Use Of Surfectant Therapy Widens Gap In Death Rate Of Black And White Newborns
...rate for very low birth-weightinfants of all races decreased between the two intervals, from 220 deathsto 182 deaths per 1,000 births. The researchers credited the drop in thewhite death rate to a major decrease in deaths from RDS. Although the incidence of RDS for whites remained stable duringthe two time pe...ACTG 315 Preliminary Results: Drug Cocktail Restores Partial Immune Function
...s of HIV, increased circulating CD4+ T cellcounts, decreased risk of opportunistic infections and decreasedshort-term mortality. However, ACTG 315 is the first studyto probe the immunologic consequences of such therapy. This becamepossible last spring after the recompetition for ACTG fundingincluded an award...Drug And Radiation Treatment May Shrink Pancreatic And Gastric Tumors
...nths of treatments, tumors in several patients had decreased to asize to where they could be removed surgically. "Paclitaxel makes tumors much more sensitive to being killed by radiation,"said Safran, an assistant professor of medicine in the Brown University Schoolof Medicine, based at The Miriam Hospital an...ACTG Protocol 185 Enrollment Halted
... Carolina, mother-to-child transmission rates have decreased from 21% in 1993 to 6% in 1996 with use of AZT; in New York City, rates have similarly decreased to 5% for infected women who have received the antenatal, intrapartum and newborn AZT regimen. Addi...New Math, High-Tech Imaging Solving Old Riddle: How Does The Brain Operate When We Think?
...nimalbrain activity to abnormal activity caused by decreased oxygen in the blood. Theteam loweredthe amount of oxygen in animals for about 45 minutes, then recorded changes inMRI signals dueto the decrease in the number of hemoglobin molecules carrying oxygen. Theoxygen levels werethen returned to normal level......he article found that the numberHIV-related deaths decreased from almost 30 per 100 person-years in 1994 toabout 9 per 100 person-years by mid-1997. At around the same time, prescriptionrates of combination antiretroviral therapy increased from 25 percent ofpatients seen in 1994 to 94 percent by June 1997, wit...... benefits of the drug beingtested in one trial and decreased the perceived benefits of the drug in theother three trials. While these differences of opinion had no effect on patientcare, the researchers believe that the results should help them refine the wayfuture trials are designed and carried out. ...New Stroke Treatment Likely To Decrease Health Care Costs And Increase Quality Of Life
...that t-PA-treatedstroke patients, because of their decreased disability, can expect to have animproved quality of life. These results, published in the April 1998 issue ofNeurology, were reported by Susan Fagan, Pharm. D., Associate Professor ofPharmacy Practice at Wayne State University and Henry Ford Hospi...Health Workers May Experience Costly Dislocation As Health Spending Growth Slows
...alth sector. Bishop finds that "there currently is decreased growth in hospital jobs--both government and non-government--and strong job growth in ambulatory and home health care." In addition, pay for health workers is not increasing as rapidly as in the past, a further signal of slackening demand. Job compos...Unhealthy Lifestyles Not Primary Cause Of High Mortality Rates
... greater chronic and acute stresses of daily life, decreased social supports, lower self-esteem, heightened levels of anger and hostility, and a decreased sense of control. Other key elements thought to be associated with high mortality rates among the d...Teen Marijuana Use Is Fueled By Change In Attitudes
...e of the drugincreased during most of the '70s and decreased throughout the '80s. Among allthree age-groups studied, use has increased in the '90s. Teen disapproval of the drug and perceptions of marijuana's hazards present amirror-image of this usage pattern: in years when average levels of disapprovaland p...Modafinil Improves The Quality Of Life Of Narcolepsy Patients
...heir symptoms reappeared and their quality of life decreased dramatically. "These patients need medication to function. Modafinil provides this, and withfewer side effects than methylphenidate or amphetamines," Rogers said. Unlike other drugs used to treat narcolepsy, modafinil needs only to be takenonce dail...Voluntary HIV Counseling And Testing Reduce Risk Behavior In Developing Countries
...ed sex with anon-primary partner. The overall rate decreased from 31 percent beforecounseling to 19 percent six...ate of unprotected intercourse witheach other also decreased significantly, from 75 percent before counseling to 38percent six months later. Unprotected sex wit...Scientists Report Cancer Fighting Drug As Possible Treatment For Multiple Sclerosis
... when administered to such cultured human T cells, decreased the amount ofTNF-a that was shed by the cells. "With the combined impact of MMPI on human myelin autoaggressive T cells and ona powerful animal model for MS, we are looking at MMPIs as promising candidatesfor human clinical trials in MS, which have ......ided." The analysis found that hospital admissions decreased 18 percent, from 239 perthousand in the baseline period to 196 per thousand in follow-up. Bed days fell22 percent, from 1,336 days per thousand in the baseline to 1,047 days perthousand in follow-up. As a result, inpatient hospital costs were reduc...Epilepsy Drug Found To Stop Cocaine's Effects In Animals
...feeling in humans. GVG also significantly decreased the amount of time that rodents spentin areas where they had previously received cocaine. Such behavior is importantin human drug addiction. But GVG did not stop animals' routine functions such as learning, eatingand moving; nor did it caus...... psychiatric disorders associated withincreased or decreased glutamate-mediated signaling between neurons," Moghaddamsaid. She cautioned, however, that the drug might not have the same effect inpeople, and that PCP-induced symptoms in rats may not accurately reflectsymptoms of schizophrenia in humans. ...Changes In Care Lower Costs Of Surgery To Prevent Stroke
... length of time fromhospital admittance to surgery decreased from about two days to one day, and thetime from surgery to discharge shortened from about five days to three days.Co-authors are B. Bowyer, R.N.; D. Dowed, M.D.; R. Maggisano, M.D.; P. Oh, M.D.;and J.W. Norris, M.D....Exercise Can Help To Exorcise Stroke Risk
...at physical activity by itself was associated with decreased risk of stroke....Reduced Heart Disease Risk In Middle Age Lowers Eventual Medicare Costs
...gation ofindependent and productive living, with a decreased burden on family andsociety," said Martha L. Daviglus, M.D., assistant professor of medicine at theMedical School, who was lead author on the study. The Northwestern researchers studied data on over 7,000 middle-aged menand 6,800 wome...