Chemists Develop Probe To Detect Changes In Imaging Agents Inside Body
...gingagent which can detect blockages in blood flow following a heartattack. This information is important to doctors planning follow-up therapy and rehabilitation. "Doctors can get very good images this way," saidDistinguished Research Professor William Heineman who has studiedthe fundamental chemistry of seve...Emory Doctors Discuss "Killing Heat" In This Week's NEJM
...wave of 1980, Dr. Kellermann and Dr. Todd make the following suggestions: "Since access to air-conditioning for even a few hours each day is protective, local governments in high-risk areas of the country should consider modifying their building codes to require every hotel and apartment building to prov...Tacrolimus Stops Rejection Of Kidney Transplants
...t for patients who experience refractory rejection following a kidney transplant," said the paper's lead author transplant surgeon E. Steve Woodle, M.D. , from the University of Chicago Medical Center. "Since uncontrolled rejection remains a primary cause of organ loss, this is a significant advance for our p...Stents Work Well, But Are Costly: Will Hospitals Continue To Use Them?
...peatangioplasty and bypass surgery during the year following the procedure.Reduced follow-up procedures allow stenting to recoup some of the extracosts associated with this form of therapy." Up to 25 percent of patients who had angioplasty will need a repeatprocedure in the follow-up year, Mark said. With st...It Matters Where, In America, You Suffer A Heart Attack
...ation during their first (initial) hospitalization following a heart attack. A catheterization is given to asse...mitted for a catheterization during the six months following their initial admission. This includes patients who received a catheterization during the initial ho...Study Shows Gum Disease Increases Risk Of Future Heart Disease
...e the risk for heart disease." Genco has been following this population of American Indians since 1982, first as a consultant to the National Institutes of Health when severe periodontal disease was found among them, and then for a 10-year study of periodontal disease in diabetics. The new findings on th..."Super Aspirin" Holds Long-Term Benefits For Some Patients Who Undergo Balloon Angioplasty
...gical coronary revascularization, complications following balloon angioplasty remain an important problem associated with mortality. An intravenous "super aspirin" called abciximab (ReoPro™, Centocor, Inc., Malvern, PA) administered in the catheterization laboratory before an angioplast...New Ultrasound Technique Is Alternative To Cerebral Angiography
...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 catheter itself can rupture the plaque and send pieces into thebrain, or trigger an arterial response that may form blood clots, leavin...Antioxidant-Enhancing Drug Partly Rescues Noise-Induced Hearing Loss
...s measured again at one day, four days, and 20days following noise exposure. Results showed that the animals treated withR-PIA recovered their hearing faster and more completely than those treated withsaline. "The R-PIA-treated animals also showed less damage and loss of sensorycells than control an...Drug Regimen Reduces Atrial Fibrillation After Heart Surgery
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... Review Board at Penn State's College of Medicine following FDA regulations. If you want more information about other study sites around the country, contact Pro-Neuron, Inc., at (301)984-8554.......ormulate ourdefinitions to ensure that everyone is following the same guidelines. We're nowlooking at changes that can be applied worldwide in the trials we're nowdesigning." While the outcomes of these trials are important to the companies whosedrugs are being tested, they have no influence once the ...Anti-Clotting Drug May Cause Potentially Fatal Platelet Disorder
... to prevent stroke as well as blood clot formation following placement ofcardiac stents, can cause a rare but p...bout onefifth of patients who received ticlopidine following cardiac stents died withinfour weeks of the procedure. The study raises concerns over the p...Most People Cant Identify Stroke Symptoms
...ace," said Dr. Pancioli. The NINDS has defined the following as symptoms of a stroke: sudden numbness, weakness, or paralysis of the face, arm, or leg, especially on one side of the body; sudden confusion or trouble talking or understanding speech; sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes; sudden trouble walk...PITT Researchers Demonstrate Human Brain's Natural Mechanism For Guarding Against Errors
...ooking fora specified target -- an "X" immediately following an "A" -- and pressing one oftwo buttons. A button on the left was pressed each time the target appeared andone on the right for every other combination. Dr. Carter and his colleaguesnoted a transient increase in ACC activity during incorrect respo...Study Shows Child Health Plus Eases Access, But Some Barriers Remain
... ChildHealth Plus coverage and the first 12 months following theirenrollment. In addition to establishing wheth...aried by raceand ethnicity, a fact which dissolved following the introductionof the program, after which 98% reported having a medical home.Despite significant i...Neurotransmitter-Induced Electrical Activity Identified As Key Regulator Of Synaptogenesis
...ongly reduced. The data suggest the following model for postsynaptic membrane formation: Initially glycine receptors are diffusely distributed in the neuronal plasma membrane. Whenever receptors, encounter freely diffusing an active nerve terminal releasing the appropri...Cost-Effective Treatment Possible In Africa For HIV-Positive Pregnant Women If Drug Prices Lowered
...roughpost-delivery; $538 during childbirth and the following week; and $254 fortreatment during childbirth only. The cost of preventing one infant HIV infection in areas of 15 percentprevalence in pregnant women would range from $1,445 to $817 depending on whichof the treatment regimens was selected. The re...