American Psychiatric Association Tipsheet - December
...ple with mental disorders. According to analysisof data from the 1994 National Health Interview Study in the December issue ofthe American Journal of Psychiatry, persons with mental illnesses were twice aslikely as those without to report having unmet needs for medical care. Althoughthe Health Insurance P......g breast cancer. Signal researchers are presenting data from successful preclinical studies atthe joint meeting of The American Society for Bone and Mineral Research and The International Bone and MineralSociety being held in San Francisco, California, December 1-6. Signal evaluated the efficacy of its no...Promising New Drug Uses Antibody Targeted Chemotherapy To Fight Leukemia
Scientists presented data here today at the 40th Annual Meeting of the Ameri... of cancer - acutemyelogenous leukemia (AML). The data appeared to confirm that this noveltreatment method -- "antibody-targeted chemotherapy" -- shows pro...... large number ofindividuals, scientists had enough data to determine whether pravastatin therapyreduced th...atin-treated group. The researchers also analyzed data from a subgroup of 342 people withoutdiabetes who met the American Diabetes Association's definition......ion," said Dr. Brune. The strength of the Phase II data led Maxim to commence a Phase III clinicaltrial of...ieve that this interest results from the promising data we have seen in thePhase II trial for this population of patients who have limited options fortherap......sive and non-invasive breast cancer. These data were gathered from 10 randomized, double-blind,pla...trials of at least12-months' duration. The data are an update from those Jordan presented earlier this year atthe American Society of Clinical Oncol...Thymus May Hold Clue To Rebuilding Immune System After HIV
...l of HIV, the number of thesecells increased. "The data suggest that HIV specifically inhibits the thymus either by infectingthe cells within the organ, or affecting the ability of the thymus to produceT-cells by an unknown mechanism," Koup said. The investigators now will look for ways to stimulate the ...High education plus heart attack: Sure-fire way to quit smoking
...okersin 1992 and for whom there were matching 1994 data on smoking status and othercharacteristics. ...dy, funded by the National Institute on Aging. The data were collected by the Survey Research Center at the University ofMichigan....Radically New Type Of Surgery Tested On First Patient
...the end of this study? Stereotaxis will submit the data from the five patients to the U.S. Food andDrug Administration, requesting permission to proceed to the second phase ofhuman trials. Phase II will involve about 30 patients at two medical schools,one of which will be Washington University School of M......htopical creams. "But when you look at the data of how doctors typically treat actinickeratoses, w... in Washington, D.C. later this monthto review the data about actinic keratosis and squamous cell carcinoma to assessthe impact of the rules. Dr. Al......ics Corp. (Nasdaq:TGEN) announcethe publication of data from a Phase I study evaluating a new concept in t...which can then be administered to the patient. The data in this publication demonstrate the ability of these cells to targetand eliminate diseased cells and...Reassuring Findings About Infants Exposed To Zidovudine
...ournal of the American Medical Association. "These data are critically important because the current recom...oped cancers or died." The JAMA article reports on data collected through February 1997. The medianage of the children was 4.2 years (range 3.2 to 5.6 year...JAMA Study Shows Jefferson Medical College Program Brings Family Physicians To Small Town America
...edicine department. The study used current data to compare a total of 206 PSAP graduatesfrom the classes of 1978 to 1991 currently practicing family medicine in ruraland underserved areas of Pennsylvania with all allopathic (M.D.) medical schoolgraduates in the state, and with all U.S. and interna......om Dec. 29, 1988, through Dec.31, 1993. Using this data to calibrate their copula model, the researchers foundthat in this instance, considering two covered lives as dependent rather thanindependent reduced annuity values by about 5 percent. The research was supported by the Society of Actuaries. ...Soy May Decrease Cancer Risks, Wake Forest Researcher Says
...- the cell proliferation was counteracted. "These data indicatethat soy supplements may decrease breast and endometrial cell proliferation andtherefore could decrease cancer risk in these tissues," Cline said. In other words, the soy protein played much the same role as progestindoes in common es......hing hospitals." The Duke researchers used data from Medicare and the 1982, 1984, 1989and 1994 Nat...the public programs money." Sloan said the data from these two studies could help Congress decide onways to keep Medicare solvent. "This and Social ...Statistician Keeps Health Researchers Ahead Of The Curve
...r a period of years. To help make sense of the raw data they collected, scientists in each of thesestudies...thematical sciences , uses a relatively newform of data analysis called curve estimation to produce clearer pictures of howhealth changes over time. Standar...An Ergonomically Redesigned Analgesia Delivery Device Proves Safer And More Efficient
...ectronically recorded by the simulations for later data analysis. Experimental Design A 2x3x2x2 mixed design was used in which the within-subject factors included interface (old and new), programming task (PCA, Continuous, and PCA+Continuous tasks), and repetition (1st and 2nd repetition of the programmin...UK Researcher Develops New Delivery Systems For Treatment Of Smoking Addiction
...ers for addiction treatment," hesaid. In addition, data Houdi collected indicates Zyban is rapidly and well-absorbedthrough the nasal passage and would increase its bioavailability, or site ofaction, at least 12 to 15 times compared to the oral tablet form currently on the market.Since the tablet form of......ng Medicinesfor Children, the first formulary with data on drugs prescribed for children.The dossier, due to be published in the spring, will provide information on howdrugs should be used and their common complications. And last August, Aynsley-Green and four colleagues set up the BritishForum fo...