Use Of Surfectant Therapy Widens Gap In Death Rate Of Black And White Newborns
...and treatment, butthese advances may not result in greater social equity," Hamvas said. "Theemphasis should be on preventing these babies from getting here early."...Benefits Of New Diet Drug Don't Outweigh Risks
...he longer they had been taking the medication, the greater their risk of developing this serious condition. ... from fat can easily produce a deficit equal to or greater than the amount of weight lost by chronically taking diet pills. We also know these changes in lifes...ACTG Protocol 185 Enrollment Halted
...CTG Protocol 076, all women had CD4+ T cell counts greater than or equal to 200/mm3 and only 5% had received any AZT prior to the current pregnancy. In contrast, in Pediatric ACTG Protocol 185, 23% had baseline CD4+ T cell count less than 200/mm3 and 21% of women had received AZT prior to as well as during ...Duke Study Uses Tiny Temperature Changes To Probe Water-Exclusion At Protein Binding Sites
...tes, water drives the binding of aligand to a much greater extent than was previously imagined. The bindingsite becomes "much more hydrophobic than you would have guessed,"he said. According to Toone, the next step in his research "is to try andlearn more about the relationship between shape and hydrop......is in everybody's best interest. In the same way, greater use of condoms is in everybody's best interest. It is one way to keep the rate of HIV infection as low as possible," she argues. "The more condoms are used, the better it is for all of us." Why are condoms so important? "Because they are the most co...Study Injects New Interest In How Vaccines Work
...xide to carry antigens into the body resulted in a greater production of antibodies than could be produced by the antigen alone. Antibodies are proteins made by the immune system to fight off foreign substances. Antigens -- the proteins or molecules that stimulate the immune system to create antibodies -- ar...A Helping Hand Could Save An Ailing Heart
...le support was a significant predictor ofdeath and greater functional deterioration" among patients who had suffered aheart attack in the previous year. Their findings are published in the October1997 Journal of General Internal Medicine. Previous studies have demonstrated links between social suppo...Affordable, Hand-Held Biosensor For Diagnostics
...pable of detectingamounts about 100 to 1,000 times greater than the new biosensor. "We have found nothing as simple or practical as this device with asmuch sensitivity," said Ghadiri. "The results show that we can sense very smallmolecules that in other systems do not produce a very big change. In ou......s calls for developmentof forecasting methods with greater heed to uncertainty so that financing needsfor soc...t 10 or 25 years. Themajor factors contributing to greater mortality will be eipdemic disease,catastrophes and the decline of the physical environment. Respond...Bi-Monthly Boosts Of Aspirin Benefit Heart
...ven though thromboxane production was inhibited by greater than 94percent in all individuals taking aspirin, 45 percent of patients still hadclumping when red blood cells were present, "indicating a suboptimal response toaspirin." Sixteen percent had clumping even though the red blood cells were notpresent....Study Finds Incidence Of Stroke Over 40 Percent Higher Than Previously Stated Figures
...ing 1993 theincidence rate of stroke was 1.6 times greater for blacks than the overall ageand sex-adjusted in...innati under the age of 65 had a two to four times greater incidenceof first-ever stroke compared with the rates among whites of similar age in theRochester po...Radon, Especially In Combination With Smoking, Contributes To Lung Cancer Deaths
...kers who are exposed to radon appear to be at even greater risk for lung cancer, because the effects of smoki...the combined effects of radon and smoking create a greater risk for people, but the joint effect could not be precisely defined by the committee. These uncerta...Enhancing Night Visibility Using UV Technology To Be Tested On Virginia Tech's Smart Road
...pecial road markings will floresce -- reflecting a greater amountof light that painted surfaces. And it is believed that pedestrians will beeasier to see because of the "disco-effect," the phosphates left in clothingfrom detergent, says Dingus. Researchers will test the prototype UV headlights andflu...Do Deaths Of Babies From Birth Asphyxia Vary Depending On When They Are Born?
...y indicate that mistakes may be mitigated with the greater use of shiftwork, but they stress that shifts need...nd consequent fatigue. Stewart et al conclude that greater supervision by senior staff may be required at night and during summer months, Contact: Dr Patrick...Airport Noise Can Seriously Affect The Health And Psychological Well-Being OfChildren
...en livingunder the flight path, they may predict a greater likelihood of having higherblood pressure throughout adulthood," says Evans. There are indications, hesays, that elevated blood pressure in childhood predicts higher blood pressurelater in life. Boosts in stress hormones also are of concern becaus...National Health Study Launched On The Internet
...heart disease risk as one example of a drug having greater benefit thanoriginally perceived. Participants who...s astatistical fact that the larger the study, the greater the precision foridentifying links between lifestyles and health. The goal of the study is torecruit...Increased Public Access To Defibrillation Could Prove Potentially Cost-Effective And Life-Saving
...Association. The report's authors say that greater availability of public accessdefibrillation (PAD) ...implementation of PAD forthe lay public could save greater than 4,000 lives and the use of defibrillationby police could save an additional 20,000 lives annual...Most People Cant Identify Stroke Symptoms
...interviews with more than 1,800 individuals in the greater Cincinnati areaonly slightly more than half could ... September 1995 through telephoneinterviews in the greater Cincinnati metropolitan area. This region has a largebiracial population and is similar to the U.S....New Stroke Treatment Likely To Decrease Health Care Costs And Increase Quality Of Life
Results from a new study show a greater than 90 percent probability thattreating acute ischemic stroke patients with the clot-busting drug t-PA couldresult in a substantial net cost savings to the health care system. Thesesavings are based on the fact that t-PA-treated stroke patients lea......udy, the researchers reported that a significantly greater number ofpatients receiving suramin, in combination with another anti-prostate tumoragent, hydrocortisone, experienced significant pain reduction, for a longerperiod of time, than patients receiving only hydrocortisone and a placebo. Inaddition, pat...