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...ted infour babies-the oldest of which is now eight months old. Antinori reportedly collaborated with Nikolaos Sofikitis 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 ...Improved Fitness Lowers Mortality Risk Of Male Heart-Attack Survivors
...t in 1976. Before being enrolled and at every six months of the trial,participants received a physical examination and performed a multi-stage gradedexercise test on a treadmill to estimate oxygen uptake, an indication offitness, at different levels or stages of exertion. The highest stage completedand ox...Research Links Healthy Biological Clock To Longevity
...begun todeteriorate, they lived an average of four months longer than hamsters withoutthe transplant -- roughly a 20 per cent increase in their lifespan. A biological clock is a small piece of brain tissue that generates a rhythmcontrolling the day/night behaviour of an organism. When this rhythm breaksdow...Antibiotics Reduce Inflammation In Heart Disease But Effect On Heart Attacks Remains Unproven
...hese markerswould continue during the 18 remaining months of the study," says Anderson. "Whether we will see over the full two years a moderate but worthwhilefurther reduction in the levels of these markers, which are very importantsignals of inflammation and reduction in the number of cardiovascula...Emory Receives $14 Million Federal Grant To Coordinate 50-Site Brain Attack Prevention Trial
...ts at the WASID study site nearest them every four months for theduration of the study. A stroke or "brain attack" occurs when blood circulation to the brainbecomes interrupted. The most common type of stroke, ischemic stroke, occurswhen an artery narrows or a blood clot blocks blood flow in an arte...Study: Among Heart Failure Patients, Women Survive Twice As Long As Men
...s more likely than women to dieduring the first 18 months of treatment. Men with non-ischemic heart failure were three times more likely to die duringthat period. Among patients with congestive heart failure, men more often than women tendedto be white. Atherosclerosis, or "hardening of the arteries," caus...Baby Talk: Parents Do Make A Difference, By Promoting Childhood Chatter, From Birth To Age 3
...age specialists," Golinkoff notes. Between 4 and 8 months of age, Hirsh-Pasek explains, coos and gurgles tur...nts. Soon enough, though, babies between 12 and 18 months beginusing their first words, from "hi" to "bot-bot," as they realize that wordssymbolize specific c...To Drive Or Not To Drive? New Criteria For Those With Epilepsy
...wheel after shorter intervals. An interval of six months ormore meant people were 85 percent less likely to have an accident. Some states, such as Maryland, require a shorter, three-monthseizure-free interval, which, the study shows, doesn't protect drivers. Theinterval recently adopted by EEC cou...New Three Year Follow-up Data Of Novantrone In Multiple Sclerosis
...administered by short, IV infusion once everythree months for two years. Other treatments currently approve...mptoms flare up and then ease oreven disappear for months or years. Eventually, the neurological function ofpatients who develop secondary progressive MS beg......oduction of milk other than breast milkbefore four months of age was a significant risk factor for asthma in...n whowere exclusively breastfed for the first four months of life, children who werenot breastfed exclusively were 27% more likely to have doctor-diagnosed as...'Silent' HIV Infection Lasts A Lifetime
...ome offtheir medication, and within a few weeks or months they experience a rebound,with high levels of virus in their blood," says Gallant. "Now we know that thisreservoir of dormant T cells is responsible." To measure how long the reservoir survives, the team followed 34patients for two years, per...Circumcisions In Doctors' Offices As Safe As Those In Hospitals
... infants aged 3 days to 9 months were circumcised inthe do...sia, while 245 boysaged 6 months to 15 years were circumcised in an operating room under general anesthesia....Postpartum Help Needed To Keep Recent Mothers From Resuming Smoking Habit
...archers who know that most otherpeople who go nine months without a puff have become non-smokers. As...ng habits, itdidn't prevent relapse entirely. Six months after giving birth, the group ofwomen who got the most attention were less likely to be smoking than...Growth-Hormone Deficient Babies Are Normal Length At Birth, UB Study Finds
...begin to experience growthproblems until about six months of age, research by pediatricians at theUniversity...l after they are out of the womb.It's at six to 12 months we really start to see children fail to grow." Results of the research were presented here......tina women with short interpregnancy intervals--18 months or less between thedelivery of one infant and the ...mumhealth of the baby, Latina women should wait 18 months or longer between thebirth of one child and conception of another baby," she said. The study was ba......r LEUKINE or a placebo threetimes per week for six months as an adjunct to standard antiretroviral therapy. ...ed in anoptional, blinded study extension up to 20 months of treatment. Among 115 patients with viral loads less than 30,000 copies/mL, 81perc......tocols, 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 infusions. Elaine ...Mental Health Services Should Aim To Improve Safety To Prevent Suicide And Homicide
(Suicide within 12 months of contact with mental health services: national clinical survey) (Mental disorder and clinical care in people convicted of homicide: national clinical survey) (Suicide and homicide by people with mental illness) About 1000 people who commi......sing gastrointestinal problems. Over the past six months secretin has been the focus of national media attention with some parents of autistic children saying hormone injections have resulted in improvements in their eye contact, alertness and use of language. Autism is a severe developmental disorder...Jefferson Researchers Report Progress In Using Vaccinia-Based Vaccine For Melanoma
...cine went into complete remission, only to relapse months later. Moreresearch is needed. "We need to enhance the system," Dr. Mastrangelo says. "We need a moreconcentrated preparation to get a greater virus count into the tumor. "I'm excited about the results," he says. "It's a very promisin...