New Drug For Parkinson's Disease Proves Effective, Study Finds
...al neurotransmitter would. Dopamineagonists on the market today include bromocriptene (brand name Parlodel) and pergolide (Permax).Doctors use the drugs to alleviate symptoms and also to smooth out the highs and lows of motor control that many Parkinson's sufferers experience while on levodopa (Sinemet), th...Milk Extract May Heal Wounds And Smooth Wrinkles
...ists say the extract could eventuallyclaim a world market worth anything up to $20 billion. The project-a w...actor's healing powers. Dr Belford says the world market potential for such a healing stimulantis enormous, perhaps as much as $10-20 billion. If the whey ex...Duke Obtains FDA Designation For Pompe Disease Therapy
...A approval,Synpac will continue to manufacture and market the drug. Commenting on the FDA action, Chen said, "After treating patientswho have very little hope and working on this therapy for so many years,I look forward to working with the FDA to bring this therapy into the clinic.This is a major milestone...Intralase Will Develop Laser Systems For Eye Surgery
...y---IntraLase Corporation---which will develop and market a new generation of lasers for eye surgery and other high-precision medical applications. The company is being formed in collaboration with Escalon Medical Corporation of Skillman, N.J., with financing from the Enterprise Development Fund of Ann Arb...Cattle: Latest Weapon In The War On Cancer?
... Dr Harper explains. "The shark cartilage extract market is already worth $1 billiona year in the US alone æ but, worldwide, sharks are in short supply. Our marine scientists believe that shark fishing cannot support the predictedgrowth in demand for this product." However Dr Harper's work has esta...... Given the rate of change in the health care market and Native Americanhealth care systems1 relatively recent entry into that market, managementtraining for current Native American health care leaders is essential to thelong-term viability of these programs. The survey also identified prioritytopic...Cardiovascular Disease Epidemic Threatens Developing Countries, Global Economy
...esidents in developing nations represent a growing market for medical productsand services. "If a large number of people from the purchasing middle classesare going to be spending their money on expensive heart surgeries orangioplasties, how will they have the money to buy the global goods?" The...Hospitals Discourage Consumer Questioning Of Bills, Study Suggests
...generic items like Tylenol or Maalox cost close to market value." The study's broad purpose was to observe anticipatory impression management -using tactics to avert potentially costly problems, often at the customerservice rather than the public relations or marketing level of an organization. Anticipatory......s may or may not translate to otherenvironments or market conditions. They add that the study does not address howphysicians outside of medical groups may react to compensation methods."This study does provide good news to the health consumer," Conrad notes."Compensating physicians in ways that encourage p...Drug Is First In Decade To Show Promise Treating Generalized Anxiety Disorder
...d-regulators, serotonin and norepinephrine. On the market for five years, itis FDA-approved for the treatment of depression. Until recently, venlafaxine had to be taken twice daily. Davidson saidthe new "XR" extended release formulation, taken only once a day, is both moreconvenient to patients and...Acceptability Of Alternative Health Care Growing In U.S.
...ing number of insurance companiesare responding to market pressures for coverage of selective alternative therapies, says ArizonaState University adjunct professor of geography Rena Gordon and colleagues in the recently-released book, "Alternative Therapies: Expanding Options in Health Care." Biomed...Area of Research Outlined For Promising New Cancer Drugs
...d, Md., biotech company thatwas formed to make and market angiostatin and endostatin, and from the WaltherInstitute of Indianapolis....Researchers Synthesize Compounds For New Class Of Antibiotics
...loped a resistance to existing drugs.The worldwide market for anti-infective drugs is now estimated to be $34billion, and it is still growing. "This is an exciting opportunity for the development of a new type ofantibiotic," says James Panek, a professor of chemistry who led BostonUniversity's parti...Metrifonate, A New Alzheimer Drug, Helps Behavior Problems
...eimer brain. Two AChEinhibitors already are on the market for treatment of Alzheimer's: tacrine(Cognex) and donepezil (Aricept). The 24 sites in the metrifonate study enrolled 408 mild-to-moderatelydemented patients. At this stage of the disorder, people usually are capable ofdressing, grooming and f...New Data Show Dangerous Interaction Between Blood Pressure Drugs
...ients taking mibefradil, a drug withdrawn from the market onJune 8 because of harmful drug interactions, went into shock within 12 hoursafter their physicians switched their blood pressure medication from mibefradilto other calcium channel blocker (CCB) drugs to control their high bloodpressure, according t...Three INEEL Inventions Win International Recognition
...soft rot in potatoes, opening a virtually untapped market fortreatment of stored crops and crops being transported to market. Competingbiopesticides are not as easy to use and have limited field application. Theyare primarily used for seed pretreatment. Development of the Malt-based Antimicrobial is expecte...Policy Methods For Eliminating Child Labor
...early 100 million children from the labor market by working to increase adult wages and employment ...se there is little reason to think the adult labor market can be speedily improved in these countries, they argue, barring children from work would plunge man...Parenting CD-ROM Helps Reduce Children's Behavioral Problems
... Center to foundFamily Works, a company created to market the CD-ROM, which sells for $900. Sofar, all proce...raduateresearch, make improvements on the program, market the materials and to provideincentives for parents who might benefit from the CD-ROM. Statis...'Mutual Insurance Pool' Could Improve Transplant Organ Shortage
...ncentive program to their proposed future delivery market for organs, whichgenerated continent-wide interest... The major stumbling block of the earlier future market scheme, in whichindividuals could sell the rights to their organs, to be delivered at death, wasits ...International Study Finds Statins Raise Good Cholesterol, Wake Forest Physician Reports
...ding to industry sources, the cholesterol-lowering market is nowvalued at $7.5 billion annually....