Pioneer In Nuclear Medicine Wins Lifetime Award
...edicine, Wagner also became an expert on thepublic health implications of radiation, and received an appointment at theHopkins School of Public Health in 1961. In that capacity, he has served on theMaryland Governor's Panel on the Impact of Nuclear Energy and he conducted aninvestigation of the nuclear disa...States Must Be Held Accountable For New Health Plans For Children
...TON, D.C.--Passage of a law last year that expands health insurance forchildren by $24 billion offers an unp... Care examinesthe relationship between children's health and access to care; a companionreport, Systems of Accountability: Implementing Children's HealthIn...Abstinence Reduces HIV For High-Risk Women - Even Those Who Relapse - Study Shows
...y are represented in fields as diverseas airlines, health care, law enforcement, the military, the stock market, andtelecommunications....New Data Show Dangerous Interaction Between Blood Pressure Drugs
... most cases, also taking otherdrugs to treat other health conditions. Their doctors discontinued themibefradil because they believed the drug was not controlling the patients' highblood pressure effectively and prescribed other CCBs, such as nifedipine,felodipine or nisoldipine. Within one to 12 hours aft...Educational Intervention Can Reduce Sexual Behaviors Known To Transmit HIV
...in mostly low-incomewomen and men served in public health care clinics. The study was published inthe June 1... Health, said, "This study issignificant to public health because it identifies a successful strategy toreduce high-risk behaviors and prevent new HIV infecti...Intervention can help reduce risky sexual behavior, according to results published in Science
...ry day more peoplebecome infected with HIV. Public health officials have launched many campaignsto encourage safer sex practices, but there has been little substantive data toshow whether such behavioral interventions actually work. Now, as part of aspecial section on AIDS in the 19 June 1998 issue of Scien...Landmark Study Shows Behavioral Interventions Reduce HIV-Related Sexual Risk Behavior
...effective strategy that could be adopted by public health and communityorganizations all across America. If ... there would be a profound, cost-effective, public health impact in the communities that adoptedthis program." Researchers in seven sites in five metropolit...Forum Urges Medicare Reform To Emphasize Health Promotion
...bout early detection of disease, not prevention or health promotion." Rowe called on Medicare to pro...premiums for individuals who undertake or maintain health lifestyle behaviors such as exercise, weight loss and improved diet. Dr. Kahn, Professor Eme...Study Reveals Possible Clue For Racial Differences In Prevalence Of High Blood Pressure
...ontributor to a condition that is a major national health problem.Co-authors include Carmine Cardillo, M.D.; Crescence M. Kilcoyne R.N., M.S. andRichard O. Cannon III M.D. Media advisory: Dr. Panza can be reached by phone at 301-496-2634....One-Time Needles Don't Reduce HIV Among Addicts, Study Shows
...y are represented in fields as diverseas airlines, health care, law enforcement, the military, the stock market, andtelecommunications....Antidepressants Can Lead To Mouth Infections
...ases of long-term treatment, attention to the oral health of thepatient should be part of routine clinical practice." Saliva is needed both to clean the smooth surfaces of the teeth and to"remineralize"' them, the researchers write in the current issue of the journalGeneral Hospital Psychiatry. ...Safe And Effective Treatment For Acute Repetitive Seizures
...s a safe and effective way of addressing an urgent health condition andone that enables flexible, convenient treatment outside of a hospital or clinic,including the patient's home," says Dr. Sheridan. "This trial is a strikingexample of how a relatively small research investment, in this case about$850,000...Voluntary HIV Counseling And Testing Reduce Risk Behavior In Developing Countries
...ve either counseling/testing services or "standard health information"consisting of videotaped information about sexually transmitted diseases and asupply of condoms. All the participants were invited to return to the centers six and 12 monthslater to take part in counseling and testing. "There was concern ...Thousands Of AIDS Deaths Could Be Prevented With Expanded Medicaid Coverage, UCSF Study Concludes
...r James G. Kahn, MD, MPH,an associate professor of health policy and epidemiology with the UCSF AIDSResearch...dable solution to this dilemma,while assessing the health and federal cost implications," he said.Research findings were reported here today (Wednesday, July ...Only Eight Percent Of San Francisco HIV-Positive Urban Poor Receive Protease Inhibitors
...e inhibitors prescribed by the San Franciscopublic health system. Although these people are HIV positive, Bangsberg noted,one reason they are not given drugs is the belief that they would not adhere totherapy. Among the patients receiving protease inhibitor therapy, there was a widerange--from 24 to 100 ...HIV Patients' Mental Health Affects How Seriously They Take Treatment
...cation, keep medical appointments, andfollow their health care providers' advice.However, HIV patients who f...sons why patients may be laxabout their treatment, health care providers can take steps to fight thosesituations, Holzemer said. By knowing that depression, f......her wealthy countries can leadto affordable public health strategies in poorer countries." But several stepsmust occur, he noted, for this to happen: shorter therapy and other changes tominimize resource use, careful evaluation of treatment efficacy of modifiedtherapies, and reduction of high cost componen...Lupus Foundation Of America Awards Summer Internship To Student Working At Wistar Institute
...tists have been making history and improving world health through theirdevelopment of vaccines for diseases that include rabies, German measles,infantile gastroenteritis (rotavirus), and cytomegalovirus; discovery ofmolecules like interleukin-12, which are helping the immune system fightbacteria, parasites,...UNC-CH Researchers Learning Ways To Help Black Women Cope With HIV
...reated with medications and which necessitatesgood health promotion and disease prevention to extend life an...ecruited. "We collect mental and physical health information from all participantsbefore and after the intervention," Miles said. "Women in the inter......s."For a new technology to be a viable option in a health care system," Winikoffet al. say, "both patients and providers need to want to use it and to ask forit. For this reason, understanding how women and medical personnel perceive andvalue a new technology is important. In the case of medical abortion,...