Antiretroviral therapy around childbirth reduces risk of mother-to-child HIV-1 transmission
...sion rates from mother to child at six weeks after delivery were lowest for women given therapy before, during, and after delivery (57% for the first group, 89% for the second group, 142% for the third group, and 153% for the place...Meningitis C vaccine is cost effective
...ective than routine vaccination of infants because delivery costs are lower and fewer doses are required, conclude the authors....Simple blood test may be able to predict risk of preeclampsia
...tal. Preeclampsia increases the risk of premature delivery or emergency cesarean, since delivery is the only real cure for the condition. In such instances, the baby faces the numerous risks associ...Medicine implants drastically reduce stroke complications
...re vasospasm was most likely to occur.The new drug delivery system, implanted during surgery, uses a calcium-c...d the broken vessel using the newly-developed drug delivery system, says Kasuya. We show that this system is an effective, simple and safe treatment for preven...Medical microspheres provide precision-release drug delivery
...ase rate of encapsulated compounds for the precise delivery of drugs over a prolonged period is finally within...e researchers have the ability to control the drug delivery kinetics the rate at which a drug is released to the body and to create single-shot vaccines that ...Fantastic Voyage -- Filled buckeyball now a step closer to becoming a drug-delivery device
...tep closer to biological applications, such as the delivery of medicine or radioactive material to a disease s...the 60 to 80-atom hollow carbon molecules for drug delivery is what fired Iezzi's imagination. Thus, he has added biological functionality to a buckeyball. Iezz...Swift switch from CPR to AED may save lives
...terval when chest compressions are stopped until delivery of a shock. During this interval, the AED analyze...e with a medium initial probability of ROSC, shock delivery after a five-second hands-off period resulted in ROSC in 24 percent; after 15 seconds, 17 percent; a...Annals of Internal Medicine, tip sheet
... systems and physician practices to reorganize the delivery of preventive services (Article, p. 641). The most effective changes were to set up separate clinics for prevention; schedule specific clinic visits just for prevention, and use staff other than doctors to provide preventive services. Financial ince...Brain-imaging cap under study for space and Earth use
...oped by the NSBRI smart medicine team will improve delivery of medical care in space, however Sutton feels the first benefits will be realized on Earth in the assessment, treatment and monitoring of pediatric and adult patients....Chicago researchers testing HIV vaccine for healthy people
...vaccine. The vaccines Sha is testing work by using delivery vehicles known as vectors to transport a gene of H...ered so it cannot reproduce and cause illness. The delivery of the HIV-1 gene gag into the cells stimulates the body to generate a potent cellular immune respon...'Practical gynecology' book published by ACP-ASIM
A more unified structure of health care delivery has resulted in more patients bringing gynecologic issues to their primary care physicians. However, clinical experience in gynecology during residency training has often been insufficient. A new book, "Practical Gynecology, A Guide for the Primary C...The current status of elder abuse in the United States
...mity. There are no federal statutes regulating the delivery of Adult Protective Services, and there is no federal agency charged with responsibility to collect data and issue reports. Mary Joy Quinn, RN, MA, of the Civic Center Courthouse in San Francisco and Candace J. Heisler, JD, a retired San Francisco Di...Calcium-dependent potassium channels as target to increase drug delivery to brain tumors
...tly to the area of brain tumors without increasing delivery to normal brain tissue. Results of the study appea...gulate BTB permeability for selective and enhanced delivery of molecules across brain tumor microvessels, this study may have significant implications for impro...Preliminary US study findings support excellent results with CYPHER Sirolimus-eluting Stent
... drug, sirolimus**, from Wyeth Pharmaceuticals for delivery of the drug via a stent. Cordis chose sirolimus for its cytostatic, rather than cytotoxic, properties, thereby inhibiting cell proliferation (cytostatic), rather than killing the cells (cytotoxic). Since its establishment in 1959, Cordis Corporatio...UCSF health economists urge global AIDS fund to finance prevention first
...e. The article assigns a conservative cost for the delivery of HAART--$350 per disability-adjusted life year (... Frontieres. No other costs are attributed to the delivery of HAART for the purposes of the cost-effectiveness comparison with prevention programs. The $350 es...Profit vs. non-profit health care
... discussions about private, for-profit health care delivery in Canada with a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies comparing mortality rates in private for-profit and private not-for-profit hospitals in the United States. The authors reviewed and analyzed 15 observational studies involving more than ...U.S. for-profit hospitals show higher mortality rates than non-profits, analysis shows
...f private for-profit versus private not-for-profit delivery of hospital care on patient mortality." Private n...ults have significant implications for health-care delivery in both Canada and the U.S. "All data are derived from U.S. studies," said Schunemann. "The results...Study: evidence-based programs likely to be more successful in preventing substance use by children
...oped research-based standards for both content and delivery practices because earlier studies showed both elem...tly trained, reported comfort in using interactive delivery methods and were in a school with a positive climate were more likely to implement curricula in acco...Nitric oxide crucial to respiration
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...bined success of a moms health, her pregnancy, the delivery and then the baby itself, it appears that the other countries offer more services prior to delivery. We should think about the spectrum of care, from a teenager not desiring pregnancy all the way to a pregnant mother and the birth of a child, and, i...