Clot-Busters As Effective As Surgery To Clear Blockages In Legs
First they were shown to restore blood flow during a heartattack. Then doctors used them to save the brain during a stroke.Now, physicians have shown that clot-busting drugs(thrombolytics) can save the legs, too, a...International Study Raises Hopes For Heart Transplant Patients
...osages of this immunosuppressive agent were needed during the initial four weeks after treatment to achieve therapeutic blood levels. Neoral is a new formulation of Cyclosporine designed to provideincreased and more reliable absorption of the medication. These findingssuggest that Neoral has clinical adva..."TRAMAH" Model Seeks To Improve Emergency Response Paper Uses Maryland As Test Region
...nvention in Montreal The paper is being presented during a convention of INFORMS and CORS inMontreal. It takes place at the Montréal Bonaventure Hilton and Queen ElizabethHotel from Sunday, April 26 to Wednesday, April 29. The convention will include sessions on topics applied to a wide number offield...Studies Look At Threshold Effect Of Cholesterol-Lowering "Statin" Drugs
... to suggest a range for optimal LDL concentrations during therapy of 100-125 mg/dL." In a second journal rep...y, "Relationship between plasma LDL concentrations during treatment with pravastatin and recurrent coronary events in the Cholesterol and Recurrent Events Tri...Researchers Identify Candidate Immunosuppressant With Fewer Side Effects
...NFAT attaches to DNA, and how its structurechanges during this process. Knowing what NFAT looks like improves researchers'ability to design new drugs to interfere with its activity and suppress theimmune system. Editors, please note: a diagram of the immune system signaling pathway isavailable....UB Plants "Seeds" By Investing In Research Projects; Researchers Leverage Investment 14 Times Over
... for every $1 that the university invested in 1994 during the program's first year. The financial return is only part of the story: Benefits will accrue long into the future, ultimately improving lives, thanks to the program's investments in research on new technologies, assistive devices and fundamental me...PITT Researchers Demonstrate Human Brain's Natural Mechanism For Guarding Against Errors
...imaging (fMRI) to monitor subjects' brain activity during tasks,researchers from the University of Pittsburg...rchers to acquire images on a trial-by-trial basis during mental tasks. One such test consisted of subjects watching a series of numbers and looking fora spec...Asthma-Airways Clinic Improves Lives, Reduces Medical Costs
...nited States,and the number of cases has increased during the past five years. A recentanalysis of the disease's economic impact concluded it costs $6.2 billion ayear---and more than half of that results from hospitalization and emergencyroom visits. A medical strategy that significantly reduces the need f...Study Shows Child Health Plus Eases Access, But Some Barriers Remain
..., and income as well asuse of health care services during the 12 months prior to ChildHealth Plus coverage and the first 12 months following theirenrollment. In addition to establishing whether or not the participants had a"medical home" and how they used it, researchers gatheredinformation on travel time, ...Neurotransmitter-Induced Electrical Activity Identified As Key Regulator Of Synaptogenesis
...underlying learning and memory and those operating during synaptogenesis are consistent with st...that experience modifies neuronal circuitries both during development and in adulthood....Emerging Pathogens And Safety Of Fresh Produce Key Issues Facing Food IndustryAnd Scientists
...rcesof contamination, methods to control pathogens during production and postharvesthandling of fresh produce, and strategies for enhancing the safety of freshproduce in retail food operations. The symposium will also include an accountof produce-related foodborne outbreaks in the past two decades and the ...Cost-Effective Treatment Possible In Africa For HIV-Positive Pregnant Women If Drug Prices Lowered
..., followed by treatment for both mother and infant during thefirst week after delivery. Treatment for the mother during childbirth and for mother and baby for oneweek after delivery. Treatment during childbirth only. ...Earliest Warning Sign Indicates Need To Test For Condition Associated With Fetal Deaths
...tal deaths recorded at a regional perinatal center during an eight-year period. Results of the research... said. By comparing patient records during the pregnancy with results of the laboratory analysis of placental tissue after the fetal or infant ...Communication Between Doctors And Asthma Patients Is Key
...nited States,and the number of cases has increased during the past five years. A recentanalysis of the disease's economic impact concluded it costs $6.2 billion ayear---and more than half of that results from hospitalizations and emergencyroom visits....New Drug Prevents Breast Cancer In Postmenopausal Women, UCSF Researchers Report
...ately one in nine women will develop breast cancer during herlifetime, and it is estimated that the disease will strike 178,000 women in theUS this year, and kill 43,500. Because breast cancer can take five or more years to become detectable, Cummingssaid that the study will continue for at least another ...Metrifonate, A New Alzheimer Drug, Helps Behavior Problems
...'t know who was in whichgroup. Test scores during treatment were compared with those at the beginnin...took the inactive substance declined progressively during thestudy, whereas those of patients who took metrifonate remained steady. "For the first ti...Advisory: Nasal Spray Influenza Vaccine
...ebrile otitis media, but also in theanitbiotic use during influenza outbreaks." The nasal spray vaccine is a fine mist that will be marketed by Aviron asFluMist. It may be available to the public by the summer of 1999. The vaccinehas proven to be genetically stable and acceptable because it's administered...Drug's Effect On Chromosomes May Explain Second Cancers
... II). The job of topo II is to untangleDNA strands during cell division; failure to do so is lethal to the cell. Topo II does this by making temporary breaks in DNA to allow anotherDNA strand to pass through it. Normally, the enzyme then instantly re-joinsthe cut ends to repair the break. Etoposide preven...Effective Obesity Treatment Likely To Require Targeting Of Multiple Weight Control Systems
... fat stores may have conferreda survival advantage during human evolution, it now poses a formidable challengefor the treatment of obesity," the authors state. "Individuals who suffer from aregulatory defect that results in the defense of an elevated level of body fatappear to resist changes in energy store......ing for two months or at publicmeetings to be held during that time period. The meetings, in various parts ofthe United States, are still being planned. One of these will be held Sept.14-15, 1998 in Tucson, Ariz. and the locations of the others will be announced in the future. NIEHS Director Olde...