AIDS Treatments Seek To Eradicate Virus, Restore Immunity
...viral compounds. The three drugs are expected to reduce the "viral load" or theamount of HIV in patients' ...chemotherapy and radiation. These two steps should reduce the HIV "viralload" to virtually nil, at the same time destroying the cancer. "Wewant to kill the ce...Use Of Surfectant Therapy Widens Gap In Death Rate Of Black And White Newborns
...s to prenatal care and education programs may help reduce prematurebirths and deaths related to prematurity. "We've made great strides 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 he...Discovery Hints At Multitude Of New Targets For Drugs
...rogen replacement therapy also take progesteroneto reduce the likelihood of uterine cancer. The progesterones availablenow, however, are not selective, manifesting negative side effects in othertissues. According to McDonnell, discovery of the new class of progesteronereceptor ligands indicates that it may ...Tacrolimus Stops Rejection Of Kidney Transplants
...ults indicate that overall, tacrolimus therapy may reduce the 10 to 15 percent of kidneys that are lost to repeated or uncontrollable rejection to only two to four percent, a significant advance. This multi-center report confirms an earlier kidney study from the University of Pittsburgh that found nearly id...Raising The Retirement Age In The United States Could Save Billions In Social Security Payments
...ve had a period of downsizing and other factors to reduce theemployment rate and to get workers who aren't currently trained for thecurrent positions out of the labor force. "Certainly, I think the incentives would change if you raise not justthe normal retirement age but also the age at which you can get ...It Matters Where, In America, You Suffer A Heart Attack
...e messages of the study are: It is possible to reduce cost of care for acute heart attack patients without increasing complications or bad outcomes. Minimizing costs in the short-run may result in increased costs later on follow-up. "Managed care and other health care payers often focus on short-ter...Benefits Of New Diet Drug Don't Outweigh Risks
...lifestyle will not only lower body weight but also reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease and cancer as well. "Yet, Americans have a love affair with the idea of a 'magic bullet,' and this is inflamed by the advertising and pharmaceutical industries," Levitsky said. "However, enough evidence is in for m...Hospital Noise Disrupts Sleep For Patients, In The Critical Care Setting
...anging patients in individual rooms. Other ways to reduce noise areto move equipment alarms away from patients, relocate nurse's stations awayfrom rooms, switch beepers to vibrating mode and train doctors and nurses tospeak more softly. An alternative approach may be to determine if the use ofear plugs or n...ACTG Protocol 185 Enrollment Halted
...monstrated that it is now possible to dramatically reduce the risk of HIV transmission to the infants born to these women....Guidelines Offer Ways To Curb Antibiotic-Resistant Infections
.... “The guidelines offer practices designed to reduce transmission between patients.” Recently, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published rigorous “Isolation-Precaution” guidelines for hospitals, Hoffmann said, but the new N.C. statewide measures target facilit...... mammograms. "We don't know yet if our system can reduce unnecessary biopsies,but we do have reason to thin...es added. The system also might help radiologists reduce eye fatigue, increaseproductivity and possibly increase patient loads. Partially developed with int...New Drug For Parkinson's Disease Proves Effective, Study Finds
...est-hitunable even to stand or walk. Current drugs reduce the symptoms, but their effects wane with time. Pramipexole dihydrochloride is a member of a family of drugsknown as dopamine agonists, which mimic dopamine and stimulatebrain cells just as the natural neurotransmitter would. Dopamineagonists on...New Ultrasound Technique Is Alternative To Cerebral Angiography
... can itself provokea stroke. This new method would reduce the need for cerebral angiography and therisk that goes with it. Dr. Roberto Hirsch of Sao Paulo University Medical School in Brazilwill report the findings on August 14 at International Neurosonology 97, aninternational medical conferenc...Psychiatric Symptoms May Signal Brain Damage From Diet Pills
...sda, MD. "A dose comparable to that prescribed to reduce weight in humans causes neurotoxicity in monkeys." "It might be justifiable for someone who is morbidly obese and hence at risk for serious health problems, but not for a person who just wants to lose a few pounds for cosmetic reasons," explained M...Many Medical Screening Tests May Be Unnecessary.
...rch. Creating the impression that such exams can reduce a patient's risk to zero---possibly leading them to make uninformed medical decisions. Inaccurate, false positive results which can cause profound anxiety and require additional testing that can be increasingly invasive and costly. Depleting so...Targeted Protein Toxin Effective Against Persistent Brain Tumors
...itutes of Health have developed a new drug thatcan reduce the size of some persistent brain tumors without causing severe sideeffects. A report of the first clinical trial of this drug, calledtransferrin-CRM107, will appear in the December 1997 issue of Nature Medicine. In the clinical trial(1), researche...Jefferson Researcher Finds New Digital X-Ray Technology May Cut Costs And Improve Patient Care
...second step, the emitted light scatters and can reduce the sharpness of the image. With digital radiography technology, X-ray energy is captured and converted into electronic signals that form a precise digital image on a video screen, said Dr. Shaber. These images can be duplicated and tr...Benefits Of Annual Mammography Outweigh Radiation Risks Of Cancer
...d the world, annual mammography screening would reduce death due to breast cancer by at least 35 percent in women aged 40 to 49 compared to at least 24 percent when mammograms are given every other year. The death rate is lowered by 45 percent in women ages 50 to 59 when mammograms are given ...Researchers Finding May Boost Effectiveness Of Anti-HIV Drugs
...ecting the virus. That strategy might also reduce the cost of the now-very-expensivetherapy by reducing the dose needed to get enough of the drugs into thebloodstream, where it can attack HIV. "Protease inhibitors work very well and have resulted in many patientsbecoming healthier," said Dr...Survey Finds Increasing Popularity Of Acute Stroke Teams In U.S. Hospitals
...in thefirst three hours of the onset of stroke can reduce and in some cases eliminatethe negative impact of stroke, it is crucial to have well-trained teams that canrespond quickly to stroke patients. To determine how the concept has been received in the medical community,Alberts and his colleagues...