessions can reduce the pain of leg fractures and a study published in the Clinical Research in Cardiology professional journal demonstrated that listening to music during uncomfortable catheterization procedures reduced patient anxiety. Seattle-based personal trainer P. Glassey said iPods tend to be positive. “For most people it does help” said Glassey who owns and operates the local X Gym chain.

HIV focus shifts to man-to-man affairs
Times of India – Mar 23, 2008
I was notaware that having sex with a man could make me vulnerable to HIV” saidJagjeet. “According toestimates there are five lakh long-distance truckers. Under the NACP III weare making efforts to reach them” said R. Gangakhedkar deputy director(clinical research) National AIDS Research Institute (NARI). Children sleepingon the streets are also vulnerable headded. Bindumadhav Khire ofSampathik ? a men’s sexual health organisation ? says “All menhaving sex with men should not be put under only one category.