Predicting who is most likely to quit smoking
...important that quit programmes are implemented and maintained within the overall treatment regime. Healthcare providers need great sensitivity when discussing smoking with a patient and to understand the reason they smoke. For instance, if the patient smokes because they are stressed, the cause of the stress ...Novelty contact lenses offer great looks great risks
...s are fine, but they should be prescribed, fit and maintained like any other lenses," said Damien Macaluso, M.D., assistant professor of ophthalmology, Division of Cornea and Refractive Surgery in the OHSU School of Medicine. "The complications that can result from cosmetic or novelty contacts are rare, but the...Aggressive exercise program helps inner city, low-income disabled
...to the combination of a highly motivated staff who maintained regular contact with the participants (e.g., called participants when they missed a session) and the removal of several barriers to participation, namely transportation (participants were picked up and dropped off at their home) and no charge for the...'Control valve' within heart cells could protect body during heart attacks
...fers new information about how energy supplies are maintained in the heart. This could lead to new therapies for heart disease. "Our results suggest that activating this channel optimizes energy production to improve the heart's overall strength," says senior author Brian O'Rourke, Ph.D., associate professor...Favorable outcomes linked to treatment compliance
...or exceeded DATOS therapeutic treatment thresholds maintained significant improvements on all outcome measures. WHAT IT MEANS: Although severity of drug and psychosocial problems at the onset of treatment was predictive of long-term recovery, outcomes improved in direct relation to the level of exposure to t...Treatment helped reduce dose of inhaled corticosteroids while maintaining asthma control
...onate and salmeterol inhalation powder) 100/50 BID maintained asthma control compared with fluticasone propionate 250 mcg BID alone, at 60 percent reduction in inhaled corticosteroids. SAN DIEGO (November 6, 2002) -- An asthma treatment that contains both an inhaled long-acting bronchodilator and an inhaled c...Nabi Biopharm's nicotine vaccine
... detected within 7-14 days of vaccination and were maintained or continued to increase through 60 days post-vaccination. Additional clinical trials of NicVAX in smokers and ex-smokers are scheduled to begin in 2003. Research in animal models has demonstrated that nicotine-antibody complexes are too large to cr...Tracking the long-term functioning of adolescents with alcohol problems
...said Chung. "About half of the treated adolescents maintained low levels of alcohol use and problems through young adulthood, while some treated adolescents experienced continuing alcohol problems." Use of other drugs following treatment is associated with greater alcohol use and related problems. "Adolescents...Assessment finds gaps in access to nations trauma centers
... Trauma Society. The inventory of centers will be maintained and used to establish ongoing communications among centers as part of the Society's Trauma Information Exchange Program (TIEP). The TIEP is being funded by the National Centers for Disease Control and Prevention through their Center of Injury Prevent...Survey of medical students affirms value of student diversity
... that affirmative action should be strengthened or maintained at medical schools, while only 3 percent thought it should be discontinued. "There are very few data that address students' own perceptions of the role of diversity in the classroom," said Joan Reede, HMS dean for diversity and community partnership ...Children achieve sustained ADHD symptom improvement with long-term, once-daily use of Adderall XR
...showed that, on average, the children achieved and maintained a significant improvement of at least 35 percent (...erm clinical trials and during the extension trial maintained ADHD symptom control. This last subset had already experienced an average of at least 35 percent imp...Study affirms safety of oxaliplatin for colorectal patients with advanced cancer
...vents. In addition, oxaliplatin dose-intensity was maintained at 80 percent to 94 percent in treatment regimens in the study, even in patients considered at high risk of treatment-related complications. Oxaliplatin was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in August 2002 for patients with previously tre...Research pinpoints variations in sit-up techniques
...liable and 70 centimeters in diameter. A metronome maintained a constant beat so that each sit-up was consistently timed. The study participants did each type of sit-up eight times, with sensors attached that detected the electrical signals of each muscle contraction. The signals were fed into a computer so tha...Should ambulance crews perform emergency breathing procedure?
...f trauma patients can be mastered and routinely be maintained by ambulance personnel."...NHLBI study finds moderate physical activity promotes weight loss as well as intense exercise
...icant amount of weight--about 13 to 20 pounds--and maintained their weight loss for a year. They also improved their cardiorespiratory fitness. However, the amount of weight lost or fitness improvement was not different among the four groups....Northwestern Memorial remains Chicago's 'most preferred' hospital
... as this award signifies that we have successfully maintained our commitment to our core values." Of the 3,000 hospitals named by consumers in the study, Northwestern Memorial is one of 176 hospitals in 130 markets nationwide to receive this award. NRC President and CEO Michael Hays said winners are determined...Major new center at UIC to study racial/ethnic disparities in health
...o participate. The registry was established and is maintained by the state to support research on the causes of cancer and ways to improve survival among those diagnosed with the disease. Other partners in the study are the UIC Midwest Latino Health Research and Policy Center, the UIC Institute for Research on...Study assessing once daily Abacavir (ABC) in a once daily ART regimen
...ersus 68 percent in the ABC BID group achieved and maintained plasma HIV-1 RNA of 100,000 copies/mL) and a median CD4+ cell count of 262 cells/mm3. In this single study, the two regimens had similar safety profiles over the 48 weeks of randomized treatment. The reported rate of suspected hypersensitivity to a...Actonel helped preserve bone quality at five years, new data show
...normal bone. Actonel, as shown in study biopsies, maintained the size of the calcium crystals and the integrity of the collagen structure over five years of treatment. Actonel is the only osteoporosis therapy for which these aspects of bone quality have been evaluated in bone biopsies taken from the same pati...Study shows people with Alzheimer's can benefit from exercise combined with caregiver training
...months on the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale and maintained that improvement at 24 months. "Though the sessions with the home healthcare workers lasted for only three months, the skills the caregivers learned through the program enabled some benefits to continue for two years," Beck said....