Landmark Study Shows Behavioral Interventions Reduce HIV-Related Sexual Risk Behavior
...igheramong racial and ethnic minority populations, especially African Americans, who represented45% of new AIDS cases in 1997. Heterosexual transmission is rising rapidly,especially among ethnic minority women. The Clinton Administration has madeelimination of racial disparities in health status a top priorit...Safe And Effective Treatment For Acute Repetitive Seizures
...petitive seizures may require emergency treatment, especially if they progressto status epilepticus, a potentially fatal condition in which a seizure issustained. Seizures occur as a result of abnormal electrical activity in the brain. Epilepsy, a common neurological disorder marked by repeated seizures, affec...Timing Of Breast Cancer Surgery Doesn't Appear To Influence Survival Anymore
...sts have suggested that fluctuatinghormone levels, especially high estrogen levels in the first half of themenstrual cycle, may alter populations of cancer and immune cells, making cancercells more likely to spread if surgery occurs during this part of the cycle. "Our results dispute this notion," says Harlap. ...Research Explains Lithium's Dual Anti-Manic/Anti-Depressive Effect
...hich would produce an anti-manic effect. "We were especially interested to find that the reuptake mechanism in the 18lithium-treated mice was stabilized in a very narrow range, compared to the 18controls," he said. Hokin speculates a compensatory mechanism in the reuptake system strives overtime to reset rais...Six Football Players Died In 1997 Season: New Study
...ctice. "Players need to be reminded often, especially by coaches, that the headhas no place in football," Mueller said. "No player should make first contactwith his head when blocking and tackling. That's against the rules, but moreimportantly, it's dangerous." In 1968, 36 young men died after i...UNC-CH Researchers Learning Ways To Help Black Women Cope With HIV
...V infections among black women in the rural South, especially NorthCarolina, have been increasingly steadily in recent years, Miles said. Note: Miles can be reached at 919-966-3620 (w) or 942-3078 (h)....Novel Therapy To Treat Lung Cancer Patients Enrolling Patients At UCSF Cancer Center
...umorsand possibly lead to the shrinkage of tumors, especially when administered incombination with standard chemotherapy. "We are excited about finally bringing new approaches like anti-angiogenesistherapies that make sense intellectually from the laboratory to the clinic,"says David Jablons, MD, UCSF assistant......a. Although small, the new USC/Norris study seems especially significant in lightof this ongoing trial, researchers say. "Ours are the first data to address thequestion of whether finasteride prevents disease. The results are notreassuring," Ross says. In contrast to the NCI study (which is focusing on healthy...Epilepsy Drug Found To Stop Cocaine's Effects In Animals
...to look at the way brain cellstalk to one another, especially in those afflicted with the mental illnessschizophrenia. "These studies resulted directly from our early efforts todevelop new treatment strategies for schizophrenia," Dewey said. As the research progressed, Dewey and his colleagues realized...Sunlight Poses Universal Cataract Risk
...astern Shore. The results of the study are especially important for children,according to West, because they have many years of exposure ahead of them, andthe effect of sunlight exposure appears to be lifelong. "Kids get sunburned justlike adults," West says. "So there's no reason to think they are more...Cedars-Sinai Medical News Tips
... "Top Tips." This semi-monthly service is designed especially for health andmedical reporters and is offered free of charge by the Cedars-Sinai MedicalCenter Public Relations Department. To receive "Top Tips" twice each monthvia e-mail, please send your name, organization, phone and fax numbers, pluse-mail addr...Treatment Of Irregular Heartbeat Saves Money And Prevents Stroke In Older People
...ses," says Lightowlers. "There was a cost savings, especially when you look at the years of life gained,and only a minimal health advantage, but higher cost, in low-risk groups." The researchers used data from the Boston Area Anticoagulation Trial forAtrial Fibrillation, the metaanalysis of five nonrheu......hat older women frequently have upper GI symptoms, especially indigestion, andthat physicians and their patients may often incorrectly assume that thesecommon upper GI symptoms are related to their medicine." FIT is a collaborative effort of the University of California SanFrancisco and 11 other academi...Electronic Nose Inspects Cheese, Hints At Human Sense Of Smell
...hich panelists described as especially sharp smelled very different from the onethey described as especially bland. The device also agreedwith the human panelists that the other three ch...Candles with lead wicks emit lead into the air
...se healthrisks to people with weak immune systems, especially children and the elderly,Nriagu said. "Lead poisoning remains one of the most serious environmental health diseases inthis country and other parts of the world. It affects many organ systems andbiochemical processes with the most serious sequelae of...Microwaves May Provide Early Detection Of Breast Cancer
... the basis for a highlysensitive detection system, especially if an antenna could be constructed thatexploits the "whispering gallery" phenomenon familiar to visitors of sciencemuseums. Bridges envisioned that a tumor's microwave echo could be tuned in backat the source of the radar pulse, while the noisy clutt...Cure Rate Soars For Some AML Patients Receiving High-Dose Drug
...“Because high-dose cytarabine is quite toxic, especially for older people, we want to use it only with those patients who will benefit. These results tell us which patients we can cure, and which ones should receive other therapy.” The finding is considered particularly strong because t...Why Do We Make It Difficult For Students To Hear In Class?
November 2, 1998--Many children, especially those with hearing or learningdisabilities, are facing unnecessary difficulties hearing their teachers becauseof inferior classroom acoustics. An alarmingly large proportion of classroomssuffers from high amounts of reverberation and background nois...Medication Offers Hope For Relief From Burning Mouth Pain
...f or until they experienced untoward side effects, especially drowsiness,"Grushka reports. At the conclusion of the study, 43 percent of the patients reported partial to complete relief andwere still using the medication. Twenty-seven percent found the drug helpful but quit using it dueto side effects, usually ......ay want to pay closer attention toweather reports, especially if below-normal temperatures or extreme atmosphericpressures are in the forecast. A study presented today at the American HeartAssociation's 71st Scientific Sessions suggests that changes in temperature andatmospheric pressure may be related to an i...