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...nded to be white, married, newmothers, and to have delivered vaginally and had a shorter pregnancy.Post-discharge coordination of care resulted in "dramatic increases" in primarycare visits and home health visits, according to Dr. Kotagal. "This, along with low rates of breast-feeding, may explain the reduce...UK College of Medicine researchers study technologies to deliver drugs to the brain
...effects will be minimized as the compounds will be delivered only to theareas with degenerated tissue. Currently, this research is in the preclinical stage. No trials inhumans are in progress. Along with research and development, the program will have training andoutreach components. The team...Researchers join with treatment providers to improve drug abuse treatment
...cult to get these methods tested and the treatment delivered at the programlevel," said Merwyn "Mitch" Greenlick, Ph.D., principal investigator for OR-Nodeand chair of the department of public health and preventive medicine at OHSU."The idea is to involve our clinical partners from the beginning in establishin...... "Every minute that passes that the baby is not delivered can lead topotential health problems for the baby," she said. This is complicated by the fact that since the baby pushes the diaphragmupward as it grows, pregnant women are more prone to acid reflux from thestomach, which can come up the thro...Racial disparity in lung cancer treatment must be overcome, UCSF specialists assert
...ancer receive high-qualitycare-appropriate service delivered in a technically competent manner, with goodcommunication, shared decision-making, and cultural sensitivity."...Duke team seeks novel vaccine strategy for HIV
...s that the team will develop a vaccine that can be delivered nasally andwould stimulate immune responses in the user at both the mucosal and systemiclevels. "I think we will be able to start testing our next generation of candidatevaccines in humans in a couple of years," said Haynes -- a time-span that seemst...Stereotypes of aging may have significant effect on gaits of older persons
...ubconsciously. Those who received the subliminally delivered positive words, such as "wise," "astute," and "accomplished," subsequently increased their walking speeds by 9 percent. Those who received negative words about aging, such as "senile," "dependent," and "diseased," maintained the same walking speed. ...The American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists releases latest findings at Annual Meeting
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... such as tests, procedures and education, can't be delivered in a three-day period, we may need to continue the practice," Newby concluded. "It is critical to make sure that the quality of these patients' care is not shortchanged in the name of efficiency. At present, the medical system is not prepared to han......Level. See page 132 in the final program.) Drugs delivered at supersonic speeds: Imagine having tiny particles delivered painlessly into your skin at speeds up to that of a supersonic jet. That's the concept behind dry po...Artificial liver moves toward commercialization
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...n the study were implanted with osmotic pumps that delivered zVAD-fmk, or a placebo, into the ventricles of the brain. They received the pumps at 60 days old, when the symptoms of the disease had not yet appeared, and received zVAD-fmk or placebo continuously for 56 days. The motor function of the mice was mea...Purdue 'stealth compounds' attack cancer cells
...a part to repair your car, and having the new part delivered in pieces you must first assemble. A similar sit...rakes on the cells' abnormal growth can be readily delivered through the cell membrane only in pieces that then must be assembled by the cell. Scientists at Pu......astoma. If these steps show that a strategy can be delivered safely, and show evidence that it will be effective, the method will be offered to the nationwide NCI-sponsored children's cancer research networks for large-scale Phase III clinical trials. Such large-scale nationwide trials, with many institutions ......e also knew that the gene transfer using liposomes delivered in the ventricles was safe but not very efficient." Dr. During explains that Canavan is a good disease model for gene therapy. It is caused by a single gene defect and the damage is restricted to the brain. "If the expression of the enzyme is normal...Chemist uses DNA to trigger an alternative chemotherapy method
...as a target." Ma described the method in a paper delivered at the annual meeting of the American Chemical Society, Aug. 20, 2000, in Washington, D.C. The paper will be published later this year in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. By combining the catalytic component and the complemen......ere it is absorbed. As a result, the medication is delivered more efficiently and sticks to its target better, Uhrich says. This could mean taking smaller pills and using them less frequently, she notes. PolyAspirin™ recently exhibited another, unexpected benefit: Mice given the drug grew 37 percent more ......t may be helped by increasing the amount of oxygen delivered to the tissues....