Hopkins Researchers Develop Under-The-Skin Implant For Pain Treatment
... contains a highly concentrated powder form of the commonly used narcotic drug hydromorphone. The drug is released in a steady amount into the bloodstream over one to three months. The shape and size of the polymer, which is made at Hopkins, controls the release of pain medication. "Different polymers will ...Study Demonstrates Safety & Effectiveness Of Asthma Drug
...r treating mild asthma. The results show that the commonly prescribed inhalant drug, albuterol,should be used only on an as-needed basis for patients with mild asthma.Regularly scheduled use of albuterol is not risky, but neither is it necessary,according to co-investigator Clifford W. Zwillich, M. D., profe...Substance from Grapefruit Juice May Make Medications Safer
...gnificantly increase the absorption of a number of commonly used oral medications, researchers have found. These drugs include nearly all calcium channel blockers (used to control blood pressure) and some immunosuppressants, sedatives, and protease inhibitors (used to treat AIDS). Although the "grapefruit j...Cancer Protection Compound Abundant In Broccoli Sprouts
...imize theireffects. Brassica isa plant genus more commonly known as the mustard family, and includes inaddition to broccoli,Brussels sprouts, cabbage, kale, cauliflower and turnips. "Man-made compounds that increase the resistance of cells and tissues tocarcinogens arecurrently under development, but wi......pterin. Aminopterin is the "parent" of the commonly prescribed, cancer-fightingdrug methotrexate. Originally tested in the 1940s, it fell out of favor withdoctors because of concerns about toxicity and difficulties synthesizing it. Inrecent years, Dr. Barton Kamen, a professor of pediatrics and pharma...NIH Honors Emory Researcher With Merit Award For Work On Renin-Angiotensin System
...d in blood vessels throughoutthe body, is the form commonly associated with control of blood pressure, butthe other form-testis ACE-is made exclusively by developing male sperm cells. Bernstein's study of testis ACE has focused on two critical dilemmas:(1) How is this unique form of ACE made in such a ...Natural Estrogens May Help Protect Women From Brain Damage During Stroke
...h the middle cerebral artery, a brain blood vessel commonly linkedto cerebrovasculardisease and stroke in humans. Female rats had higher percentages of cerebralblood flow duringstroke than males and smaller amounts of damaged brain tissue afterward. When strokes were created in female rats whose ovaries...Organ Rejection Drug Also Shows Promise For The Treatment Of Kidney Disease
A Johns Hopkins evaluation of a drug commonly used to prevent rejection ofkidneytransplants has found that it also may help patients with severe symptoms ofkidney disease. After taking the immunosuppressive drug mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) for afewmonths, some patients showed dramatic impr...Radio Frequencies Used To Kill Inoperable Liver Tumors At Penn's Cancer Center
...s and successfully treat liver tumors -- which are commonly deemed "inoperable" due to their anatomical position inside the organ itself. "Many patients exhibit tumors in the liver that cannot be removed safely while still preserving the remaining organ," explains Frank Spitz, MD, Assistant Professor of Surg...Drug Is First In Decade To Show Promise Treating Generalized Anxiety Disorder
BOSTON -- A drug commonly prescribed for depression has shown greatpromise i...lafaxine XR to both aplacebo (sugar pill) and to a commonly used anti-anxiety medication calledbuspirone. Results showed that venlafaxine XR was super......when doctors also use a pump device that isalready commonly available in hospital emergencyrooms and cardiac intensive care wards to aid in the pumping of blood,according to a study presented at the recent American College of Cardiologymeeting in Atlanta. To obtain the findings, Hal Barron, MD, assist...Clinical Pharmacists Improve Outcomes Of Heart Failure Patients
...TLANTA -- Patients with progressive heart failure commonly take up to adozen medications, see numerous physic...omplex," he continued. "Heartfailure patients are commonly on six to seven different medications, as well asanother two to three over-the-counter drugs. Having......k suggests that thesteroid dexamethasone, which is commonly prescribed to help premature infantsget off mechanical ventilators, may have serious side effects. The study, which was published in the April 16 issue of the New EnglandJournal of Medicine, was an attempt to learn if earlier treatment ofve..."TRAMAH" Model Seeks To Improve Emergency Response Paper Uses Maryland As Test Region
...e times. It employs linear programming, atechnique commonly used in operations research, to simulate differentpositioning combinations of trauma centers and helicopters. Trauma systems are designed to offer much-needed medical treatment to severelyinjured people in a timely way. The TRAMAH researchers used Ma...Most People Cant Identify Stroke Symptoms
...orrectly listed at least one risk factor; the most commonly listed risk factor was hypertension, followed by s...tors in that order, although doctors were the most commonly cited source for African-Americans and for people over age 75. Dr. Pancioli recommends that educati...Emerging Pathogens And Safety Of Fresh Produce Key Issues Facing Food IndustryAnd Scientists
.... Salmonella typhimurium DT 104, resistant to most commonly prescribedantibiotics, will specifically be examined as an emerging strain in the UnitedStates. The prevalence of antimicrobial-resistant pathogens will bepresented along with ways to limit their public health impact, including diseaseprevention and...National Office Of Drug Safety Is Needed, Experts Say In JAMA
...m would focus on themedical problems that are most commonly induced by drugs, such as birth defects,aplastic anemia, and certain irregular heart rhythms. The authors also say that the new office should identify the prioritytargets for prevention efforts. "Are preventable drug-related injuries occurrin...First Patients Enrolled In NIH Clinical Trial On Effects Of Marijuana In HIV Patients
...t with either indinavir ornelfinavir, the two most commonly prescribed protease inhibitors for HIVinfection. "Our main goal is find out what is safe for HIV/AIDS patients. We knowmany patients use marijuana to relieve nausea and loss of appetite broughton by the disease and its treatments, but we don't know ...A synthetic detergent found in commonly used household cleansers couldbe effective in treating multi-drug resistance, according to a University ofToronto study published in the June issue of the American Journal ofPhysiology. The detergent reduces the amount of chemotherapy drugs......splatin and 5-fluorouracil, two chemotherapy drugs commonly used totreat head and neck cancer, during the first and sixth weeks of irradiation. The researchers found the combined treatment was more successful incontrolling the cancer and in stopping recurrence of tumors. Sixty-one percentof the combin...