UNC-CH Study Shows State Protects HMO Clients Poorly
...ho is research associate at the Sheps Center and a member of the institute. “Between June 1994 and November 1996, the number of licensed full-service HMOs skyrocketed from 10 to 23, with several HMO license applications pending review.” HMO enrollment here grew steadily in the early 1990s, with ...New Drug For Parkinson's Disease Proves Effective, Study Finds
...e with time. Pramipexole dihydrochloride is a member of a family of drugsknown as dopamine agonists, which mimic dopamine and stimulatebrain cells just as the natural neurotransmitter would. Dopamineagonists on the market today include bromocriptene (brand name Parlodel) and pergolide (Permax).Doctors ...NIH Honors Emory Researcher With Merit Award For Work On Renin-Angiotensin System
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...lower hospital costs," said Fred Morady , M.D., a member of the U-M research team. "The next step is to determine if similar benefits can be achieved when the medication is administered in an accelerated dose over a shorter period of time." That's important because heart surgery often must be perform...Researchers Study 'Natural' Screen For Cancer
...r areas," says Rawicz, whose company is a founding member of the Optical Processing and Computing Consortium of Canada. Rawicz has also been instrumental in the creation of a laser positioning system, which provides surgeons with improved knowledge of where and how they aim laser surgical tools during eye s......ompared toindividuals taking enalapril, which is a member of a class of drugs calledACE-inhibitors. The study provides more evidence that calcium antagonists (preferred term forcalcium channel blockers) may pose risks for certain people, including thosewith diabetes and coronary heart disease. Past studie...Clinical Pharmacists Improve Outcomes Of Heart Failure Patients
... Duke cardiologist Dr. Christopher O'Connor, a member of the researchteam, said he believes the use of clinical pharmacists "will ultimately prove tobe cost-effective in the long run. The average cost per hospitalization for aheart failure patient is approximately $7,000. If we can reduce the rate ofr...Increased Public Access To Defibrillation Could Prove Potentially Cost-Effective And Life-Saving
...ead of the science," says Joseph P. Ornato,M.D., a member of the American Heart Association's emergency cardiac carecommittee and a co-author of the report. "The more we show that this is not sucha scary concept, the harder it's going to be for naysayers to argue. Commonsense may carry the day to help some...... WHO includes the entire former Soviet Union, with member states such as Tajikistan, on the Afghan border and Turkmenistan, bordering Iran. As well as continuing to support war torn countries, the WHO has a huge amount of work to do to help countries address discrepancies in life expectancy between the reg...Scientists Create Extremely Sensitive Test For Detecting Radiation Damage
... 15 issue of the journalScience. Besides Leadon, a member of the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive CancerCenter, authors are Drs. X. Chris Le, James Z. Xing, Jane Lee and MichaelWeinfeld of the University of Alberta. Ionizing radiation kills cells by breaking or otherwise disruptingsegments of genetic ma...American Heart Association Comment: Tirofiban -- The Platelet Receptor Blocker For Heart Attack
...ciation,commenting on two studies. Tirofiban is a member of a class of drugs called "platelet glycoprotein receptorblockers." As the name suggests, the drug blocks the action of platelets,cells that clump to help form a blood clot. The drugs have been used to improve the results of angioplasty -- a bloo......tions per year in the United States. Tirofiban, a member of a newclass of anti-platelet inhibitors, proved so effective in decreasing theincidence of post-angina heart-attacks that the researchers recommended its useas part of a new therapeutic standard of care. The researchers' study andclinical recommen...Drug's Effect On Chromosomes May Explain Second Cancers
...l Biochimica et Biophysica Acta . Etoposide is a member of a small class of drugs known as topoisomerase-IIinhibitors. These drugs work by blocking the action of an enzyme found incells known as topoisomerase II (topo II). The job of topo II is to untangleDNA strands during cell division; failure to do so......izel, associateprofessor of radiation oncology and member of the Duke Comprehensive CancerCenter. Each year approximately 50,000 people in the United States are diagnosedwith cancer of the head or neck, typically the larynx, pharynx, or tongue. Mostcases are associated with cigarette or cigar smokin...Six Football Players Died In 1997 Season: New Study
...actice andgames. A Yale University faculty member began the yearly football death andinjury survey in 1931. It was moved to Purdue University in 1942 and has been atUNC-CH since 1965. The American Football Coaches Association, the NationalCollegiate Athletic Association and the National Federation o...... Diabetes NetCareSM, show a 12.3 percent or $50per member per month reduction in direct health care costs, a...sult, inpatient hospital costs were reduced $47per member per month or $564 per year between baseline and follow-up for planmembers with diabetes. In......normality revealed in thestudy. Ernst is a member of the Society for Neuroscience, an organization ofmore than 27,000 basic scientists and clinicians who study the brain and nervoussystem. The Society publishes The Journal of Neuroscience....Mini-Pill Increases Risk Of Chronic Diabetes In Women With History Of Diabetes During Pregnancy
...aving a close relative with the disease andbeing a member of certain ethnic groups (including African-American, Latino andNative American) are known risk factors. Without treatment, type-2 diabetes canlead to serious complications including heart disease, stroke, nerve disease,vision problems and kidney fai...History In The Making: The Discovery And Clinical Trials Of Viagra
...uture of Viagra research will bepresented by a key member of the Pfizer Central Research team, at the nationalmeeting of the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientificsociety, in Boston, Mass., August 24-27. It is one of 6,700 papers to bepresented during the four-day meeting. Who Dr. ......s called nerve growth factor (NGF), a well-studied member of a family of chemicals called neurotrophins that are essential for the survival of the nervous system. About two decades ago Alzheimer's patients were found to have a pronounced loss of nerve cells in the forebrain. These cells, it was discovered,...