FDA awards grant to metaphore pharmaceuticals to study septic shock in humans
...gation Reform Act of 1995. The actual results may differ from those projected in the forward looking statement due to risks and uncertainties that exist in the companys operations, development efforts and business environment....New medical research shows protein jump signals who suffers arthritis before X-rays show damage
...d findings limited to whites because the two races differ somewhat in their experiences with osteoarthritis. A similar analysis exclusively with black subjects currently is under way. Half the participants were women. When the continuing research began, participants were age 45 or older. About 40 perce...Gender differences in private substance abuse treatment retention
... leading to a successful stay in treatment seem to differ by gender. For women, staying in treatment was pre...on, factors that influence treatment retention may differ by gender. Mertens described previous studies of men and women enrolled in public treatment programs...Bullying at work increases sick leave among employees
... reported bullying were men. Although they did not differ in any respect from their colleagues, victims of bullying tended to weigh more and to suffere more chronic illness, such as diabetes and asthma. Rates of sick leave were up to 50 per cent higher among victims of bullying. But absentee rates were also...NIAID public-private partnerships seek to develop HIV/AIDS vaccine
...ccine for the initial immunization. The proposals differ in the unique properties of the DNA, the specific immune response that is targeted, the delivery system used, and the manner of boosting the initial vaccine. Each of the proposed vaccines contains the genetic information to make specific HIV protein...Millennium, Aventis Pharma form novel alliance
... to risks and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially depending on factors such as the availability of resources, the timing and effects of regulatory actions, the strengths of competition, the outcome of litigation and the effectiveness of patent protection. Additional information regarding...Risk map will help predict encephalitis outbreaks
...in the NYC metropolitan area?" West Nile epidemics differ from those of St. Louis encephalitis, Day said. The mosquito that transmits West Nile is an urban mosquito that flourishes under dry conditions. The drier the conditions the better the mosquito fares because it breeds underground in sewer catch basin...... episodes. The rates of adverse effects did not differ statistically in older and younger patients treated with the extended-release formulation. Patients on the extended-release formulation experienced significantly less dry mouth than patients on immediate-release oxybutynin. Overall, 3.8 percent of ...Patients with social phobia benefit from long-term treatment with sertraline HCl
...sertraline-continuation patients generally did not differ from those reported by placebo-switch patients, except for significantly more headache and flu-like symptoms in the sertraline-continuation patients. However, none of the sertraline-continuation patients cited adverse experiences as their reason for...Hormone replacement therapy use limited
...ecause women's risk levels, values and preferences differ and because the scientific evidence of benefits and risks continues to evolve," said LaCroix, lead researcher in a study on information and decision making in menopausal women. The Department of Health and Human Services' Healthy People 2000 has s...... the numbers of these younger men who die from CHD differ among regions of the United States as much as they differ among countries of the world." Southern states have the highest rates of CHD deaths, and western...Study casts doubt that melatonin goes down as age goes up: Older buyers take note
...ound that their nighttime melatonin levels did not differ significantly from those of 98 younger men whose age ranged from 18 to 30. The study, which spanned five years, appears in the November issue of the American Journal of Medicine.* Study participants were medication free and did not have insomnia or ...UNC-CH wins $42.1 million federal contract to study drugs for schizophrenia and Alzheimer's
...ypically co-sponsored by drug companies. The drugs differ fromother anti-psychotic agents in that they act on multiple cell receptor sites inthe brain, including receptors for dopamine, serotonin and norepinephrine,instead of just dopamine. However, the new drugs cost more than 10 times that of the old med...Jefferson scientist sees drug profiles and tailor-made therapies as ways to beat HIV resistance
... "Clinically relevant drug resistance will differ for each drug, just asit is different for penicillin and vancomycin for bacteria," he says. "We haveto find out if a three-fold increase in viral resistance means something aboutthe effectiveness of one drug compared to what it means for another," he...UI study suggests variable effects of fetal alcohol syndrome on brain
...at although the primate and human clinical studies differ on theeffect alcohol has on corpus callosum size, the studies agree that the part mostaffected is the rostral portion. He described his findings as "more provocative than coming up with anysolutions." He hopes his study will encourage researchers co...Patients with severe psoriasis suffer daily, study finds
... found the quality of lifeof psoriasis patients to differ little from the general population. "Previous studies looked only at patients with mild to moderatepsoriasis whose disease was stable," said Rapp, an associate professor ofpsychiatry and behavioral medicine, and the lead author of the paper. ...Alcohol researchers identify new medication that lessens relapse risk
...mpletion. The nalmefene and placebo groups did not differ in rates ofabstinent days or self-reported craving severity. "Alcohol consumption is mediated by multiple neurotransmitters andneuromodulators, including nonopioid systems, so that an opioid antagonist alonewould not necessarily eliminate alcohol dr...Combination immune therapy kills melanoma in mice
...tumor cells, arise from normal cells and therefore differ little from othercells in the body. "The body is trying to balance recognition of self andrecognition of altered self, and when that fails in either direction you getautoimmunity or cancer," he said. He and his colleagues reasoned that blocking CTLA...Well-adjusted moms have healthy births
...ational age at birth (39 weeks), nor didthe groups differ in stress levels, which included both general andpregnancy-related anxiety. Pregnancy-related anxiety includes a woman's fearsabout her own health, her baby's health, and labor and delivery. Psychological resources and stress, rather than ethnicity,...Nicotine's effects in rats differ depending on whether the animal is male orfemale and lives alone or in groups, a new study conducted by the UniformedServices University of the Health Sciences reports. These findings may haveimplications for human nicotine effects. For male rats, n...