Cigarette ads target youth, violating $250 billion 1998 settlement
...me may be ripe. Although Brown and Williamson has maintained its magazine advertising, both Philip Morris and RJ Reynolds began to cut magazine spending in 2001, shifting their emphasis to direct mail, point-of-purchase displays and retail incentives. "That's a step in the right direction," said Garfield, "bu...NIAID study results support diluting smallpox vaccine stockpile to stretch supply
...nd a 1:100 dilution. Dryvax, the study found, had maintained its potency from 1982. In addition, although individuals receiving the weakest dilution had a low take rate, 95 percent of volunteers who received undiluted vaccine and 70 percent of those who received the 1:10 dilution developed a take. The skin l...UCLA scientists discover African strain of AIDS in two American infants
...In the four-drug group, 52 percent of the children maintained undetectable viral levels. In the three other groups, the drugs suppressed the virus to undetectable levels in only 30 percent to 42 percent of the children. The four-drug regimen clearly controlled the virus the best but its also the hardest for ch...New study of coated stent long-term results disappointing
...ation. The positive results at six months were not maintained at 12 months, says the studys lead author Antonio ...ly stage, but the antiproliferative effect was not maintained at the 12-month follow-up, he says. Paclitaxel is a microtubule inhibitor and has been used to preve...Medicine implants drastically reduce stroke complications
...spasm completely if appropriate concentrations are maintained around the broken vessel using the newly-developed drug delivery system, says Kasuya. We show that this system is an effective, simple and safe treatment for preventing vasospasm....Ultrasound senses 'feel' of breast lesions
...tures in those tissues, the beams' short durations maintained temperature increases at less than 0.2 degrees Celsius, which is well within acceptable guidelines, the article said. "The intensities and application times of the pushing pulses used for ARFI imaging are safe, and will not result in an increase ...Initial chemotherapy treatment reduces relapses in MS patients
...nding to a reduction of nearly 90 percent that was maintained for more than five years. The percentage of relap...s was 76 percent at one year of follow-up, and was maintained at 64 percent, 45 percent, and 43 percent at years two, three and four, respectively, with a median ...Exposure to light and sleep pattern alteration
...ghts and three days. On the first night, subjects maintained a constant daytime routine and slept for eight hours in the dark at their usual bedtime. Each of the following nights, subjects were awoken and exposed to varying intensities and durations (one, two, or three hours) of light, with a control group si...Pitt study: Chronic rejection rare for pediatric liver transplant patients on tacrolimus
...nic rejection in the pediatric population who were maintained on tacrolimus. Inability to maintain baseline immunosuppression for life-threatening infection and/or noncompliance of the patient to take medication was found to be the cause of chronic rejection, reported Dr. Jain....Steroid pill prolongs survival in patients with multiple myeloma
...he long term following treatment with chemotherapy maintained their remission and survived longer. Multiple myeloma strikes about 14,000 people in the United States each year. We found that using prednisone following a response to up-front chemotherapy was an effective and safe way to prolong the lives of pati...Infliximab could offer long-term benefits to people with Crohns disease
...ical remissions. Although dosing every eight weeks maintained remissions, the trial also demonstrated that many patients also benefit from re-treatment at shorter intervals if they lose their response prior to the 8-week maintenance schedule. The study also suggests that re-treatment or maintenance therapy with...Annals of Internal Medicine, tip sheet
...d, and tetanus is highly fatal. If immunity is not maintained in the overall population, infections can re-emerge, as they have in the Soviet Union. The study authors say that adults should have booster doses of tetanus and diphtheria toxoid every 10 yearThey call uponphysicians make these immunizations a routi...Study finds intraocular pressure improved when switched to XALATAN from other monotherapy
...oma or ocular hypertension resulted in improved or maintained intraocular pressure (IOP) control, according to n...nt experienced resolution of the adverse event and maintained IOP control. 67 percent of the 150 patients who switched due to non-compliance, inconvenience, or c...No greater risk if physician delivers fewer babies
...ege of Family Physicians of Canada, which had both maintained that attending a minimum of 24 births per year was required to maintain competence, have changed their position because of this study and other new evidence. The authors divided physicians into 3 groups: low volume (fewer than 12 deliveries per year;...Effexor (R) XR achieved long-term remission in 67 percent of recurring depression patients
... today that 67 percent of patients with depression maintained remission of their symptoms, a critical milestone ...ound a significantly higher percentage of patients maintained their remission among the 106 members of the Effexor XR group compared to the 107 participants recei...New data show fast and significant weight loss with Xenical sustained over time
...(approximately 5kg) weight loss after 3 months and maintained this after a further 3 months of Xenical treatment...f 8kg By month 6, 92 per cent of these people had maintained at least 5 per cent weight loss, with an average weight loss of 10.9kg. The average weight loss afte...New approach to post-transplant lymphoma shows promise
...nine of 11 patients ( 82 percent of those treated) maintained the response with a median follow-up of almost two and one-half years. Patients who recovered had stronger immune systems, measured by increases in the numbers of their T cells, suggesting the therapy stimulated the specific cells needed to destroy ...Beta-blockers protect brain during bypass surgery
...ery, so that the optimal levels of the drug can be maintained during the procedure to achieve the maximum protective effect....Diet and walking lead to weight loss and metabolic control for type 2 diabetes, says Pitt
...he 39 participants who completed the program still maintained an average loss of 8.5 percent of their baseline weight. There was no difference in weight loss between people taking the Orlistat and those taking the placebo. Of these 39 participants, 25 were on oral medications prior to the start of their study. ...Dartmouth/VA researchers examine news coverage of breast cancer prevention
...nal aspects. In contrast, stories about tamoxifen maintained a more dispassionate, scientific stance; reporters approached tamoxifen cautiously and were willing to question assumptions of benefit. The authors assert that reporters should scrutinize screening tests as critically as they examine drugs. By doing ...