Further evidence showing treatment benefits of beta interferon for MS
...osis) trial (see Lancet 2001; 357: 1576-82) showed encouraging results for interferon beta in delaying the progre...oncludes: "The report by Filippi and colleagues is encouraging and commends investigators to include brain atrophy as an outcome measure in future trials of potent...Large portion of late-stage breast cancers associated with absence of screening
... should be placed on reaching unscreened women and encouraging them to have mammograms especially older, unmarried, less educated, and/or low income women, whom they found were less likely to have been screened. "The good news is that there is a lot known about how to reach women who have never been screened or......ults benefit all women, researchers are especially encouraging African-American, Latina, Native American, and Asian women, as well as women 60 and older, to join the Sister Study. Sisters may be the key to unlocking breast cancer risk mysteries. Dale Sandler, Ph.D., Chief of the Epidemiology Branch at NIEH...Doctors miss chances to provide diet, exercise counseling to patients at risk of heart disease
...es wanted to know whether physicians were actively encouraging their patients to make diet and exercise changes in accordance with guidelines established by such organizations as the American Heart Association. To answer the question, they examined two large databases - one that tracks services provided during v...Switch of a gene turns cancer cells healthy in mice, Stanford scientists find
... terrible cancer," said Felsher. "Anything that is encouraging in liver cancer may be important." Liver cancer is formed in a type of cells called epithelial cells - the same ones that form cancers in the breast, colon and prostate. Felsher's findings about liver cancer could also apply to these types of canc...Mayo Clinic research shows common airborne fungi cause chronic stuffy nose
...ent can move into general use. But the results are encouraging because they support the idea that reducing fungal exposure in sensitive individuals could offer a new treatment option to sufferers worldwide. Background Chronic rhinosinusitis is one of the most common chronic illnesses in the United ...Study findings question claims of significant savings from pharmacy dose consolidation programs
...eviously published research suggests that programs encouraging physicians to prescribe once-daily strength tablets instead of two lower-strength tablets when the per tablet cost is the same thus doubling the cost would save money. However, in a study published today by the Journal of Managed Care Pharmacy ,...Teenage smoking still 'worryingly high': Girls twice as likely as boys to puff away
... Material pointing out the dangers of smoking and encouraging children's belief in their own ability to say 'no' was included at each of the earlier visits. According to the report, this appeared to reduce the level of smoking, in particular for those who attended each session and completed various tasks set by...New grant addresses minority nurse shortage
...of the RN population. The health department is now encouraging educators and employers "to develop strategies to increase the numbers of members of cultural, racial, and linguistic minorities who enter and graduate from nursing programs."...Fox Chase Cancer Center researchers identify novel target for detecting ovarian cancer in blood
... Fox Chase and a co-author of the study. "What's encouraging about this research is that there were no false-po...s with proteomics and now with this method. It is encouraging to see so much activity regarding one of the most feared diseases for women." The potential applicat...Lord Sainsbury praises the work of the UK's Innovative Manufacturing Research Centres
...y of business, the Government remains committed to encouraging scientists and engineers to turn their research into new products and services and to engage more fully with business." In 2001 the first series of Innovative Manufacturing Research Centres were established by EPSRC with the support of collaborating ...Many who cut back on Rx drugs to cut costs don't tell doctors
... sticking to the ones that can help them most, and encouraging your patients to speak up if they have trouble paying down the road." The survey data used in the study came from a national panel of adults compiled by Knowledge Networks, which tallies information on health, economic and demographic cha...New compounds show promise in fighting malaria and cancer
...ark Cancer Institute in Buffalo, N.Y., was equally encouraging to the researchers, who are promoting the compounds as dual-use drug candidates. In that laboratory, researchers pitted the potency of the trioxane compounds against two gold standard anticancer drugs, Gemzar and Adriamycin. They found that while tri...New imaging technique may help reduce risk of heart attacks, strokes
... reach the clinic. However, results to date are so encouraging that he presented them today at the 228 th national meeting of the American Chemical Society, the worlds largest scientific society. If doctors have early warning that a particular plaque is unstable, they may be able to prioritize or target their p...VA beats managed care for diabetes, study finds
... to doctors on quality of care. "These results are encouraging because they demonstrate that optimizing how care is delivered can translate into clinical benefits for patients. However, we still need to learn more about which of the many changes the VA instituted improve quality the most, so that managed care h...Northeastern professor warns big backpacks cause big back pains
...mework. School nurses can also lend a hand by encouraging kids to keep their bags light and warn them of the potential danger heavy backpack may cause their growing bodies. Librarians can also protect young spines by keeping a set of school textbooks on reserve to lighten the backpack load on the way to an...VELCADE(TM) data confirms long-term survival
.... "The benefit offered by bortezomib is especially encouraging in this patient population in whom resistance to treatment and shortened survival constitutes a major challenge." Investigators designed an extension of the phase II SUMMIT trial (which included a total of 202 patients) allowing a subset of patients...Zengen reports positive phase I/II trial results of its peptide molecule for vaginal yeast infection
...nd Louisiana State University Medical Center. "The encouraging results provide hope that this compound may become...served for any vital sign. "These results are very encouraging and confirm our preliminary clinical studies on the safety and efficacy of CZEN-002 conducted in the...Researchers discover that a protein in grape skins can kill cancer cells
...trials using this approach in patients are showing encouraging results, Mayo said, and this research may explain why this combined therapy is effective. Previous studies have also shown that resveratrol can help control atherosclerosis, heart disease, arthritis, and autoimmune disorders. Mayo believes the ......st gains in improving patient safety can come from encouraging reporting of AEs, continued monitoring of the incidence of these events, the application of new technologies and improving communication and coordination among caregivers. Dr. Peter Davis, coauthor of a similar study of New Zealand hospitals, says in...