Alzheimer's disease center seeks patients for new drug studies
...other major drug study involves SB202026, which is being tested at 35 sites around the United States. UT So...We are encouraged by the number of new medications being developed for Alzheimer's," said Dr. Myron Weiner, vice chairman for clinical services in psychiatry...Scientists Produce New Anti-Malarial Compound
...alpublished in the United Kingdom. The research is being conductedby a team of scientists led by Gary H. Posner, Scowe Professor ofChemistry in The Johns Hopkins School of Arts and Sciences, andTheresa A. Shapiro, a pharmacologist and associate professor inthe School of Medicine. After figuring out artemis......ts, as early after birth as possible. Newer tests being developed by the Emory group involving the virus m...onstitution with thymic transplantation (currently being explored by the Emory group)." Other Emory authors of the study included Christian Ibegbu, Ph.D.; F...KUMC Researchers Announce Breakthrough Method For Predicting Epileptic Seizures
... For patients with epilepsy, the implications of being able to reliably predict the onset of a seizure holds the promise for new, effective ways of combating epilepsy. "This may revolutionize the way we treat seizures," Osorio predicted. Currently, seizures are controlled by a number of anti-conv...Postmature Infants Not As Easily Calmed As Other Newborns
...use the opioid pathways in their brainsalready are being stimulated, Smith suggests. The drug-addictedbabies have narcotics in their blood, and postmature infantsmight have a natural narcotic, opiate-like endorphins in theirsystems. Their brains may produce endorphins, the body's naturalpain killers, to co...ACTG 315 Preliminary Results: Drug Cocktail Restores Partial Immune Function
... InfectiousDiseases (NIAID). The drug combination being tested consistsof zidovudine (AZT), lamivudine (3T...apy for participants who fail to respond. Data are being analyzed to ascertain the mechanism underlyingrestoration of circulating T cells in patients receivi...NIAID Stops AIDS Study Prematurely Because Drug 'Cocktail' Boosts Survival
...DS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG) 320, the study was being conducted with 1,156 people at 40 sites across the nation. An independent National Institutes of Health monitoring and safety board, which had continuous access to patient information, recommended halting the study even before all patients were enrol...Drug And Radiation Treatment May Shrink Pancreatic And Gastric Tumors
.... "Paclitaxel makes tumors much more sensitive to being killed by radiation,"said Safran, an assistant professor of medicine in the Brown University Schoolof Medicine, based at The Miriam Hospital and at Rhode Island Hospital. "The new treatment can be used to shrink localized tumors," Safran said."The ...Study Shows Gum Disease Increases Risk Of Future Heart Disease
...his is a very good one." New dental research being conducted at UB and other institutions is showing a strong relationship between conditions in the oral cavity and many systemic diseases. In this case, bacteria present in periodontal disease is thought to be the culprit, Genco said. "Oral bact...ACTG Protocol 185 Enrollment Halted
...roviral treatments in utero or as newborns, and is being provided for infants born in Pediatric ACTG perinatal clinical trials through other protocols in the Pediatric ACTG. Because almost all HIV-infected women in the United States will be receiving antiretroviral therapy during pregnancy, it will not be ......anton, Ohio, took part in a Phase I clinical trail being conducted at Case Western Reserve University under.... A fifth continues to spawn new tumors, which are being treated. The sixth and most recent patient is doing well, but it is still early. Duerk and L...Guidelines Offer Ways To Curb Antibiotic-Resistant Infections
...h facilities will use them to determine if care is being provided appropriately, Hoffmann said. All health-care settings in the state need a copy. Begun in 1980, the N.C. Statewide Infection Control Program is funded by the state and offers consulting services to N.C. hospitals and other health-care faci......rimarily the negative side of sex. The idea of sex being something you do with someone you care about is not being taught. You would expect parents to talk to their children about the positive side of sex, but they ......lated to the similarity between the imagerythat is being analyzed and the past data archived in the database. One of the advantages of GTRI's new approach is that as digitalsensors/scanners achieve higher resolution, GTRI's classification systemcan exploit the increased resolution of the data. Eventually,...Study Injects New Interest In How Vaccines Work
...kely that whatever was collected on the surface is being released within a fairly short time." Though he does not have an alternative theory to explain how aluminum hydroxide works to boost antibody production, Hem says that his study may spur new interest into the mechanism behind this reaction. "The stud...New Drug For Parkinson's Disease Proves Effective, Study Finds
...first of several next-generation dopamine agonists being launched by pharmaceutical firms this year. A...symptoms of early Parkinson's disease who were not being treated with levodopa were randomly divided into five treatment groups.Members of one group received...New Ultrasound Technique Is Alternative To Cerebral Angiography
...t useof ultrasound on the brain. The conference is being sponsored by the WorldFederation of Neurology and the Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake ForestUniversity. Stroke, sometimes called "brain attack," kills about 150,000 people inthe United States each year and is the third leading cause of...3D Ultrasound Gives Better View Of Brain's Arteries
... remain the diagnostic goldstandard, ultrasound is being applied in ways that were only dreams a few yearsago. Why are these dreams coming true today? As Delcker explained in aninterview, new computer workstations are allowing 2D ultrasound data sets to beelectronically reconstructed as 3D images.......ts and practices. The federally funded workshop is being planned forSpring 1998. "Today's medical students are learning to speak the new language ofhealth care, but many doctors and nurses practicing out in the communityreceived little exposure to the statistics and clinical evaluation side ofhealt...Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory collaborates with USDA in development of pasteurization process
...also used to warm plasma in a fusion device -- are being tested for pasteurizing raw liquid foods such as eggs, fruit juices, and milk. "This is another example of applying our fusion and plasma science capabilities to an area that benefits the U.S. public," said PPPL Technology Transfer Head Lewis Meixle...