Study to assess heart effects of depression drugs during stress
...le taking one of the antidepressants will show the greatest cardiovascular stress response compared to the other groups studied. Over time and continued use of the drug, increased levels of stress hormones and blood pressure may lead to structural and functional cardiac changes that could make the heart not a...Most acquisition of meningitis bacteria among students occurs in first week of university term
...umn term. Students living in catered halls were at greatest risk, with over a third of them carrying the bacteria by December, but students living in all female halls were at significantly lower risk of acquiring the bacteria during the first term. The gender difference might be explained by different patter...Study shows obsessive-compulsive disorder runs in families
...lation. Although ittouches all ages, the period of greatest risk is from childhood to middleage. Twin studies have shown identical twins have a higher incidence of OCD-- almost 90 percent -- than fraternal twins, where the odds of both havingthe disorder is close to 50 percent....Taking public health to the streets works
...New Zealand, according to Bullen. "Communities in greatest need are being asked to do more, often with little or no remuneration for their expertise and time," said the researcher. The meningococcal education campaign succeeded despite limitations in funding. "People were willing to be involved on this is...Brain scans of Gulf War veterans show brain damage
...ly mild symptoms. As a consequence of having the greatest loss of brain cells, veterans with Syndrome 2 have... On brain-function tests, sick veterans with the greatest loss of brain cells performed similarly to victims of the Tokyo subway sarin nerve gas attack. In ......hypothyroidism. The risk of discontinuation was greatest among therapy categories used to treat cardiovascular disease, such as calcium channel blockers, antihyperlipidemics, and beta-blockers. Additionally, researchers found that, for a majority of therapy classes, less than half of those who stopped the...US AIDS cases, deaths, and HIV infections appear stable
...-of- treatment IDUs. According to Dr. Gayle, the greatest declines have been seen in cities such as New York, where successful efforts have been implemented to provide substance abuse treatment, HIV prevention counseling and testing, risk reduction programs, and access to sterile needles. HIV incidence in ...San Francisco study shows antiretroviral treatment continues to improve AIDS survival
...ART) was introduced. The years 1996 and 97 saw the greatest (59 percent) decline in AIDS deaths in the city, but between 1997-98 the decline dropped to 30 percent, prompting speculation that the survival benefit associated with HAART might have waned. To determine whether this was so, researchers at the S...Family history of high cholesterol often not detected until middle age
...ndiagnosed until middle age. Lack of diagnosis was greatest among children and young adults: only two children under 10 years and 12 aged 10-19 years had been identified. These findings have important implications for clinical practice as, in families with a history of high cholesterol, the risk of a coronary...Molecular architects create new cancer preventives
...nal, Posner emphasizes, because it is based to the greatest extent possible on principles established through prior experimentation. Earlier research in the deltanoids included many efforts by pharmaceutical companies to improve vitamin D. "What we did was to take some of the best structural changes that larg...Rise in non-communicable diseases commands pharmaceutical scientists attention
...herapies that are expected to impact this centurys greatest health needs. The AAPS Annual Meeting and Exposition: Unmet Medical Needs: Therapies for a New Millennium will be held Oct. 29 Nov. 2 in Indianapolis. In addition to roundtable discussions, more than 1,800 scientific research studies will be pr...'Unheralded safety net' providing state health practitioners for under-served areas
...r of primary-care practitioners in places with the greatest need. What's interesting is that nobody before knew the extent and apparent effectiveness of state efforts since there's no central clearinghouse for such information, not even the federal government." Forty-one states sponsored such programs. In...Many uninsured adults do not receive needed medical care
Unmet health needs greatest among people uninsured more than 1 year CHICAGO - American adults without health insurance are less likely than insured adults to receive preventive care or routine checkups, and more likely to report they could not see a physician because of cost...O.R. model could reduce high death rate among kidney dialysis patients by up to 20%
...he relative improvement over the current policy is greatest at high capacity dialysis centers, followed by low and then medium capacity centers. The authors found that system capacity has a significant impact on the overall system performance. In high capacity dialysis centers, the three optimized policies a...... in the case of raloxifene, tamoxifen produced its greatest risk reduction in women with estrogen-receptor positive breast cancers. The Study of Tamoxifen and Raloxifene (STAR), a five-year breast cancer prevention trial that will enroll up to 22,000 high-risk participants, will offer a head-to-head compari...Science, engineering and technology newstips
...ence and software development, said Mukherjee. The greatest payoff would come from merging the best of each field, rather than focusing on one area, he said. Mukherjee teaches a course in optical networks at UC Davis and has authored a textbook on the subject. He is a past chair of the Department of Computer......nsillectomy for children as young as one, but were greatest for children aged three and older. The authors say these findings demonstrate that current clinical practice in Ontario has deviated from recommended surgical guidelines, and that the guidelines themselves are inconsistent with the evidence regardin......y managed care companies once feared. "One of the greatest sources of consumer dissatisfaction with todays health maintenance organizations (HMO) is the perceived barrier to specialist care. Simply having the option to bypass the so-called gatekeepers of managed care seems to be enough for most people in poi...Rutgers researchers developing technology to help New Jersey farmers "grow" pharmaceuticals
... While stressing technology offers promise, the greatest medical revolution may result from using plants to manufacture proteins the first time proteins have been produced via plant secretion, says Raskin. Plants constantly take in chemicals or nutrients and secrete or release other chemicals or wastes i...