Newly Updated HIV Treatment Guidelines For Adults And Adolescents Available On The World Wide Web
...way. In the near future, the Panel will issue an additional update to the Guidelinesdelineating its recommendations regarding the use of the recently approvedprotease inhibitor, amprenavir (Agenerase). Co-conveners of the Panel on Clinical Practices for the Treatment of HIVInfection are Eric Goosby, M.D., on ...Balloon Procedure In The Brain? Longest Follow-Up To Date Shows Good Results
...the stroke rate. "This study indicates a need for additional studies comparing the usefulness ofangioplasty versus medication alone," Marks says. "At this point there is noother proven therapy to treat this problem, especially for patients who arehaving continuing problems." Co-researchers include Mary Marcel......the first heartattack from occurring or preventing additional heart attacks in people whoalready have had one, adds Fuster. The World Health Organization-sponsoredproject called MONICA (Monitoring trends and determinants in cardiovasculardisease) is the largest collaborative study of heart disease ever underta...Students Show Restraint Could Cut School Bus Injuries
... Critics, however,argue that seat belts couldcause additional head and abdominal injuries and hinder evacuation of studentsafter a crash. Would a different type of restraint system settle the debate? Last fall, theJohns Hopkinsengineering students were assigned to find out. They designed and built therestrainin...Irritable Bowel Syndrome The Focus Of Three UNC-CH Reports At Digestive Diseases Conference
... such as peptic ulcers. The new study points to an additional pairof symptoms that have a negative impact on QOL: fecal incontinence and urgency -a sudden urge to rush to the toilet. Results of a questionnaire given to 2,410GI clinic patients in three states found incontinence three times as common andurgency ...Second Annual AIDS Vaccine Day Honors Volunteers Nationwide
...vaccines, in both the United States and abroad. An additional 6,000 volunteers have participated in NIAID-supported studiespreparing the groundwork for large-scale vaccine investigations and studies ofother prevention strategies, including topical microbicides and behavioralinterventions. These volunteers have......total of 681. The control groupaveraged about two additional devices per person from usual service providers,for a total of 80. Assistive devices provided by the study were very low-techfor the most part, involving primarily bath benches, meal-preparation aids,canes, walkers and a variety of devices to help w...New book on osteoporosis covers preventing and treating 'The Aging Disease' in consumer language
...themselves, steps to reduce risks, and sources for additional information,including newsletters and cookbooks. "My goal was to present user-friendly information that will help the currentgeneration of men and women, and the next generation, to all stand tall," Lanesays. Most people think of osteoporosis as a ...Kidney Transplant Recipients Require Less Long-Term Care If They Receive Well-Matched Donor Organs
...vironment. Schnitzler notes, however, that additional analyses from the studyfunded by pharmaceutical companies suggest that national organ sharing isunnecessary and makes care costlier. The problem is that kidneys deteriorateduring transport from a distant location. "You could match kidneys bet...Anti-Depressant Drug Shows Promise As Weight-Loss Treatment
...ug during the first eight weeks appear to belosing additional weight as the treatment is continued past the six-month mark,said Gadde, although researchers have not completed analysis of these data yet."Here we have a well-tolerated drug that has shown significant clinical benefitsin reducing weight," Gadde sai......cedure. "This study provides an important piece of additional evidence that anal Papscreening should be done for this at-risk population," Palefsky says. "However,before we proceed, we must first replicate the data we have from Seattle and SanFrancisco in other populations, to be able to dismiss the possibility...Less Toxic Bone Marrow Transplant Technique May Have More Powerful Anti-Cancer Effect
... regimens. Follow-up studies are investigatingthe additional anti-cancer effect of a post-transplant infusion of donor whiteblood cells, a technique shown in Sykes' laboratory to enhance the attack on therecipient's malignant blood cells. The TBRC-developed techniques for inducing mixed chimerism and exploit...Two Beta-Blocker Drugs Equal In Treating Heart Failure
...dilol is a different kind of beta-blocker that has additional effects, andwe wanted to find out if these differences are important for patients. Withbeta-blocker use becoming more prevalent in treating heart failure, choosing aneffective drug is important," says Marrick L. Kukin, M.D., director of the heartfai...ENBREL (Etanercept) Receives FDA Approval For Treatment Of Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis
...se and entered part 2 of the study, whichlasted an additional 4 months. In part 2 of the study, patients were randomizedto receive either ENBREL or placebo. Only six of the 25 patients remaining onENBREL experienced a disease flare (24 percent) compared to 20 of 26 of placebopatients who experienced a disease...Circulation publishes phase I study of ENBREL in patients with chronic heart failure
...ectronic version of this news release - as well as additional informationabout Immunex of interest to investors, customers, future employees and patients- is available on the Immunex home page at www.immunex.com.......cumented. Once the telescopes were positioned, two additional hurdles were realized. Thedoctors found that holding the operating equipment in one hand and manipulatingthe telescope with the other tended to be cumbersome at times. Also, placementof the endoscope's lens into the surgical site exposed it to fluid ...Noninvasive test aims to prevent sudden cardiac death
...a patient is hooked up to a few extra leads. These additional leads help pick up subtle beat-by-beat abnormalities that are detected through computer analysis, much like a microscope picks up details that can't be seen by the naked eye. By examining the relationship between the presence of these tiny signals a...New gene therapy may allow patients to 'grow' their own bypass around blocked leg arteries
...h risk foramputation. Investigators hope that the additional blood flow will reduce painand numbness, heal wounds, and restore damaged tissue on the feet and legs. People who suffer from severe PAOD of the legs often experience severepain even while at rest as well as chronic wounds that won't heal, nu...NPSF workshop builds community to improve pharmaceutical safety
...hip reflected in amajor grant from Pfizer Inc with additional support from Bristol-Myers SquibbResearch Institute, CVS Drug Stores, DuPont Pharmaceuticals Company, the US Foodand Drug Administration, the Warner-Lambert company and Janssen Pharmaceutica. Founded in 1997 by the American Medical Association, CNA H...