Most people with diabetes do not meet treatment goals
...research showing that controlling these conditions dramatically delays or prevents diabetes complications. Moreov...trials have proven that these complications can be dramatically reduced with good control of blood glucose, blood pressure and cholesterol. National campaigns such...Discovery changes ideas about damage from strokes
...who are more than an hour from a hospital -- could dramatically improve recovery and reduce the financial burden of strokes, which the National Stroke Association estimates is roughly $43 billion per year in the United States. "We still need to determine whether stimulating the PGE2 receptor hours after a str...Trials on hormone therapy and hypertension treatment change practice, medication usage of patients
...icle, postmenopausal hormone therapy use increased dramatically over the past 2 decades because of a prevailing belief in its health benefits. But recent evidence from randomized trials published in July 2002 (the Heart and Estrogen/Progestin Replacement Study follow-up [HERS II]; the Women's Health Initiative [W...American Lung Association calls on governors and legislatures to stand up for public health
... preventing the sale of cigarettes to children can dramatically reduce tobacco use and disease. The American Lung Association calls on governors and legislatures stand up for public health, stand up for our children and support the solution." January 11 marks 40 years since the first U.S. Surgeon General's repo...Urgent action required to prevent 500k deaths/yr worldwide from pregnancy-related causes
...idespread distribution of magnesium sulphate could dramatically reduce illness and death from pre-eclampsia. In the final paper, (9) Linda A Bartlett, Susan Purdin, and Therese McGinn discuss the right of access to reproductive health care of the 35 million forced migrants and, in particular, for the majority ...Tiny nanotube antennas may yield better signals in cell phones, televisions
...s, in the form of carbon nanotube transistors, can dramatically enhance the processing of electrical signals, a development that could pave the way for improved performance of consumer electronic devices. The finding adds to a growing number of promising electronic components that are nanotube-based, including l...UT Southwestern researchers discover first effective treatment for exercise disorder
...d high risk of activity-related muscle injury can dramatically improve their exercise tolerance by consuming a soft drink or equivalent before physical activity, investigators at the UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas have discovered. A 2-year study, published today in The New England Journal of Medicine, ...Use of rubella vaccine is growing worldwide, but more work remains
...their national immunization programs has increased dramatically in recent years. A WHO survey had found that 78 of 214 countries and territories (36% of them) were using rubella vaccine in 1996. By the end of 2002, according to the article, that number had risen to 124 (58% of the 214). Among the WHO regions, the...Drug company fees for FDA reviews havent accelerated approvals, study finds
...from a drug's submission to its approval decreased dramatically over the 13 years studied, from 24 to 36 months in the 1980s to roughly 14 months in the late 1990s. The researchers also report that the number of FDA staff reviewing drug applications rose steadily throughout the period from 1980 to 1998. In fact,...Combined drug therapy prevents progression of prostate enlargement
... participants). "The combination therapy offers dramatically greater and longer-lasting relief from symptoms and, over time, the finasteride shrinks the prostate and actually prevents growth so that fewer men at highest risk for progressive disease need surgery," said John D. McConnell, M.D., lead author of th...Study findings question COX-2 drug cost effectiveness
...cians prescribing COX-2 drugs would either stop or dramatically reduce their prescribing of a second drug to protect the gastrointestinal system, which occurs approximately 25% of the time when traditional NSAIDs are prescribed. However, researchers at pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts discovered many CO...Joslin announces first international affiliate in Bahrain
...re and treatment can improve quality of life while dramatically reducing the costs of diabetes," said Alan Jacobson, M.D., Senior Vice President of Joslin's Strategic Initiatives Division. "Joslin programs have been shown to cut average per patient costs by 20 percent in the first two years and cut overall costs...U.S. is poorly prepared for influenza pandemic, St. Jude experts warn
...onstrated earlier this year that it is possible to dramatically reduce the overall vaccine development time by using a new technique to develop the seed virus. Led by Webby, the St. Jude team successfully modified a technique called reverse genetics to develop a seed vaccine against H5Nl. The researchers mixed t...Treatment options expand for patients with neuropathic pain
...vere pain caused by damage to nerves have expanded dramatically in just the past five years, say scientists and physicians who have published the first-ever guidelines for treating such pain. The guidelines for treating neuropathic pain appear in the November issue of the Archives of Neurology. Though we may not...Brain's 'daydream' network offers detection for Alzheimer's diagnosis
...hinking state, but these areas appear to shut down dramatically or 'turn off' when the person is asked to do something," said Cindy Lustig, research team member and post-doctoral fellow in psychology at Washington University in St. Louis. "Interestingly, older people, especially those with Alzheimer's disease, do...Emory scientists find marker for long-term immunity
...nd CD8 T cells activated by specificviral antigens dramatically expand in number and become effector T cells.These cells kill the virus-infected cells and also produce cytokines. Mosteffector cells die within a few weeks, after their initial job is complete.Only about 5 to 10 percent survive to become long-term ...Hearing aid research gets federal boost
...g for Directional Hearing Aids." Miles' aim is to dramatically improve the ability of the hearing-impaired to understand speech in noisy environments. The work could help more than 28 million Americans who already suffer from or face imminent hearing loss. That significant demographic is likely to become even la...New life-saving heart attack medication identified
...rnational standard when BWH researchers found they dramatically improved survival in heart attack patients. Now, another BWH research team has demonstrated that there is yet another treatment option to help preserve lives and reduce heart failure hospitalizations in this high-risk population. The results of the ...New vaccine tested in animals may hold hope for Alzheimer's patients
In new research, scientists show that two dramatically different approaches may be effective in treating or preventing Alzheimer's disease. One approach involves development of a vaccine that clears deposits of a sticky substance called amyloid beta protein from monkey brains. The amyloid beta protein in...Panel: Clinical use of embryonic stem cells jeopardized by Bush's policy on federal funding
...iderably within ethnic or racial groups, and quite dramatically between racial groups. No information is available on the federally approved cell lines' particular combinations of HLA proteins, but the lines' small number and their derivation from embryos created for reproductive use indicate their HLA diversity ...