New Chemicals Could Lead To First Bone Growth Pill
...yretardbone loss -- were described here today at a national meeting of the AmericanChemicalSociety, the world's largest scientific society. Researchers from the Seattlebiotechnology company ZymoGenetics Incorporated said their new compounds areshowing positive results in animals and, unlike other bone-growth...New Contact Lens Material Could Lessen Risk Of Eye Infection
...e University of California, Berkeley, today at the national meeting ofthe American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society. The material, called a sulfoxide hydrogel polymer, enhances the water level inthe eye while minimizing undesirable protein buildup. Scientists claim it willenable conta...Improved Ritalin™ Offers Smaller Doses And Fewer Side Effects
...ng to researchfindings presented here today at the national meeting of the American ChemicalSociety, the world's largest scientific society. Commonly prescribed to treat Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder(ADHD), especially in school-age children, Ritalin has an approximate $500million annual market in ...National Study Suggests Heart Attack Severity May Be Declining
...lity decreased between 1987 and 1994, paralleling national and international statistics. Goff, associate professor of public health sciences (epidemiology) focused his analysis on whether severity of heart attacks was declining. He told the Heart Association's Conference on Cardiovascular Disease Epidem...CT Scans Could Become Screening Tool For Heart Disease
...tic resonance imaging, and other tests in a large national study funded by National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. The Medical Center, one of only six centers in the country selected to recruit participants for the 10-year study, will follow about 2,500 to 3,000 healthy local residents....Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Nursing Administrator Receives Nursing Excellence Award
...ition of her contributions at the local, state and national levels, anursing administrator at Cedars-Sinai Med...ng as a volunteer on dozens of local, regional and national health boardsand committees requires a great deal of traveling and consumes considerableenergy, but ...Cervical Screening Has Reduced Incidence And Mortality From Cervical Cancer
...led to 85 per cent following the introduction of a national call and recall system in 1988. Screening for cervical cancer began in Britain in the 1960s, but for over 20 years had little effect on mortality, say the authors. From 1950 to 1987, total mortality from cervical cancer fell steadily by just over 1.......s to ask questions, and an exhibition of local and national cancer organizations will provide information on support and advocacy programs. The General Session will take place from 9-11:30 a.m., followed by the "Ask-the-Experts" Session from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. The public exhibition will be open from 8:30 a....Patients May Not Be Receiving The Highest Quality Of Care
...ing fromlow back pain for six weeks. According to national guidelines, the woman shouldbe given a spinal X-ray or an orthopedic referral to evaluate for cancer orinfection. When the patient was covered by the strictest managed care plan, 14percent of physicians failed to recommend an X-ray or an appropriate...New Teacher Award Honors NSF Program Director
...heUniversity of Southern Maine, which has earned a national reputation forproviding both intellectual and personal challenges in a supportive and safeenvironment. Berthiaume developed equipment that allows students withdisabilities to be included successfully in the science laboratory. At Place Middl...Advertising May Influence Physicians' Choice Of Blood Pressure Drugs
... trend that is not supported by researchstudies or national treatment guidelines -- has been paralleled by a m...ion suggesting that physicians aren'tfollowing the national guidelines for treating hypertension, which call for betablockers and diuretics to be used as first-...Statement from Claude Lenfant, M.D., NHLBI Director, on Trends in Hypertension
...utrition Examination Survey (NHANES) reveal that a national downward trend inblood pressure control rates slowed in the 1990s and actually headed slightlyhigher. The Sixth Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention,Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC VI), whichNHLBI rele......alInformation - Home Edition. It quickly became a national best seller, with morethan a million copies in print. Extensively revised, the Centennial Edition of The Merck Manual reflects theever-increasing and rapidly changing body of medical knowledge. New additionsinclude cutting-edge information on topics...Updated Results On Heart Assist Device Presented At International Transplant Meeting
...Thereare currently more than 4,200 patients on the national heart transplant waitinglist, according to the United Network for Organ Sharing, and waiting times canexceed two or three years in some parts of the country. About 20 percent ofthose waiting die each year; last year, more than 760 died waiting for h......ines adopted last year have been incorporated into national policy byUNOS and are used by insurance companies ...r transplantation. About 3,200 patients are on the national waiting list for single or double lungtransplants. Because of the nature of the disease, those with......research protocol, and datais being collected in a national registry to help assess the efficacy of theapproach. "This information will help us increase our knowledge and, hopefully,feel comfortable recommending this procedure routinely in the future," added Dr.Makkar....Abraham Rudolph To Receive Howland Medal For Contributions To The Advancement Of Pediatrics
...owledge of the fetal andnewborn heart; he has made national and international contributions to manyaspects of pediatrics, and he has trained generations of clinicians andinvestigators in pediatric cardiology." Rudolph's great intellectual contribution has been the application of physiologyto congenital heart ...Heart Experts Call For Action Against Missed Opportunities To Prevent Heart Disease In Women
... HDL, the "good"cholesterol, should be higher than national recommendations. Diabetes increases a woman's ri...ertain." The panel also noted that current national recommendations might not beaggressive enough in treating elevated blood cholesterol in women. It s...Asthma In American Indian And Alaska Native Children
... The data used for this study came from a 1987 national survey of households in which at least one person was eligible for services from theIndian Health Service. The authors found that the percentage of American Indian/Alaska Nativechildren with asthma symptoms, as reported by parents or other a......lic health initiatives werelaunched in the name of national socialism and that Nazi ideals informed thepractice and popularization of science, guiding it, motivating it andreorienting it in ways we are only beginning to appreciate. "The Nazi war on cancer has been ignored because we do not seem to bec...