Traditional Chinese diet helps ward off heart disease
...veys revealed wide differences in eating patterns, especially in the consumption of meat. In Pan Yu, villagers consumed about 13 grams of meat protein daily per 1,000 calories, along with about 3 grams of dairy products and 151 grams of vegetables. (Thirty grams equal one U.S. ounce.) They also drank about 1...American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists tapped to manage PQRI
...t-track pharmaceuticals, benefiting all Americans, especially those whocurrently have no disease treatment options available." How PQRI Works Under the purview of AAPS, PQRI will consist of a board of directors, a steering committee and technical committees. The five-member board ofdirectors is charge...Elderly population may drain resources from paediatrics
...layed childbearing and voluntary childlessness are especially prevalent among highly educated women. This, he speculates may increase health and wealth inequalities in offspring. If middle class women delay childbearing until they feel the time is right, they are likely to make a substantial investment in th......growth of club drugs throughout the United States, especially among youth and young adults. At a news conference in Washington, DC, that coincided with CADCAs annual meeting, Dr. Leshner outlined how NIDA and its partners will work together to increase the publics awareness of the effects these drugs may hav...Colorado most dangerous state in nation for avalanche fatalities
...owfall puts extra strain on the existing snowpack, especially if it does not adequately bond to the pre-existing surface layer. The extra weight of new snow can cause a slab to break off and slide. Amounts of six inches or more pose the largest threat to skiers and recreationists. * Conditions like temper...NIH grant keeps University of Maryland on the cutting edge of complementary and alternative medicine
... twice as likely as men to develop OA of the knee, especially after menopause. "People who have OA live with a great deal of pain," says Dr. Berman. "They have tremendous difficulty performing ordinary activities that many of us take for granted. Going to the store and walking up the steps can be painful ex...Bristol-Meyers Squibb submits NDA for new formulation of once daily videx(R)(didanosine)
...ng up to 20 pills, several times a day, making it especially difficult to remain on prescribed therapy. When patients do not adhere to prescribed treatment regimens, the efficacy of treatment is reduced. VIDEX (didanosine) received marketing clearance in the U.S. in 1991 for the treatment of HIV/AIDS and is m...The silent time bomb: divorce, health care and the baby boom generation
...for fewer hours than biological children."This was especially true for fathers, but it was disheartening to see the effect of remarriage for mothers," Pezzin says. "Being remarried even reduced the number of hours of care they received from their natural kids." For fathers, the problem is in part more serious b......ples of distinction in the U-M's 150-year history, especially its scientific approach to training, says Markel, who is also an associate professor of pediatrics and communicable diseases at the U-M. Indeed, he writes, even as early as the 1870s, "Instead of requiring regurgitation of dusty textbooks and antiqu...NHLBI funds asthma coalitions to improve care among high risk populations
...thma morbidity and mortality in their communities, especially among children, minorities, and low-income individuals. According to NHLBI Director Dr. Claude Lenfant, "We now know enough about asthma so that no one should die from it any more. Yet people are still dying from asthma. Why? Because the informa...Chronic disease: the overlooked & understudied epidemic
...ice to meet the needs of chronically ill patients, especially interventions that help patients to change their own risky behaviors and to become better managers of their own health conditions," he said. Other researchers featured in the issue state that the patient should be the primary manager of chronic dise...Health phone lines hampered by public's poor understanding of the term 'unconscious'
...he term unconscious is important, say the authors, especially when using services accessed by phone. These rely on correctly determining key facts from the caller. Level of consciousness is an important indicator of the severity of head injury and a range of other illnesses. And loss of consciousness is one of ...Expert calls for common sense, science in national response to medicinal herbs
... began to come out of advanced European countries, especially Germany, indicating that the herbal remedies, which had never been totally discarded there, had many substantial therapeutic and economic benefits for the consumer." Even such all-American herbs such as echinacea and saw palmetto were found by Europ...Social support and confidence predict medication adherence for AIDS patients
...eatment regimens also seem particularly important, especially at the time when the therapy is initiated." The researchers interviewed 72 AIDS patients who were taking three or more antiretroviral medications, including a protease inhibitor, as part of a "highly active antiretroviral therapy" (HAART) regimen....Pharmaceuticals and personal care products
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... as well as bacteria. Worley believes this will be especially helpful for patients who are immunocompromised, including transplant recipients and people with cancer or AIDS. (These patients are at increased risk for deadly infections due to their weakened immune systems.) Condoms made of the new rubbe...New horizons, treatments in anticancer chemistry
... intravenously. The new agent, which appears to be especially promising for the treatment of breast and colon cancer, attacks tumors that are resistant to Taxol® and may have fewer side effects. Known as IDN5109, it is in clinical trials. (Iwao Ojima, Ph.D., State University of New York at Stony Brook, N.Y.;......ntly undergoing Phase II human clinical trials, is especially promising for delivering insulin and administering...successfully carry them to their targets. They are especially promising for delivering vaccines and gene-therapy molecules, the researchers say. They recently cre...UNC-CH study finds N.C. outpatient heart rehabilitation programs mostly under-used
...APEL HILL -- Too few people with heart problems -- especially women and minorities -- use outpatient cardiac rehabilitation programs across the state, according to a new University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill study. Medicare would pay for participation in many cases, but patients often do not know it. "I...Study shows women more likely to have severe arthritis, less likely to undergo surgery
... relates to health care needs of women in general, especially elective procedures like cataract surgery, where a woman's psyche comes into play," says Hawker, also a member of the Canadian Arthritis Network and senior scientist with the Arthritis Community Research and Evaluation Unit (ACREU). Hawker believ...