Treatment Of Irregular Heartbeat Saves Money And Prevents Stroke In Older People
...ars people were able to remain free of strokeafter beginning treatment for their irregular heartbeat. They also looked atthe cost per each year gained. Again, the oldest group was shown to be the most cost-effective as there was anactual savings to the overall healthcare system of nearly $650 per year of life...'DES Daughters' Had Increased Rates of Cancer; An Animal Study Shows 'DES Granddaughters' May Too
...fore conception." For more than 20 years, beginning in the 1940s, DES was commonlyprescribed to pregnant women to prevent miscarriages, but the practice wasabandoned after 1971 when investigators found an extremely rare reproductivetract tumor, vaginal adenocarcinoma, in the young daughters of the tr...Changes In Care Lower Costs Of Surgery To Prevent Stroke
... less for their care than patients admitted at the beginning ofthe study. "The lower costs and shorter hospital stays are mainly due to carefulpreoperative evaluation and, consequently, fewer complications. Doctors arealso getting better at determining who are the best candidates for carotidendarterectomy," s...UNC Researchers Find Drug-Resistant HIV In Semen
...ood and semen when the studybegan. At the beginning of the study and periodically up to 58 weeks, theresearchers measured the amount of HIV in the men's blood and semen while theyreceived a new program of antiviral therapy. The therapy included a variety ofantiviral AIDS drugs. "And what we showed was......le further research in this area is needed, we are beginning to gain anunderstanding of some of the causes of bulimia nervosa. Our hope is that thisknowledge will contribute to more effective treatments and preventive measuresfor this disorder," said Dr. Kaye. Dr. Kaye is principal investigator for a multinat...Reduced Heart Disease Risk In Middle Age Lowers Eventual Medicare Costs
...tors vs. those withunfavorable risk factors at the beginning of the survey. Serum cholesterol level, systolic and diastolic blood pressure andcigarette smoking were selected as factors not only because of their substantialinfluence on risk, but also because of the high prevalence of these traits inthe...6,000 Pharmaceutical Scientists Convene November 15-19 In San Francisco
...high altitudes? Pharmaceutical scientists are just beginning to study the topic and have some interesting research findings. DHEA: Fountain of Youth or Dangerous Steroid? -- DHEA, developed to treat lupus, has recently made its way into mainstrea...World's Premier Pharmaceutical Scientists Share Latest R&D Findings
...igh altitudes? Pharmaceutical scientists are just beginning to study the topic and have some interesting research findings. DHEA: Fountain of Youth or Dangerous Steroid? -- DHEA, developed to treat lupus, has recently made its way into mainstream health food stores and is being marketed as a naturally oc...'Alternative' Medicine Becoming Mainstream, UF Study Finds
... interest as a sign of how important physiciansare beginning to view the topic. "I think physicians now know that their patients are using massage anddietary supplements and that they're going to chiropractors," Burg said."So physicians have to figure out how to deal with a group of techniquesthey probably don...Setbacks To Health Progress In Central America
...helters. In Honduras andNicaragua some people are beginning to abandon these shelters, and as the watersrecede they are attempting to return to what remains of their homes," she said. "The third group involves the population of the cities, where our basic task isto reestablish basic services: transport, which...Pursuing The Next Generation Of Arthritis Treatment
...lbiology over the last ten to 15 years are finally beginning to pay off in a newgeneration of arthritis treatments that promise fewer side effects and greatereffectiveness." Eventually, between five and ten clinical trials will be conductedsimultaneously at the New Arthritis Treatment Program, Wofsy ...U-M Researcher Addresses Changes In The Heart As It Ages
... prevention ofheart disease, while gene therapy is beginning to show promise for some types ofheart disease, Boluyt said. "Exercise and a healthy lifestyle don't prevent all of the age-related changes,but they do reverse or prevent some of the changes that occur, such as reversingthe decrease of a key protein ...Views Of Tamoxifen And Synthetic Estrogen In Action Provide Clues For Designing Better Drugs
...be compared head-to-head in a large clinical trial beginning next year. "Both are useful drugs but neither is ideal," said Greene. "As we learn moreabout how they interact with the estrogen receptor, we should be able to enhancetheir benefits and reduce their drawbacks." Greene's Chicago predecessor Elwood Jen...UCSF Study Shows Drug Reduces Risk Of Spine And Hip Fractures By Half In Women With Osteoporosis
... awoman's initial hip bone density measured at the beginning of the study, anindicator of whether or not she had osteoporosis. Those with the lowest BMD--andtherefore the thinnest, most fragile bones, who are at the highest risk offractures--benefited the most from alendronate. Women with osteoporosis weredefi...AAPS Announces Call For Nominations For 1999 Awards
...m AAPS Online at http://www.aaps.org/awards.html beginning February 8 or obtainedfrom the AAPS office at 703-548-3000. Please identify the award for which youneed nomination materials when contacting the office....Early Dental Exams For Children Can Avert Problems Posed By Bottled Water And "Bottle Caries"
...oating" can be applied tothe permanent back teeth, beginning with the six-year molars, which mostchildren get between ages five and seven, and, subsequently, to the 12-yearmolars, which typically appear between ages 11 and 13. Injuries to the tooth, commonly resulting from falls or blows, are important forpare......sion in 96 percentof patients. "Things are beginning to dramatically change in the way we treat coloncancer," says David Van Echo, M.D., an oncologist at the University of MarylandGreenebaum Cancer Center and professor of medicine and pharmacy at theUniversity of Maryland School of Medicine. ......sts to treatcancer patients in medical experiments beginning in April, says Steven Grimes,Ohio University professor of physics and astronomy and coordinator of theneutron measurement project. "We're working in this collaborative effort with MIT and Harvard becausewe've got the technology to do this res...