New Chemicals Could Lead To First Bone Growth Pill
...rowth -- rather than merelyretardbone loss -- were described here today at a national meeting of the AmericanChemicalSociety, the world's largest scientific society. Researchers from the Seattlebiotechnology company ZymoGenetics Incorporated said their new compounds areshowing positive results in animals and,...New Contact Lens Material Could Lessen Risk Of Eye Infection
...ctlenses and lessen the risk of eye infection were described by researchersfrom the University of California, Berkeley, today at the national meeting ofthe American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society. The material, called a sulfoxide hydrogel polymer, enhances the water level inthe eye wh...Should Doctors Urge Patients To Take Breaks From Their Drugs?
...tutefor Genetic and Human Therapy in Washington DC described a patient in Berlin whostarted treatment with three types of anti-HIV drug soon after becominginfected. The therapy was interrupted twice due to medical complications, andsubsequently stopped altogether. Two years on, levels of HIV in his blood arene...Psychologist Detects Brain-Activity Changes In Maltreated Kids
...d other adults. Pollaksays decades of research has described these problems, but few studies havetargeted the underlying mechanisms that cause them. Although more research is needed, Pollak says the findings suggest thattraditional therapies may not stress the right issues. An educational approachcould help pe...Cordis Cardiology Introduces The MINI Crown Stent
...ng from 3.25 mm to 2.25 mm in quarter sizes. Penn described the MINI as the stent that enables physicians to "go smaller safely," predicting that it will soon become the "gold standard" for smaller vessel stenting. Penn also explained that the MINI and the Dynasty TM ; delivery system have been carefully d...Baby Talk: Parents Do Make A Difference, By Promoting Childhood Chatter, From Birth To Age 3
...ts don't evenseem to resemble the babies Dr. Spock described in the 1950s." Scheduled to reach bookstores nationwide by May 24, the 272-page book, publishedby Dutton, a division of Penguin Putnam Inc., "is an important addition to anyparent's library," says T. Berry Brazelton, a professor of pediatrics at theH...Repeated Exposure To Cocaine Alters Brain Structure
...y Robinson of the University of Michigan. Robinson described his finding at the Fifth Annual Wisconsin Symposium onEmotion, held April 23-24. "Repeated exposure to cocaine results in persisting brain changes that webelieve contribute to addiction and the risk of relapse," he said. Robinson and his colleague, D......f the holdperiod. Under the type of holding policy described in the paper, all donatedunits are stored before being released for fractionation and the production ofplasma products. If a donor tests positive for the infection in question at asubsequent donation, then all of that donor's units currently in stora...... were typically mild. The results described herein are based on investigational data analyzedby Immunex. These data have not been reviewed by the U.S. Food and DrugAdministration (FDA) as part of an application for regulatory approval. LEUKINEis not indicated for use in HIV, however, the com...Adolescents And Risk-Taking: A 'Very Likely' Danger May Not Mean The Same To A Teen As To An Adult
...rom unprotected sex is high - afterall, the doctor described it as "very likely." But the teenager may interpretthe risk as much lower. Alternatively, when parent and child listen to a doctor describe a treatmentwith a "small chance" of side-effects, the parent may interpret that probabilityas 1 out of 10 whil...Study Suggests Inflammation Signs Can Show Who Will Develop Diabetes
...unting for other factors. The inflammation described was most likely mild and sub-clinical, aswhite blood cell, albumin and fibrinogen levels of almost the entire group werewithin clinically accepted normal ranges at the time of their measurement, thescientists said. In a study of a smaller sa...Less Toxic Bone Marrow Transplant Technique May Have More Powerful Anti-Cancer Effect
...ant Program and principalinvestigator of the study described in the Lancet paper, adds, "While it's muchtoo early to say whether this approach will benefit and be safe for all patientswith advanced blood-cell cancers, we're very encouraged by the results we'veseen." In standard bone marrow transplantation, pa...Circulation publishes phase I study of ENBREL in patients with chronic heart failure
...igation, product commercialization, and otherrisks described from time to time in the SEC reports filed by Immunex, includingthe most recently filed form 10-K and form 10-Q. For more information, pleaserefer to www.immunex.com. An electronic version of this news release - as well as additional informationabou...Noninvasive test aims to prevent sudden cardiac death
...A approved it in April 1999. Smith and colleagues described their latest study at the North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology in Toronto, Canada, in May 1999. They determined how T-wave alternans changes as heart rate changes, which will allow for improvements in the test's accuracy. "Because ...Using spatial illusion to learn how the brain processes sound
... ways from the actual loudspeaker. For experiments described in the Nature paper, U-M scientists played the samesounds for anesthesized cats with miniature probes surgically implanted in theirauditory cortex. Created at the U-M Center for Neural Communication Technology,these neural probes are the size of a g...Men and women agree: love, romance vital part of sexual person
...00 words as to whether they described a "sexual man." From these results, theresearchers...f-concepts. One facet, best described as passionate and loving, was also afacet found in the study of women's sexua...... at an upcoming major medical meeting. Theresults described herein are based on investigational data analyzed by Immunex. These data have not yet been reviewed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration(FDA), but are included as part of the application for regulatory approvalsubmitted today. The Phase III piv...National Jewish researchers first to identify component in thymus that positively selects T cells
...rnal Immunity. "This is the first time anybody has described what T cells really 'see' whenthey are positively selected in the thymus," said Uwe Staerz, M.D., Ph.D., aNational Jewish researcher who studies the immune system. This research helps expand the understanding of how the immune system develops. In the...College men nearly as likely as women to report they are victims of unwanted sexual coercion
...unwanted sex. Being pressured into having sex was described as havingintercourse with someone even though you really didn't want to because the otherperson pressured you with continual arguments. Eight percent of the men and 6percent of the women said they had been pressured into having sex. Phys...New computer model supports the importance of annual mammograms
...able by localsurgery and radiation. "The findings described here suggest that screening, if used frequently enough,has the potential to reduce dramatically breast cancer deaths beyond what hasalready been shown in trials of screening mammography," says Michaelson. He andhis colleagues note that, while MGH phy...