New drug works well as sole epilepsy therapy for difficult-to-treat patients
...ted States approximately $12.5 billion per year in direct (healthcare and related) and indirect (lost income) expenses. One of its most common symptoms is the seizure, which occurs when certain brain cells release too much electrical energy and trigger a sudden loss of control over movement, thought or awa...NIAID public-private partnerships seek to develop HIV/AIDS vaccine
...ver, NY Wyeth Lederle's John Eldridge, Ph.D., will direct an effort with academic researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and Duke University to produce a DNA vaccine containing immunity-stimulating genes in addition to the HIV genes. The initial DNA vaccination will be boosted by a candidate vaccine...Workers' comp: perfect fit for chiropractic
...lingering medical biases have continued to prevent direct access to doctors of chiropractic in many instances, despite the fact that chiropractic adjustments have proven effective in reducing pain and returning employees to work sooner, according to the article. "There's a lot of confusion out there espec...New study finds 18 football players died in 1999 season, eight paralyzed
...d to exertion, not football directly. "All six direct fatalities resulted from injuries to the brain," s... high school and 80 college players have died as a direct result of injuries suffered on the playing field. ...Scientists develop polymers with nitric-oxide releasing particles
...as tubing, equipment or plastic bags which come in direct contact with blood during heart by-pass surgery, kidney dialysis or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). Meyerhoff also hopes to use NO-releasing polymers to coat implantable blood sensors, currently under development at U-M, which could con...Chemist uses DNA to trigger an alternative chemotherapy method
...esigning a new approach to chemotherapy that makes direct use of genetic material as a trigger to annihilate cancer or virally infected cells. This innovative approach would facilitate the selective destruction of harmful cancer or viral cells, which has always been the less-than-realized basis for chemot...Repairing brain damage from stroke may be possible with brain cell transplants
...cal Center in Pennsylvania. "Right now there is no direct treatment for reversing the neurologic damage of a stroke months after it occurs. The only treatment for these patients is rehabilitation through physical or occupational therapy." In the study, transplants were given to 12 people whose stroke oc...Increase in effective contraceptive use can reduce abortion rate
...ematical model that links the abortion rate to its direct determinants, Population Council scientist John Bongaarts and Princeton University professor Charles Westoff show how increased contraceptive use and effectiveness can reduce abortion rates. Their analysis is published in the September issue of the P...NIH funds unique diabetes program that combines research with technology development
..., Dr. Stephen Johnston and Dr. Thomas Kodadek will direct projects in their respective fields. Other investigators include Dr. A. Dean Sherry, professor of radiology; Dr. David Mangelsdorf, professor of pharmacology and associate professor of biochemistry; Dr. Robert Meidell, associate professor of internal...Lawrence Livermore Lab pioneers advanced radiation treatment for cancer
...ve thousands of lives each year by helping doctors direct more radiation at tumors, with minimal damage to surrounding healthy tissue. NOMOS Corporation, a leading supplier of radiation treatment technologies located in Sewickley, PA recently received U.S. Food & Drug Administration clearance to produce an...'Unheralded safety net' providing state health practitioners for under-served areas
... service, 11 providing loans, eight offering other direct financial incentives and five that support residents. The number of such programs doubled between 1990 and 1996. Common features of state efforts were the mission to influence distribution of health-care workers within state borders, emphasis on ...NIMH expands national outreach partnership
...n annual stipend. Partners are invited to provide direct feedback to NIMH on its research priorities. Partners are required to submit progress reports to NIMH. Several national organizations have a prominent role in the structure of the NIMH Constituency Outreach and Education Program. They include the N......umatoid arthritis." Current estimates of total direct costs for RA, based on a national community-based sample, are $4.76 billion, with physician visits accounting for approximately 30 percent and hospital admissions for nearly 70 percent. RA patients endure more than 9 million physician visits and mor...Preventing radiation damage in popular medical technique
...the aneurysm. Compared to traditional surgery, the direct intervention approach has many advantages. By positioning a catheter into the area that needs to be treated, doctors can perform interventions inside the body without making any major cuts or incisions. This approach typically leads to shorter reco...Dana-Farber Cancer Institute opens Zakim Center for Integrated Therapies
... researchers, biostatisticians and dieticians will direct the Centers activities through clinical, research and education committees. Working together, these committees will design and implement clinical trials, create models for greater integration of care directed at quality of life issues while patients ...Medical imaging with Swiss Rolls
...il. But with the Swiss rolls in place, helping to direct the radio-frequency magnetic flux from the thumb to the receiver coils, a clear image of the thumbs internal structure resulted. The researchers claim that the new class of materials shows great potential to optimise existing MRI scanners, which are ...Hand size counts in safe handgun use
...ometry of U.S. Army Personnel (Greiner, 1991), and direct measurements of nine models of handguns (described in the next section). Hand Data Anthropometric measurements are made with the body in standard, reproducible positions. For the hand, this means that measurements are made with the hand extended ......riculture researchers - was to determine whether a direct connection exists between concentrations of selenium in the soil and in beef. Specifically, the USDA scientists wanted to know whether beef from areas with soil high in selenium accumulates high concentrations of the mineral. It does, they learned,...