Study Says Machine Sensors Applicable To Human Ills
...The constant surveillance will alert physicians as soon as a patient becomesat risk so that they will be able to intervene in "the golden 20 minutes"when drug therapy can be most effective. Penn State's ARL, a Navy-oriented facility, was chosen to lead the PredictiveDiagnostics Team because of its succe...Digital Speech Analysis Tests Sobriety
...her and at least thatmuch to go, Cummings hopes to soon isolate a distinct set of parametersthat define intoxicated speech with a least 90 percent accuracy.Regardless, she and her colleagues hope their research adds to the basicknowledge and understanding of how speech is produced....Milk Extract May Heal Wounds And Smooth Wrinkles
...eed up wound-healing in animals. The extract will soon face its next major test to see if it speeds upthe healing of wounds in humans as well. If it passes that test, the scientists say the extract could eventuallyclaim a world market worth anything up to $20 billion. The project-a world first-is the b...3D Ultrasound Gives Better View Of Brain's Arteries
...avisiting professor from January through July, may soon apply the lessons learnedfrom this study of adults to the study of neonatal patients. With those very young patients, ease of obtaining images will helpresearchers who measure the volume of cerebral hemorrhages and then obtainfollow-up imagin......gain. She again underwent chemotherapy, but tests soon showedthe tumor had spread to her liver. Dr. David Scott Miller, an associate professor of obstetrics andgynecology and holder of the Dallas Foundation Chair in Gynecologic Oncology atUT Southwestern, was Cofield's doctor. Knowing of Kamen's ...Researchers Finding May Boost Effectiveness Of Anti-HIV Drugs
...oups of chemicals and pumping them out of cells as soon as theyenter. Their research is the subject of an article and accompanying editorialin the January 15 issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, published bythe American Society for Clinical Investigation. In cell cultures that ex...Researchers Study 'Natural' Screen For Cancer
...cts -- adental color analyzer, which he expects to soon produce commercially. Theanalyzer allows for a precise match of dental material for reconstructive work on teeth, which, like skin, are translucent. "Our impression of color is not only based on the reflection of light,but on the process that ...Survey Finds Increasing Popularity Of Acute Stroke Teams In U.S. Hospitals
...ttack -- the goal in both is to begin treatment as soon aspossible to minimize the damage to the brain," said Dr. Mark Alberts, who in1995 called for the creation of acute stroke teams (AST) in a paper in theAnnals of Internal Medicine. ASTs are staffed by specially trained physicians and/or nurs...Cardiovascular Disease Epidemic Threatens Developing Countries, Global Economy
...todiscourage high-risk behaviors in rural areas as soon as possible because theresidents have not acquired adverse behaviors, but they are in imminent dangerof doing so. Other sections (especially urban communities) that have alreadyacquired a high-risk profile need to also be targeted for risk reduction......therapy and BMT also receiveradiation treatment as soon as six weeks later, Folz said. However, radiationis often delayed or canceled in women with lung damage. "Since breast tissue and the lungs lie along the same plane, theradiation beams aimed at the tumor also hit the lungs, causing furthe......nrollment in Phase I is also scheduled to commence soon at The Johns HopkinsOncology Center. Richard L. Schilsky, M.D., Director of the University of Chicago Cancer ResearchCenter and Principal Investigator for the University of Chicago BNP7787 Phase Itrial indicated, "We are extremely pleased to have th......atologists try to wean infants from ventilators as soon as possible. Dexamethasone is a therapy that neonatologists use because it improvesthe function of premature infants' lungs so that they get off the ventilatorearlier. Although steroids have been used to treat ventilator-dependentpremature...Scientists Create Extremely Sensitive Test For Detecting Radiation Damage
...xperiments with the technique also suggest doctors soon may be able to boostthe body's ability to repair genetic injuries. "Potentially, this assay could measure clinically relevant damage fromionizing radiation even in a clinical situation," said Dr. Steven A. Leadon,professor of radiation oncolo...Compound In Meat Prevents Diabetes, Study Suggests
...human trials on CLA and its effects on diabetes as soon as possible. Meanwhile, Houseknecht plans additional animal studies to determine how CLA regulates glucose metabolism. "Our next step will be to see if the weight loss is real and sustained over time, and the second thing will be investigating whethe...Filmless System Puts X-Ray Images On The Web
...e speed of medical consultations and diagnoses. As soon as an X-ray or other image istaken, it is available on the system. Radiologists can change the view, zoom inor enhance the image. "We will be able to read scans within minutes and can help colleagues inother parts of the building or in outs...New Data Show Dangerous Interaction Between Blood Pressure Drugs
...ey experienced. However, thetiming of hypotension soon after ingesting the CCB within a day of takingmibefradil suggests that this combination should be avoided." The researcherscontinue that the long half-life of mibefradil (17 to 25 hours) may require aprolonged 'washout' period before starting therap...... have shown that prescribing ACE inhibitor therapy soon after aheart attack typically saves five lives per 1,000 patients treated in the firstmonth. Other trials have shown that starting long-term ACE inhibitor therapy inthe weeks after a heart attack in these patients saves about 24 lives per year. Curr...Alzheimers Disease Could Soon Be Treated With Nose Drops
...isease and other neurodegenerative disorders could soon be treatedwith nose drops. Researchers in Minnesota say that the nasal passage holds greatpromise as a conduit for delivering drugs into the brain, as the olfactorysystem provides a direct link between the brain and the outside world. Getting...UCSF AIDS Expert Warns Against Early Treatment For HIV Infection
...ment guideline, Levy says, is to begin therapy "as soon aspossible and with as large an armamentarium as i... may be without symptomsand in good health, but as soon as an HIV-positive diagnosis is made, they areusually placed on therapy immediately, he explains. ......ies tothe nervous system," Borgens says. "It's too soon to know whether it would helppatients with old injuries, but it is likely to be useful in treating recentinjuries." Shi and Borgens now are testing the procedure in live animals. They plan toconduct clinical trials in natural cases of paraplegia ...