Epilepsy Drugs Useful To Treat Alzheimer's, Studies Find
...mptoms for many patients in a population that is a bear totreat." About three-quarters of patients on the medicinecarbamazepine improved in two of the studies, which were fundedby the National Institutes of Health. The second study, with 51patients, was halted prematurely because the drug appeared so...The Health Consequences Of Nuclear Arms Trade In The Subcontinent Should Not Be Overlooked
... do not add to the misery of the millions who will bear the brunt of such measures. Contact: Professor Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Professor of Paediatrics and Child Health, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan...Future Workers Will Receive MSAs
...way to offer a benefit plan in which they nolonger bear most of the risk of rising premium costs, providing better budgetcontrol and a relief from fast-growing administrative and legal burdens. MSAs, the Cornell researchers say, also would replace the current system ofmanaged care, which is widely critici......n, adding that many young patients receive a teddy bear to help easethem through the experience. "Our whole set-up is far different from whatpatients would encounter in most emergency departments in the U.S." As Los Angeles County's only private hospital with a designated PediatricCritical Care Center and...Future Chlamydia Screening Should Take Account Of Possible Disadvantages For Women
...pular belief in men and women that it is women who bear sole responsibility for contraception and avoidance of pregnancy. They say that the strategy of involving men peripherally in a chlamydia screening programme (only as contacts of infected women) may reinforce these existing inequalities. As little...Women Born With Birth Defects Run Small Risk Their Children Will Have Them
...dulthood, they were less likely than otherwomen to bear children. "Still, among those who do bear children, the vastmajority will have a healthy, unaffected baby," Wilcox said.......ork in CLL by depleting malignant CLL cells, which bear theCD52 antigen. CAMPATH is a humanized monoclonal antibody which is directed againstthe CD52 antigen found on normal and malignant lymphocytes, on normal macrophages and monocytes, but has not been detected on hematopoietic stemcells. CAMPATH the...UMass researchers teaching computers to interpret MRIs
... about applied mathematics is you have to bring to bear allyour knowledge on these very hard, real problems, and sometimes you're able toaccomplish something with math or statistics that you couldn't have doneotherwise."....... Due to this powerimbalance, she says, physicians bear a moral burden to act in ways thatstrengthen, not dilute, that trust. This must weigh heavily in any decision toact collectively. Collective action, says Goold, is a strategy for increasing power, so it is nosurprise that doctors feel it is necessary...Well-adjusted moms have healthy births
...rol important aspects of their lives are likely to bear healthy-weightinfants, even under difficult circumstances, a new study reports. Women withthese positive psychological resources often experience lower stress, acondition frequently linked with full-term births. Scientists at the University of Calif...Double-edged effect of inflammatory response discovered after brain injury
...ssue loss than the normal mice. "These findings bear out our hypothesis that in the acute period TNF isharmful to the brain, but in chronic stages TNF may play an important andbeneficial role," notes McIntosh. Neuroscientists have long thought thatinflammatory cytokines like TNFs are deleterious to the...Many Virginians would increase taxes for K-12 education, study finds
...t women and residents of rural areas feel theywill bear the greatest responsibility in caring for the elderly." About one-third of respondents think spending is too low on publichousing for low and moderate income families. "That is a significant portion ofthe population expressing awareness of th...You have to break a few (hundred) eggs to make a good crystal
...e ground," Judge said. And a number of experiments bear out thatbelief. "Somehow, microgravity pushes up the end of the distribution curve." With expected flight experiments on lysozyme, insulin and glucose isomerase,Judge will have crystals grown in conditions as close as possible to the idealconditions ...HIV's deep pocket may reveal vulnerability
...tallography. HIV infects immune system cells that bear the CD4 molecule on their surface.A viral glycoprotein - a complex of protein and carbohydrate - called gp120recognizes and binds to CD4, which triggers a change in the shape of theassociated viral glycoprotein, gp41. These subsequent structural chan...Gene responsible for cerebral venous abnormalities found
...tes how multiple scientific areas can bebrought to bear to facilitate studies in human genetics," said Dr. Eric Green, aNational Human Genome Research Institute scientist who specializes in mappingand sequencing chromosome 7. The Human Genome Project, which is deciphering thehuman genetic blueprint, prov......e seniors depend so heavily on prescription drugs, bear some of the highest costs and have such complex utilization patterns, providing them with prescription drug coverage is one of the biggest challenges currently on the pharmacy landscape," said Barrett Toan, chief executive officer of Express Scripts....Hospital records may be distorting cancer statistics
...tatistics, and stress that those who use them must bear this in mind, particularly when attempting to compare cancer incidence and survival in different centres and even countries....Study shows farm work appears to protect against breast cancer
... that may be important are that farm women tend to bear children earlier and have more, he said. They reach puberty somewhat later and enter menopause earlier. Also, they tend to smoke and drink alcohol less than others. Controlling statistically for those behaviors and characteristics, however, did not e...Silver-coated catheters cut infections & may save money, analysis finds
...f improved patient safety and lower hospital costs bear out in reality, the switch to coated catheters should be a no-brainer for health care providers," says co-author Mark Fendrick, M.D., an associate professor of internal medicine and co-director of the U-M's Consortium for Health Outcomes, Innovation ......cians, patients and their families. The study data bear out what we were seeing anecdotally and inspired us to create PACT. Our team consists of caregivers from many different disciplines committed to maximizing comfort in children with life-threatening illness, and providing support and information to fa...