Digital Speech Analysis Tests Sobriety
... that yet." More importantly, researchers have to compare their results againstother factors that alter the way a person speaks, such as speechimpediments, injuries, diseases or even common colds. Ataxic dysarthria,for example, is a neurological condition that causes a person to soundintoxicated. With more...Premature Birth Sometimes Can Adversely Affect Infant's Ties To Mother
... harder on the parents," she said. "Parentstend to compare their child with others in the same age group rather thanwith other premature babies; they see their child as behind developmentally. "There is a huge variability in the outcome of these kids, but I amstruck by the remarkable resilience of the human...Laser Offers Hope For Heart Patients With No Alternatives
...ina score after three months," Lowe said. "Whenwe compare the scans of their hearts before the procedure and after threemonths, we can clearly see that more of the heart muscle is oxygenated andfunctional." During the procedure, surgeons gain access to the heart through a six-to eight-inch incisio......t has a sexual component, she believes. "We should compare AIDS with tuberculosis. People 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. ...Physicians' Opinions Influenced By Drug Industry
...ceutical manufacturers. This enabledresearchers to compare the authors' positions on the safety of calcium-channelblockers with their financial relationships with pharmaceutical companies.Eighty-three percent of the authors responded to the questionnaire. The investigators found that 96 percent of t...Radon, Especially In Combination With Smoking, Contributes To Lung Cancer Deaths
...o assess the effects of radon in homes would be to compare the levels of radon exposure among people who have lung cancer with those who do not. Such studies have not yet provided a definitive answer, the committee said, because levels of radon exposure in most homes are extremely small, making it difficult...Is Ritalin As Effective--And As Harmless--As It Could Be?
...hey then used positronemission tomography (PET) to compare the enantiomers' effects in the brains ofbaboons and humans. (Radiotracers emit signals as they decay that can becollected by a PET scan to generate images.) The study showed that the d-threoenantiomer bound precisely to the dopamine targets in the b...Increased Public Access To Defibrillation Could Prove Potentially Cost-Effective And Life-Saving
...er common medical treatments. "You have to compare this with other efforts to improve survival," saysMyron Weisfeldt, M.D., a co-author of the report and a past president of theAmerican Heart Association. "We manufacture about 10 million automobiles eachyear and seat belts add $200 to the cost of bu...Clot-Busters As Effective As Surgery To Clear Blockages In Legs
...vely asinvasive surgery. The study, the largest to compare athrombolytic agent to surgery in patients with arterial blockagesin the legs, is published in the April 16 issue of the NewEngland Journal of Medicine . In the study of 544 patients at 113 sites across NorthAmerica and Europe, physicians compa......nical Oncology. This study was designed to compare paclitaxel/carboplatin tocisplatin/etoposide. The trial enrolled 369 patients with advanced ormetastatic NSCLC between May 1995 and July 1996. One hundred seventy-ninepatients received cisplatin/etoposide and 190 received paclitaxel/carboplatin. Af..."Happy Hour" Is Unhappy For Many Cardiac Arrest Victims
...0 of thesethat were witnessed arrests were used to compare circadian variations amongsubgroups (male vs. female, race comparisons, and age comparisons). During the study, 597 of the patients had more than one cardiac arrest Ofthese, 325 could provide a near-exact time of the second cardiac arrest. Nodiffer...New Elementary School Program Lowers Cardiovascular Risks In Children
...children with at least two CVD risk factors and to compare the effectiveness of a classroom-wide program with a program providing more individualized interventions. These findings suggest the need for policy changes at the elementary school level to place new emphasis on health and physical activities that c...New Data Show Evista Reduces Spinal Fractures
...women at increased risk for thedisease to directly compare the benefits and risks of tamoxifen and Evistatherapies. As with most drugs, Evista therapy is associated with some side effects, themajority of which were reported as mild. The most commonly reported side effectsin this clinical trial were hot flash...Electronic Nose Inspects Cheese, Hints At Human Sense Of Smell
... the quality of a scent or flavor. They can only compare it to what human noses and taste buds have previously deemed acceptable. "An electronic nose is not a replacement for people -- it is a ...Hospital Stays Longer Than Three Days For 'Simple' Heart Attacks May Not Be Cost Effective
... and 1993. Theprimary purpose of that trial was to compare the effectiveness of two clotbusting drugs, but the researchers also collected a wealth of information on theday-by-day treatment and outcomes of the patients, most of whom stayed in thehospital for about eight days. From this database, they...Pursuing The Next Generation Of Arthritis Treatment
...ffects about 2.5 million people. Its purpose is to compare the effectiveness of a treatment, called TNF receptor,with methotrexate, the current standard treatment. This trial is beingconducted as part of a nationwide effort that has led to preliminary approval ofthe new treatment by The Food and Drug Admini...New Drug Boosts The Power Of Traditional Cancer Therapies, UF Animal Studies Show
... drug's effectiveness, to determine dosages and to compare its tumor-destruction results with standard treatments. Combretastatin, a small organic molecule found in the bark of the African bush willow tree Combretum caffrum, was identified a decade ago by George R. Pettit and his colleagues at Arizona State ......he authors conclude this analysis "was thefirst to compare outcomes for a medical population experiencing major depressionof varying severity that was treated with either an antidepressant medication orpsychotherapy." They suggest that future researchers should attempt todetermine whether interpersonal psyc......hild's first set of vaccines. The model is run to compare fouroptimization goals: (1) minimum total cost; (2) next lowest total cost; (3)maximum total cost; and (4) minimum total cost with all manufacturersrepresented. Among the study's findings was that in Case 1, the difference between theminimum cost sol...UPMC Study Shows What May Be The Most Effective Treatment For Depressed Elderly
PITTSBURGH, Jan. 6 -- In the first-ever study to compare differenttherapies for the treatment and preventio...0 and older who had been split into four groups to compare theeffectiveness of different treatments. One group received both theantidepressant drug nortriptyl...