Study Reveals Possible Clue For Racial Differences In Prevalence Of High Blood Pressure
...blood vessels, "signals" the vessels to dilate and increase blood flow toskeletal muscles, such as those in the arms or legs, when they may be needed torespond to a stressful situation. The finding may help pinpoint why blacks are far more susceptible than whites tohigh blood pressure and associated heart dis...About The Care Of Patients Before They Are Admitted To Intensive Care
...ons have risen by 50 per cent since 1984, but this increase in quantity should not be at the expense of quali...that one way of dealing with the problem may be to increase the seniority of the doctors assessing and treating this type of patient. (For example in Oxford, th...One-Time Needles Don't Reduce HIV Among Addicts, Study Shows
... the number of injections per regular syringe will increase frompre-intervention levels; this will increase the fraction of regular syringesthat are infectious and available for reuse. Furthermore, the fracti...Drug Combination Including New "Super Aspirin" Drug Cuts Risk Of Death Or Second Heart Attack
...w days or weeks, but there's more than a 50percent increase in these events between 30 days and six months, regardless ofcurrent therapy." The study involved 2,282 hospitalized patients in 20 countries. Patients were assigned one of the following drug combinations: low-doselamifiban with or without he...Thousands Of AIDS Deaths Could Be Prevented With Expanded Medicaid Coverage, UCSF Study Concludes
...rnment," Kahn said. "The proposed expansion would increase netdrug sales by nearly $200 million, largely because the increase in drug salesvolume more than offsets the price reduction." The UCSF study incorporated several clin...UCSF Researchers Seeing Increased Rates Of Unprotected Sex Among San Francisco Gay Men
...ey were "in love."The researchers first noticed an increase in unprotected sex as they looked atthe responses to the 1995 questionnaire. Ekstrand speculated on several reasons for the increases. Men might be burningout, she said, and getting tired of years of practicing safe sex. They may feelthe AIDS epid...Policy Methods For Eliminating Child Labor
...llion children from the labor market by working to increase adult wages and employment rates rather than pursu...ing. With this increased demand for labor comes an increase in wages, which may raise family incomes to a level at which there is no need to send children to w......e. "Moreover, it can be expected that savings will increase over time, ascostly complications are avoided." Th... In addition, Lewin reported a 124 percent increase in the percentage ofplan members with diabetes receiving at least one glycosylated hemoglobin(HbA1c)...Paying Attention To High Blood Pressure Programs A Good Investment In Reducing Stroke Risk
...imal intervention community, there was actually an increase (5percent) in stroke incidence between 1970 and 1975, a 20 percent decreasebetween 1976 and 1981 and a 29 percent decrease between 1982 and 1987. The researchers, led by the study's lead author Hiroyasu Iso, M.D., of theInstitute of Community Medici...Mini-Pill Increases Risk Of Chronic Diabetes In Women With History Of Diabetes During Pregnancy
...It appears that progestin-only oral contraceptives increase risk by nearlythree-fold and should not be widely prescribed in this group of women," saysSiri Kjos, M.D., associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at theUniversity of Southern California School of Medicine. That caution, however, is tempered...Drug Reduces Heart Attack, Death Rates In Patients With Unstable Angina
...eparin, with similar side effects. All three drugs increase the risk ofbleeding because they lower the platelet count, with Eptifibatide having anadditional 1 percent risk of bleeding compared to the other two drugs. Butresearchers pointed out that more than 80 percent of the bleeding was associatedwith invas...Researchers Begin Drug Trial In Hope Of Finding New Ways To Treat Acute Kidney Failure
...perfect kidney could be transplanted. Itcould help increase the number of available kidneys, which would reduce thewaiting list for recipients considerably," Star said. Phase I of the study, funded by the Baxter Extramural Grant Program,will evaluate the drug in four groups of people: dialysis patien...International Study Finds Statins Raise Good Cholesterol, Wake Forest Physician Reports
...n. Depending on the drug and the dose, the increase in HDL in patients whostarted the study with an HDL below 35 ranged from about 7 percent on the higherdose of atorvastatin to 18 percent on the higher dose of simvastatin. TheHDL-raising effects of the lower doses of both drugs were in between. ...Sunlight Poses Universal Cataract Risk
... The researchers calculated there is a 10 percent increase in risk forcataract for every 0.01 "Maryland sun years" of exposure. A Maryland sun-year isthe amount of UV-B that falls in Maryland over one year. The eye receivesanywhere from 9 percent to 18 percent of this exposure. Other authors of the ......ted antimicrobial drugs greatly contributes to the increase in antibiotic-resistant bacterial diseases. In thi...tance, better regulation of antimicrobial drugs to increase their usefulness, and better education of medical personnel, veterinarians and the public to encoura...Jefferson Physician Warns Further Study Of DHEA's Safety Needed
...y many to have anti-aging properties may actually increase men's risk of prostate cancer. Marshall Goldberg, ...hers reported in Science, a four- to seven-fold increase in the risk of developing prostate cancer, particularly those over 60, whose blood levels of IGF-1 ......raloxifene were also shown to havea 2 to 3 percent increase in bone density at the hip and spine after 24 months. During the MORE trial, 7705 osteoporatic postmenopausal women (average age 66.5years old) were randomized to receive either 60 or 120 milligrams per day ofraloxifene or a matching dose of placebo.......ip." Hip fractures, the most debilitating, increase a women's risk ofrequiring nursing home care by 25...of "silent" spine fractures, defined as those that increase awoman's risk of subsequent fractures but are only detected by X-ray, increasedthe incidence of futu...The Visible Humans: Coming Of Age
...hysicians and their patients nationwide. It should increase widespread screening for this major killer of Americans, while simultaneously saving over $1 billion annually." Prostate cancer and brain surgery rehearsal. Researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota use data from the Visible Human Pr...University Of Kentucky One Of First To Use New Technique To Treat Atrial Flutter
...imit work or other physical activities, and it may increase risk for stroke. In some cases, atrial flutter can be treated with drugs. But last year, UK's Natale published a study showing that a form of ablation that used radio waves was more effective than medication. Now, he says the new ablation technique...