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...xual riskbehaviors that can lead to HIV infection, according to new research findings."We designed a study to definitively answer whether it is cost effective toinvest in these services in the developing world, and the simple answer is 'yes'", said Thomas J. Coates, PhD, director of the University of Californi...Answers To Access, Adherence And Tolerance Of Protease Inhibitors
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...essed are more apt to disregard medical treatment, according to studyfindings. "The psychological well-being of HIV patients plays a role in their adherence totreatment," said William Holzemer, RN, PhD, UCSF professor of nursing, chair ofthe UCSF School of Nursing's Department of Community Health Systems, and ......ies to about 25 percent ofindustrial world prices, according to Marseille. "This action opens the way for large-scale drug interventions because we nowknow that these therapies can make both medical and economic sense," he said.In previous studies in the U.S., the AIDS Clinical Trial Group of the NationalIns...World's First Producer To Repair Brain Damage From Stroke
...mon cause ofadult disability in the United States, according to the National Institutes ofHealth. Each year, 700,000 Americans suffer a stroke. Thirty percent die and20-30 percent become severely and permanently disabled. The total cost forcaring for all aspects of stroke is $41.9 billion annually in the Un..."Happy Hour" Is Unhappy For Many Cardiac Arrest Victims
...ur during theafternoon, as well as in the morning, according researchers reporting in today'sCirculation: Journal of the American Heart Association. Leonard Cobb, M.D. and Alfred P. Hallstrom, Ph.D. at the department ofbiostatistics and the division of cardiology at the University of Washington,Seattle...Parenting CD-ROM Helps Reduce Children's Behavioral Problems
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...worldwide are diagnosed with lungcancer each year, according to the World Health Organization. Throughout theUS, roughly 178,000 cases were newly diagnosed and 160,400 deaths wereattributed to lung cancer in 1997. The number of deaths due to lung cancerexceeds those from colon, breast, and genital cancers co......ting on the prostate may be unchanged by the drug, according to Ross.That may be because of rising testosterone levels in the men taking finasteride.Although not as potent as DHT, testosterone can also spur prostate cell growth."The biology is not as straightforward as many people have assumed," Rossconcludes.......r per month reduction in direct health care costs, according to a studypublished today in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. Forhealth plans, this translates into an average savings of $600,000 per 1,000members with diabetes in the first year of operation. This is the first set ofmultisite......ildren, perhaps as many as 3.5 million youngsters, according tothe National Institute of Mental Health. Up to 60 percent of these childrenwill continue to experience symptoms in adulthood. "Ernst's study is an exciting and potentially very significant findingregarding the neural basis of ADHD and its ...Remembering Your Medications: Older Are Wiser
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