Many rural residents living with HIV continue risky behaviors
... these findings, I don't think about rural persons actively seeking sex and then irresponsibly practicing high-risk sex," Heckman said. "Instead, I think of rural couples who are isolated by the stigma of their illness and who lack access to programs that can strengthen their risk-reduction behavioral motivat...Action needed to tackle fake drugs trade
...f wheat flour. Some counterfeit drugs even contain actively harmful ingredients, not just bogus placebos. Death and illness arising from this murderous trade are considerable, especially in developing countries, say the authors. Guidelines have been produced, but most developing countries do not have the infr...Cancer patients emotional needs often undetected by oncologists
...hey demonstrate how important it is for doctors to actively encourage emotional disclosure, says Dr. Butow. Without direct, effective intervention by physicians, many patients may not disclose their needs, making it difficult to help them adjust to their disease. Dr. Butow adds that it is significant that pa...Fever immediately after heart bypass surgery associated with cognitive decline
...to protect the brain, including the possibility of actively cooling the body postoperatively in order to counteract this hyperthermic tendency. These strategies also include using minimally invasive surgical techniques, which means that the heart-lung machine is not needed. The researchers have also found...Research shows way to boost morphine's pain-killing benefits
...g laser light directed at the tail. Normally, rats actively flick their tails when they feel the heat. Rats given morphine showed much less sensitivity to the heat, but after four days, they became tolerant to morphines analgesic effect and flicked their tails, indicating they could feel the heat despite the ...Not enough telling in telemedicine
...lth improvement, Street says. Patients who actively participate in consultations with their physicians, he explains, receive a greater amount of information, understand the issues better and are more satisfied with their care - all of which make for an overall improved quality of care. Not onl...UF study: Grandparents celebrated instead of reviled in children's lit
...sm. In all the books, at least one grandparent was actively involved with grandchildren, he said. Not only did the books depict the grandparent in a positive manner, but in some of them the character was the hero or heroine of the story, said Beland, who did the study with UF sociologist Terry Mills, a resea......y and safety results from a phase III, randomized, actively controlled multicenter study. A total of 1,149 adults with hepatitis C were randomized in this study to receive one of three treatments: pegylated interferon alfa-2a (PEGASYS) plus ribavirin; PEGASYS plus placebo; standard interferon alfa-2b plus ...Parents benefit by accompanying children on ambulance trips between hospitals
...uring the study period, the transport team did not actively encourage parents to ride in the ambulance. However, as a result of its study the transport team now routinely asks if a parent wants to accompany the transport. Dr. Woodward added that the parents presence during the transport conveys comfort to the...Attitudes to body weight might explain some of the difference in weight across socioeconomic groups
...h themselves regularly, watch their weight, and to actively diet. Despite having less of a weight problem, more men and women from the highest socioeconomic group were 'trying to lose weight' and fewer were 'not bothered about their weight' than people from the lowest socioeconomic group. Around a third of ...... in the absence of explicit external activity, was actively transmitting information. Shulman said that his study offers hope of bridging two major divisions in psychiatry -- those scientists who have a psychiatric view of the mind and those with a neuroscientific view. "The ability to quantitate neurotrans......outh and the Stanford Business School, he has been actively involved with the University of Chicago for nearly a decade. In 1992, he joined the Hospitals' Board of Trustees, for which he is Chairman of Major Gifts. Since 1995, he has also been a member of the University's Board of Trustees, serving on the B......ng increase, which was less for plan sponsors that actively managed their pharmacy benefits. These are amon...harmacy benefit; some Express Scripts clients that actively manage their pharmacy benefit program have actually cut their trend in half. The Express Scripts 199...Smoking in later life linked to impaired intellect
... that right through to older age, people should be actively encouraged to stop smoking to stave off mental decline....University of Rochester awarded patent for class of drugs known as cox-2 inhibitors
...avenue that his lab and now hundreds of others are actively pursuing. Several studies by researchers across the country have demonstrated that the use of cox-2 inhibitors is able to reduce the incidence of colon cancer - and deaths from the disease - by nearly half. Other studies have suggested that the use......f cocaine, but it is unlikely that addicts who are actively working to overcome their addiction would want to do that. Kosten is currently conducting a Phase 11a dose escalation trial involving cocaine addicts in an out-patient treatment program. Once this is complete, a dose will be selected for pivotal e...... College have found evidence for the first time of actively replicating HIV in the bloodstream of patients taking the most powerful anti-AIDS virus drugs available. Scientists knew that the combination of drugs known as HAART, highly active antiretroviral therapy, did not eradicate the AIDS virus, des...Visionary physician pioneers alternative clubfoot treatment
... will inspire other physicians and parents to more actively and vocally promote non-surgical treatment for clubfoot," said Ponseti. "Ultimately, each child with clubfoot should have the least traumatic and most effective treatment possible." -- more -- A former Spanish Army surgeon, Ponseti began his medica...Researchers uncover gene related to acute leukemia
...es now demonstrate that inv(16)joins with AML-1 to actively turn genes off, even those that AML-1 usually turnson. It is likely that inv(16) recruits other proteins to help it force AML-1 toalways turn genes off, Hiebert said, and possible treatments may hinge on theproteins that join it. Based on other studi...A new ion channel involved in cell proliferation: evidence for its oncogenic potential
...ndesired side effects, because they aretargeted at actively growing cells, which are not only the tumor cells, but alsocells of the intestinal epithelium, cells producing blood components, or cellsin the hair follicles. If the results obtained in Dr. Stühmer's laboratory areextrapolatable to a sufficient...