How Reliable Are League Tables?
...clinics in the UK and found that the rankings were not entirely meaningful and therefore it would be unwi...g can alter radically year on year, but this does not necessarity mean that a significant change in the success rate has occured. Contact: Dr David Spi...Athletes, Fraternity Men Are Top Drinkers
...port binging. By comparison, 45 percent of males not on intercollegiate sports teams reported that they...of their teammates and 31 percent of college women not on athletic teams. Female players drank an average of four drinks per week, or one drink more than ...ACE-Inhibitors Score High In Reducing Heart Attack Deaths
... percent in the control group of patients who were not treated with thedrug. Those taking the drug also ...sing ACE inhibitors. One is totreat people who do not have clear reasons to avoid the drug, such as systolicblood pressure under 100 millimeters/mercury. ...Pioneer In Nuclear Medicine Wins Lifetime Award
...me,reactor-bred Carbon 14, emitted energy that was not powerful enough to escapethe human body, and so was of no use in his work. (Carbon 14's long half lifeallowed researchers to study single cells in test tubes, thereby revolutionizingbiochemistry; but Wagner needed more high-energy isotopes.) He led a...States Must Be Held Accountable For New Health Plans For Children
...status of their health. Presently, these data are not available for moststates. 11 Million Uninsured ...families with working parents who have jobs thatdo not provide insurance and who cannot afford to buy it on their own. Nationally, one out of six African-A...Teen Marijuana Use Is Fueled By Change In Attitudes
...e is fueled by change in attitudes about the drug, not rebellion among the baby boomlet, U-M study shows....ch.--Changes in student attitudes about marijuana, not a general rise inrebellious or delinquent behavior among the teen-age children of baby boomers,are d...Fast Food Can Speed Up Clogging Of The Arteries
...sions by 100percent in comparison to those rabbits not fed the extra oxidized cholesterol. Co-authors include Xian-Mang Pan, Joseph H. Rapp and Kenneth R.Feingold....New Study Designed To Improve Outcomes In Women With Metastatic Breast Cancer
...ecognize tumor cells as foreign, andtherefore does not generate an immune response against the cancer. T...une systemfully recovers, the vaccine likely would not stimulate the patient's re-emergingimmune defense mechanisms against the cancer.In light of this fac...Abstinence Reduces HIV For High-Risk Women - Even Those Who Relapse - Study Shows
...that produce anincomplete change in risky behavior not as failures but as partial - and welcome- successes. The study, "Effect of Relapse to High-Risk Behavior on the Costs and Benefits ofa Program to Screen Women for Human Immunodeficiency Virus," was written by Dr.Brandeau; Dr. Douglas K. Owens of the...UCSF Study Finds Popular Blood Thinner Does Not Weaken Bones
...heart and legclots and irregular heart beats, does not weaken the bones of older women, a newUC San Franc...Medicine. "Among the women we studied warfarin did not appear to have a bad effect onbone," said Sophie A. Jamal, MD, a UCSF research fellow and the study'...New Data Show Dangerous Interaction Between Blood Pressure Drugs
...d themibefradil because they believed the drug was not controlling the patients' highblood pressure effec...itors, angiotensin-II antagonists and diuretics do not require specialprecautions." Almost 200,000 Americans were believed to be taking mibefradil before ...Montana Anti-Cancer Discovery Sublicensed To Major Drug Manufacturer
...facture and use, MSU officials say. "We're not there yet," cautioned MSU-Bozeman vice president for researchBob Swenson. "But we're encouraged that the world's manufacturer and distributorof taxol has chosen this as the potential next source for the drug. We hopethat this technology bears fruit....Stopping High Blood Pressure Drugs May Start A Stroke
...ugs to control high bloodpressure should be warned not to stop treatment without a doctor's orders. Thepenalty may be a stroke, researchers report in this month's Hypertension:Journal of the American Heart Association. The study offers the first evidence of a link between discontinuingdrugs to ...Forum Urges Medicare Reform To Emphasize Health Promotion
..., yet "these are about early detection of disease, not prevention or health promotion." Rowe called on Medicare to provide incentives in the form of reduced premiums for individuals who undertake or maintain health lifestyle behaviors such as exercise, weight loss and improved diet. Dr. K...About The Care Of Patients Before They Are Admitted To Intensive Care
... since 1984, but this increase in quantity should not be at the expense of quality, say Dr Peter McQuill...n addition, two thirds of the 54 patients who were not treated adequately were admitted late into intensive care. The authors discovered that the problems ...One-Time Needles Don't Reduce HIV Among Addicts, Study Shows
...yringes that are hard to reuse will find HIV rates not dropping butincreasing, according to an article in...rrent needle populationcould change HIV risks, and not necessarily for the better," says Dr. JonathanCaulkins of RAND and Carnegie Mellon University, the s...Drug Combination Including New "Super Aspirin" Drug Cuts Risk Of Death Or Second Heart Attack
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... modafinil needs only to be takenonce daily and is not known to have the "crash" effect these other drugs areassociated with, nor is it considered addictive. The study, "Quality-of-Life Effects of Modafinil,'' was funded by Cephalon Inc.of West Chester, Pa. In her clinical practice at the U-M Medical Cen......MI's programs have helped healthcare organizations not only control costs butimprove quality of care. Previous data collected from participating hospitalsshowed that the use of pulse oximetry appeared to correlate with feweranesthesia-related complications during surgery. Pulse oximetry is anon-invasive ...... The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has not approved St. John's wortfor medical purposes. Note: Rezvani can be reached at (919) 966-0856 (w) and 967-3718 (h). Next week,June 22-24, he will be at the Hyatt Regency in Hilton Head, S.C., for themeet...