Raising The Retirement Age In The United States Could Save Billions In Social Security Payments
...s," the two researchers wrote in a report prepared for theSocial Security Administration, which funded th... increase in the retirement age decreases payments for a yearand increases revenues for a year. To come up with their findings, Manton and Tolley studied ...Fertilization Protein Structure To AID in Leukemia Treatment
...he same structure may hold a key to new treatments for leukemia, a kind of cancer that attacks the blood....ching across the cell membrane, providing a means for it to transmit signals to the inside of white blood cells. "By modifying the chemical bonds in mole...A Surgical Semiconductor Laser With More Precision And Power
... removing warts, moles, unwanted hair, and tumors, for instance, performing gum surgery, or treatingglauc...uctorcounterparts usually lack the power necessary for most surgery. The Rochester work cleans up the beam produced by asemiconductor laser, creating a sha......y to single out those HIV+ infants at highest risk for the rapid and aggressive development of AIDS means that doctors may now target these babies for early, powerful therapies, report Emory University researchers in this week's New England Journal o...Rape Victims Find Relief From Posttraumatic Stress Using The Antidepressant Zoloft.
...as Zoloft. Other studies of pharmacological agents for PTSDhave evaluated treatment primarily in war vete...begun to recruit patients with PTSD from any cause for acontrolled clinical trial of Zoloft treatment. Interested persons may call404-727-8968. For more ge...Stents Work Well, But Are Costly: Will Hospitals Continue To Use Them?
...e said these procedures maybe a bad financial deal for the hospital. Medicare gives hospitals one pric...he stents. So now what was a "win/win" situation for patients and society-- better immediate outcomes and less need for repeat procedures -- hasbecome a ...KUMC Researchers Announce Breakthrough Method For Predicting Epileptic Seizures
... National Science Foundation's Research Experience for Undergraduate fund. Osorio and Mark Frei, PhD, fro...y predict the onset of a seizure holds the promise for new, effective ways of combating epilepsy. "This may revolutionize the way we treat seizures," Osori...UW, Siemens Unveil New Panoramic Ultrasound Imaging Application Using Programmable Technology
...logy that allowsultrasound medical imaging systems for the first time to be programmed formultiple diagno...earch team. "The imageprocessor can be programmed for many applications, opening a new chapter inultrasound technology," Yongmin Kim said. The Siemens en...It Matters Where, In America, You Suffer A Heart Attack
...medical, economic, and quality-of-life information for more than 2,300 patients across the United States ...widespread during the study period, rated the best for both the initial hospitalization and up to a year later. "This could upset prevailing views in se...Postmature Infants Not As Easily Calmed As Other Newborns
...they receivedone drop of solution every 10 seconds for five minutes and werethen observed. After tasting the sugar solution, the postmature infants showedsignificantly more trembling than did the normal-term infants.For example, during the five-minute period in which they received the sugarsolution, the ...Premature Birth Sometimes Can Adversely Affect Infant's Ties To Mother
... informalsupport after a child goes home may allow for new stresses. "The secondyear may in fact be harder on the parents," she said. "Parentstend to compare their child with others in the same age group rather thanwith other premature babies; they see their child as behind developmentally. "There is a ...Benefits Of New Diet Drug Don't Outweigh Risks
...d cookie or apple, or the amount burned by walking for a half-hour and making other small changes in dail...rescribed appetite suppressing drugs such as Redux for no longer than 12 weeks to help them stick to their diets and lose weight. In the past several year...Johns Hopkins To Announce AIDS Capitated Care Program
... care to subscribers. The program is a prototype for HIV care that could be adopted nationallyin the ne...itsmanaged care partners to cover all medical care for patients in Moore Options.Hopkins will assume the financial risk for care that exceeds the amount pe...Hospital Noise Disrupts Sleep For Patients, In The Critical Care Setting
PROVIDENCE, R.I.--There is no rest for weary hospital patients. A new study shows a ver...ghnoise pollution in hospitals has been recognized for years, there has been noconcerted effort to correct it, Millman said. In fact, the study's findings...Program Provides Treatment For Prison-Released HIV-Positive Women
...men releasedfrom prison. A prison-release program for HIV-positive women successfully links clientswith ...alth. They say the program could serve as a model for other states tomeet the need for community follow-up for HIV-positive women released fromprison. Dur...ACTG 315 Preliminary Results: Drug Cocktail Restores Partial Immune Function
...th moderately advancedHIV disease who were treated for three months with an antiretroviraldrug cocktail s...becamepossible last spring after the recompetition for ACTG fundingincluded an award to establish the ACTG ImmunologyAdvanced Technology Laboratories. Thi...Early Menopause Stress Related In Developing Countries
...bout 51 years old, while rural Bangladeshi women, for example, are about 43 years old at menopause." ...s, they have had repeated pregnancies, breast-fed for most of their adult lives and have a relatively high disease load," Holman told attendees today (F...NIAID Stops AIDS Study Prematurely Because Drug 'Cocktail' Boosts Survival
.... These very exciting results renew our enthusiasm for this approach, which now clearly is the best treat...d Journal of Medicine. Indinavir has been approved for about a year. "The people who should be thanked and congratulated for this study and others like it...Drug And Radiation Treatment May Shrink Pancreatic And Gastric Tumors
... finding may be an important step toward a therapy for pancreatic andstomach malignancies. No effective treatments for these cancers currentlyexist. Indeed, the five-year survival rate for patients with pancreatic cance...Laser Shown Effective In Patients Who Are Not Candidates For Bypass Surgery Or Angioplasty
...to ailing heart muscle is an effective new therapy for coronary arterydisease patients who have exhausted...ioning properly. "TMR is a promising therapy for a group of patients who have exhaustedall other revascularization therapies," Lowe said. "Most pati...