ARICEPT better tolerated than Exelon in patients with mild to moderate Alzheimers disease
....0%); somnolence (1.8% vs 5.5%); and urinary tract infection (5.4% vs 0.0%). Other data presented at the symposium included results from two 1-year, placebo-controlled clinical studies with ARICEPT. In the 1-year US study, patients treated with ARICEPT maintained function significantly longer (median time...Device is safer than tape or sutures in securing catheters in ill children
...ared to those standard methods, the device reduced infection rates in patients and was dislodged less frequently, according to researchers from The Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia. In addition, nurses and physicians completely avoided the risk of accidental needlesticks that may occur when inserting sutures...Study finds doctors often unaware that hospital patients have urinary catheters
...ystem and leader of the study. "We will likely cut infection risk by reducing inappropriate catheterization." Catheters are often left in when a patient comes to a hospital floor from surgery, the emergency room or the intensive care unit. But their use can lead to patient discomfort and urinary tract infecti...Spain's top science award to UMBI's Gallo, Montagnier
...he diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of the HIV infection and AIDS, Spain's Prince of Asturias Foundation presented the 2000 Prince of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research to Gallo and Montagnier. His Royal Highness Don Felipe, the Prince of Asturias, heir to the Spanish Crown, presided over...GL701 (prasterone) significantly reduces lupus flares
...ache (43 percent GL701 vs. 63 percent placebo) and infection (10 percent GL701 vs. 25 percent placebo) were reduced (p<0.05) in the GL701 group in comparison to placebo. No patients discontinued study medication due to acne, which was generally mild. There were statistically significant decreases in trigy...FDA awards grant to metaphore pharmaceuticals to study septic shock in humans
...s immune system goes into overdrive and attacks an infection with all possible means. However, the large quantities of oxygen free radicals produced by the body during this internal fight also destroy catecholamines, the natural compounds that help to maintain blood pressure and oxygen delivery to critical or......eat hypertension, congestive heart failure, severe infection and hypercholesterolemia. Hirschmanns seminal contributions to organic and medicinal chemistry also include the first chemical synthesis in solution of an enzyme, ribonuclease, in 1969, regarded as one of synthetic organic chemistrys noteworthy achie...European commission grants "orphan" status for new acute myeloid leukaemia treatment
...r other regimens and low incidence (28%) of severe infection compared to 29-65% reported in literature for other regimens were reported in the Mylotarg trials. Patients being treated for leukaemia are at increased risk of developing opportunistic infections and bleeding. Patients treated with Mylotarg experien...Researchers identify new genetic risk factor for HIV infection
...ly intrigue AIDS researchers: those who resist HIV infection despite repeated exposure to the virus and those who progress very slowly to AIDS after infection. Understanding what makes these individuals different could lead to new vaccines and treatments, and a study published this week in the early online ed...Stress levels can affect success of pneumonia vaccinations
...al pneumonia and the influenza infection that often precedes it are the fourth leading causes of death in this country for people older than 75. The study, reported this month in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine, is the latest i...Imperial statistician estimates size of French BSE epidemic
...r-reporting, the results indicate that the risk of infection with the agent for BSE dropped dramatically from 1.... Dr Donnelly suggests that the subsequent rise in infection risk between 1991 and 1996 reflects the recycling of infectious material within the French feed indu...Measles and pertussis risk higher for children with personal exemptions from immunization
...es. A recent study showed that the risk of measles infection during 1985-1992 in the United States was, on aver... vaccinated children in measles outbreaks acquired infection through contact with an exemptor. The authors assert that the decision to forgo vaccination must bal...In a new observational analysis, Risedronate significantly reduced nonvertebral fracture risk
...ported adverse events regardless of causality were infection (primarily upper respiratory, placebo 29.7 percent...ported adverse events regardless of causality were infection (Actonel 35 mg 20.6 percent vs. Actonel 5 mg 19.0 percent), arthralgia (14.2 percent vs. 11.5 percen...Cotton clothes carry fungal spores into hospitals
... been known to pose a potentially deadly threat of infection in hospital patients with damaged or impaired immune systems. Cotton was found to harbor and disperse the spores of Aspergillus more than other fabrics in the study. Aspergillus is a term that refers to a group of airborne mold fungi that are......capsular polysaccharides. Further, in a S. aureus infection model, animals immunized with StaphVAX and challenged with representative VISA strains were protected against infection, said Dr. Horwith. S. aureus type 5 and type 8 account for 85-90% of all clinically significant S. aureus infections. StaphVAX i...Hospital researchers identify gene important in certain cancers
...s factor produced by the human body in response to infection and other conditions. If this FOR protein is not being produced, tumour cells are more likely to escape killing by the bodys defences. This same FOR protein was also found to be an essential partner to a second protein called p53 also involved in can...Polymer research could lead to better protective clothing
...cterial - that would be great, you'd never get any infection around the wound, whether it's internal or external," Tonelli said. In one test, Tonelli's students used polyesters embedded with the cyclodextrin-inclusion compound formed with the active ingredient from Neosporin first aid cream to make polyeste...First effective treatment for gastrointestinal sarcoma seen with multi-center trial of STI-571
...hite cells (neutropenia) in the blood (3 percent), infection (2 percent) and swelling or edema (3 percent). "What we dont know about STI-571 is whether or not this will actually have an effect on the overall survival of people with this sarcoma," von Mehren said. "This study has only been under way for less t...Fourth annual HIV vaccine awareness day honors volunteers, promotes research
...ve an experimental vaccine designed to prevent HIV infection in studies, many of them sponsored by the National...ht new optimism that a safe vaccine to prevent HIV infection can be developed. An additional 6,000 volunteers have participated in the NIAID-supported studies ......ve an experimental vaccine designed to prevent HIV infection in studies. HIV Vaccines Trials Network (HVTN) sites worldwide will host a variety of activities to raise awareness about preventive HIV vaccine trials, why a vaccine is the best hope for stopping the spread of HIV, and how ordinary people can be a...