Duke Study Uses Tiny Temperature Changes To Probe Water-Exclusion At Protein Binding Sites
...h of the energy that drives a bindingreaction, and determining how much energy this removal provides has previous...ow that water plays anunexpectedly crucial role in determining whether a drug will bind with aprotein like a natural ligand would. In 1996, his team followed...Scientists Track Effectiveness Of Migraine Drugs With Ultrasound
...rea, said that he has found an objectivemethod for determining the success of treating patients who get migraines, evenduring the periods when the patient does not have a headache. Chung will present his findings August 15th at the meeting of InternationalNeurosonology '97 sponsored by the World Feder...A Helping Hand Could Save An Ailing Heart
...ed upon their degree of illness, they suggest that determining apatient's or friend's prognosis may be as simple as asking, "Are you getting thesupport you need?"..."Powerful New Tool" For AIDS Is Reported In Science
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...ored clinical trials in Africa that aredirected at determining effectiveness in preventing mother-to-child HIVtransmission, which AIDS specialists also call vertical transmission. "The goal in our research was to determine under what circumstances, if any,this might be a good investment compared with other uses...Health Risk To "Cigarette Babies" Is Neglected, Duke Scientist Charges
...arch, we can test individual components oftobacco, determining which actually elicit such effects as brain damage orsensitivity to hypoxia after birth, which can trigger SIDS." Studies by Slotkin and his colleagues over the past decade have involvedusing implantable minipumps to infuse precisely metered ...Teen Marijuana Use Is Fueled By Change In Attitudes
...e factors we examined areimportant risk factors in determining which students are likely to usemarijuana---or other drugs, for that matter," says Bachman. "But as importantas they are, these lifestyle factors alone cannot account for the recent changesin marijuana use." The data from the Monitoring the Future s......esents an example of the fundamental importance of determining the molecularmechanisms that drive cell growth in specific diseases. Once that is understood,drugs can be designed to zero in precisely on the abnormal cells and leavehealthy cells intact. "The community of leukemia doctors is very interested...Cereal Lessens Colon Cancer Risk
...heat bran in their diet, "there was an interest in determining if cereals containing processed wheat branperformed as well as raw wheat bran." Not only did it perform as well, claimsYokoyama, "processing of wheat bran actually improves its health-promotingproperties." It's still unclear to researchers how the w...Electronic Nose Inspects Cheese, Hints At Human Sense Of Smell
...inds of cheese. Aside from determining the value of this technology for the ... was essential as a first step to determining whetherthese devices would be useful in industry and research," said ...Changes In Care Lower Costs Of Surgery To Prevent Stroke
... complications. Doctors arealso getting better at determining who are the best candidates for carotidendarterectomy," she says. Researchers evaluated 757 patients at hospitals around Toronto who had undergonecarotid endarterectomy. By the end of the study, the length of time fromhospital admittance to surgery ...Hormone Therapy Increases Survival Of High Risk Prostate Cancer Patients
... "These four groups provide an effective way of determining how longpatients are likely to survive prostate ca... used PSA test. Although this test is sufficientin determining treatment failure, it is not, as is widely believed, the mosteffective predictor of survival of men ...6,000 Pharmaceutical Scientists Convene November 15-19 In San Francisco
... critical nomenclature issue and determining how to keep drugs with confusing names from reaching the market. Several of their recommendations to curb the probability of mistakes are currently being reviewed by the FDA. Impact of ...Ovarian Hormone Could Play Key Role In Easier, Safer Childbirth
...tructure is similar to that ofinsulin. Then, after determining that relaxin is secreted into the blood in thelast half of pregnancy in both species, heidentified its physiological roles. In addition to its effects on the cervix,relaxin prepares mother rats and pigs for nursingtheir young by promoting the develop...World's Premier Pharmaceutical Scientists Share Latest R&D Findings
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...lusions. "Furthermore, these data may be useful in determining thecost-benefit ratio of universal influenza immunization."...Who Cares For You When You're Ill
...el of physician acceptance was a criticalfactor in determining how extensive the NPs' and PAs' practice could be,"Jacobson said. Alternative policies are currently under consideration by managed careorganizations to increase the number of primary care physicians. Doing so mayslow the growth of hiring new NPs an...The Whole Truth From Five-Year-Olds
...t. Neither had anybody ever lookedat approaches to determining competency being usedby actual attorneys. Despite serious delays in language development,most of the 5-year-olds in the study, correctlyidentified truthful statements and lies as suchand recognized that lying is bad and would makeauthority figures m......Lp(a) can provide additional useful information in determining risk for andseverity of coronary artery disease. Herbert Marx, Bassett Healthcare,Cooperstown, N.Y., Ph.: 607-547-3048. 12:15 p.m. -- #P98 -- Current cholesterol screening may misclassify many U.S.children as high risk. A University of Texas ...