Study Shows Potential For Quelling AIDS Nerve Pain
...d/orpainkillers, and using common-sense approaches like avoiding tight shoes. Co-researchers on the study were Constantin Yiannoutsos of HarvardUniversity, David Clifford of Washington University in St. Louis, GiovanniSchiffito of the University of Rochester, Betsy Smith of the NIAID, DavidSim...Jefferson Physician Warns Further Study Of DHEA's Safety Needed
...ilable hormone. Dr. Goldberg also cautions that like any drug, there may be drug-drug interactions. He is, however, encouraged that much more research is being done on DHEA. "Now, the National Institutes of Health are conducting studies on it," he reports in his article....Magnetic Hearing Aid Could Open New "Window" For Hearing Impaired
... throughthe cochlea, the fluid-filled organ shaped like a snail shell, and stimulate itsthousands of hair ...at concerts or a public speech," saidSpindel. And like those systems, he added, acoustic hearing aids aresusceptible to feedback. With feedback, the micr...New Data Show Evista Reduces Spinal Fractures
... (SERM), Evista has demonstrated theability to act like estrogen in some tissues but not others. The ongoing MOREosteoporosis treatment study, which began in 1994, was also designed to evaluatethe effects of Evista therapy on a number of secondary endpoints, includingcardiovascular events, cognitive funct...UCSF AIDS Expert Warns Against Early Treatment For HIV Infection
...pies that leave patients "in a naive immune state, like anuninfected individual, rather than someone prepared to control HIV," he says. If the virus cannot be eliminated, the ultimate objective is to return allHIV-infected people to the state of long-term survivors who do not needtreatment even after 20 y...University Of Kentucky One Of First To Use New Technique To Treat Atrial Flutter
...eavers hopes he's said goodbye forever to "feeling like my heart was flip-flopping around like it was going to jump out of my chest. I'm just looking forward to having a day when I can say I felt...Neurotransmission Machinery Visualized For The First Time
...role in the secretions of even primitive lifeforms like yeast. In neurons, the merging of these mostly am... vesicle fusion promises to shedlight on processes like learning and memory, and may lead to improved treatmentsfor brain disorders. "It's sort of like merg...'DES Daughters' Had Increased Rates of Cancer; An Animal Study Shows 'DES Granddaughters' May Too
...pported by results in male mouse siblings in which like thefemales described in this study, reproduction is not affected but rare cancersare observed. A report on the effects in males is being completed, Newboldsaid. Newbold and her colleagues said that although additional study of risksfrom e...Orlistat Is Not A Miracle Diet Pill
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...nnoticedcomponent of what makes limes smell, well, like limes. Dr. Mary Chisholm, associate profes... newly identified component,limes just don't smell like limes, she says. While Chisholm uses the latest in chemical instrumentation andtechniques to...University Of Florida Researchers Hope To Ease Asthma Pains And Provide A Sigh Of Relief
...y hope to help Nowicki and other asthma sufferers like him. Their goals are to prolong the time the drug provides relief and toobtaina drug with minimal side effects. Asthma, a chronic disease characterized by shortness of breath, wheezingand coughing, is a result of muscular constriction ...... are"reduced to trial and error," Kohn says. "It's like playing the lottery: if youmake and test one compound at a time, it's like buying a single ticket," heexplains. "But combinatorial methods allow you to make hundreds of compou...New Short-Acting Anesthetics Cut Recovery Time
... of surgery wouldrather see Mom than some stranger like me in a white coat," said Apfelbaum. Older people are particularly concerned about losing control andindependence, even temporarily, he added, and appreciate regaining fullawareness and mobility quickly after surgery. Many surgical procedures today a...Human Patient Simulator Assists Training Physicians In New Drug
...ience was an excellentway to learn about new drugs like remifentanil, " says Murray. The Penn State researcher, who coordinates a simulation lab at themedical center, presented his findings, "A Novel Application of a Full HumanSimulator: Training Users of a Newly Introduced Drug (Remifentanil) P...UCSF Recruting Breast Cancer Patients For Herbal Therapy Study
...UCSF researchers said. "Ultimately, we would like to develop a model in which we integrate theparts ...wder form, and ismixed with warm water to be taken like a tea. Each patient's progress will befollowed closely over a 180-day period by a research team inc...6,000 Pharmaceutical Scientists Convene November 15-19 In San Francisco
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...r more than 24 hours can alter the effect of drugs like Demerol, Lithium and even widely-used high altitude sickness medications like acetazolamide. How can skiers, hikers and tourists determine if their medication is ineffective at ...Encapsulating Insulin-Producing Cells For Possible Diabetes Therapy
...ch is permeable tosmall molecular weight materials like insulin or glucose or oxygen or othernutrients." The islet-enclosing microcapsules are made of hyrogels, a class oflong-chain polymer molecules that possesses a high water content. In this case,the polymer chains are links of simple sugars an...Safe Water, Medicines, Insecticides Greatest Needs After Mitch
...er on is the uncontrolled proliferation of vectors like the mosquitoes thatcan transmit diseases such as dengue fever, malaria and others. According to Dr. Prado, the response of the health sector to a disaster such asthe one that affected Honduras, Nicaragua, and Belize can usually be describedin 3 ste...