Immunology experiment aboard historic shuttle mission
...ary molecular biologist Mark Jutila spent about 18 months developing theexperiment that will run automatically 10 hours after Tuesday's proposed launch.Grants from the Montana Space Grant Consortium, MSU TechLink Center and FisherScientific made the work possible. In less than two minutes, sample...Cholesterol lowering margarine may not benefit those already eating a healthy diet
... 7.4 per cent over a six month period and after 12 months saw a 10.2 per cent fall. This reduction translates into a 13 per cent decrease in the risk of coronary disease over 10 years, says the author. However, a separate trial has shown that people with a low intake of fat and cholesterol may not benefit...NOVANTRONE application for multiple sclerosis granted priority review by FDA
...view of NOVANTRONE data to be completed within six months SEATTLE-Immunex Corporation (NASDAQ:IMNX) announ...hat the FDA will act on the application within six months of itsdate of submission. Immunex filed for expanded labeling for NOVANTRONE for thetreatment of pa...Breast fed babies are less likely to become obese children
... who were breast fed exclusively for three to five months were more than a third (35 per cent) less likely to suffer from obesity by the time they reached school age. They conclude that the protective effect of breast feeding from obesity is more likely to be related to the composition of breast milk than ...Heart failure deaths reduced by 30 percent
...December 1999, the RALES trial was halted afull 18 months early. The Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB), an independentoversight committee, concluded that the results were so statistically andclinically significant that it would have been unethical to continue the trial. Among the 1,663 patients randomized...Jefferson scientist begins clinical trial to study promising Parkinson's disease drug
...ds. "We're hoping that in the first six months of the study we'll see thesame kind of symptomatic improvement we've seen in previous studies with GM1,as well as a small increase in the number of dopamine terminals shown insubsequent SPECT scans," Dr. Schneider says. "The second part of t...Wake Forest first to apply innovative brain cancer treatment
...rrent malignant braintumors is approximately three months without therapeutic measures, five monthswith surgery alone, eight months with surgery and chemotherapy and 15 monthswith surgery and internal radiation. Clinical tri...Obesity drugs not a quick fix for achieving weight loss
...ets moredifficult then. "During the first several months of the program, we provide behavior therapy,diet education and exercise training, and that is usually very effective ingetting patients to lose weight. But maintaining the weight loss is much moredifficult," Klein says. "Therefore, we consider drug t...Researchers seek postmenopausal women smokers for hormone, heart disease study
...5 to 70 who have not had a menstrual period innine months and who are not taking estrogen may qualify for the study, whichwill offer $450, up to $150 more in travel expenses, free medical testsincluding mammograms and free hormone treatment. Some study visits will takeplace at UNC-CH, while the rest will be...Walking markedly improves mental abilities of those over 60
...s metthree times a week for an hour during the six months of the project. Walkers improved their oxygen intake by 5 percent, a modest but significantresult, Kramer said. "Whether you'd get improvements across the board withhigher levels of fitness or a lifetime of staying in shape, who knows? It is apossi...University of Chicago study finds therapy to prevent miscarriage is not helpful
... (saline). All patientswere contacted every three months to find out if they had become pregnant. Ifthey did not become pregnant within six months they were re-immunized. Allpregnant women were alsogiven weekly ultrasounds and 'tender loving care...Exercise and encouraging a return to normal activities can help low back pain sufferers
...ty of York and University of London found that six months after participating in the classes, low back pain sufferers found a significant benefit compared with the control group who continued with usual primary care management. After one year a continuing and greater improvement in pain and disability was ...Doctors find muscle-builder cream caused sex development in toddler
... in pediatric endocrinology atUNC-CH. Four months after being urged to stop the child's exposure to thetestosterone cream, his parents took him back to the doctors for follow-upevaluation, D'Ercole said. Although his penis remained the same, his acne andpubic hair diminished dramatically, and his te...Reacting well to heart disease can help avoid future attacks
...enced another heart-related complicationin the six months after the initial angioplasty procedure. Helgeson and Fritz found that patients with higher cognitive adaptation scoreswere less likely to experience a new heart attack or other coronary event sixmonths after their angioplasty compared with patient...Conscientious heart patients less likely to die
...ac death was significantly more commonafter twelve months among poorly adherent patients -- people who took less thantwo-thirds of the medication prescribed. Compared with patients who faithfullytook amiodorone, poorly adherent amiodorone patients were three times as likelyto die suddenly. In the placebo ...Study shows benefit of pioneering U-M program for newborns at risk of hearing impairment
...g-loss symptoms when theirbabies are seven to nine months old. Risk factors for infant hearing loss include low birth weight; family history ofchildhood deafness; infection with a virus such as herpes; use of an antibiotic,respirator or heart-lung machine after birth; and abnormalities of the head,face or n...Infant pain may have long-term effects
...ess sensitive and responsive to everydaypain at 18 months of age. In another study, full-term circumcised b...orded at abiological level," said Porter. "At six months of age, however, most infantsappear capable of remembering-displaying fear in anticipation of a prev...Very low energy diets together with nicotine gum boosts smoking cessation rates
...tarted again because of weight concerns. After 12 months 28 per cent of the diet group were still not smoking, compared to 16 per cent in the control group. However, of the non-smokers, the mean weight increase was 2.5kg among the dieters and 3.8kg in the control group. They say that their study shows tha......t least two weeks-a period equivalent to one totwo months in humans. (S. Michael Owens, Ph.D., University of Arkansas forMedical Sciences, Little Rock. MEDI 156, 9:00 a.m.) Alcohol: The chemistry of the dark side Animal studies of the effects of alcohol on brain chemistry may help explain whyalcohol...