Tacrolimus Stops Rejection Of Kidney Transplants
...dvance for our patients," he added. Although about half of kidney transplant patients will experience at least one episode of rejection, a temporary boost in their medications-increased doses of corticosteroids or anti-lymphocyte antibodies-can usually bring the rejection under control. About 10 to 15 per...Study Demonstrates Safety & Effectiveness Of Asthma Drug
...ke medication regularly,he said. "Since more than half of the asthma patients in this country have mildasthma, this study should result in a substantial decrease in the overallcost of asthma care," he added. According to the NHLBI, asthma affects more than 13 million Americans. Thefrequency, severity of...KUMC Researchers Announce Breakthrough Method For Predicting Epileptic Seizures
...ent at KU Medical Center over the past three and a half years. Standard electroencephalograms (EEGs) can record when a seizure occurs. EEGs are tools used to measure electrical activity within the brain. By using the algorithm, researchers can now predict when a seizure is imminent. "The al...Childhood Sex Abuse Impacts Adult Relationships
...e relationship, sexually abused women scored about half the average score of non-abused women. "Although our sample consisted exclusively of college students and thus addresses adult attachment relationships among women who are relatively young, attachment styles tend to be trait-like and are not expect...Benefits Of Annual Mammography Outweigh Radiation Risks Of Cancer
...in women between ages 39 to 49 every year and a half would result in a 45 percent reduction in cancer deaths. Dr. Feig calculated that if all women in the trial actually had been screened annually instead, there might have been as much as a 75 percent reduction in breast cancer deaths. "...Mammography Messages Need To Be Tailored For Older Women
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 5, 1998 -- About half ofU.S. deaths from breast cancer each year occur i... American Journal of Preventive Medicine . About half the women had received a mammogramwithin the past two years. About a third were not thinking ofbeing...Targon And Duke Cancer Center Sign $3.75 Million Agreement To Produce Advanced Anti-Cancer Drugs
...r drugs. Under the research agreement, one half of the funds are designated fordrug/technology discovery grants that will support research on identifiedreagents/technologies that warrant continued research via clinical studies. The remaining portion of the funds will support pre-clinicaland clinic...Survey Finds Acute Stroke Teams Gaining Prevalence
...edical centers andacademic centers. Slightly over half (55 percent) of the ASTs cost $5,000 peryear or less. Only 24 percent cost more than $10,000 per year. Almost all (97percent) of the ASTs were led by a neurologist or neurosurgeon. "While we do not have specific data that prove they are cost......ould not name onewarning sign. Slightly more than half (52.9 percent) of men were stumped, butonly 33.1 percent of women couldn't name a warning sign. In the age groups athighest risk of stroke, 66 percent of those between the ages of 55-65 and 38percent of those between 66-75 could not name a warning si...Radon, Especially In Combination With Smoking, Contributes To Lung Cancer Deaths
...sure doubles the risk, and cutting the exposure in half cuts the risk in half. Radon might pose some risk even at very low levels, the committee said. No evidence exists that shows a threshold of exposure below which levels are harmless. Biological data suggest that most cancers originate from damage t...Airport Noise Can Seriously Affect The Health And Psychological Well-Being OfChildren
...e and after the opening of a new airport. About half the children live in an area under the flight path of the newinternational airport; the others, who were matched for age, parental jobs,family size and socioeconomic status, live in quiet areas. The children weretested for blood pressure, stress hor...Anti-Clotting Drug May Cause Potentially Fatal Platelet Disorder
...ts. Of these, almost twothirds were older than 60, half were male and around 70 percent had receivedticlopidine for stroke prevention. These cases were identified from five sources: reports from the FDA,previously published reports, case summaries from a survey of 20 hematologists,cases reported ...Higher Prices Won't Stop Teenage Smokers
...h as $1.50 a pack in order to cut youth smoking by half over the next 10 years. Although smoking has dropped to 25 percent of U.S. adults from 40 percent since 1964, teen-age smoking has been rising since 1990. "This reliance on higher prices as a way to discourage youth smoking has widespread support, ......, India) Bihar in north east India accounts for half the annual worldwide cases of visceral leishmaniasis (a disease transmitted by sandfly bites). Dr P Olliaro of the World Health Organisation worked alongside a local medical team in Bihar to research the efficacy of the drug aminosidine and they re...Most People Cant Identify Stroke Symptoms
...the greater Cincinnati areaonly slightly more than half could list at least one stroke symptom and only 68percent could name one stroke risk factor. The study, led by Arthur Pancioli,M.D., and Joseph Broderick, M.D., of the University of Cincinnati College ofMedicine, and sponsored by the National Instit...UF Psychiatrists Use Antidepressants To Treat Smoking Addiction
...olism and cocaine addiction are effective at least half the time. In contrast, although 80 percent of smokers want to stop, only 20 to 30 percent of those who do are smoke-free a year later. Less than 5 percent quit successfully with no intervention. "This is a very, very tenacious addic...Asthma-Airways Clinic Improves Lives, Reduces Medical Costs
...cluded it costs $6.2 billion ayear---and more than half of that results from hospitalization and emergencyroom visits. A medical strategy that significantly reduces the need for those services, Briasays, clearly reduces the cost of asthma and increases patients' quality oflife....Secondary Prevention Of Heart Disease Should Be Improved
...ken in the Grampian region, the authors found that half of patients with coronary heart disease in general practice had missed at least two opportunities for effective medical treatment, such as prescribing Beta blockers or aspirin. They also discovered that nearly two thirds of patients had two or more ...Communication Between Doctors And Asthma Patients Is Key
...cluded it costs $6.2 billion ayear---and more than half of that results from hospitalizations and emergencyroom visits.......t diabetes. It affects about 15 million Americans, half of whom do not know that they have the disease because the initial symptoms can be so mild. (These symptoms may include hard-to-heal infections, blurred vision, tingling in the hands or feet, or dry, itchy skin.) Type II diabetes is caused by the bod...