Study Ties Cerebral Palsy To Inflammation And Blood-Clotting Abnormalities
...ment will work. Despite the dramatic findings, the initial study measured samples from only asmall number of patients, so the results must now be confirmed in a largerpopulation. The researchers also plan to study levels of cytokines andcoagulation factors in very low birthweight babies, who are at greatly ......mpounds to meet specific needs, despitethe lack of initial clues as to what types of chemicals would do the job. Not only have combinatorial methods yielded powerful catalysts for polymerproduction, but they also have yielded the means to design new polymers to healdamaged tissues and pinpoint the delivery o...Scientists Discover How Aspirin Reduces Inflammation
...chhave been known for the last decade. Some of the initial steps take place withinthe nucleus of the cell where "gene regulators" switch on the production ofspecific genes, which in turn act on other genes causing a cascade of eventsleading to inflammation. One of the initiators in this inflammatory ...First Drug Shown Effective For Treating Chronic Forms Of Major Depression
...er isthe lead or co-author, reporting on the initial 12 weeks of chronic-depressiontreatment. To be published in the November issue of the Journal of ClinicalPsychiatry, the articles describe rapid improvement in the psychological and social behaviors among 635 depressed patients trea...Discovery: Experiments Confirm Novel Eye Pigment Controls Circadian Rhythm
...n controls the body'sinternal clock. Their initial discovery, published in May, was the first of its kind inmore than a century. The work could lead to better treatment for depression andfewer accidents during night work shifts, researchers say. "Because some investigators questioned how conc...Promising New Drug Uses Antibody Targeted Chemotherapy To Fight Leukemia
...U.S. that involvespatients following relapse after initial AML chemotherapy. A preliminaryanalysis of these data show that CMA-676 given alone produces a remission rate of approximately 40 percent - arate comparable to that of standard combination chemotherapy regimens. Thesedata also show that CMA-676 has......sterol-lowering therapycan also reduce the risk of initial heart attacks or hospitalization inindividuals with diabetes who have not suffered a heart attack, Sacks says.The take-home message, he says, is that physicians should aggressively manageheart disease risk factors in heart attack patients with diabet......es. Based on this platform, Dynavax is focusingits initial development efforts on generating new therapeutics for the treatmentor prevention of allergies and asthma. Additionally, the company plans tocollaborate with major corporate partners to apply its technology in other keyareas. For example, Dynavax tec...Magnetic Surgery System Tested Successfully On First Patient
...chiefexecutive officer of Stereotaxis. "While our initial focus has been onneurosurgical applications, we believe this system has the potential to be usedin many cardiovascular and neurovascular procedures, as well."The first patient to undergo the procedure, a 31-year-old man, was diagnosedwith a tumor in...UCSF Study Shows Drug Reduces Risk Of Spine And Hip Fractures By Half In Women With Osteoporosis
...t of alendronate on fractures depended on awoman's initial hip bone density measured at the beginning of the study, anindicator of whether or not she had osteoporosis. Those with the lowest BMD--andtherefore the thinnest, most fragile bones, who are at the highest risk offractures--benefited the most from al......he cases, doctors chose toremove the lesion on the initial visit." In comparison, doctors chose to do...esearchers based their study on an analysis of all initial visitsto doctors for actinic keratosis in 1993 and 1994, collected as part of theNational Ambulatory...UPMC Study Shows What May Be The Most Effective Treatment For Depressed Elderly
...of a recurrence during the two tothree years after initial treatment is approximately 60 to 80 percent. "Because of the devastating effects this disorder has on the elderly, wehave made it a priority to find effective maintenance treatments to preventrecurrences," said Dr. Reynolds. "It was importan...Forecasting Killer Heat: UD Systems Predict Deadly Weather Worldwide
...r. The Italian warning system will be funded by an initial $50,000 grant from theUnited Nations Environment Programme. Kalkstein's work for the City ofPhiladelphia was sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Hisresearch also receives support from the National Oceanic and AtmosphericAdministrat......uke researchers looked at Medicare payments forthe initial hospital treatment as well as the first six months...f this study. Medicare payments for the initial treatment as well as the first sixmonths of after-care for patients with a stroke, hip fracture, cor...Promising Bone Cancer Therapy Advances To Next Level
Encouraging initial results, clinical trial report presented at nation...he blood or being taken up into softtissue. After initial tests, the researchers assessed the therapy in animalsand then in human patients in the initial clin...Ablatherm: An Ultrasound Device For Prostate Cancer Therapy
...years'follow-up since treatment, and the promising initial results must be confirmedin trials with larger numbers of patients. A European multicenter phase II trialis underway in Lyon (Edouard Herriot hospital), Paris (Montsouris Institute andSaint-Louis hospital), Germany (Munich and Regensburg), and the Ne...Routine Use Of Coronary Stents Found To Yield Better Outcomes, Be More Cost-Effective
...allocatedpatients for either stent implantation or initial balloon angioplasty followedby stents only when ne...cant. In most cases primarystenting cost less. The initial stent procedure cost was $1,000 higher becauseof the price of the stent itself. But after six months...T-Cell Memory Finding May Provide Key To Cancer, AIDS Vaccines
...his pattern. The competing model involves just one initial population of cell-killing Tcells. Most of these cells die off after defeating the invader, but some cellssurvive and develop into memory cells which remain eternally vigilant for anysubsequent attack. The research team confirmed the second model. Th......(6 ml/kg) breaths of air from the ventilator. The initial planfor the study, which began in 1996, was to enroll 1,000 patients, ages 18 andolder. Mechanical ventilators deliver breaths of oxygen-enriched air to thebody and remove breaths of carbon-dioxide produced by the body. Earlierlaboratory st...Improved Fitness Lowers Mortality Risk Of Male Heart-Attack Survivors
... former dean of theUB medical school, directed the initial study. Twenty years ago, prescribing exer...which study group the men were assignedto or their initial level of fitness. "The increased capacity to do physical work most likely reflects theactua...