In Battle For Attention, Left Side Of Brain Wins Over The Right, UF Researchers Find
...ias, said Barrett, who presented her findings last month in Boston at theannual U.S. meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society. But itmay pose difficulties for those who have suffered a brain injury or who maybe impaired neurologically--by alcohol consumption, for example. "Several years ago,...Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors May Be Another Piece In Alzheimer's Jigsaw
... in a mainly European population. The authors' six month trial involved the drug rivastigmine and they found that it was effective in treating some of the symptoms of patients with mild or moderate Alzheimer's disease. The research team also discovered that the effects of rivastigmine seem to be dose depe...ENBREL Phase III Data Published In Annals Of Internal Medicine
...he Annals of Internal Medicine. What: The six month study is based on 234 patients with active rheumatoidarthritis with inadequate response to DMARDs. Date of Publication: March 16, 1999 Spokespeople: Study investigators, company spokespersons and patients onENBREL are available for interviews ......IVIG treatments cost several thousand dollars each month for people withsevere asthma, but many health insurance companies cover the cost because, asthis study shows, IVIG lowers emergency room and hospital use by patients withsevere asthma. Glucocorticoids reduce inflammation in the lungs. IVIG is an ant...Should Doctors Urge Patients To Take Breaks From Their Drugs?
...ral times for periods of about two weeks,leaving a month or so between each treatment holiday. He will study patients whowere put onto drug cocktails soon after infection, before they produceddetectable antibodies to HIV. If his trial is successful in tipping the balancein favour of the immune system, it m...You Don't Need To Make Sperm Or Even Be Alive To Be A Father
...is of TottoriUniversity in Yonago, Japan, who last month announced that he had grown humansperm in mice and rats (This Week, 13 February, p 4). Antinori could not be reached for comment, and many biologists aresceptical of his claims. But if they are true, he risks the opprobrium ofreproductive sp...UF Researcher Explores Complex Relationship Between Smoking And Fertility
...edical literature. Inarticles to be published next month in the journal Placenta, they haveconcluded that the protective effects are more mirage than reality. Pre-eclampsia, a sometimes fatal condition for mother and baby whosesymptoms include high blood pressure, is less common among smokers becau...Advertising May Influence Physicians' Choice Of Blood Pressure Drugs
...omparing the costs of these therapies found that a month oftreatment with calcium channel blockers cost twice as much as beta blockertreatment and 20 times as much as diuretic treatment. The current study wassupported by a grant from the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research....New Three Year Follow-up Data Of Novantrone In Multiple Sclerosis
...ration of one point when measured from baseline to month 36. Only 17% ofthe patients in the 12 mg/m2 arm and 24% of patients receiving 5mg/m2experienced a deterioration of one point compared to 44% in the placebo arm. The EDSS is the standard clinical rating scale used to evaluate disabilityprogression in...NHLBI Urges Americans To Take Control Of Their Hypertension
...titutes of Health. NHLBI sponsorsthe hypertension month effort with the National High Blood Pressure EducationProgram (NHBPEP), which it coordinates. High blood pressure affects about 50 million--or one in four--Americanadults. Of those with hypertension, about 68 percent are aware of theircondit......truction to flow of blood from the heart. Almost a month later,Armando looks back with no regrets and newfound enthusiasm about the future. "I'm enjoying my life again," Armando stated emphatically. "I was practicallybed-ridden for six months, and now I'm looking forward to going back to work inMay." An es......ing to studyprotocols, treatments are given once a month for four months beforetransplantation. For patients who receive a transplanted kidney, four additionaldoses are administered. Those who do not receive a transplant are given anotherdose of IVIG at one year and again at two years after the initial inf...Biochemical Marker Targets Brain Injury Leading To Movement Problems After Stroke
... and six womenwho had suffered a stroke within one month to five years before entering thestudy. Both MRS and MRI were performed, and NAA concentrations in the internalcapsule were calculated for the 18 patients as well as 10 healthy individuals ofsimilar average age who served as controls. The average in...... tested in large- scale trials starting later this month in Seattle and Denver. Concurrent trials, funded ... and observations made by parents and teachers. A month following injection, the same evaluation will be repeated to note any changes in the children, accor...... All participants were contacted by phone once a month to collectinformation on new problems or services received, and in the treatment group, tofind out if they needed new or different assistive devices or homemodifications. Participants also received an in-home assessment every sixmonths to determine ...Research Shows Religion Plays A Major Role In Health, Longevity
...issues. The research findings were published this month in the latest edition of theprestigious national journal Demography and will be included in a book, "Livingand Dying in the USA," due out in August....Mother's depression impedes baby's development
...e of Child Development. In their study of 225 four month olds, the researchers examined "associativelearning, a basic and ubiquitous form of learning in infants." During aseries of trials, the infants heard a woman say, "Pet the gorilla," and thensaw a smiling woman's face. Later, to test if infants had ...UCSF HIV/AIDS web site honored by Smithsonian Institution
...nal audience, with an average of two million hitsa month from over 150 countries. The web site is noted for its unbiased coverage of HIV/AIDS topics, includingbasic research, clinical trials update, and information on social, policy, andprevention issues. Organized as a one-stop shop for health care pro...Alcohol researchers prove brief intervention successful in older problem drinkers
...ysicians for two 10- to 15-minuteinterventions one month apart. The brief intervention protocol included aworkbook with feedback on the patient's health behaviors, a review ofproblem-drinking prevalence, adverse effects of alcohol, the patient's reasonsfor drinking and drinking cues, a drinking agreement i...