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...and effectiveness can reduce abortion rates. Their analysis is published in the September issue of the Populat...regnancies. This consideration is important in the analysis of abortion rates, Bongaarts and Westoff say, because mistimed as well as unwanted pregnancies are p...Toronto - Sept. 18, 2000 - An interim analysis of an ongoing study comparing efficacy, safety, and patient adherence to the triple nucleoside regimen of Ziagen® (abacavir sulfate) plus Combivir® (lamivudine/zidovudine) with a triple-drug regimen containing a protease inhibitor (PI) as fir...Silver-coated catheters cut infections & may save money, analysis finds
...h antibiotics. Now, a new University of Michigan analysis suggests that there may be a way to cut catheter-r...revent more urinary tract infections, or UTIs, the analysis suggests, which may also save money in the long run. The study, in the Archives of Internal Medic...Novartis receives FDA approval for LESCOL XL 80 mg
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...d with the "stick" of strong enforcement. Economic analysis demonstrates that NOT enforcing blast fishing regulations is now costing Indonesia over US$ 200 million per year. In addition to the call to action, scientists presented more than 1500 papers detailing the latest science on these rich but endangered ...New medical research shows protein jump signals who suffers arthritis before X-rays show damage
...n their experiences with osteoarthritis. A similar analysis exclusively with black subjects currently is under way. Half the participants were women. When the continuing research began, participants were age 45 or older. About 40 percent of those included in the COMP study reported significant joint pain...Direct-to-consumer prescription drug ads get poor grades for educating consumers
...ads actually teach very little, according to a new analysis by researchers at UC Davis and UCLA. The researche...prove their advertising -- or face regulation. The analysis and recommendations appear in the December issue of The Journal of Family Practice. "No English-sp...Imperial statistician estimates size of French BSE epidemic
...parameter estimates obtained from back-calculation analysis of the British BSE epidemic. Allowing for under-reporting, the results indicate that the risk of infection with the agent for BSE dropped dramatically from 1988 to 1991. Dr Donnelly suggests that the subsequent rise in infection risk between 1991 and......esearchers to obtain crystals for X-ray structural analysis for a large number of different proteins in a short time. The new laboratory was established through funding from the John R. Oishei Foundation, making Hauptman-Woodward scientists among the first to use this method of crystal production. DeTitta ...Deaf children who get cochlear implants earliest get the biggest language boost, large study finds
...ith several years' experience to allow the type of analysis done in the current study....In a new observational analysis, Risedronate significantly reduced nonvertebral fracture risk
...POLIS (September 22, 2003) In a new observational analysis presented at the 25th Annual Meeting of the Americ...sis therapies, the results for risedronate in this analysis are consistent with the early fracture reduction that has been shown for this agent in clinical tria...Common heart failure drugs can be safely used at higher, more effective doses, study says
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... two tables are less than .01 inch different. An analysis of Figure 2 and Table 1 shows that several models of handgun are too large for a significant number of women and men to fire safely. The range of TGLH I measured is shown by the gray bar in Figure 2, with the S&W Model 410 at the bottom of the bar (3...Having a regular doctor protects children from a variety of ills
...d Health Institute in Seattle. The results of the analysis are in the March issue of Pediatrics, a publication of the American Academy of Pediatrics. The paper is titled, "Association of Lower Continuity of Care with Greater Risk of Emergency Department Use and Hospitalization in Children." The finding comes...Brain image database benefits research and education worldwide
... developing sophisticated search engines and image analysis tools to allow researchers to fully scrutinize the brain scans. These tools will also enable a new analysis of fMRI data that have already been collected and published. "The fMRI Data Center not only provi...High-tech scan for blocked arteries matches conventional tests in finding root of symptoms
...y researchers from the University of Michigan. The analysis of electron beam computed tomography, or EBCT, sho...h the cost of various kinds of stress tests. "This analysis should help settle at least part of the debate over EBCT's value compared with other methods of dete...