Laser Shown Effective In Patients Who Are Not Candidates For Bypass Surgery Or Angioplasty
... after the procedure,and the improvement typically continues for nine to 12 months, Lowe said. Lowe said it is premature to consider using TMR as a routine surgicaloption for patients with coronary artery disease. "Right now, the outcomes of coronary bypass are so good, and patientsfeel better righ...... in two patients and slowed in two others. A fifth continues to spawn new tumors, which are being treated. The sixth and most recent patient is doing well, but it is still early. Duerk and Lewin are presenting their scientific methods and clinical results this week at the Fifth Scientific Meeting and E...Laser Offers Hope For Heart Patients With No Alternatives
...hs after the procedure,and the improvement usually continues for nine to 12 months, Lowe said. He added that it is too premature to consider using TMR as a routine surgicaloption for patients with coronary artery disease. "Right now, the outcomes of coronary bypass are so good, and patientsfe...Cardiovascular Costs, Deaths Projected To Rise In 1998
...cal Update. The annual toll in lives also continues to rise, with final stroke andheart disease deaths...er and cost of major heart-related procedures also continues toclimb. In 1995 a total of 573,000 coronary artery bypass procedures wereperformed at an average co...Radon, Especially In Combination With Smoking, Contributes To Lung Cancer Deaths
...ular evidence accumulates, as the health of miners continues to be monitored, and as studies are done to measure directly the effects of radon exposure in the general population. The study was funded by the Environmental Protection Agency. The National Research Council is the principal operating ......e taking either of the drugs. Theophylline continues to be prescribed to some people with severeasthma, although doctors have started moving away from its use in general. "Possible psychological changes in response to asthma medications mustbe addressed," Bender said. "Careful discussion with ...Warfarin Continues To Be Underused As Stroke Preventive
...lation -- a type of irregular heartbeat -- thedrug continues to be seriously underprescribed, according to a study by twophysicians from the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). The report by RandallStafford, MD, and Daniel Singer, MD, appears in the April 7 issue ofCirculation. Atrial fibrillation is an a...New Study Designed To Improve Outcomes In Women With Metastatic Breast Cancer
...e readministered one week after transplant Vaccine continues once a month for up to two years Criteria for women to participate in the study: No more than 70 years old Have proven metastatic breast cancer Breast cancer must not involve the brain or bone marrow Must have responded to conventi......ase of clot-inducing proteins into the bloodstream continues monthsafter chest pain or mild heart attacks. Researchers say people affected couldone day fight back with a regular therapy of at-home enoxaparin injections. "It seems logical to not only provide effective anti-clotting therapy duringthe initial ep......iseases associated with dopaminechanges. Research continues into more advanced stages with goals to ultimatelytranslate findings into clinical applications for patients. Recently, researchhas progressed to human studies using Trodat. The University of Pennsylvania Health System is dedicated to developing lea...UCSF AIDS Research Center Receives Major New Grant From NIH
...dstone Institute of Virology and Immunology. "UCSF continues to be a leader in HIV research, and we are particularly pleasedthat this grant will support work that crosses conventional scientificboundaries," Volberding said. "In this way, we can rapidly apply insights frombasic laboratory research to address o...Dobson Must Quit Denial Of Rationing
..."look foolish and undermine his credibility" if he continues to ban the word from ministerial vocabulary. Professor Klein writes that once the inevitability of rationing is finally accepted "we can get down to the serious business of discussing how to devise the appropriate mechanisms... involved". The auth...Physicians Slow To Adopt Newer Drugs For Atrial Fibrillation
...ptions for rate control drugs, digoxin (digitalis) continues to bethe most commonly prescribed drug, although prescriptions for beta blockers andcalcium channel blockers increased during the study period. Digoxin, theresearch team noted, has several limitations not found in beta blockers andcalcium channel bl...Smoking-Related Deaths On The Rise Among American, French Women
...elated deaths in that country. However, if smoking continues toattract younger French women, female mortality rates attributable to smoking areprojected to increase 10-fold, according to King. "Increased smoking rates among young American and French women suggestthe need to examine further the use of t...Now Is Time To Design Brain-Saving Drugs Specifically For Children, UCSF Neurologist Says
...rth throughout the first decade of life, the brain continues to develop andchange, as some neurons grow and make connections and others are pared away.When children's brains are damaged by a disease or an accident, the effect canbe widespread, because the injury can alter a whole stage of brain development. T...Study Offers Hope For Immune Reconstitution After HIV Infection
...fection may adversely affect the thymus, the gland continues to produce new Tcells after the infection is suppressed by intensive anti-HIV therapy. A reportof their findings is published in the Dec. 17, 1998, issue of Nature. "This is a very promising finding because it confirms that the thymus is activein ad...Children Of The Great Depression By Glen H. Elder, Jr.
...ents ofhistorical change. Much psychological study continues to treat individualbehavior as if the person lived in an historical vacuum; many historicalnarratives lose the individual in the sweep of massive forces. But here GlenElder takes seriously the injunction of C. Wright Mills to focus sociologicalinquir...Member Of The "Coasters" Making A Real-Life Comeback After Experiencing An Aneurysm Two Years Ago
...med impromptu numbers for friends and fans, and he continues to practicehis music during voice therapy. "It's been a long road for me," Richards says."I think I'm back now."......areas of the cancer field. The AACR Annual Meeting continues to be the world's most important venue for the presentation of basic, translational, and clinical cancer research." Plenary Session The plenary session, entitled "New Frontiers in Cancer Research," exemplifies the breadth of expertise of the presen......ctive and costeffective," explains Satish. As she continues to test patients to addinformation to her database, the Penn State College of Medicine researcher isseeking funding to greatly expand the program. "We think this can be a model used in many places that could helpthousands of people. Often the...