Emory researchers find more expensive heart treatment not so costly in long run
...Now we have evidence that early, aggressive -- and initially more expensive -- treatment of these patients is a...ter" drugs). However, the aggressive treatment is initially more expensive than the conservative approach -- and physicians have questioned whether additional...Preventive sessions after divorce protect children into teens
..., marijuana, and other drug use for those who were initially at higher risk. Teens who had been in the Literature Control condition had more than twice as many sexual partners as those exposed to the Mother Plus Child Program. Again, the latter group also showed a significantly reduced 1-year prevalence of m...Consortium awarded CDC grant to coordinate national health system 'radar' to catch bioterror events
...gram, a kind of computer early warning system that initially will sweep, in real time, 20 million ambulatory care patient records in all 50 states for clusters of symptoms associated with bioterror agents. "Several federal, state, and local organizations, as well as health plans, practice groups, and hospitals...GlaxoSmithKline Drug Discovery and Development Award 2002
... in that pathway. "We want to learn how the virus initially sees the host cell, so we can determine how to inhibit its binding to the cell," said Dr. Chaiken, research professor of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. "Current HIV medications attack enzymes that are being produced once the cell has be...Housebound elderly benefit from early intervention
...ption. The research shows that becoming housebound initially leads to sharp falls in self-esteem and confidence. But two thirds of the sample managed to feel better as they adjusted to the change in their situation. They often explained their adjustment in emotional and spiritual terms. The extent of support f...Researchers find trigger for devastating digestive disease, propose treatment
... In the small intestine, enzymes from the pancreas initially digest gluten by breaking it into a number of fragments called peptides. In most people, the larger peptides probably work their way down to the lower intestine where they are eaten by microorganisms. "But in people with celiac sprue, the stable 33...New data may alter frequency and surgical procedure
...igible for SNB who were previously excluded. What initially appeared to be a higher false-negative rate for women who had had a partial mastectomy, compared with open or core biopsy, disappeared with subsequent analysis of a larger group of patients. "The sentinel node will not accurately reflect the other ly...Right side of brain learns language skills after stroke
...er costs each year. Remarkably, many of those who initially lose language abilities after a stroke significantly recover these abilities within six to 12 months. Several studies suggest that language recovery occurs because the right hemisphere of the brain compensates for the loss of the left hemisphere. For...Psychological distress may predict hypertension
...eveloped high blood pressure. None of the subjects initially had hypertension, and each study followed the subjects for at least one year. Although the 15 studies' methods, populations, and definitions of hypertension varied widely, most of them found associations between psychological factors and blood pressu...Annals of Internal Medicine, tip sheet, September 3, 2002
... 50,430 women who were between ages 40 and 49 when initially enrolled between 1980 and 1985. The women in the treatment group received annual mammography along with breast physical examination and instruction on breast self-examination. By the end of 1996, 105 women in the mammography screening group and 108 i...Sandia helps public health officials with anti-terror 'decision analysis' tool
...thers involved in emergency response. The program, initially designed for public health officials, was produced by Sandia/CA's Weapons of Mass Destruction Decision Analysis Center (WMD-DAC). Researchers are working on enhancements that will expand the program to other key entities. "If an event like this were ...DARPA to support development of human brain-machine interfaces
...ssible environments. The Duke center will consist initially of a collaboration of separate laboratories in the medical center's department of neurobiology and in the Pratt School of Engineering department of biomedical engineering. However, the researchers expect to unite the center's efforts in a new multidi...Alcoholics' impaired reaction to stress may impede mental tasks
...participants. The alcoholics' cortisol levels were initially measured from a blood sample drawn the first morning after their admission to the treatment program; they participated in the remainder of the study protocol at the end of their inpatient treatment, which lasted 21 to 28 days. Both the alcoholic and...Initially recommended drug dosages often too high, study finds
...cardiovascular and most other classes of drugs are initially overestimated. These overestimated doses are discovered at various times after the drug is introduced into medical practice. The Georgetown researchers studied the label changes made for all the new drugs approved for use in the United States by the ...Substance found in sharks could lead to weight loss drug, research shows
...ompletely new class of chemicals. The researchers initially thought that MSI-1436 could be an effective treatment for HIV because it stopped the reproduction of the virus in the lab. However, when the researchers tested it in animals they discovered that it caused them to stop eating and therefore could not b...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for July (second issue)
...ately 4,000 black and white men and women who were initially ages 18 to 30 during 1985 to 1986. Follow-up exams were given to participants 2, 5, and 10 years later. In addition, participants were questioned about their respiratory health, cigarette smoking, physical activity, and medical history. Among 5,01...Researchers identify brain pathway to explain how Fenfluramine causes weight loss
...e, energy expenditure and neuroendocrine function, initially by Cone's laboratory. Furthermore, notes Elmquist, melanocortin receptors are expressed widely in the central nervous system, including several regions of the brain implicated in addictive behaviors and depression, suggesting the potential for a more...Virus in babies may cause asthma later on
...ing ICAM-1 that were infected with this virus were initially healthier than their normal counterparts, with far less airway inflammation, less weight loss and lower mortality rates. Interestingly, though, these genetically altered mice still developed chronic asthma-like changes similar to normal mice they r...National health care access restrictions delay Alzheimer's disease diagnosis, treatment
...Further, of the caregivers surveyed whose relative initially visited a GP, only 19 percent reported receiving a...sician. In contrast, of caregivers whose relative initially visited a specialist, 67 percent received an AD diagnosis, 77 percent of whom were recommended a med...Common diabetes drug causes arteries to spasm, endangering heart
...lurea receptor known as SUR2. Although these mice initially appeared normal, they tended to die suddenly. The diabetes researchers wondered why. So they began working with McNally, a specialist in cardiovascular genetics. McNally fitted the gene-altered mice with portable heart monitors, which revealed that...