Researchers Gain Insights Into Drugs Used For Manic-Depression
...vels are either abnormally high duringmania or low during depression," he said. "This seems to occur by thesimultaneous elevation of IP3 and the down-regulation of the IP3 receptor." In the current research, the UW scientists showed that, likelithium, valproate also stimulates glutamate release and...TB Prophylaxis Unnecessary In HIV-Infected People With Anergy, Study Suggests
... of active TB disease that developed in each group during thesix-month study period did not differ significantly. "Our findings suggest that giving INH to people in this group is probably notwarranted," says lead author Fred M. Gordin, M.D., of the Veteran AffairsMedical Center in Washington, D.C. "It woul...Training Urged For Mothers Of Children With Cancer
... skill which will have beenlearned by most parents during their previous life experiences," the authorswrite. "Problem-solving skill training to enhance a mother's own coping mighthave a beneficial spillover effect on both her ill and her healthy child'scoping." They studied 170 mothers and healthy ...New Approach To Multidrug Resistance
...oducesP-glycoprotein, producing a "window" of time during which there was an increasein the sensitivity of the cells to the killing effect of the second drug. Theresearchers achieved similar results by priming cells with three othercross-linking drugs. "Opening the window takes about 24 hours, and it stays...Condemnation May Be Driving Circumcised Women From Health Care
... More than 30,000 Africans entered the U.S. during the last decade, 93percent of them refugees from Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia, where more than 80percent of the women are circumcised. "There are significant medical sequelae and public health ramificationsof female circumcision," the author...New Ultrasound Technique Is Alternative To Cerebral Angiography
... clots, leavingpatients at risk of stroke not only during the procedure but for several hoursafterward. And, said Hirsch, "the risk is exponential depending on their age andtheir history of stroke." Hirsch and other studied 72 patients. On each they performed cerebralangiography, transcranial Dopple...3D Ultrasound Gives Better View Of Brain's Arteries
... (Suchapproval is pending and will probably occur during the fall of 1997.) When analyzing the 3D images of transcranial ultrasound from 20patients, Delcker and his colleagues found two things: First, identification of intracranial arteries significantly improvedafter the patients received...Ultrasound Helps Pediatric Heart Surgeons After Open Heart Surgery
... giving doctors a newtool for monitoring the brain during open-heart surgery in children. This non-i... investigation basically related to brain function during cardiacsurgery in children," Dr. Rosendo A. Rodriguez said. "Several problems mayoccur during this ...Ultrasound Detects Pathology In Patients With Whiplash
...n the evaluation of spinaland paraspinal pathology during the past three years. The investigators have used ultrasound in more than 1,000 cases withpost-traumatic spine injury in which the patients' pain has been difficult toevaluate clinically. They have been able to accurately diagnose discbulges...Duke Obtains FDA Designation For Pompe Disease Therapy
... one child out of every100,000. If symptoms appear during infancy, death usually occurs beforethe age of 2. The disease is usually less severe when symptoms first appearlater in childhood, but life expectancy extends only into the second orthird decade in such cases. Adults can be affected by a milder form ...A Helping Hand Could Save An Ailing Heart
...s ManitobaProvince who had survived a heart attack during the previous 8 to 22 months. They asked whether th... more help were 3.2 times more likely to have died during that yearthan those who had said they did not need any help. Those who had said theyneeded much mor......tistics and clinical evaluation side ofhealth care during their training," says David A. Blake, Ph.D., associate director of the Robert W. Woodruff HealthSciences Center of Emory University and vice president for Academic HealthAffairs. "We're pleased to be able to serve as 'interpreters'." ...Affordable, Hand-Held Biosensor For Diagnostics
... The new biosensor is based on work conducted during the past few yearsin Sailor's laboratory with porous silicon, small chips of silicon sculptedthrough a chemical etching process into a forest of tiny trees. When a one centimeter-square of this silicon forest is stretched out, its surface area would ...Jefferson Researcher Finds New Digital X-Ray Technology May Cut Costs And Improve Patient Care
...sorb the X-ray energy and convert it into light during the exposure process, Dr. Shaber explained. Then the light must be converted to electronic signals. During this second step, the emitted light scatters and can reduce the sharpness of the image. With digital radiography technology, X-r...Benefits Of Annual Mammography Outweigh Radiation Risks Of Cancer
...onditions or who were given chest fluoroscopies during tuberculosis treatment in the 1920s. Such women ...to 2,500 times more radiation than a woman gets during a mammogram. Yet, he says, "there’s still this unfounded concern about getting cancer from m...Women Say Overwhelming Yes To Ultrasound In New Study
...eived an ultrasound bonded better with their child during and after pregnancy and had less stress while they carried the child. "The study confirms that women want ultrasound for their normal, healthy, routine pregnancies," says Kazerooni. "However, unlike screening mammography for breast cancer, the ...SCHAUMBURG, Ill. -- A survey of experts conducted during a seminar on socialsecurity and mortality improvem...of current rates. Phase3 results will be announced during the Society's Feb. 17 session at the 1998Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancem...Mammography Messages Need To Be Tailored For Older Women
...this year. The study also found that fear of pain during a mammogram wasan issue for some women. During the exam, a woman's breast ispressed between two plates to get a good X-ray image of breasttissue. This pressure often causes a feeling of tightness andmay cause discomfort. Skinner notes that any uneasi...Cardiovascular Costs, Deaths Projected To Rise In 1998
...erweight women reportedly are not physicallyactive during their leisure time. Overweight is defined by the U.S. Dietary Guidelines for Americans as having abody mass index of 25.0 to 29.9. Body mass index is measured by the ratio ofweight to height. Obesity, defined by the World Health Organization, is a b...Natural Estrogens May Help Protect Women From Brain Damage During Stroke
...menopausal womenthreatened with severe braindamage during stroke, according to a study led by researchers at...enstruatingfemales, support bloodflow to the brain during stroke and limit brain tissue damage. "What we have is a possible explanation for the well-docu...