Study Finds Less Intensive Treatments May Not Maintain HIV Suppression
...ains that anincrease in the number of CD4+ T cells increases the number of target cellsavailable for new HIV infection, which could occur when less intensive therapiesare instituted. The researchers conclude that maintaining HIV suppression with antiretroviraltherapy leaves little margin for error. Poor adhe...Serious Crime Victims Risk PTSD, Multiple Disorders
...acompleted rape or perceived life threat, the risk increases dramatically,"Boudreaux says. The researchers interviewed 391 women from Charleston, South Carolina,about their experience with crime and their mental health symptoms. Theirfindings are reported in the Fall issue of the Journal of Traumatic ...UCSF Study Finds DHEA Benefits Cardiovascular Function
...ar way toanti-anginal drugs like nitroglycerin and increases the function of theendothelial cells, which create the inner lining of the arteries and offerprotection against a wide range of cardiovascular disorders, includingatherosclerosis. Though DHEA has become increasingly popular as a nutritiona...Beta Blocker Significantly Improves Heart Failure Survival
... the beta-blocker metoprolol to standard treatment increases survivalby about 35 percent. The results are so positive that the study was stoppedthree years earlier than planned so that all participants could be offered thebeta-blocker drug. Results of the study will be presented at the 71st AnnualScientific S......cate that use of an experimental drug known as TPO increases thenumber of people who are medically eligible for autologous stem celltransplantation, a procedure used to replenish the blood cells of cancerpatients following high dose chemotherapy. The trial demonstrated that the recombinant, or genetically engi......L). Theresults from the trial suggest encouraging increases in leukemia-free survivalin AML patients treated in remission with Maxamine Therapy. The updated results will be presented today by Mats Brune, M.D., and ElisabethWallhult, R.N., Department of Hematology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital,Gothenburg,...Views Of Tamoxifen And Synthetic Estrogen In Action Provide Clues For Designing Better Drugs
...es of menopause,continued exposure to this hormone increases a woman's risk of breast or uterinecancer. Designer estrogens, also known as selective estrogen receptor modulators(SERMs), are a class of drugs that function like estrogen in some tissues butblock estrogen's actions in others. The best known SERM is...Growing Younger By Keeping Up Regular Physical Activity
...l and diabetes. A sedentary lifestyle also increases the risk for hip fractures, theysay. In one study, women who spent less than four hours a day on their feet hadnearly twice the risk of hip fractures as their more active counterparts....Study Shows Hormone Replacement Therapy Does Not Elevate Breast Cancer Risk
... women, and ERT without co-administered progestins increases therisk of endometrial cancer. Women with a history of benign breast disease already face a 40-260 percentincrease in breast cancer risk, depending on the type of breast lesion. It waspreviously thought that these women might have an even greater el...Breast-Feeding Hormone Lowers Nursing Moms' Blood Pressure
... "Biologists may knowmuch more about the causes of increases in stress. But it is very exciting tofind out more about what causes decreases in stress." Along with Light and Smith, other UNC-CH collaborators were psychologistsJosephine Johns and Julie Hofheimer and a team of students and researchassistants, inc...Tobacco Control Is Global Challenge, WHO Director Says
...action onseveral fronts: tobacco advertising bans, increases in taxation, and a highlevel of public awareness." Dr. Brundtland said world leaders "should really worry" about the growth intobacco consumption, adding, "Our main battlefield on children and tobacco isin that strange, exhilarating and often confus...Office Stress, Large Family Responsibilities Put Women At Risk
... responsibilities spellssignificant and persistent increases in blood pressure for white-collar womenwho hold a university degree, a new Canadian study shows. And unlike men, theirelevated blood pressure persists at home after working hours. In the Canadian study, it was only among white-collar women who ha...New Contact Lens Material Could Lessen Risk Of Eye Infection
...mponent in supplying oxygen to the eye --adversely increases the protein deposition on the lens surface. This increasein protein could lead to such problems as infections and blurred vision. "The sulfoxide hydrogels, on the other hand, possess characteristics that setthem apart from the rest of the hydrogel...Improved Fitness Lowers Mortality Risk Of Male Heart-Attack Survivors
...ng regularly, Dorn said. "The observed increases in fitness probably reflect the men who weremost diligent in actually performing regular exercise," she noted. "Although wehave no measures of fitness after the three-year study period, the thought isthat the men who actually exercised after a heart...News Tips Thursday, March 25, 1999
...ned. Muchof the beneficial effects are related to increases in HDL-cholesterol, the "goodcholesterol," and perhaps to beneficial effects on platelets, that initiateblood clots in arteries leading to heart attack and stroke. One puzzlingfinding in some studies has been that a PAI-1, a blood factor that inhibi...Low Educational Level Increases Risk For Congestive Heart Failure
ORLANDO, March 25 -- Not completing high school increases the risk of congestiveheart failure almost as much...cconditions facing people with less education that increases the risk," He adds. "People with more education can be expected to be somewhat more knowledgeableabo......arch 26, inOrlando, Fla. "Even though LDLc increases about 20 mg/dL between pre-menopause and theeighth year post-menopause, the LDLc levels at age 47 are the best determinantof risk. There is a very strong association of LDLc at age 47 and coronarycalcifications discovered at age 59," said Dr. Kuller...UI Researcher Determines Vital Sign Norms For Cesarean Section Procedure
...on, minimum and maximum mean arterialpressure, and increases and decreases in mean arterial pressure. Dexter's work appears in a recent issue of the Journal of Clinical Monitoringand Computing....UI Study Finds Many Physicians Withhold Pain Medication
...intingout that studies suggest diagnostic accuracy increases with the use of painmedication because it increases sensitivity and specificity of the physicalexamination. "Since withholding pain medication m...Study Finds Combining Exercise With Male Hormone Therapy Benefits Men With HIV-Wasting Disease
...s. Study findings showed that both groups had increases in lean body mass,weight, and strength, but the ga...stosterone combined with exercise produced greater increases in leantissue and in muscle strength than either treatment by itself. "These resultspresented our t...