New Colorectal Cancer Treatment Available
...5, Memorial Sloan-Kettering was named the nation's best cancer center for the third consecutive year by U.S. News & World Report....Emory Doctors Discuss "Killing Heat" In This Week's NEJM
...e is amenable to medical treatment, control can be best achieved by applying the principles of public health," say authors Arthur Kellermann, M.D., and Knox Todd, M.D. "Sentinel surveillance, public education, outreach to vulnerable individuals, and enlisting the help of the entire community can save liv...Stents Work Well, But Are Costly: Will Hospitals Continue To Use Them?
...aced in directconflict with their desire to do the best for patients," he said. In a plenary session talk on "The Financial Fallout From the StentExplosion" to be given Wednesday morning at the conference, Dr. DanielMark will review what is known about the benefits and costs of stentingversus balloon an...It Matters Where, In America, You Suffer A Heart Attack
...more widespread during the study period, rated the best for both the initial hospitalization and up to a y...trategy on the West Coast that seems to strike the best balance between cost and patient outcomes," Mark said. "It combines quick decisions about use of int...Johns Hopkins To Announce AIDS Capitated Care Program
... and case management. "Providing members with the best care in the most appropriate setting isour overriding goal," says Bernard Mansheim, M.D., chief medical officer forUnited Healthcare of the Mid-Atlantic. "Moore Options achieves that goal forour AIDS patients."...NIAID Stops AIDS Study Prematurely Because Drug 'Cocktail' Boosts Survival
...usiasm for this approach, which now clearly is the best treatment we have available." Others involved at UNC-CH include Dr. Charles van der Horst, associate professor of medicine and director of the AIDS unit; Dr. David Wohl, research fellow in medicine; and research clinician Janet Groves. Nationwide,...Researchers Gain Insights Into Drugs Used For Manic-Depression
...olar disorder, ormanic-depression, seem to respond best to a two-drug combination treatment.Researchers at... suicide. Until recently, lithium was the best medication available for thedisease, but because of undesirable side effects many people discontinue......le recognize that controlling TB is in everybody's best interest. In the same way, greater use of condoms is in everybody's best interest. It is one way to keep the rate of HIV infection as low as possible," she argues. "The mor...New Drug For Parkinson's Disease Proves Effective, Study Finds
...vailable will improve doctors' ability to find the best mix for each individual patient, Dr. Kieburtzsays. The drug appears to be more effective than other dopamine agonists in reducing tremors and movement problems. Inaddition, unlike current drugs, pramipexole dihydrochloride does not cause lighthe......orced consequences forinappropriate behaviors. The best interventions included minimumdrinking age and blood alcohol concentration laws, curfews anddelayed licensure laws. Graduated licensing (experience andcompetency are rewarded with more driving freedom until a full,unrestricted license is obtained) al...3D Ultrasound Gives Better View Of Brain's Arteries
...generates, the researchers were able to choose the best perspective for viewingthe intracranial arteries. With 3D, relationships among the arteries wereeasier to see and understand. Future applications of contrast-enhanced transcranial ultrasound and 3Dreconstructions include pinpointing cerebral...New Test May Improve Treatment Of Kidney Disease
...n predict in somecases what medications might work best for each patient. If a patient's white blood cells are suppressed by the medications, it ishoped that the patientwill respond favorably to treatment. By contrast, if the cells are insensitiveto the medications, the testsuggests that the tradi...Intralase Will Develop Laser Systems For Eye Surgery
... "This collaboration between Escalon and U-M makes best use of our technology and has a high probability of future success," said Richard J. DePiano, chairman and CEO of Escalon Medical Corporation. Founded in 1987, Escalon develops, markets and distributes ophthalmic medical devices and pharmaceut...Cattle: Latest Weapon In The War On Cancer?
...the particularGAGs in bovine cartilage that do the best job of inhibiting cancer spread. "The reason we believe cattle are such an important source is that,so far, nobody has succeeded in synthesising these compounds. That meansthe supply will continue to rely on natural sources. "Shark fishing is prob...Stress: It's Not Just All In Your Head; Scientists Map The Wear And Tear Of Daily Life
...declines in mental and physical functioning. The best antidote to break the cycle, McEwen says, is the simplest:exercise. "Of all the things we can do to lower stress levels andcounteract allostatic load," says McEwen, "exercise seems tobe the most effective, along with a prudent diet. Exercise breaks i...Bi-Monthly Boosts Of Aspirin Benefit Heart
... is not the most ideal agent, but it is one of the best we haveand it is the most economical. The goal of our work is to improve therapeuticresponsiveness to aspirin," says one of the study's authors Aaron Marcus, M.D.,chief, hematology and medical oncology at the Veterans Affairs Medical Centerand Corne...Survey Finds Acute Stroke Teams Gaining Prevalence
...such as the use of clot-busting drugs - may be the best possible result for anacute stroke team. Clot-busters such at TPA (tissue plasminogen activator) havebeen utilized in clinical trials at larger medical centers, leaving smaller,rural centers without the necessary knowledge or expertise to aid stroke...Enhancing Night Visibility Using UV Technology To Be Tested On Virginia Tech's Smart Road
...ilding "smart" highways, an overallplan to use the best technologies to make our transportation system increasinglysafe and efficient for motorists." The Smart Road, recently begun between Blacksburg and I-81 in MontgomeryCounty, is a planned 5.7-mile limited access highway with the first two mile...Chemist Turns To Self-Assembly To Create New Drugs
...n process that closelymirrors how nature finds the best compound for a job. If thetechnology can be expand..., or protein targets,which cause disease. The very best match elbows out all theothers to latch onto the target molecule. "With our technique, we try t......to begin taking medication and which medication is best suited for this particular individual. (A description of this new technique was published in the 20 January 1998 issue of The Proceedings of The National Academy of Sciences: 'Measurement of Cell Proliferation etc.') Science reported that researche...