Physicians Slow To Adopt Newer Drugs For Atrial Fibrillation
... type ofarrhythmia or irregular heartbeat that can lead to stroke, are slow toincorporate newer medications into their practice, according to a study from theMassachusetts General Hospital (MGH). The report in the Oct. 26 issue ofArchives of Internal Medicine looked at physicians' rates of prescribing tw...6,000 Pharmaceutical Scientists Convene November 15-19 In San Francisco
...cts. The latest research shows that using DHEA can lead to facial hair growth, acne and osteoporosis in women or prostate cancer in men. After testing 16 mainstream DHEA products, researchers found that only half actually met manufacturers' label ...... invasive procedures," said EugenePergament, M.D., lead investigator on the study, who is a professor ofobstetrics and gynecology at the Medical School and director of reproductivegenetics at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Birth defects such as Down syndrome occur more commonly in pregnanciesin...World's Premier Pharmaceutical Scientists Share Latest R&D Findings
...ts. The latest research shows that using DHEA can lead to facial hair growth, acne and osteoporosis in women or prostate cancer in men. After testing 16 mainstream DHEA products, researchers found that only half actually met manufacturers' label claims. Since the FDA does not yet monitor "dietary suppl...Scientists Discover How Aspirin Reduces Inflammation
...l Center at Dallas now have an answer, which could lead to the design ofmore effective anti-inflammatory drugs. Dr. Richard Gaynor, interim director of the Harold C. SimmonsComprehensive Cancer Center and professor of internal medicine, and colleaguesdescribe the molecular action of aspirin and sa...Lifetime Risks And Costs Of Heart Disease Much Higher For Obese
...r medical-carecosts as a result," says the study's lead author David Thompson, Ph.D., senioreconomist, Policy Analysis, Inc., Brookline, Mass. The study found that men, 45 to 54 years of age who are not obese, faced a 35percent chance of developing coronary heart disease during their lifetimes;risks incre...Hospital Stays Longer Than Three Days For 'Simple' Heart Attacks May Not Be Cost Effective
...tients out of the hospital early," said thestudy's lead author, Dr. Kristin Newby in an interview. "It is to optimize thestay of patients who could be clinically ready to go home. The majority ofpatients have heart attacks that can be effectively treated with today'sadvanced therapies within 72 hours." ...... is no evidence ofpolishing by handling that might lead one to believe that they were passed onfrom one generation to the next. This suggests that they were ritually buriedshortly after production. Professor White said, "Based on our close examination of these statuettes, webelieve that their purpose was...Smoking-Related Deaths On The Rise Among American, French Women
... to be factored in too," he adds. King is lead author of the paper, "Smoking Behavior among French andAmerican Women," which recently appeared in the journal, Preventive Medicine.Co-authors are Danielle Grizeau, Comite Francais d'Education pour la Sante,Vanves, France; Dr. Robert Bendel, Center f...First Drug Shown Effective For Treating Chronic Forms Of Major Depression
...those in three new articles, of which Keller 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 ...Discovery: Experiments Confirm Novel Eye Pigment Controls Circadian Rhythm
... 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 conclusive our earlier datawas, we decided to create a mouse lacking the pigment to see what effect it...New Vaccine Being Tested In Prostate Cancer Patients
...In cancercells they're often very different," says lead author and Sloan KetteringInstitutefor Cancer Research chemist Scott D. Kuduk, Ph.D. The difference should enablescientists to exclusively target cancer. Kuduk, who works in the lab of Kettering Chair and Director of BioorganicChemistry, Samuel J. D...Discarded Treatment For Heart Attacks May Yet Prove To Be A Life-Saver
...indings are influenced bychance," says the study's lead author, Rafael Diaz, M.D. "So instead of lookingfor the magnitude of the benefit, we should look for the direction of thebenefit. And the direction of the benefit is consistently positive." Diaz is co-director of the cardiovascular medicine ......not tolerate medications. Dr. Schulberg, lead author of the study, notes that "since severelydepressed patients demonstrated equal improvement in a similar time frame witheither treatment, primary care physicians now have greater flexibility in selecting a proper treatment for their patients." ...Fructose Consumption May Accelerate Aging: Skin's Elasticity And Softness May Be Affected
...ing leads to loss of elasticity, which in turn may lead to wrinkles. "Too much crosslinking reduces elasticity and makes the skin stiff andrigid, and these are the conditions that encourage wrinkled skin," Wermanexplains. Levi and Werman measured age-related alterations in rats fed a balancedc...Differences In Brain Function Found For Attention Deficit Disorder
...order [ADD] and those who do not, astep that could lead to better diagnosis of the most common development...results of this study on a smallnumber of boys can lead to brain-based methods of diagnosis, caution the leadresearchers, Research Associate Chandan Vaidya ...Substance Discovered That Induces Hair Follicle Formation In The Mature Skin Cells Of Mice
... and Cell Biology, Howard Hughes Investigator, and lead author of the paper. This is exciting because current treatments for baldness only work if there are living follicles left, or if the patient undergoes hair transplant surgery. Our research shows that new follicles can be created from adult skin cel...Now Is Time To Design Brain-Saving Drugs Specifically For Children, UCSF Neurologist Says
...e geneticunderpinnings of childhood epilepsies may lead to new, highly specifictreatments for seizures -- and also may show why some children develop epilepsyafter a brain injury, and others do not. --Nicola Robertson and A. David Edwards of Hammersmith Hospital, London, discussthe potential difficultie...A Trip To The Dentist Could Cause Symptoms In Asthmatic Kids
...urnal of the American Dental Association . The lead researcher, Tanya Mathew, conducted this study for partial fulfillment of a master of science degree. She is now a clinical assistant professor of dentistry at Ohio State. Casamassimo and his colleagues examined 57 6- to 18-year olds ......ities allowed us to progress from leaddiscovery to lead development and in vivo efficacy in under a year. This is animpressive accomplishment given the complexity of this field of research. Webelieve these drug leads represent the 'third generation' of SERMs, combiningthe bone-protective effects of estr...