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...hey have different behavioral effects. This study compares the effects of alcohol with those of benzodiazepin... of Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research compares alcohol's effects on the brain with those of a benzodiazepine drug called lorazepam (commercially kn......just before enrollment began for SCHIP, this study compares those presumptively eligible for SCHIP and insured through other programs with those who were uninsured. The study produced results that will serve as a baseline for future evaluation of SCHIP. Significant in the SCHIP results was the insurance stat...Cars and bridges that almost never rust
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...lving a total of nearly 48,000 women. The study compares women who labored - even those that eventually ended in cesarean - with those who chose to have elective cesarean deliveries without labor. They found that the strain of labor and vaginal delivery may indeed result in small increases in the uterine...Noni plant may yield new drugs to fight tuberculosis
...illing 89 percent of the pathogens, they say. This compares favorably with rifampicin, a drug commonly used to treat TB, which has an inhibition rate of 97 percent at the same concentration, according to the researchers. The active compounds were isolated from the extract and found to be phytosterols (pla......158, Abstract #318) of 138 treatment nave patients compares the efficacy and safety of VIDEX EC capsules to VIDEX tablets each taken once-daily in combination with ZERIT (stavudine) and nelfinavir over a 48-week period. Results of each treatment arm show comparable efficacy in suppressing the HIV virus. ...... Abstract #319) of 511 treatment nave HIV patients compares the safety and efficacy of VIDEX EC capsules taken once-daily with stavudine and nelfinavir to a regimen of Combivir and nelfinavir. Interim results of this study, by the protocol specified analysis, show that after 48 weeks, the proportion of pati......rodes that immediately analyzes brain activity and compares it to the brain activity of a sample of healthy people. The software that analyzes brain activity is based on a mathematical model of the cerebral cortex, explains Dr. Thomas McKenna, ONR Program Officer for the project. In addition to assisting in ...British public supports mercy killing
...at a familymember should be allowed to do so. This compares with 75 per cent in favour in the US and 73 per cent in favour in Australia. The figures show that support for legislation was no stronger among older age groups or people with a disability than any other sector of thecommunity, although people with ...Detecting breast cancer spread by white light - groundbreaking technology
...and analysed on a portable computer. The analysis compares the optical signature to those from previous examples of normal and cancerous tissue, and if the results are similar enough then it may be possible to make a diagnosis without the need to remove any tissue." The joint research team is lead by Profess...High-dose interferon beta-1b for multiple sclerosis patients
...ver, there is no published research which directly compares the different regimens. Luca Durelli and colleagues from Turin University Medical School, Italy, coordinated a multicentre study in 15 Italian MS centres comparing the clinical and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) benefits of 250 mcg interferon beta-...UT Southwestern gerontologist offers ways to find the right nursing home
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...ures such as its shape and colour. SolarScan then compares the features against images of melanomas and non-melanomas in a database, returning advice to the GP. A record of the spot's status can be stored in Polartechnics' 'Body Map' software so that it can be rechecked another time if necessary. The company...Buszaki neuroscience research published in current journals 'Science' & 'Nature'
...nekugel, George Dragoi, and Andras Czurko. Buzsaki compares the way brain neurons communicate to a talking dru...ading to memory formation," Buzsaki added. Buzsaki compares the silicon brain probes to earthquake monitoring stations. "To determine the precise position and t...High blood pressure treatment also improves heart function
...t expect by just lowering blood pressure. Devereux compares the heart's performance during chronic high blood pressure to changes in the arm muscles from weightlifting: "The heart walls thicken, just as the biceps thicken from lifting weights, resulting in an increased demand for blood supply and energy," he ...Reproductive tourism: Italy faces 'womb drain' as ART becomes better in other European countries
...account for nearly half of all those cycles. This compares with the USA where there are close to 100,000 cycles a year. Denmark still tops the league table for availability of ART treatment; there were 1659 treatment cycles per million inhabitants in 1999, 1407 in Finland, 1383 in Iceland (where there is onl...Mayo Clinic vaccine researcher calls for universal flu vaccine for elderly
... achieve coverage rates of 60 percent." Dr. Poland compares the health-care community's slowness to promote the influenza vaccine among the elderly to the rapidity with which he believes it would take action against the HIV virus. "If an equally safe and effective vaccine to prevent HIV infection were av...New drug boost for asbestos-related lung cancer sufferers
...n the next stages of clinical trials to see how it compares to other anti-cancer drugs.'......issue of the American journal Preventive Medicine, compares expenditure and usage of alternative therapies in the year 2000 with a previous study conducted by the department in 1993 (and published in Lancet). The comparison shows a number of worrying trends, according to the study's key investigator, Professo...