New test identifies aggressive and less aggressive prostate cancers
...prostate tumors in which levels of inhibitors were equal to or higher than CB would be less aggressive. But if CB was higher, the tumor would be more likely to spread. Working with prostate surgery samples from 97 prostate cancer patients and eight patients with a benign enlargement of the prostate, the r...First quarter 2002 prescription drug spending: Higher again, but rate of increase drops
...arthritis, acute pain and other disorders. While equal in efficacy to traditional non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), like naproxen and ibuprofen, COX-2 drugs Celebrex, Vioxx, and Bextra come at a much higher dollar cost. This added cost, say some studies, is justified by the added reducti...Despite resources, at-risk infants in US fare no better, researchers find
...S, but we found that a two-pound baby has about an equal chance in any of these countries." The researchers looked at newborn death rates per 1000 live births, by birth weight categories from 500 grams to the normal weight of 2500 grams (5.5 pounds). There was no consistent pattern of better outcome in any...Studies yield key insights in preventing destruction of insulin-producing cells
...d 7 to 30 who were treated with the antibody to an equal number of patients in a control group who did not receive the drug. The researchers report that a 14-day course of the drug delayed the progressive decline in insulin production typically seen in type 1 diabetes. One year after treatment with anti...Value of community treatment orders in doubt
...ents placed on a community treatment order with an equal number of control patients not placed on an order, to predict subsequent use of health services. One year later, hospital admissions and bed days decreased for all patients. Outpatient contacts increased for patients on a community treatment order co...Guidelines do not prevent deliberate self harm
...liberate self harm. The practices were assigned in equal numbers to an intervention or a control group. The intervention comprised a letter from the general practitioner inviting the patient to consult, and guidelines on assessment and management of deliberate self harm for the general practitioner to use ...Effexor (R) XR achieved long-term remission in 67 percent of recurring depression patients
...olled depression trials (incidence greater than or equal to 10 percent or greater than or equal to twice that of placebo) were nausea, dizziness, somnolence, delayed ejaculation, sweating, dry mou...Annals of Internal Medicine, tip sheet, May 13, 2002
... 1998 found strong evidence that men and women get equal treatment once their doctors know the extent of their disease (Article, p. 723). The authors first analyzed the data the same way that previous researchers have done. They found that women were less likely to have either percutaneous coronary interve...Outpatient treatment is as effective as inpatient treatment for PID
...roups after 35 months, pregnancy rates were nearly equal (42 percent outpatient; 41.7 percent inpatient), w... required to achieve pregnancy after treatment was equal in both groups as well 21 months. "Consistent with the drop in hospitalization rates for many medic...Repeat stenting not always durable
...ever, at follow-up the LVI was reduced to about 6 equal to that of the lesions that were not re-stented. Placebo patients had a similar outcome: placing new stents or overlapping a new stent with the original stent initially demonstrated good results, but that benefit too disappeared after six months. ...'Expert guide to infectious diseases' published
...n a subject so vast. Its aim is more modest but of equal importance: to be the best source for the essential information sought by the primary care physician." The guide is the work of 51 contributing editors and Dr. Tan. An opening chapter reviews the use of laboratory tests in diagnosis. Seven of the te...Urgent action needed to improve maternal care in Latin America
...g interventionist birthing for all on the basis of equal access to health care must be reviewed, they conclude. The second study found that nine in every 10 women who gave birth spontaneously in hospitals in Latin America between 1995 and 1998 had an episiotomy, despite evidence that the procedure is not ...Fetal cell transplants show long-term benefit for Parkinson's
...r. At best, the transplants could improve symptoms equal to the best response to levodopa previously. And conversely, some people who had problems with jerky, involuntary movements as a side effect from levodopa continued to have those problems after the transplant. Those problems, which had been reported ...Medieval black death not bubonic plague
...e that goes through millions of generations and an equal number of chances to mutate over a few centuries. We see no reason to think that the Black Death pathogen still exists in anything like its original form....Children as young as 5 have gender bias when it comes to picking a musical instrument
...aders. After nearly three decades of increasingly equal opportunities for women in many countries, the researchers wondered if these gender-based stereotypes still existed, if they occurred in younger children and if they could be modified. To explore these questions, the researchers recruited more than 6...Losartan could offer new cardiovascular benefit beyond blood-pressure control
...rategy based on this combination provides at least equal cardioprotection to -blockers and more protection from strokes with the further benefit of fewer side-effectsThe LIFE trial has added one more piece of evidence to support our claim that angiotensin II is an important risk factor in cardiovascular d...Proven heart therapy used in only 25 percent of cases
...e truly unique aspects of CRUSADE is the close and equal participation of cardiologists with emergency room physicians in efforts to improve the quality of care," Roe explained. "If patients sit in an emergency room for a long time before admission, it is possible that they may not get the appropriate trea...Radical solutions needed to address health inequalities
...eographical resource allocation would promote more equal access to healthcare services amongst most vulnerable groups, particularly the poor. 'In fact, because many affluent areas have older population profiles and their overall disease burdens are consequently higher, the results of our study suggest that...Racial and ethnic minorities may receive less appropriate cancer treatment
... for lung and colorectal cancers. Past studies of equal access systems have suggested that equal treatment of a disease leads to similar outcomes between minorities and whites regardless of socioec...Alcohol preferences among pregnant Native and African American urban women
...ke. The African American women in the study had an equal preference for malt liquor and spirits, each accounting for approximately one-quarter of their intake. "These women were not drinking like a middle-class, more educated white woman, whose beverage of choice is wine," said Kaskutas. "Instead they wer...