Duke orthopedic surgeon bucks conventional wisdom; develops surgical approach for broken collarbones
...lotfootball game, doctors told him they could only offer a sling and hope for the best. Surprisingly,that was the long-standing medical treatment -- do nothing, let the bone heal on its own, andhope that the results aren't too disabling. "Since the injury, I continued to experience soreness which limited...Safer estrogen targets painful intercourse in older women
... can be treated with various lubricants, but these offer only temporary relief of symptoms and do not strengthen the vaginal wall, as estrogen does. Vaginal creams containing estrogens are available and can alleviate symptoms. But such estrogen-based products are easily absorbed into the bloodstream and tr...UCSF policy center presents Congress with road map for HIV vaccine development
...x credit for the development of an HIV vaccine and offer biotech companies a refundable tax credit based on the amount of qualified research they are conducting. "Pull" mechanisms proposed in the monograph include "purchase funds" or pre-commitments to buy which guarantee a market for a vaccine. Another ...Newer form of 'gold standard' drug helps kidney transplant patients do better in long term
...he study's results, Kaplan and Meier-Kriesche say, offer "strong advocacy" for the use of the newer form of cyclosporine over the old for aiding long-term allograft survival, whether or not MMF is also taken. "This reaffirms the important role of the calcineurin inhibitors, such as cyclosporine and tacroli...Study points to potential role for caffeine in reducing the risk of Parkinsons disease
...y shed light on the development of the disease and offer insight concerning treatment and prevention....Wake Forest first in world to perform new brain tumor treatment
...sue. "It's a significant advancement to be able to offer an improved therapy that delivers radiation directly to the site of the cancer, while maintaining the quality of life for patients by completing the treatment in just one week," said Tatter. In addition, study results suggest that the survival rate ...Study finds troubling trends in hepatitis C screening, diagnosis and referral
...t, and not those who weren't asked about or didn't offer risk factor information. "Ideally, early diagnosis can be made if doctors ask about hepatitis C risk factors and patients answer honestly," says Lok. "We shouldn't wait until patients have symptoms, or until the infection has progressed, as treatmen...... and has no negative side effects. Hospitals could offer it and be heroes to their patients. Forty cataract or glaucoma patients ranging in age from 51-88 took part in the study. They were divided into two groups, each composed of 15 women and five men. Two participating surgeons treated half of each gro...NHLBI-VA study finds no increased survival from beta-blocker for moderate to advanced heart failure
...l, compared to the placebo. "The results from BEST offer physicians valuable added guidance about the use of beta-blockers for heart failure," said NHLBI Director Dr. Claude Lenfant. "Its results also underscore the need to examine gender, racial, and ethnic differences in future studies of cardiovascular...MetaPhore Pharmaceuticals initiates Phase I clinical trial of enzyme mimetic compound for oncology
...ng preclinical results, the SOD enzyme mimetic may offer improved therapeutic options for end-stage cancer patients, with a greatly reduced side-effect profile, added Dr. Wolfram Samlowski, one of MetaPhores principal collaborators with the Huntsman Cancer Institute. The natural SOD enzyme plays a centra...Teens' second pregnancy rates lower with long-term contraceptives
...vention program. However, even this does not offer a long-term solution if there is no social service intervention to help girls appreciate the value of contraception, says author Catherine Stevens-Simon, M.D., of the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and The Childrens Hospital. "We...Study discovers a way to keep infants safe from second-hand smoke
...ls to check in on the participants progress and to offer help in meeting the goals the parents had set.Repeat air measurements at the end of six months found that nicotine. Nicotine had actually risen, though not by a statistically significant amount, in the homes of the comparison group.Despite the impro......RMS publication. Best Case, Worst Case The authors offer a case study of one of the speediest learners in the study, a respected community hospital performing 1,200 cardiac operations a year. At this hospital, the surgeon who adopted the procedure for the hospital handpicked the team based on their prior e...Polymer could allow oral delivery of insulin to diabetics
...rial a polymer with a gel-like consistency could offer an alternative to daily injections, says the studys principal researcher, Aaron C. Foss, a graduate student at Purdue University. He carried out his research under the guidance of Nicholas A. Peppas, Sc.D., a professor of chemical and biomedical engi...Biomolecule studied for medical uses
...staples and dressings. However, the new compounds offer potential advantages to linear polymers, notably because of biodendrimers' large surface areas and their many finger-like projections, called "end-groups." They are also easily dissolved and mixable, flow easily and can be sticky. And their thickness...... of the nations 125 accredited schools of medicine offer CAM courses or electives, Georgetowns curricular changes will be further-reaching and more comprehensive in several unique ways. First, whereas CAM programs at many other schools typically consist of optional elective courses that are open to relativ...Low-wage workers won't spring for health benefits
...ess workers earn the less likely the company is to offer health insurance. The study, published in the Octo...workers earn, the less likely their employer is to offer insurance, according to the study. The RAND study indicates that a company with the bulk of its work...Psychologists identify best aggression-prevention programs in schools
...revention programs. Dr. Leff and his colleagues offer the following suggestions for designing and evaluating successful school-based aggression prevention programs: -- Define aggression broadly Aggression should be broadly defined as any action taken by a child that inflicts bodily or mental harm upon ......e available worldwide in 1999. The devices do not offer the same longevity and quality of life as transpla...ed on the results, the FDA has allowed Thoratec to offer the HeartMate VE to six surviving patients in the medical management arm of the trial. To date, thre......sourceful ways people have organized themselves to offer assistance over the short and long-term. Similarly, in the bioterrorism context, civic organizations, such as churches, charities, and associations could be used to distribute information and medications, and to monitor for disease outbreaks. Accordi...