Alzheimer's disease center seeks patients for new drug studies
...rn Medical Center at Dallas may offer hope for the millions of Americans affected by Alzheimer's disease. UT Southwestern is one of 30 medical centers across the nation -- and the only one in North Texas -- testing propentofylline, an oral drug for Alzheimer's that also may be effective for patients who expe...Cardiovascular Disease Epidemic Threatens Developing Countries, Global Economy
...dy says. Creating adequate facilities to care for millions ofnew heart disease and stroke patients would be beyond the abilities of mostdeveloping nations. Even at current levels, the high costs of treating thesediseases consume a disproportionate share of health-care spending in countriesthat also are batt...Chemist Turns To Self-Assembly To Create New Drugs
... bindreceptors in much the same way nature has for millions of years,"says Miller, an assistant professor of chemistry. "We take areceptor we want to target, add many little molecules to it, andsee which ones are best at binding the receptor." The work is the latest development in the burgeoning fieldof ......in is a severe challenge to the quality of lifefor millions of seriously ailing people worldwide, Basbaum points out. Morphine, the strongest painkiller that may be legally prescribed in the UnitedStates, appears to act across the pain spectrum by inhibiting the pain signalstransmitted by glutamate, B...UB Plants "Seeds" By Investing In Research Projects; Researchers Leverage Investment 14 Times Over
..., or ringing in the ears, a condition that affects millions of Americans. Original UB investment: $19,100 o A $1 million grant to David B. Bender, Ph.D., associate professor of physiology, and Thomas Lock, M.D., clinical assistant professor of pediatrics at UB and Children's Hospital of Buffalo, from the Nati...States Must Be Held Accountable For New Health Plans For Children
... health holds the promise ofimproving the lives of millions of children," said committee chair Molly JoelCoye, director, West Coast office, The Lewin Group, San Francisco. "As thefederal government, the states, and the private sector work to implement the newprograms, it is critical that we learn what works ...Lack Of Data For New Heart Drugs Is Causing Concern
...rugs companies, which mayhave invested hundreds of millions of pounds developing a single drug, to waitfor decades to recoup their costs. He believes that tests on drugs for highblood pressure should continue after the drug is licensed. "I would like to seethe licensing agency be willing to license drugs only...The Health Consequences Of Nuclear Arms Trade In The Subcontinent Should Not Be Overlooked
...national sanctions do not add to the misery of the millions who will bear the brunt of such measures. Contact: Professor Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Professor of Paediatrics and Child Health, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan......n and heart valve lesions in a small number of the millions ofAmericans who took the anti-obesity drug combina... probably explain why only a handful of the tensof millions of patients outside America who took drugs in the fenfluraminefamily without phentermine developed p...... study results should provide encouragement to the millions of womenwho have suffered from the debilitating effects of a spinal fracture," saidChesnut, principal investigator on the study. "The data confirm the ability of amedicine known to be safe to reduce spinal fractures." Based on the study results, Nov...Neurotransmission Machinery Visualized For The First Time
...mitter into thesynapse. Such vesicle fusion occurs millions of times daily in each of the humanbrain's 100 billion neurons. So understanding vesicle fusion promises to shedlight on processes like learning and memory, and may lead to improved treatmentsfor brain disorders. "It's sort of like merging two soap b......er 100 mph, caused over 100 deaths and hundreds of millions of dollars inmajor damage in its swath through the Caribbean, leaving thousands of personshomeless. The Organization is asking for $720,000 for emergency supplies andactivities in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, Dr. de Ville said. In Haiti...Low "Health Literacy" Increases Hospitalizations
...te that their findings have broad implications for millions ofMedicare beneficiaries and the Medicare program itself, citing the 1993 NationalAdult Literacy Survey that classified 44 percent of adults aged 65 and older asfunctionally illiterate. "There were approximately 16 million functionally illite......ccine purchasers make some toughdecisions and save millions of dollars in health care costs, according to thel...more economical vaccine that will bedistributed to millions of children, the health system could potentially savemillions of dollars. The researchers ex...UCSF Study Shows Drug Reduces Risk Of Spine And Hip Fractures By Half In Women With Osteoporosis
...women who have osteoporosis--a diseasethat affects millions of women worldwide--don't know it. This is particularlydangerous because the bone weakening condition, if not treated appropriately,can lead to painful fractures that may greatly impact a woman's health andquality of life. In fact, osteoporosis re...Duke Doctors Can Now Cure Most Babies Born With Fatal Immune Disease
...d is seriouslyill can boost the price tag into the millions and may fail, Buckley said. Taken together, Buckley's approach has eradicated the need for toxicchemotherapy, sterile environments and lengthy hospital stays that once typifiedthe ordeal of children with "bubble boy" disease, the term assigne...Study Highlights Flu Risks For Women With Chronic Illness
...-40,000deaths, nearly 200,000 hospitalizations and millions of lost work days. Theannual economic costs associated with influenza epidemics exceeds $12 billion. In this retrospective cohort study, researchers used the winter-time wheninfluenza virus was not circulating as a baseline to weed out otherenvironm...Chemists Discover That Aerosol Clusters Play Larger Role In Generation Of Air Pollution
...les or clusters can contain upto thousands or even millions of molecules, they actually may have an amplifyingeffect on the reactions, causing them to play a much larger role in pollutingair than previously was understood. The work, reported in the current (March 22) issue of the Journal of ChemicalPhysics, ...Antibiotics Reduce Inflammation In Heart Disease But Effect On Heart Attacks Remains Unproven
...for about 10 percent of all cases ofpneumonia, but millions of people also carry it for long periods in a dormantstate. "It is not unreasonable to say that some people carry this organism forthe rest of their lives following a respiratory infection," Grayston notes, "andit's amazingly widespread among...... judge therapy for the common headachesthat plague millions nationwide. The study was presented at this week'sAmerican Academy of Neurology meetings in Toronto by Hopkins neurologist MarcoPappagallo, M.D., who headed a research team. Patients in the study came to Hopkins in the midst of a well-docum...