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...If so, he says, "toxic compounds that normally are excluded from cells might enter the cytoplasm and there wreak havoc." (D. Epel, Hopkins Marine Station of Stanford University, Garden Grove, Calif.; ENVR 48; Monday, March 27, 3:00 p.m.; Hilton Imperial A, Ballroom Level. See page 106 in the final program.) ...90 high schools will participate in UNC-CH head injury study
..., or who werehospitalized more than 48 hours, were excluded from the project since they obviously required and werereceiving medical help. Guskiewicz and McCrea also direct a continuing study of head injuries among football players at 34randomly selected colleges and universities across the United States. Th...New drug relieves symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome in females
... reported symptoms of constipation due to IBS were excluded from this study. The drug is not currently available to the public. However, the drug maker, Glaxo Wellcome Inc., is currently seeking approval from the Food and Drug Administration to market the drug in the United States....Racial disparity in lung cancer treatment must be overcome, UCSF specialists assert
...tients are more likely than white patients to feel excluded from decisionsaffecting their health, and this may be an important contributor tomiscommunication. Both black patients and white patients appear more likely tofeel involved with their own care when their doctors are of the same race, butblacks are ...Study tests vitamins in recovery from trauma
...mia and those taking theanticoagulant Coumadin are excluded from study enrollment. So far more than 100 patients out of an expected total of 300 patients havetaken part. As patients enter the study at the time of ICU admission, anyindividual may be withdrawn from the study at the request of their next of kin...Study finds parental influence still important during adolescence
...inquent acts, so theywere excluded from the analysis. Jang is currentlyconducting a similar study on adolescent drug use.) Results showed that the influence of peers ondelinquency rose from age 11 until it rea...Cholesterol-lowering drugs provide double protection against heart disease
...g of coronary bloodvessels. When the Japanese team excluded these patients from their analysis, theresults indicated that the cholesterol-lowering drugs led to a more completereversal of MVD, and normalized the blood vessels of those with high cholesterolonly. Researchers say the "inclusion of those with hi......east cancer or those who were taking estrogen were excluded fromthe study. Among the 7,705 women enrolled in the study, Cummings reports that a total of 54cases of breast cancer were confirmed, 40 of which were classified as invasive.Thirteen cases of invasive breast cancer developed among the 5129 women who...Circumcisions In Doctors' Offices As Safe As Those In Hospitals
...ing room procedures. They excluded the surgeon's fee of $425 in their analysis because this fee is the same regardless of where the procedure took place. The average office cost of $196 covered the fees for use......in 28 days or had previouslyhad chemotherapy, were excluded from the study. The most common adverse effects in both groups of patients were rash, weakness,fluid retention, nausea and vomiting, though patients receiving suramin had ahigher likelihood of these side effects. Significant neurologic, kidney orli......nguage, which made some descriptions of covered or excluded services unintelligible. Likewise, appeals mechanisms were not uniform, and several HMOs failed to provide adequate due process protections. The report, released by the Institute of Medicine, included many recommendations. Among them were that N.C....