NIAID releases 20th anniversary edition of Jordan Report on vaccine research
...his experimental vaccine has undergone preclinical evaluations in animals with encouraging results and is expected to enter clinical trials in early 2003. New vaccine technologies The report also details how new technologies promise to create a renaissance in the already energized field of vaccinology. Recent ...Giving clot busters in arteries has some benefits
...newed availability of the drug could lead to other evaluations of intra-arterial therapy, Alberts says. "The fact that the agent will be available again might be a good thing, since it is the drug that physicians have used most often for intra-arterial thrombolytic therapy," he says....UCLA Study shows how early diagnosis of Alzheimers helps patients
...orating the use of PET in these patients' clinical evaluations would have prevented 11 of the 23 false positives ...stimated that adding PET to the patients' clinical evaluations would prevent more than 130 months per year of needless drug therapy per 100 people. Although effect...People who dont 'dip' have higher levels of clot factor and risk
...atient had a single evaluation, and the individual evaluations were distributed throughout the year. Overall, fibrinogen levels averaged 323 milligrams per liter (mg/dL) in the patients, well within the normal range of 160-400 mg/dL says Hermida. As with previous studies, the results showed a difference of 75 m...Study finds additional evidence for contamination of herbal supplement for prostate cancer
... investigators to consider regular quality control evaluations by independent laboratories throughout the course of their research. The lessons from PC-SPES must be learned well, he says, "because the loss of a product that symbolized hope to some should not occur without leading to an ultimate gain for all can...Popular long-acting contraceptive linked to vascular dysfunction
...PA and nine controls completed two brachial artery evaluations by CMR. Researchers evaluated the DMPA group at the end of a three-month DMPA cycle and within 48 hours of a new DMPA injection. They evaluated controls during the first 1-3 days of a menstrual cycle and again when the women were ovulating. DMPA b...UCLA medical group receives national certification
...dentialing." NCQA surveys involve on- and off-site evaluations conducted by a team of physicians and managed-care experts. A national oversight committee of physicians analyzes the survey team's findings and determines certification based on the physician organization's performance compared to NCQA standards. UC...Injectable gel effective in treating head and neck cancer
...ed up to 6 times per week over 8 weeks with weekly evaluations for four weeks after treatment and monthly evaluations thereafter. Patients with nonresponsive tumors after three weeks of treatment could switch from pla...Study points to depression as a risk for developing Alzheimer's disease
...even-year study which included annual neurological evaluations and testing of cognitive function. Baseline testin...s, priests, and brothers who have agreed to annual evaluations and brain donation at death. Participants were all over age 65, and did not have dementia at the tim...Time-release stimulant effective for once-daily treatment of ADHD
...ur-week study period, participants received weekly evaluations from their physicians, and both parents and teachers completed weekly evaluations of the children's behavior at home and at school. In addition, the children received complete physi...... to aid the plastic surgeon in making more precise evaluations and procedures in performing plastic surgery. It will help him see his problems in new ways, and to more accurately predict outcomes. Did Cleopatra? Plastic surgery has been practiced since the days of ancient Egypt, some 2,500 years ago. Many ...Exposure to hepatitis C has no effect on antiretroviral treatment outcomes in HIV patients
...udy. The patients had clinic visits and laboratory evaluations performed at regular intervals. Patients who were prescribed antiretroviral therapy were seen four weeks after starting treatment, and then every 12 weeks. The subjects' CD4 cell count was compared at 1-years, 2-years, and 3-years following the init...Data reveals Lilly's PKC inhibitor improved symptomatic diabetic peripheral neuropathy
...atient population may thus prove useful for future evaluations of LY333531 and other novel therapies focused on diabetic peripheral neuropathy. The most common side effect among the patients using PKC b Inhibitor in the trial was headache. The rate was comparable to placebo....Path from chronic stress to heart disease clarified
...nsulin and sugar. The researchers repeated all the evaluations 15 to 18 months later. As expected, their findings revealed that the caregivers started from a more vulnerable position than the comparison group, with a greater tendency to suffer from such problems as obesity, depression, and disturbed sleep. Hea...Improving accuracy of cross-cultural neuropsychological testing
... include reading tests in their neuropsychological evaluations of individuals in their ongoing aging and dementia project. They are performing follow-up studies to validate whether the reading test is a better estimate of educational experience than years of education, the current standard. ...UCSF, UC Davis establish joint pediatric heart center
...atric cardiology. The specialists offer diagnostic evaluations of congenital heart defects, including prenatal diagnoses to determine when treatment is needed immediately after birth, and therapeutic interventions, using minimally invasive, catheter-based techniques rather than surgery. With pediatric interventi...Estrogen's role in preventing female cardiac disease
...the females but not the males. Referring to recent evaluations of estrogen replacement therapy for postmenopausal women, Michael Kotlikoff, professor and chair of clinical sciences at Cornell, says: "This finding correlates well with epidemiological data indicating an increase in the incidence of cardiomegaly (e...Stroke news tips for Friday, Feb. 8, 2002
...f by using teleradiology. The stroke neurologists evaluations were compared to those of the neuroradiologist who made the original evaluations when the patients came to the hospital. The stroke neurologists correctly identified all thrombolyt...Hospitalist care destined to become dominant model of inpatient care in the US, say UCSF researchers
...liminary evidence indicates that resident teaching evaluations of hospitalists are significantly higher than those of traditional ward attendings. In addition to their clinical and teaching roles, academic hospitalists are also making important research contributions in reducing medical errors, improving end-of-...... for sutures in corneal transplant surgery. While evaluations at the Pratt School of Engineering are at an earlier stage, Setton's soft tissue engineering group is already finding that Grinstaff's biodendrimers present cells with "a different chemical surface and overall three-dimensional topography" than other...