AIDS Treatments Seek To Eradicate Virus, Restore Immunity
...s." Protocol 2 For some patients, AIDS is double jeopardy. Not only is their depletedimmune system unable to fight infections, they also are vulnerable to secondarydiseases such as cancer. It's fairly common for AIDS patients to developlymphoma, a cancer of the lymph tissue, which they frequently d...Ultrasound Helps Pediatric Heart Surgeons After Open Heart Surgery
...patients from infants to 18year olds and intend to double this number by the end of the study. The investigators will present their findings August 14th at the InternationalNeurosonology '97 meeting here sponsored by the World Federation of Neurologyand the Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Fo...Enhancing Night Visibility Using UV Technology To Be Tested On Virginia Tech's Smart Road
...ights, in conjunction with low beamheadlights, can double a driver's visibility distance during wet night roadconditions." Preliminary tests have shown that ultraviolet headlights, similar to"black lights" popular in the 60's and 70's, allow drivers to see up to 30percent farther at night and increa...International Study Raises Hopes For Heart Transplant Patients
...tions requiring antibody therapy." This two-year, double blind International Study compares the safety and effectiveness of conventional Cyclosporine A (Sandimmune) with Neoral in 380 heart transplant recipients. All patients received either Sandimmune or Neoral as part of a triple immunosuppressive regim...... anuncontrolled pilot study, a placebo-controlled, double blind evaluation couldnot prove any benefit from treatment with oral Ginkgo biloba extract forpatients with erectile dysfunction."...ACE-Inhibitors Score High In Reducing Heart Attack Deaths
...ated with thedrug. Those taking the drug also had double the rate of kidney problems: 1.3percent in the drug group versus 0.6 percent in controls. The researchers lackdata on whether those conditions improved when treatment was stopped. Those twocomplications were much more common in people over age 75, a...Educational Intervention Can Reduce Sexual Behaviors Known To Transmit HIV
...ut high-risk sexual behaviors in halfand more than double the regular use of condoms, according to researchers at theJohns Hopkins School of Public Health. The School was one of seven sites acrossthe country participating in the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)Multi-site HIV Prevention Trial, a n...Low "Health Literacy" Increases Hospitalizations
...talized at least onceduring that period, more than double the 14.9 percent of those who had adequatehealth literacy. All participants took a test that measured their ability to read andunderstand health-related written materials such as a standard informed-consentapplication, and to comprehend direc...Combination Nicotine Replacement Therapies Are The Most Effective Means To Quit Smoking
...binations, abstinence rates after six years can be double those of using a single method of nicotine replacement. Contact: Dr Thorsteinn Blondal, Chest Physician, Reykjavik Health Care Centre, National University Hospital, Iceland thorsteinn.blondal@hr.is...Office Stress, Large Family Responsibilities Put Women At Risk
...stress on the job and at home. "The effect of this double exposure on the blood pressure of university womenseems to be the sum of both effects, on the job and at home," says ChantalBrisson, Ph.D., who headed the team of scientists from several Quebec Cityresearch institutes. "We found the increase was pre...Penn Researchers Find Chemoembolization Effective For Liver Tumors
...y invasive technique known aschemoembolization may double the survival time of adult patientswith colon cancer that has spread to the liver. Michael C.Soulen, MD, associate professor of radiology at Penn and seniorauthor of the study, will present these findings at the 24thAnnual Scientific Meeting of the S...Anabolic Steroids May Help Dialysis Patients Fight Fatigue And Gain Lean Body Mass
... weresuffering from malnutrition. In a randomized, double blind trial, 29 patients were given either the anabolicsteroid nandrolone decanote or a placebo (dummy medication) for a six-monthperiod. All of the patients were receiving dialysis treatments at San FranciscoGeneral Hospital. At the end of the tri...WIC, Medicaid Have Reduced Infant Deaths
...menwhose household incomes were a little less than double the 1988 poverty line.The study data were obtained from the 1988 National Maternal and Infant HealthSurvey, which contained measures of program participation during pregnancy andinfancy. "WIC intervention during pregnancy appears to reduce bo...... account for more than a third of allthose needing double lungs and about 15 percent of those needing hearts...nts are on the national waiting list for single or double lungtransplants. Because of the nature of the disease, those with CF benefit mostfrom double lung t...New Method Assesses Risk Of Advanced Cancer After Prostate Removal
...y); and the length of time it tookthe PSA level to double (either greater or less than 10 months). A man in the lowest risk group (with a moderately severe tumor, PSArecurrence after two years post-surgery, and PSA doubling time greater than 10months) has a 95 percent chance of being metastases-fre...Livers From Children Are Going To Adults, University Of Pittsburgh Review Of National Data Reveals
...Split livers, on the other hand, could essentially double the number of organsavailable for transplant for both children and adults," he added. The review of the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) Scientific Registrydata of transplants performed between 1991 and 1998 showed that 4,288 of 6,028pediatric...Controversy Over The Effects Of Passive Smoking
...people whosmoke four times as many cigarettes only double their risk. "So we shouldn't besurprised by the passive smoking finding," he says. Jiang He told New Scientist that he was "very surprised anddisappointed" by Bailar's criticisms. "Our study is a very completemeta-analysis," he insists. "We h......or information processing.Kristi Arakaki manages a double major in biology and accounting and student jobsassisting faculty in both the medical and business schools. A runner, diver andhula dancer, she has presented her honors thesis research on age differences inemergency crash avoidance to the Hawaii Paci...Universal antenatal HIV screening needed in areas of high prevalence
...uptake of the HIV test in this study was more than double the rate of uptake in one of their previous studies, where women were required to opt-in to the test (88 per cent as opposed to 35 per cent) and that the opt-out approach was not time consuming, required no extra staff and was positively endorsed by ...No health protection from alcohol -- but heavy drinkers face risk of stroke
...eport states "Drinkers of over 35 units a week had double the risk of mortality (from stroke) compared with non drinkers."...