UNC Researchers Find Drug-Resistant HIV In Semen
...but not exclusively.Five of the 11 had never taken drugs for HIV. Six had received previoustreatment with r...rstand more about our drugs. Inother words, do our drugs get into the genital tract both in men and women? Isthere some block to that, and are they getting i...The Dangers Of Advertising Drugs On The Internet
...ternet are used by dubious companies to distribute drugs uncontrollably and that the only effective means o...suse the internet for uncontrolled distribution of drugs that have never been tested or have even been evaluated as ineffective, unsafe or dangerous, by nati...UNC-CH Studies Show Medicine Can Reverse Osteoporosis From Transplants, Cystic Fibrosis
...ing the bone weakening known asosteoporosis due to drugs taken after various transplants, including lungtra...ssue from being rejected. "Although these drugs prevent rejection, unfortunately they weakenbones," Aris said. "They impact bones in a half-dozen or...Human Patient Simulator Assists Training Physicians In New Drug
...n be aneffective stand-in to teach doctors how new drugs affect real patients. W. Bosseau Murray, M... experience was an excellentway to learn about new drugs like remifentanil, " says Murray. The Penn State researcher, who coordinates a simulation ......comprehensive approach to designinghighly specific drugs that work," said John S. Lazo, Ph.D., principalinv...heirproteins, which serve as molecular targets for drugs because they controlbiological processes that often lead to disease. "With this approach, w...Elderly Patients May Be Undertreated For High Cholesterol, Wake Forest Doctor Says
...nd that less than 20 percent of those eligible for drugs according to1993 guidelines of the National Choles...did not fillprescriptions for cholesterol-lowering drugs that had been written by theirphysicians and to what extent the lack of treatment reflected patients...Physicians Slow To Adopt Newer Drugs For Atrial Fibrillation
...oth kinds of drugs. Prescriptions for rate control drugs dropped from 79 percent of visits in1980-81 to 62 percent in 1994-96. Sinus rhythm drugs were prescribed in 18percent of 1980-81 visits, dropped to 4 percent in 1992-93, but then increasedt...6,000 Pharmaceutical Scientists Convene November 15-19 In San Francisco
...: According to the FDA, look-alike and sound-alike drugs are causing roughly one death...cal nomenclature issue and determining how to keep drugs with confusing names from reaching the market. Several of their recommendations...Study Shows Three-Drug "Cocktail" Needed To Keep AIDS Virus Curbed
CHAPEL HILL – Hope that one or two anti-AIDS drugs would work as well as a"cocktail" of three drugs in keeping down HIV virus levels among infectedpatients has disappeared temporarily because a new st...World's Premier Pharmaceutical Scientists Share Latest R&D Findings
... According to the FDA, look-alike and sound-alike drugs are causing roughly one death a day. Further, one...cal nomenclature issue and determining how to keep drugs with confusing names from reaching the market. Several of their recommendations to curb the probabi...Pairing Two Drugs With Angioplasty May Offer Best Success In Treating Heart Attacks
...nd expanded in a larger clinical trial,pairing the drugs with angioplasty may offer a new standard of care ...teplase, known asr-PA, dissolves blood clots. Both drugs are federally approved and on themarket. The Phase II dose-ranging trial, known as SPEED (S...UCSF Study Finds DHEA Benefits Cardiovascular Function
... coronary arteries in a similar way toanti-anginal drugs like nitroglycerin and increases the function of theendothelial cells, which create the inner lining of the arteries and offerprotection against a wide range of cardiovascular disorders, includingatherosclerosis. Though DHEA has become inc......ducer. Thus, the process can be controlled so that drugs will be made only after the leaves have been harvested and taken to a regulated manufacturing facility, Cramer said. Some tobacco plants have been modified to produce an enzyme that can be used to treat Gaucher Diseases, a rare and often fatal cond...PAHO Working With Affected Communities In Central America
...ities in Honduras also include acquiring essential drugs and vaccines, disseminating educational health messages, improving sanitary conditions in shelters, and reestablishing the network of health services throughout the country. Honduran officials say urgent needs still include Bailey bridges, food, wate...Setbacks To Health Progress In Central America
...ransportation, fuel. To mobilize the shipments of drugs and food, money is animperative need." She added that "Basic health services are our priority and we must concentrateall our energies on reestablishing them. If health services are available it ismuch simpler to help people and detect diseases in eld...Pursuing The Next Generation Of Arthritis Treatment
...research center for testing promising experimental drugs for the disease. The Rosalind Russell New Arthritis Treatment Program offers patientsinnovative therapies that target specific cells known to promote inflammationand joint damage. The program was established with major financial support fro...American Association Of Pharmaceutical Scientists Announces 1998 Award Winners
...f controlled drug deliverysystems for conventional drugs to sophisticated delivery systems for proteins,genes and cells. Dr. Kim is Professor of Pharmaceutics and PharmaceuticalChemistry and Director of the Center for Controlled Chemical Delivery at theUniversity of Utah. AAPS Distinguished Service Award ...First Drug Shown Effective For Treating Chronic Forms Of Major Depression
...Paxil andCelexa, that belong to the class of drugs called SSRI's, selective seretoninre-uptake inhibitors. The drugs block re-uptake of the chemical seretonin in thesynapses between neurons in the nervous system...Physicians Study Whether "Super-Aspirin" Prevents Alzheimer's
... squelching pain and inflammation. The first ofthe drugs is currently being reviewed for the treatment ofarthritis and may be available next year. The drugs target cycloxygenase-2 or cox-2, an enzyme in thebody first discovered and cloned by a University te...Discovery: Experiments Confirm Novel Eye Pigment Controls Circadian Rhythm
...use bothbeneficial and side effects of anti-cancer drugs can depend on what time of daythey are administered, he said. He and colleagues found evidence of the newpigment widespread in body tissues including skin and brain. Daily light-dark cycles regulate biologic functions in creatures assimple as...