Studies Look At Threshold Effect Of Cholesterol-Lowering "Statin" Drugs
...e an accompanying editorial in Circulation. He is director of the center for human nutrition at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. In one report researchers found that the benefits of the popular statin drugs -- shown to sharply reduce heart attack risk in individuals with ele...Area of Research Outlined For Promising New Cancer Drugs
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...s with recurrent disease,notedDavid H. Kirn, M.D., director of clinical research at Onyx. "We have seen significant tumor regression in the patients treated to date,including some complete responses, and this is a dramatic early finding,"Dr. Kirn said. "But we have only evaluated ten patients at this point...American Heart Association Comment: Tirofiban -- The Platelet Receptor Blocker For Heart Attack
...aque,that characterize atherosclerosis. Fuster is director of the CardiovascularInstitute, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York. For interviews or more information, please contact Carole Bullock of theAHA's News Media Relations department at (214) 706-1279....First Patients Enrolled In NIH Clinical Trial On Effects Of Marijuana In HIV Patients
... AIDS Program at SanFrancisco General Hospital and director of the Community Consortium. Patients in the trial will be randomly assigned to one of three groups,each with 21 participants. One group will be given marijuana to smoke, onewill receive an oral tablet called Marinol that contains THC, and the third...New Treatment Targets Most Malignant Brain Tumors
...Professor ofPathology (Neuropathology), and deputy director of the Duke Comprehensive CancerCenter. The research is sponsored by the National Institutes of Health, theAmerican Cancer Society and the U.S. Department of Energy. "GBM is an extremely lethal cancer, with no significant advances intherapy i...Athletes, Fraternity Men Are Top Drinkers
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...nneth Foon, M.D., chief of hematology/oncology and director ofthe UK Markey Cancer Center. "It is our hope th...d Donna Reece, M.D., a hematologist/oncologist and director of the Bloodand Marrow Transplant Outpatient Clinic, have combined two treatment methodsinto a singl...Intervention can help reduce risky sexual behavior, according to results published in Science
...y changing over time," says co-author EllenStover, director of NIMH's Division of Mental Disorders, Behavorial Research andAIDS. Even a one-year improvement in risky behaviors can have a profound publichealth impact, according to the authors. Adds Stover, "Our study is a good startin terms of identifying an i......Knox, M.D., MMI medicaldirector. Dr. Knox is also director of the Perinatal Center atAbbott-Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, and professor of obstetrics andgynecology at the University of Minnesota. "At a time when there is a nationalfocus on patient safety, these findings help our healthcare providers i...International Panel Evaluates Testing For Drug Resistance In HIV
... HIV. The study's leadauthor is Martin Hirsch, MD, director of Clincal AIDS Research at theMassachusetts General Hospital and professor of Medicine at Harvard MedicalSchool (HMS). "It is clear that viral resistance, the existence or development of strains ofHIV that can escape the effects of particular antiv......in the way they do," explained Grover Bagby, M.D., director of the OregonCancer Center. "Second, cancer and leukemia cells behave in an abnormal waybecause the structure of cellular proteins has been altered by mutations. Although this new agent needs to be validated in large numbers of patients, Dr.Druker's ...Ulcer Drug Linked To Birth Defects
...Anne Pastuszak, MSc, ofHSC's Motherisk program and director of the University of Toronto FetalDiagnosis and Treatment Centre. "The drug is not recommended for use inpregnancy because it may stimulate uterine contractions and cause vaginalbleeding and miscarriage." It is these side effects that prompt some Bra...Voluntary HIV Counseling And Testing Reduce Risk Behavior In Developing Countries
...mple answer is 'yes'", said Thomas J. Coates, PhD, director of the University of California SanFrancisco AIDS Research Institute (UCSF ARI). He added, however, that most individuals in developing nations do not haveaccess to counseling and testing programs because limited funds cannot supportthem. "But this s...Answers To Access, Adherence And Tolerance Of Protease Inhibitors
...ent failure, says lead author Valerie Stone, M.D., director of the HopeCenter for HIV Care at Memorial Hospital in Pawtucket, R.I., and an assistantprofessor of medicine at Brown University. "Patients can only benefit from protease inhibitors while they are taking thepills," Stone says. "If it turns out that ...UCSF Researchers Seeing Increased Rates Of Unprotected Sex Among San Francisco Gay Men
...pidemiology andbiostatistics. Thomas Coates, PhD, director of the UCSF AIDS Research Institute, is also aco-investigator. The UCSF ARI is an institute without walls that encompasses all UCSF AIDSprograms under a single umbrella. It includes a dozen research institutes, awide range of clinical, behavioral sc...Only Eight Percent Of San Francisco HIV-Positive Urban Poor Receive Protease Inhibitors
...ram at San Francisco General Hospital, was medical director of the study. He presented the research findings here today (July 1) at the 12th World AIDSConference. "This is the first study of anti-retroviral use in a population that makes up agrowing portion of the HIV epidemic," said Andrew Moss, PhD, profess......s Tariot, professor of psychiatry andneurology and director of the University's Program inNeurobehavioral Therapeutics at Monroe Community Hospital. Thereis no single best treatment for agitation, he says. Doctors haveused sedatives and anti-psychotic drugs like haloperidol andthioridazine in the past, with o......or of medicineand cardiology at UCSF and associate director of research at Genentech, Inc.In their findings, the researchers report that prescription of ACE inhibitortherapy, used to reduce blood pressure, increased to 38.7 percent in 1996,compared to 25 percent in 1994, at hospital discharge, and that prescr...