Use Of Surfectant Therapy Widens Gap In Death Rate Of Black And White Newborns
...trides with our technology and treatment, butthese advances may not result in greater social equity," Hamvas said. "Theemphasis should be on preventing these babies from getting here early."......ase. The expertssaid lifestyle changes and medical advances will be the most important factorsleading to longer life in the three countries over the next 10 or 25 years. Themajor factors contributing to greater mortality will be eipdemic disease,catastrophes and the decline of the physical environment. Respon...Targon And Duke Cancer Center Sign $3.75 Million Agreement To Produce Advanced Anti-Cancer Drugs
...enter, "The last few years have witnessed enormous advances in basic cancer biology and the understanding of h...aluation. Colvin continued, "However, such advances have come as funding todevelop new treatments remains limited. Thus, the research support provided b...New Treatment Targets Most Malignant Brain Tumors
...is an extremely lethal cancer, with no significant advances intherapy in the last two decades," Bigner said in...edical center researchers. However, recent advances by Zalutsky and his colleagues have now made itpossible to use Astatine-211 antibodies in patients. ...Brain Tumor Treatment In Multicenter Tests
... The neurosurgeon also points out that even with advances in treatment suchas stereotactic radiosurgery, which focuses a single dose of radiation to thetumor site without having to open the skull, these brain tumors recur in 31percent to 48 percent of patients. The UNC-CH researcher is optimistic abou...UCSF To Establish Formal Hospitalists Training Program
...ational Associationof Inpatient Physicians. Those advances have taken place since Wachter and Lee Goldman, MD, UCSFprofessor of medicine and chairman of the UCSF Department of Medicine,co-authored a 1996 New England Journal of Medicine article in which the term"hospitalist" was coined. While improving value ...University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center Researchers Awarded Grant To Fight Leukemia Recurrence
...nts avoid recurrence of thedisease. Despite recent advances in treatment, cancer recurrence remains a long-termproblem. Cancer cells often travel throughout the body, thus, some malignantcells may escape chemical or surgical removal.To tackle this problem, Jordan and Yanelli have devised a method to preventr...UCSF AIDS Research Center Receives Major New Grant From NIH
...e local level. Through this network several major advances in AIDS researchhave evolved, including identification of new co-receptors for HIV, the role ofcytotoxic T-lymphocytes in early infection and in controlling virus replication,and the use of anti-retroviral drugs as probes to understand the dynamics o...National Science Foundation Awards Knowledge And Distributed Intelligence Grants
... could lead to rapid and radical interdisciplinary advances in: Knowledge Networking (KN) (e.g., employing a ...el materials will drive economic and technological advances in the next century in fields including heavy industry, transportation, advanced materials design, a...6,000 Pharmaceutical Scientists Convene November 15-19 In San Francisco
... scientific research and medical advances of 1998. A small sampling of the breakthroughs, presented for the first time at the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) Annual Meeting, are listed below: ...World's Premier Pharmaceutical Scientists Share Latest R&D Findings
...discuss the latest scientific research and medical advances of 1998. A small sampling of the breakthroughs, presented for the first time at the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) Annual Meeting, are listed below: Sound-Alike Drugs Cause Potentially Dangerous Prescription Errors -- Ni...Setbacks To Health Progress In Central America
...ganization. "It is really unfortunate that all our advances of this decade, like increasedcoverage of drinking water, and sanitation, access of the population to healthservices, elevated vaccination rates, and notable gains in life expectancy runthe risk of a great setback," said Dr. Mirta Roses, PAHO's Assis...American Association Of Pharmaceutical Scientists Announces 1998 Award Winners
... presentthe latest scientific and medical research advances of 1998, November 15-19,1998. AAPS is a professional, scientific society of more than 9,000 members employedin academia, industry, government and other research institutes worldwide.Founded in 1986, the goal of AAPS is to improve human health throug...U-M Researcher Addresses Changes In The Heart As It Ages
...ializing in heart failure. The bookfocuses on new advances that have been made in defining one aspect of heartdisease: the changing metabolism. Boluyt and co-author Dr. Edward G. Lakatta, chief of the Laboratory ofCardiovascular Science at the Gerontology Research Center in Baltimore, examinethe normal chan...PAHO Director Urges Health Protection In Hurricane Talks
...iscuss ways in which we can assure that the health advances metlast decade, for which we worked very hard, are not threatened," Dr. Alleynesaid at the first meeting of the Consultative Group for the Reconstruction andTransformation of Central America. "We cannot accept a reversal in the level ofhealth attaine...Patient Workshop On Trigeminal Neuralgia Scheduled
...Knife Center will present information on thelatest advances in Gamma Knife Radio-surgery. Dr. Shahinian will provide information on Microvascular Decompression, adelicate surgical procedure in which surgeons meticulously separate the bloodvessel and nerve, inserting a Teflon disk between them. Upon completion...Far Few Drugs Are Tested On Children
...y major problems that may occur." "Recent advances in biomedical research have not been translated intoadvances in child health," says Tim Westmoreland, a Washington lobbyist workingwith the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation in Santa Monica. "For years,doctors and parents have been put in th...Ablatherm: An Ultrasound Device For Prostate Cancer Therapy
...alize the prostate. Using a computer, thephysician advances the probe through the rectum until the target prostate tissueis reached, and then triggers shots ultrasound waves. The chosen volume ofprostate tissue is destroyed by multiple shots (an average of 500), the beambeing moved slightly between each shot....Space Research May Accelerate Development Of Flu-Fighting Drug
...rth. Space research has provided important advances in the understanding ofmany diseases, including heart disease, cancer, diabetes, respiratory syncytialvirus and hepatitis.......he second to the firsttrimester. In fact, with our advances in ultrasound and our expertise inbiochemical testing, we're now able to perform tests in the first trimester thatpreviously had to wait until the second or even the third." With the recruitment late last year of a new co-director of the department's...