Benefits Of New Diet Drug Don't Outweigh Risks
...n the past several years, however, researchers and clinicians have observed that body weight returns to pretreatment levels when the medication is discontinued. Consequently, they have largely agreed that for weight reduction drugs to be effective, people must take them chronically, perhaps for a lifetime. To......for an intense, one-weekworkshop that will provide clinicians an overview of population-based researchand its value in answering research questions that may be applied to their ownpatients and practices. The federally funded workshop is being planned forSpring 1998. "Today's medical students are learnin...Penn Researchers Create Drug To Help Target Attack On Cancerous Tumors
...e course of treatmentto be followed. Cancer clinicians have long known that hypoxic tumors--which thrive in oxygen-starved environments--are much more resistant to radiation and chemotherapy than their non-hypoxic cousins. But until now, physicians have had difficulty assessing hypoxicity ...Diuretics And Beta-Blockers Are Best Drugs To Combat High Blood Pressure, Study Finds
...tead, it relied on"real-world" data collected from clinicians who were primarily interested intreating patients and trying to find the medical regimen that would mosteffectively bring down blood pressure with a minimum of adverse effects. "Unlike the more rigid, double-blind, placebo-controlled studies,...Beware Of Adverse Drug Reactions
... The authors make a series of recommendations for clinicians to help them improve the likelihood of patients not incurring adverse reactions to drug treatments. They conclude by saying that prescribing doctors should always be aware of the toxic profile of the drugs they prescribe and that they should be eve...Synthetic Detergent Found To Fight Multi-Drug Resistance
... our study completed, the next criticalstep is for clinicians to evaluate the use of these compounds in treatingcancer." Charuk collected his own urine for three years to determine the role ofthe drug pump in the kidney. Together with co-investigators Dr. ReinhartReithmeier of the department of medicin......e. MMI convenes national task forces of practicing clinicians toframe best practices and develop the guidelines. Risk issues addressed in theseguidelines are based on data MMI collects from healthcare organizationsnationwide and aggregates to identify significant trends in clinical practicethat may adversely a...New Survey Finds Physicians Seek More Clarity In MS Diagnosis And Management
...his group,experts believe they can give practicing clinicians the tools they need to helpto treat these patients and slow their progression of disease. According to the survey, 40 percent of neurologists believe that thereis a distinct phase between RRMS and SPMS. However, only two percent were ableto...Epilepsy Drugs Useful To Treat Alzheimer's, Studies Find
...of the medications to treat dementia is growing as clinicians seethe benefit. "This is a case where medical science is trying to catch upwith clinical practice," says Porsteinsson, an assistantprofessor of psychiatry. "The medicines are already being used,but there haven't been studies in place to determin......ganization ofmore than 27,000 basic scientists and clinicians who study the brain and nervoussystem. The Society publishes The Journal of Neuroscience....Drug Reduces Heart Attack, Death Rates In Patients With Unstable Angina
...blood clots, they do not work in every patient. So clinicians arecontinually searching for alternative treatment...efor up to a period of 72 hours. Other than that, clinicians were free toprovide the types of care and procedures they normally would deliver to theirpatients --...Why Do We Make It Difficult For Students To Hear In Class?
...nducts research in thehearing sciences, and trains clinicians in the practice of audiology and speechand language pathology. WORKSHOP INFORMATION ON THE WEB:Soon to be posted on the ASA Web Page ( http://asa.aip.org ); for specific URLcontact Elaine Moran of ASA at For further information, please conta...Duke Physicians: Clinicians Have Ethical Obligation To Consider Alternative Medicine
... of good medical care ... and whatrole, if any, do clinicians have regarding alternative therapy?" said leadauth...lternative therapies aren't necessarily foreign to clinicians adheringto the conventional practice of medicine. Adjustments to diet andrecommendations of exercise......ese drugs, if successfully developed,would provide clinicians with an alternative, non-estrogen treatment forosteoporosis that also would minimize some of the adverse effects associatedwith estrogen replacement therapy, including an increased risk for certain cancers. Signal's President and CEO, Alan J. Lewis, ......elderly,"Burke explained. "It may be difficult for clinicians to identify older patientswith cardiovascular disease who don't have symptoms solely on the basis ofclassic risk factors." The ultrasound measurements of the carotids, which is non-invasive,appears to provide additional information needed to ...Visual Environment Can Affect Even Healthy Eyes --- Nature Works With Nuture For Good Vision
...six months or one year is not developing properly, clinicians could intervene to get him back on track," says Dr. Bradley. Such intervention, she says, could save a child from myopia, hyperopia (farsightedness) or strabismus (crossed-eyes,)all of which would otherwise affect him for life. Such problems inhibi...MIT Touch Lab Research Explores The Hand
...sophisticated," Dr.Srinivasan said, "but the tests clinicians have for the sense of touch, forexample, are very primitive." This is primarily because the human haptic systemis so complex and because "there's been no dominant clinical need," Dr.Srinivasan said. It's easier to live with a damaged hand than with a...Study Shows That Pediatricians Play Crucial Role In Violence Prevention
...y mature. The study identified six potential ways clinicians could help curb violentbehavior during a routine w...ngeles, Calif.Participants were asked if they felt clinicians had a role in violence primaryprevention, which was defined as preventing violent injury in children......ganization of morethan 28,000 basic scientists and clinicians who study the brain and nervoussystem. The Society publishes The Journal of Neuroscience....... after a spinal cord injury is heart disease. Few clinicians prescribean exercise regimen for SCI patients because the parameters have not beendefined, and inappropriate exercise may have no benefit and may even bedangerous, Gater said. Gater is enrolling both physically active and sedentary SCI patien...