Study Demonstrates Safety & Effectiveness Of Asthma Drug
...hen needed, for relief of asthma symptoms. Duringa final four-week withdrawal period, all patients received only as-neededalbuterol. The study showed that even though the average use of albuterol was fivetimes higher in the regular use group than in the as-needed group, therewere no significant difference...New Ultrasound Technique Is Alternative To Cerebral Angiography
...Currently, doctors use cerebral angiography as the final step inassessing the blockage to determine whether surgery is needed. This methodinvolves inserting a catheter in the leg and following the arteries up into thehead. There, a dye is released into the blood that can be seen on x-rays. But the......re may bring," the initial report said. A final survey analysis is expected early in 1998. The pre... Business, Madison, who isexpected to coauthor the final report with Warren Luckner, director of research,Society of Actuaries. Conducted in three p...Cardiovascular Costs, Deaths Projected To Rise In 1998
... annual toll in lives also continues to rise, with final stroke andheart disease deaths up nearly 11,000 from 1994 to 1995, the most recent yearfor which such totals are available, the AHA reported. The total cost of cardiovascular disease in 1998 is expected to reach$274.2 billion, up from $259.1...Studies Look At Threshold Effect Of Cholesterol-Lowering "Statin" Drugs
...sses that these reports should not be taken as the final word on the issue. "For the present, the guidelines by the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP), endorsed by the American Heart Association, offer the most reliable basis for physicians' decisions regardless of the optimal lower limit for L...Preventing Stroke: The Choice Between Aspirin And Warfarin
...ese patients should take aspirin or warfarin. The final treatment decisionshould be made between the physician and the patient after considering theindividual's risk for stroke, benefits from treatment, and personal preferences. Higher-risk patients, who have one or more specified risk factors, sufferstro......ients who had a score greater than 4 orthose whose final score increased by greater than 1. Of 819 men on ...acebo responders averaged 8%. Responderswho had a final score increase greater than 1 averaged from 71% to 73%. According to the investigator, the results ...Forum Urges Medicare Reform To Emphasize Health Promotion
... on the Future of Medicare would be submitting its final report in less than nine months. "Therefore, this is a critically important time to make the case that expanded Medicare coverage for prevention programs and wellness promotion is a sound investment for the future of Medicare, so it may be included ......rostol orally and were observed for 4 hours. At a final visit12 days later, each patient's pregnancy statu...ent found the experience less satisfactory. At the final visit, women were asked to describe the best and worst features ofthe method. The most commonly cit...Ovarian Hormone Could Play Key Role In Easier, Safer Childbirth
...N, Ill. -- The ovarian hormone relaxin, already in final clinicaltesting for the treatment of an often fatalconnective-tissue disease, may have another important therapeutic role --enabling easier and safer childbirth when laboris induced, says a researcher who reports a series of significant findings onre...Medication Offers Hope For Relief From Burning Mouth Pain
... Grushka compared patient age, history of BMS, and final dose levels among these threegroups, she found that patients in the group that got the most relief were significantly younger thanthose in the group that had some relief, but side effects. Those who got the most relief also hadshorter histories of BM......nd prominent actuaries in commercial practice. The final papers recommended by the committee are submitted to the Board ofDirectors of the AERF, which administers the award; the board makes the finaldetermination. The AERF carries out research and education projects in the fieldof actuarial science on beha...Forecasting Killer Heat: UD Systems Predict Deadly Weather Worldwide
...n, lead author of a health chapter in the landmark final report ofthe Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (1996). "Health authorities canthen reach out to children, senior citizens, anyone in poor health and those inhigh-risk neighborhoods, where heat-trapping homes make people more vulnerableto very......e or filled out by people under 18 years of age, a final simple of9,177 respondents (all anonymous) was evaluated. According to the study, men are the largest consumers of sexually explicitmaterial on the Internet. Male respondents (86%) outnumbered female respondents(14%) by a ratio of 6:1. Women, ...New Model Shows How To Eradicate World's Leading Infectious Cause Of Blindness
... Pfizer Inc. Although WHO has not yetannounced its final treatment strategy, plans most often aired involve annualantibiotic treatments for people in the affected regions, along with cleaningwater supplies and encouraging improved face washing. But while annual antibiotic treatment will eliminate the disea...Postpartum Help Needed To Keep Recent Mothers From Resuming Smoking Habit
...ive cessation support that will stick around. The final results are expectedin a few years. "Our first study relied on telephone counseling by a trained healtheducator, but someone the women didn't know. When that went away, the smokingcame back," she said. "Partners have an equal investment in t...Measles Eradication Plan Approved
...ers forDisease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the final stages of measles eradication.CDC Director Dr. Jeffrey Koplan announced that CDC will provide $8 million toPAHO for the effort. PAHO and the CDC will undertake a five-year collaborative effort to ensure thesuccessful completion of the measles eradica......ngexperience, Risse seems to be saying. The book's final chapter relates the shifting treatment strategies andinnovative caregiving employed in the country's first hospital ward dedicated totreating AIDS patients, the UCSF-affiliated San Francisco General HospitalMedical Center's now legendary Ward 5B. The...... intervention groupreported a significantly higher final decision quality compared to those in thecontrol g...and benefits, personalpreferences and comfort with final decisions. "As critical decision making has transferred to the outpatient setting andpatients des......as deteriorating fast. My husband and I weremaking final arrangements," says Nancy Peters, 56, from Port Deposit, Md. "My daughter, Aimee, wanted to donate her kidney but because of my highantibody level, I would have rejected it. Doctors at the University of Marylandoffered me a chance to get that kidney...