Health Risk To "Cigarette Babies" Is Neglected, Duke Scientist Charges
...e of nicotine patches, inhalers and gum during the first trimester ofpregnancy. This strategy is contrary t...ndicates the advantage of suchtreatment during the first trimester. "Nicotine works on a very specific set of proteins that, althoughthey're present ...Treatment Of Distal Ureteral Stones: ESWL Versus URS: A Prospective Randomized Study
...e seen on Xrays. These investigators studied two first line approaches to distal ureteralstone removal: extracorporal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) and ureteroscopy orURS (passage of a viewing tube and crushing device up the ureter). They treated80 patients with distal ureteral stones. Forty had stones...ACE-Inhibitors Score High In Reducing Heart Attack Deaths
...or therapy may be started immediately --during the first few hours of a heart attack," she says. "Most of the benefitappears early, in the first few days, when the risk of death is highest."In an accompanying editorial in the journal, Marc A. Pf...Pioneer In Nuclear Medicine Wins Lifetime Award
...ing cyclotron isotopes, in 1963 his lab became the first to trackclots in the lung, and then went on to use...ubject. In 1983, his lab accomplished the first imaging of neuroreceptors in thebrain. Their pinpointing of the dopamine receptors inside the brain ...States Must Be Held Accountable For New Health Plans For Children
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...e treatment program to improve survival rates. The first requires high-dose chemotherapy to kill the cancer cells. The secondinvolves the administration of a vaccine to enhance the body's immunity againstcancer cells. High-dose chemotherapy and autologous stem cell rescue are the firsttreatment st...Crystal Structure Of gp120 Reveals HIV In Action
...search scientist atColumbia and lead author on the first Nature paper, "Knowing the structure downto the atomic details will provide valuable clues for vaccine design." X-ray crystallography is a technique that passes X-rays through acrystal from many angles, determines their pattern of diffract...Montana Fungus The First But Not The Best
BOZEMAN--Taxomyces andreanae may be the world's first fungus known tomake the anti-cancer drug taxol, bu..." he said. If successful, it would be the first non-plant source of taxol, whichnow is extracted from the needles and bark of the endangered yew tre...New Data Show Dangerous Interaction Between Blood Pressure Drugs
...oldipine. Within one to 12 hours after taking the first doseof the new drugs, the patients went into shock or suffered other serious sideeffects and were rushed to hospital emergency departments. The four case studies demonstrate the potential hazard of beginning treatmentwith one of the older CCBs on pat......only used totreat head and neck cancer, during the first and sixth weeks of irradiation. The researchers found the combined treatment was more successful incontrolling the cancer and in stopping recurrence of tumors. Sixty-one percentof the combined treatment patients were still disease-free after ...Stopping High Blood Pressure Drugs May Start A Stroke
...an Heart Association. The study offers the first evidence of a link between discontinuingdrugs to control high blood pressure and increased stroke risk, says lead authorAmanda G. Thrift, Ph.D., of the department of epidemiology and preventivemedicine at Monash Medical School in Australia's Victoria...Drug Combination Including New "Super Aspirin" Drug Cuts Risk Of Death Or Second Heart Attack
...high risk for death or asecond heart attack in the first year following the attack, with the mostcritical period being in the first few weeks. His study is unique in that it suggests a long-term benefit rather thanan immedia...Fact Sheet -- Rectal Administration Of Diazepam For Acute Repetitive Seizures (RADARS) Study
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...se kids and their families," Buck said. "For the first time at our center, neonatologists have the data to tell parents the risk of having their kids do OK in school, not merely their risk of survival. That is powerful information." Buck noted that while prematurity is likely to result in educ...Promising Results For Woman-Controlled Anti-HIV Product
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...revious studies have shown that surgery during the first half of thecycle compared to the second half lengt...one levels, especially high estrogen levels in the first half of themenstrual cycle, may alter populations of cancer and immune cells, making cancercells mor...