New Chest Pain Evaluation Method Saves Lives, Prevents Costly HospitalizationFor Some Patients
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...people using this medication who are unclear about its role and effect," said Dr. Zeltzer, who explained that Decadron is also used as achemotherapy agent in the treatment of other types of tumors. The Brain Tumor Support Program provides psychosocial support for patients,families and significant others ...Visual Environment Can Affect Even Healthy Eyes --- Nature Works With Nuture For Good Vision
...d eyes. Before, it was thought that each eye had its own regulatory mechanism. "Now we see that they work together, so whichever corrective prescription you give to a child it may affect the development of both eyes," says Dr. Fernandes. The finding does present the opportunity, howe...New Theory May Explain Ritalin Action In Hyperactivity
...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 norepinephrine link, the scientists gave theknockout mice a drug that inactivated their norepinephrine transporter, causi...JAMA Study Shows Jefferson Medical College Program Brings Family Physicians To Small Town America
... are also my friends, practicingfamily medicine in its purest form, in a time when the emphasis in medicine ison primary care." # Thane Turner, M.D. 1993 PSAP Graduate Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University A 1993 graduate of the Physician Shortage Area Program (PSAP) atJeffer...... science on behalf of the actuarial profession and its sponsoringorganizations. The prize is named for David Garrick Halmstad, an Associate of theSociety of Actuaries who made significant contributions to actuarial science andresearch. Funds for the prize were contributed by his friends and coll...MIT Microchip Releases Chemicals On Demand
... The chip behind their excitement is the first of its kind: it can storeand release different chemicals, on demand, from tiny reservoirs built into itssilicon structure. Apply a small electrical voltage to a given reservoir, andthe thin gold cap covering it dissolves, releasing the chemical inside. ...Managed-Care Incentives Should Be Disclosed, Physician Says
...icant problem. The authors recommend that HCFA use its market power to promote the developmentof better outcome measures. When awarding contracts, for example, it could favorhealth plans that monitor and reduce underutilization of services. HCFA also could give preference to health plans that survey pati...UNC Researchers Testing First In New Class Of AIDS Drugs
...beexpected to be resistant to this drug because of its unique action," says Dr.Joseph Eron, associate professor of medicine at the UNC-CH School of Medicine. On Feb. 4, Eron will present detailed findings of the study at the SixthConference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections in Chicago....... HeartAssociation, which awarded the grant through its "Established Scientist Award."Born in the town of Lurgan just outside Belfast in Northern Ireland, shereceived her B.S. in biochemistry in 1978 and her Ph.D. just four years later,both from the University of Bath. Before settling in New York, she co...Viagra Prescribing Will Be Based On Financial Rather Than Clinical Reasoning
... government can no longer fund an NHS according to its founding principles of comprehensiveness, universality and access based on need, but has made a decision that will at least ensure consistent access across the UK. Although the BMA has campaigned vigorously for increased NHS funding, it has also sta...AAPS Announces First Online Education Event
...maceuticalScientists (AAPS) is pleased to announce its first online continuing educationevent. This Web-based Short Course is entitled "Formulating with Lipids," and isadapted from the live presentation which took place during the AAPS EasternRegional Meeting in June of 1998. The online version consists ...New Protease Inhibitor Could Thwart AIDS Resistance To Current Drugs
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...said. "And, we'repursuing preliminary research on its use in treating primary bone cancer andrheumatoid ...esearch facility to turnregular tin (tin-117) into its isotope tin-117m, then attached the DTPA(diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid), which helps the tin re...Duke Doctors Can Now Cure Most Babies Born With Fatal Immune Disease
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