Northwestern researchers present findings at Neuroscience Meeting
.... The animals that did not receivethe gene therapy maintained only 25 percent of the nerve connections. In addition, the animals that received the GDNF gene therapy had less-severeParkinson-like motor deficits. These results were observed only if the GDNF genewas injected into the substantia nigra, as opposed ...Home exercise equipment increased weight-loss success in study
... Participants with home exercise equipment also maintained a higherlevel of exercise throughout the final months of the study. Although all 115 participants, aged 25 to 45, were instructed to dothe same amount of brisk walking for exercise each day, only about one-third h...Nausea from anesthesia plummets with extra oxygen
...en. In both cases, the designated oxygen level was maintained fortwo hours after surgery. The study focused on 231 patients undergoing colon surgery at two hospitals inVienna -- Donauspital-SMZO and the Vienna General Hospital. About half receivedthe conventional 30 percent oxygen in their anesthesia gas and f...HIV prevention program targets young gay men through social networks and peer support for safe sex
...iends decreased by 28 percent. These changes were maintained one year following the end of the program, a goal that is very hard to achieve, according to Kegeles. Data analysis also showed that study participants increased their enjoyment of safe sex, were better at communicating that they wanted to have s...Stereotypes of aging may have significant effect on gaits of older persons
...ng, such as "senile," "dependent," and "diseased," maintained the same walking speed. A person's usual walking speed is a common measure of overall fitness and physical function and has been correlated to the short-term risk of nursing home admission and death in older people. Studies by others have shown that ......different diseases and how those can be developed, maintained and changed." "The center has something in it for everyone - researchers, theorists and patients," added Michael F. Scheier, professor of psychology and co-principal investigator from Carnegie Mellon. "On one hand, it will allow us to test theoretic...Study casts doubt that melatonin goes down as age goes up: Older buyers take note
...sual patterns of melatonin secretion, participants maintained their normal sleep schedules. At regular times, scientists took blood samples in order to assess melatonin production. "In our analysis, we did not find any statistically significant difference in nighttime melatonin concentrations between the you...Study: Productivity can be increased even as baby boomers retire
...retire, a larger-than-projected labor force can be maintained and productivity can be increased to produce enough goods and services for society. Professor Robert L. Brown, using Canada as an example and noting similarities to U.S. conditions, says this can occur if people do not continue to retire at ever-ea......aper concludes. Castner says this reversalhas been maintained for up to two years in some cases. "What's needed now are clinical trials," Goldman-Rakic says. "This could help somany people." Research described in this news release received support from Hoechst MarionRousell (now Aventis Pharmaceuticals); the Na...Conference on youth and violence to be held May 12-13, 2000
...ties, the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis has maintained its reputation as an internationally recognized educational institute. The Institute was founded in 1932 with psychoanalyst Franz Alexander, one of Sigmund Freud's foremost students, as is first Director. Graduates and faculty of the Institute are le...New drug works well as sole epilepsy therapy for difficult-to-treat patients
... 56-day baseline phase, during which patients were maintained on a constant dose of the one or two antiepileptic drugs they had been taking prior to enrollment. To qualify for advancement into the double-blind treatment phase, patients had to experience 2 to 40 seizures per 28-day period during the baseline eva...First pivotal studies for new alzheimer's treatment published in Neurology
...mg/day galantamine continuously for 12 months were maintained at or above baseline as measured on the ADAS-Cog, ... Benefits on cognitive and daily functioning were maintained for 12 months with galantamine 24mg/day, the maximum recommended daily maintenance dose. 5 Month Stu......iption claims. Group two, the control group, maintained its $7/$12 two-tier structure for the duration of the study. The study substantiated the claim that a three-tier structure can significantly lower plan sponsors' trend in pharmaceutical expenditures. "Costs were lowered primarily through cost-s......cases p=0.014). Patients taking ARICEPT® also maintained their cognition at or near baseline over the course of one year while cognition in the group receiving placebo declined. Furthermore, a three-way analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) revealed no significant interaction between the effect of treatment wi...UT Southwestern Nobel laureate leads bold project changing way scientists conduct research
...Internet (http://afcs.swmed.edu) on molecule pages maintained and updated by AFCS investigators. Planning for AFCS began in 1999 after the NIGMS started a series of meetings to discuss "new ways to do science in the post-genome era," said Gilman. NIGMS has called the AFCS funding "glue grants - grants to glue ...Avandia provides new combination option for patients with inadequately controlled type 2 diabetes
...uced by nearly 1%; importantly this reduction was maintained for at least 18 months. <a href="#ref2">2 The combination of metformin and Avandia TM was also found to improve insulin sensitivity and reduce fasting insulinaemia. In addition, studies involving over 800 patients with type 2 diabet...Study evaluates dosage adjustments of Agenerase
...erapeutic plasma concentrations of amprenavir were maintained at 6 or 12 weeks," said G. Peytavin, X. Bichat-Cl. Bernard Hospital, Paris, France, principal author of the study. Plasma concentrations (Cmin) of the treatment compounds were determined at two weeks after initiation of treatment and at week 6 or 12....ARICEPT better tolerated than Exelon in patients with mild to moderate Alzheimers disease
...the 1-year US study, patients treated with ARICEPT maintained function significantly longer (median time about 5... In the multinational 1-year study, cognition was maintained at or near baseline for 1 year as measured by the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) in patients t...New antipsychotic drugs combined with nicotine patch help schizophrenics quit smoking
...2.2 percent, taking the more traditional drugs had maintained abstinence from nicotine. "Besides having the quit rates substantially elevated, we actually did an objective measure of smoking, checking carbon monoxide levels (a by-product of cigarette smoke), Schizophrenics and Smoking)and found a substa...Landmark school-based 'social influences' smoking-prevention program found not to work
... to them. Without this support we could never have maintained the rigor of this study and found the answer to this vitally important research question."...