UCLA study: Nearly a third of drug ads in medical journals contain no references for medical claims
...t documents; or an internet site. Reviewers were able to obtain 84 percent of the referenced documents in the ads. However, researchers could only obtain 20 percent of the data-on-file documents, despite repeated requests to the pharmaceutical companies. The companies responded to 37 out of 88 reques...Study finds new designer drug is potent treatment for chronic myelogenous leukemia
...ug was very impressive," says Griffin. "We've been able to expand on what we learned from Gleevec to produce a therapy that, thus far, has a more powerful and enduring impact against CML." AMN107 has been started in early phase clinical trials at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, and if it proves safe to admi......nt documents; or an internet site. Reviewers were able to obtain 84%of the referenced documents in the ads. However, researchers could only obtain 20% of the data-on-file documents, despite repeated requests to the pharmaceutical companies. The companies responded to 37 out of 88 requests for data-on-fi...14-year study finds that quitting smoking adds years to life
...l, the death rate of those in both groups who were able to quit smoking was 46 percent lower than those who did not quit. The study, "The Effects of a Smoking Cessation Intervention on 14.5-year Morality," is the first experimental study to show that stopping smoking adds years to life. It is published in...Promising treatments for Huntington's disease identified in UCI study
...which were developed for cancer chemotherapy, were able to prevent neuron damage in fruit flies carrying mutated Htt proteins. Marsh is professor of developmental and cell biology in the School of Biological Sciences, and Thompson is associate professor of psychiatry and human behavior, and of biological ...New highly active agents against sandfly fever
...lines active against leishmaniases, some were also able to block, in vitro, the replication of the retrovirus HIV-1, without manifesting any toxicity against their host cells. Others were revealed to be active against HTLV-1, one being capable of inhibiting retrovirus replication, at very small doses by r...Murder, eyewitness identification and the limits of human vision
...ose, " Loftus said. "At 10 feet you might not be able to see individual eyelashes on a person's face. At 200 feet you would not even be able to see a person's eyes. At 500 feet you could see the person's head but just as one big blur. There ...U of T researchers describe 'Joe Canadian' tongue
...variety of speech sounds, Bressmann and Irish were able to describe basic mechanisms underlying the normal functioning of a tongue. This ultrasound data became the baseline to which partially resected tongues were compared. "We used the data from the normal speakers to model a prototypical 'Joe Canadian' ...Rutgers College of Nursing faculty member is funded to develop an interactive computer system
...d Jones. "By using a computer, urban women will be able to self-assess their HIV risk depending on their behavior. Participants will see a video tailored to their relationship pattern." Jones said the prototype should be ready for testing by the end of this year. From its headquarters at Rutgers Newark, R...International trial of two microbicides begins
...erosexual intercourse, but women may not always be able to insist that their male partners use measures to prevent HIV transmission," notes NIAID Director Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. "If effective, microbicides would be a valuable woman-controlled means of slowing the pace of the HIV/AIDS epidemic," Dr. Fauci ...Falling in love in three minutes or less
... their own worth on the dating market, so they are able to judge each others' potential compatibility within moments of meeting." At each HurryDate party, roughly 25 men and 25 women interact with each other for three minutes at a time. At the end of the session, each participant indicates which of the...Brain synapse formation linked to proteins, Stanford study finds
...ynapse appears normal, but the receiving end isn't able to detect signals. Barres said other as yet uniden...dins or perhaps other glial proteins. "Had we been able to knock out all five we might have seen even more synapse loss," Barres said. Figuring out how and ...UT Southwestern doctors track Oklahoma Alzheimer's patients via telemedicine
...el that other Alzheimer's Disease Centers could be able to use across the country," said Dr. Roger Rosenberg, director of UT Southwestern's Center, and holder of the Abe (Brunky), Morris and William Zale Distinguished Chair in Neurology. UT Southwestern doctors visit Talihina, Okla., four times a year to ...Electronic medical records reduce hours, cut cost
...commendations in real time. Physicians need to be able to review patient data in the context of the latest, evidenced-based standards of care clinical decision support tools like the CareEngine does just that." The CareEngine System Designed to improve care, while reducing costs, the CareEngine system...Teaching a less obvious medical skill -- Ethical decision-making
...doctors and other health care providers need to be able to practice medicine in a way that does not contradict their deepest personal and professional values. As an example, a physician at a hospital that will not provide treatment for a patient without insurance might decide that in order to maintain his...New study finds link between self-mutilation and risky sexual behavior
...ore than that there's some link between not being able to manage your feelings which leads you to cut yourself and also make it likely that you'll take sexual risks," Brown explained. Brown believes that the two behaviors self-cutting and sexual risk - are probably due to a single underlying psychologic...Milk, fruits and vegetables may help reduce disability risk
...a room, known as activities of daily living; being able to cook and manage their money, known as instrumental activities of daily living; and being able to walk a quarter of mile and walk up 10 steps without resting, to measure functional limitations. T...News briefs from the journal CHEST, February 2005
...al system burden of inflammation, researchers were able to determine each individual's amount of systemic ...ut also indicate that smoking cessation may not be able to fully reduce inflammatory markers to normal levels if lung function is already reduced. The study...Why North America is not a rhythm nation
...eters simple. The North American participants were able to recognize when simple rhythms were changed to m...ed. The Eastern European immigrants, however, were able to tell the difference between structure-changing and structure-preserving meters in all the tunes, ......the S. epidermidis strain deficient of PGA was not able to cause infection while the other strains containing PGA did....