Study Says Machine Sensors Applicable To Human Ills
...vices, checkingthe status of bones could become as easy and safe as taking a blood pressurereading is today. Hall thinks that within the next six to 15 years less hazardous acoustictechniques will be coupled with better identification of bone failure precursorsto enable physicians to identify when patie...Testosterone May Affect Learning Skills; May Be Put In Tablet Form
... effects, a Johns Hopkins study shows. "This is an easy way to administer a drug, and it was found to be safe and effective," says Dobs, the lead author. Results of the study, funded by the National Institutes of Health and Watson Pharmaceuticals, will be presented June 12 at the International Congress of...NIAID Stops AIDS Study Prematurely Because Drug 'Cocktail' Boosts Survival
...s. "Treatment with the triple-drug therapy is not easy because of the large number of pills patients have to take and the commitment they have to make to stick to the therapy," he said. "They are the real heroes here." Glaxo-Wellcome Inc. of Research Triangle Park manufactures ZDV -- formerly called AZT...Common Carbohydrates May Prove To Be Substitute For Dietary Fiber
...mmatory boweldisease and ulcerative colitis was as easy as eating small amounts of theright foods? In a turnaround from previous beliefs, researchers are finding a growinglist of benefits to human and animal digestive systems from certain formsof indigestible oligosaccharides -- naturally occurring group...Guidelines Offer Ways To Curb Antibiotic-Resistant Infections
...e Disease Section on the project. Designed to be easy to read, the eighteen-page document is titled, “North Carolina Guidelines for Control of Antibiotic-Resistant Organisms, Specifically Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci (VRE).” “Th...Affordable, Hand-Held Biosensor For Diagnostics
...ge--a small, sensitive diagnosticunit that is very easy to use." Also collaborating in the study were Victor S.-Y. Lin, and KianoushMoteshari, researchers with TSRI; and, Keiki-Pua S. Dancil, a graduate studentin Sailor's laboratory at UCSD. As reported in the Science article, the new bios...Jefferson Researcher Finds New Digital X-Ray Technology May Cut Costs And Improve Patient Care
... The X-rays can also be stored in the computer for easy and quick access by physicians. Digital X-ray technology would also allow hospital radiology departments to see more patients and cut down on repeat examinations. In time, hospitals could have totally filmless radiology departments, ...Chemist Turns To Self-Assembly To Create New Drugs
...t the molecules thatare desirable," he says. "It's easy to imagine ultimatelyproducing a variety of materials with superior properties throughsuch an evolutionary process of molecular self-assembly."...Intervention can help reduce risky sexual behavior, according to results published in Science
...bout the latestgeneration of AIDS drugs, it can be easy to forget that every day more peoplebecome infected with HIV. Public health officials have launched many campaignsto encourage safer sex practices, but there has been little substantive data toshow whether such behavioral interventions actually work....One-Time Needles Don't Reduce HIV Among Addicts, Study Shows
...s would exceed the fractionof all needles that are easy to reuse. Therefore, the authors conclude, theoverall risk of exposure to an infectious needle would actually increase. Alternate Solution Also Flawed Alternately, say the authors, DTRs could be distributed rather than exchanged ona one-for-one bas...Three INEEL Inventions Win International Recognition
...orted to market. Competingbiopesticides are not as easy to use and have limited field application. Theyare primarily used for seed pretreatment. Development of the Malt-based Antimicrobial is expected to help farmers improvetheir environmental practices and maintain high levels of crop protection at acomp...Managed Care Symposium Sponsored By Society Of Actuaries Examines HEDIS, Stakeholders' Views
... Said Chernew, "(Health care consumers) like easy access, low prices,popular physicians. So what is the value of performance measurement? HEDIS ...was not developed for people choosing health plans. It was developed largelyfor purchasers to evaluate health plans. (It probably) incents the health pl...DNA-Based Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise To Successfully Treat Melanoma In Mice
...response," added Dr. Houghton,noting that they are easy to make, handle and store. The mice were immunized with human DNA via a novel delivery system called a genegun, in which microscopic gold particles were coated with the human DNA andinjected into the mice's skin using a burst of helium gas. Once i...The Visible Humans: Coming Of Age
... Within six months, we hope to make this quick and easy colon cancer detection method available for physicians and their patients nationwide. It should increase widespread screening for this major killer of Americans, while simultaneously saving over $1 billion annually." Prostate cancer and brain surge...Drip And Ship: Start Drug Early, Especially If Plan To Transfer Heart Patient To Larger Hospital
...e diminishes. According to Greenbaum, the drug is easy toadminister, which could make it more attractive to smaller hospitals that maynot have much experience with this class of drug for heart patients. "For large hospitals with active cardiac catheterization laboratoriesand other interventional ...New Vaccine Being Tested In Prostate Cancer Patients
...typically focuseson proteins, which are relatively easy to make but often arelodged within cellsandnot easily accessible to antibodies. Most of the good targets, or antigens, onacancer cell's surface are not proteins, however. Instead they are small,difficult tosynthesize carbohydrates whose immunogenic...Program Developed At UF Enables Computer To "Emote" In Speech
...s, anger, happiness and neutrality. The program is easy touse: People type in what they want to say, choose how to express it, then pressa "translate" button on the screen. The program conveys some emotions better than others, Truluck's testsshowed. Of 30 randomly selected volunteers who l...Vinegar Offers Dependable Test For Cervical Cancer
...t of TissueAbnormalities An inexpensive, easy test that changes the color of precancerous tissuecould be used to screen women for cervical cancer and its precursors ingeographic areas where Pap smears may not be available, according to a study ofAfrican women by researchers at Johns Hopkins and ...The American Heart Association Urges Caution On Cholestin
... a new class ofcholesterol-lowering drugs that are easy to take, cause few side effects and arevery effective at lowering cholesterol levels, says Pearson. Many studies have reported that lowering LDL cholesterol with statin drugs isassociated with lower rates of heart attacks -- which is why the American...NICHD-Funded Researchers Show Estrogen Effects On Brain After Menopause
...trange). The tasks were designed to be relatively easy and not effortful. As aresult, Dr. Shaywitz speculated that the test may not have been difficult enoughto identify differences between the two groups of women. She added that fMRI ishighly sensitive and may be able to detect changes in brain activa...