VYTORIN (TM) superior again to Lipitor at lowering LDL (bad) cholesterol
... additional liver function test prior to and three months after titration and periodically during the first year. Due to the unknown effects of increased exposure to ezetimibe (an ingredient in VYTORIN) in patients with moderate or severe hepatic insufficiency, VYTORIN is not recommended in these patients....Scientists raise concerns about second wave of 'mad cow' prion infection
...rance from six to eight cases in just the past few months and the news that blood from a vCJD-infected donor was transfused to 10 people and used to manufacture medicines. "This may not be a disease in decline, despite the low number of cases today," said Dr. Eglin. "There is much uncertainty over the numbe...Structure of new DNA enzyme family member found
... similar role in an organism." Zhang took just two months of "trial and error" -- an unusually short time -- to get the AIRs kinase protein to crystallize. Then, using the Northeastern Collaborative Access Team (NE-CAT) beamline at the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory and the Cornell Hi...Link between immune protein and longer survival in melanoma patients identified
...lab to the clinic in a matter of days, rather than months or years. "We are quickly retargeting vaccines at U.Va. to be used in patients, taking advantage of our observations," Mullins said. Last year, Dr. Craig Slingluff, professor of surgery at U.Va. and director of the HITC, reported that using...Sea change: Skeletons of ancient corals different from today's
...know that they do." Ries spent two months growing three species of modern Scleractinian corals (the major reef-building corals in today's seas) in seawater formulated at six different chemical ratios that have existed throughout the geologic history of corals. He created this seawater "from ...More mobility for researchers in Europe
...ible, the project should have at least another six months to run. If the project has not yet begun, the transfer can be limited to one year. The possibility of transferring equipment and larger investments needs to be considered on a case-by-case basis. It is important to note that while the EUROHORCs agre...Small seasonal changes can lead to big flu outbreaks
...why influenza epidemics take place in the few cold months of winter remains unanswered. Is it the change in the weather? The return to school? Or increased viral production under winter conditions? The answer to the increase of flu cases may be extremely minute seasonal changes, says David Earn of the De...U. Va. Health System to develop new approaches to treat type 1 diabetics with islet cell transplants
...er, some patients become insulin dependent several months or years after a transplant. Patients are also required to take immunosuppressant drugs to prevent rejection of the islets- strong medications that can have toxic side effects. Now, U. Va. physicians and researchers in the Diabetes and Hormone...Diamonds are a urologist's best friend
...e sterilised and reduce friction. Even after three months in the body the coated stents show virtually no incrustation,' says Dr. Andreas Meiner, Urological Resident Physician at Bonn's University Clinic. 'In addition, the catheters are easier to insert or replace than catheters currently on the market.' Pa...Antipsychotic drugs stop fatal viral infection in brain cells
...st moving and fatal; Many patients die within four months after onset. PML is also on the rise. Due to the AIDS pandemic, incidence of the disorder rose 20-fold in the United States between 1979 and 1994, according to a study conducted by federal researchers. But a team of scientists, led by Brown virologis...Census of Marine Life - Discoveries and Highlights 2004: Scientists add 4m+ records, 13,000 species
...cies that surface sailors never see. After two months aboard Norway's state-of-the-art vessel G.O. Sars, 60 scientists from 13 countries returned with unprecedented quantity and quality of video footage captured by remotely operated submersibles, sonar data showing deep donuts of plankton ten km wide, a...HIV research project scoops innovation prize
...tment for HIV," said Dr Dobson. "In the first nine months of the research we have developed compounds 10 times stronger than the original chemicals we tested on the virus and have already filed three patent applications. "We are now looking to put together a two-year programme of further tests which will be...Scientists name world's whiffiest cheese
... - Cow's milk cheese made across the UK, aged 6-24 months Least Smelly Crottin de Chavignol AOC - Goat's milk cheese from Chavignol near to Sancerre in the Centre region of France, aged for minimum of 10 up to 6 months. The test sample was aged 4-6 weeks old. Patricia Michelson, owner of La Fromagerie ...Patients' own stem cells used to cure incontinence
...tions, which show improvement during the first six months but often result in symptoms returning after a year. Dr. Frauscher also said the stem cell treatment appears to be more successful with women at this time. For men, incontinence is often caused by prostate surgery, which may result in scar tissue for...Thyroid treatment can trigger homeland security detectors
...nts triggering radiation detectors for up to three months after treatment, according to a study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). Diagnostic nuclear medicine procedures, including FDG PET scans, bone scans and cardiac scans, can have a similar effe...Fussy Baby Network answers cries for help in community
...ssive crying usually occurs during the first three months of life. Many of these infants have colic--crying ...at excessive crying that continues more than three months of age was linked to behavioral and intellectual development problems by age 5. Difficulty in regula...JCI table of contents, December 1 2004
...ipram treatment was found to extend for at least 2 months after the end of one course of the treatment. The authors also found that the beneficial effects of treatment were not limited to early stages of the disease when behavioral changes were initially noted and were actually greater in older mice, sugges...Science to restore the nation's ecosystems
...rticles that settle in south Florida during summer months originate in North Africa. Factors Affecting Nutrient Delivery to Chesapeake Bay: Implications for Restoring Water-Quality Conditions in the Nation's Largest Estuary , Scott W. Phillips, USGS, Baltimore, MD 1:35-1:50pm, Location: Cloister. Excessi...Study urges caution in contaminant source tracking
...he USGS study, challenge isolates were collected 9 months after the reference feces were collected; There may be too many strains of E. coli bacteria in each animal species for effective application with small reference libraries, such as the 900 reference strains in the USGS study. At a cost of $10 to...New approach studying protein structure could advance drug development
...ed for other methods) currently take weeks, if not months to complete--causing a bottleneck in data collection and analysis. Furthermore, high quality crystal structures are tough to attain, and only a limited number of proteins have documented crystal structures of the protein with and without a ligand pre...