Thousands Of AIDS Deaths Could Be Prevented With Expanded Medicaid Coverage, UCSF Study Concludes
...he UCSF teamis the first to report on this type of benefit expansion. Study findings show the expansion would result in 9,600 more years of life forpersons with HIV disease over five-years. There would be 4,200 fewer deathswith this program, and 11,400 fewer individuals with early-stage HIV infectionwould p...Scientists Report Cancer Fighting Drug As Possible Treatment For Multiple Sclerosis
...ials for certain types ofcancer may have potential benefit for the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS),report researchers from The Rockefeller University, Albert Einstein College ofMedicine (AECOM), British Biotechnology Pharmaceuticals Ltd. and Harvard MedicalSchool. These findings, published in the July A...Anti-Depressants: Miracle Drugs Or Placebos With A Buzz?
...means that for a typicalpatient, 75 percent of the benefit obtained from the active drug would also havebeen obtained from an inactiveplacebo," the authors say. And it is possible, they say, that the remainingbenefit came not from anything the drugs did to fightdepression specifically, but from an enhancemen...Parenting CD-ROM Helps Reduce Children's Behavioral Problems
...als and to provideincentives for parents who might benefit from the CD-ROM. Statistics suggest the frequency of juvenile crime in America hasdecreased in recent years. But Gordon says the numbers still are alarming:Nearly 3 million people under the age of 18 were arrested in 1996 in the UnitedStates,...Studies Indicate An Effective Treatment For Steroid-Induced Osteoporosis
...r studies show that alendronate providesadditional benefit over and above calcium plus Vitamin D." In the studies, alendronate at 5 and 10 mg was generally well-tolerated. Esophageal adverse experiences were not increased with alendronate treatment,nor were peptic ulcers despite concurrent use of steroids in...'Mutual Insurance Pool' Could Improve Transplant Organ Shortage
... premium," explains Vining. "The insurance benefit is the priority right to an organ if anindividual ...als to join,increasing the supply of organs to the benefit of all groups," says Schwindt. The researchers expect that non-pool members would probably b...Drug Reduces Heart Attack, Death Rates In Patients With Unstable Angina
...ts who are at risk." While men appeared to benefit more from the drug than women in certaincountries, there was no difference in the United States between the genders.Both benefitted equally from the drug. In addition, a laboratory sub-study ofplatelet response to the drug showed a similar biological......re not prescribed for many olderpatients who could benefit from their use after heart attacks, according to a...ed in younger patients. This studyfound a similar benefit for Medicare beneficiaries 65 years old or older. Patients in the study receiving beta-blocker thera...Treatment Of Irregular Heartbeat Saves Money And Prevents Stroke In Older People
...ssociation. The people who seemed to show the most benefit from taking warfarin, a bloodthinner which helps stop blood from clotting, were older individuals who sufferfrom atrial fibrillation -- an irregular heartbeat which increases a person'sstroke risk. The researchers said they believe this finding to b...Patients are sought for a clinical study to determine
... regimenof the drug Levodopa. While many patients benefit from consistent use ofLevodopa, the effects of the drug wear off after two or three hours, creating a"roller coaster" effect. Recently, a drug called Mirapex has proven effectiveat leveling these ups and downs, and preliminary information suggests h...Better Survival For Women With Breast Cancer -New Evidence On Chemotherapy
...tive, for whom there is as yet no clearevidence of benefit with tamoxifen. The collaboration brought together detailed information from 47 randomisedstudies conducted over the past two decades around the world. There was noevidence of any survival advantage from using more than about 3-6 months ofchemothera...UCSF AIDS Expert Warns Against Early Treatment For HIV Infection
...ithindays after the virus enters the body, a major benefit to the newly infectedindividual can be provided by lowering the viral load dramatically and perhapseven arresting the establishment of HIV infection." His great concern, he notes, is administration of drugs to persons who havebeen infected for sever...Some CFS Patients Benefit From Low-Dose Steroid, But Side Effects Too Risky
...NIAID andsenior author on the study. "The greater benefit seen in the hydrocortisonegroup, however, was mode...s encouraging,but we would expect to see a greater benefit if low cortisol levels weredirectly responsible for symptoms of CFS. The amount of CRH may be morei...National Science Foundation Awards Knowledge And Distributed Intelligence Grants
...hically distributed computer networks, without the benefit of common knowledge of the state of the entire system. The Effects of Representational Bias on Collaborative Learning Interactions (LIS) Award Number: 9873516 Investigator: Daniel D. Suthers University of Hawaii-Manoa-Honolulu, HI At a time when...AIDS Prevention: Does It Work? Paper Suggests New Way To Assess Prevention Programs
...s. The model helps determine the expected cost and benefit of different types ofintervention. This economic information is vital to policymakers who must maketactical choices and plan budgets to slow the spread of the AIDS virus. The Challenge The study addresses a conundrum facing researchers: Since it is...UNC-CH Studies Show Medicine Can Reverse Osteoporosis From Transplants, Cystic Fibrosis
..., that's a very large number of patients who could benefit from thistreatment if further studies confirm its effectiveness," he said. UNC-CH researchers focused on cystic fibrosis lung transplant patientsbecause they had severe osteoporosis, needed quick attention and had similarcharacteristics that ...Hormone Therapy Increases Survival Of High Risk Prostate Cancer Patients
...are likely to survive prostate cancer and who will benefit from whattypes of treatment," Roach said. "Without this information, it is difficult toprovide an informed consent to a patient and for them to make the best treatmentdecisions." Informed consent is a required part of the consultation given to men w...Future Workers Will Receive MSAs
...metime, they would give employers a 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 ofmana...Hypertension: Getting Pharmacists Involved Can Help
...ease in theirblood pressure medication appeared to benefit from the pharmacist'sintervention, the researchers say. "In these patients, compliance, changes in diet, reduction in alcoholconsumption, and weight reduction may have been important," the researchers say,noting that changes in these risk fa...Drip And Ship: Start Drug Early, Especially If Plan To Transfer Heart Patient To Larger Hospital
...es." To see if eptifibatide had additional benefit when administered beforetransfer, the researchers compared the outcomes of the 429 PURSUIT patients whowere transferred to larger hospitals from smaller hospitals to the 2,009patients who were admitted directly to the larger institutions without bein...