Antioxidant-Enhancing Drug Partly Rescues Noise-Induced Hearing Loss
... lack of brain activity inresponse to normal sound indicated complete hearing loss. Brain-wave activity was measured again at one day, four days, and 20days following noise exposure. Results showed that the animals treated withR-PIA recovered their hearing faster and more completely than those treated...Study Demonstrates The Benefits Of Mammography In Women Under 50
... were both under 50 and over50. He said the study indicated that screening mammography was effective forall the age groups represented. "The tumors that were detected throughmammography were generally smaller and less appeared aggressive under themicroscope than those tumors that were detected through physic...Study Finds Incidence Of Stroke Over 40 Percent Higher Than Previously Stated Figures
...rojected1996 black population of the United States indicated that there were 138,100strokes among blacks in the United States during 1996. "These differences between blacks and whites with respect to strokeincidence rates mirrors the differences in stroke mortality rates between blacksand whites in th...... mortality improvement rates, from 0% to 2%. "This indicated a greatdegree of uncertainty on this topic," said ... he said, results of the Phase 2 survey of experts indicated ahigh degree of uncertainty about the rate of mortality improvement. "The experts definitel...UNC-CH Researchers Learning Ways To Help Black Women Cope With HIV
...ile infected with HIV. "Several women have indicated that once they were diagnosed with HIV,they thought they were doomed to die and lived constricted lives because oftheir misunderstanding about the infection," she said. "A particularly effectiveaspect of this program has been the focus on depression,...Walking Or Bed Rest OK For First Stage Of Labor, UT Southwestern Research Shows
...others ortheir infants. Most of those who did walk indicated that they would do so againin a future labor. Since our results provide no objective evidence for oragainst walking during labor, it seems reasonable to let women elect eitheralternative." This study brings the debate of walking or bed rest f...... thenumerous large scale clinical trials that have indicated the importance of usingACE inhibitors, and they're prescribing them in the patients most likely tobenefit from this therapy," he said. "But we need to do more." The researchers detected mild regional variations in physician practicesregarding ACE in...Brain Regions Identified That Influence What We Remember Or Forget
...ely foreach picture or word.) Previous studies had indicated more neural activity whenvolunteers were presented with novel photos than when they were presentedrepeatedly with the same ones, but the earlier work had not determined thequality of their later memories for the photos. The research at Stanford was c...Guidelines Not Necessarily Guiding Physician Behavior, Study Says
...ercent of the time. However, when NCEP guidelines indicated anLDL measurement should be done, there was only a 50-50 chance it would be, saysFrolkis. Risk factor screening rates for interns were: cigarette use (89 percent), knownheart disease (74 percent), high blood pressure (68 percent), high cholesterol(59......rlin on Sept. 14. Calcitonin-salmon is currently indicated for treatment of osteoporosisin women who are more than five years past menopause and for whom estrogenreplacement therapy is not an option. More than 1,200 women who had already experienced at least one spinalfracture took part in the five-year tri...Some CFS Patients Benefit From Low-Dose Steroid, But Side Effects Too Risky
...result in lethargy and fatigue. Asubsequent study indicated that the low cortisol levels in the CFS patientsmight be due to deficiencies in corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH), a brainchemical that helps regulate cortisol secretion. To determine if they could restore the hormonal balance and thereby impro...Ovarian Hormone Could Play Key Role In Easier, Safer Childbirth
...cted by Connectics Corp. of Palo Alto,Calif., have indicated that genetically engineeredhuman relaxin softens affected skin in people suffering from scleroderma, adisease characterized by an increase incollagen fibers in the skin.......n to be scaled up very rapidly. The field trials indicated that flue-cured tobacco is the best variety for producing the target proteins in the quantities needed for commercial production. However, both burley and oriental varieties of tobacco also performed well in protein production. "That means it looks...First Drug Shown Effective For Treating Chronic Forms Of Major Depression
... extends remission time. The drug is currently not indicated foruse in the treatment of chronic depression. Previous research has shown sertralineto be effective in preventing relapse in patients suffering non-chronicepisodes of major depression. About three percent of the population ...PAHO To Provide $1 Million For Cholera Programs In Central America
...he Pan American Health Organization known as PAHO, indicated that "the minimum cost" to rebuild the health sector is $200 million. The document also said: "The reconstruction of health services and water systems can't go on repeating the errors of the past" and called on the public and private sectors to red......and also lowers cholesterol. Raloxifene is indicated for the prevention of postmenopausalosteoporosis in the United States and is currently approved for marketing in 36countries worldwide, including the United States...."Super" Aspirin Does Super Job In Fighting Heart Attacks
...atients in hospitals --and individual studies have indicated benefits for the drugs -- this new studyquantifies the overall advantage and shows that the benefits last for as long assix months, notes Kong. The other "mainstay" treatment for heart attack is clot-dissolving medicine, butKong says these drugs are ...New Theory May Explain Ritalin Action In Hyperactivity
...ice showed no such increase. "This finding indicated that Ritalin couldn't be working on dopamine,"Gainetdinov said. "It told us that the drug had to be exerting its calminginfluence on systems involving the hormone norepinephrine or theneurotransmitter serotonin." Exploring a possible norepine...New Surgery At Cedars-Sinai Provides Hope For Epilepsy Patient Who Has Had A Lifetime Of Seizures
...ncephalogram (EEG) and video monitors. These tests indicated thatthere were abnormal signals in the speech cortex that corresponded with theonset of the seizures, which then traveled to the hippocampus. Prior to surgery,a Wada test, which utilizes sodium amobarbitol to put one side of the brain tosleep for tes...... or more on a 15-point scale. Results of the test indicated that justover six percent of the study participants suffered from depression. In addition, the bone density of each woman's lumbar spine and hip was measuredusing dual energy X-ray absorptiometry. The women were then contacted by phoneor postcard ev...