Ulcer Drug Linked To Birth Defects
...-which is available over the counter in Brazil but only by prescription in Canada--in an attempt to terminate their pregnancy. However, the drug does not alwayscause miscarriage and children born to mothers who have taken misoprostol aremore likely to have Mobius syndrome than women who have not taken the...Voluntary HIV Counseling And Testing Reduce Risk Behavior In Developing Countries
...wer the question that counseling and testing isnot only effective, but also cost-effective in these countries," Coates said."And the money that would be spent is small compared to the magnitude of theproblem." In addition to Coates and Sangiwa, study co-investigators are Don Balmer of theKenya Associatio...Answers To Access, Adherence And Tolerance Of Protease Inhibitors
...sor of medicine at Brown University. "Patients can only benefit from protease inhibitors while they are taking thepills," Stone says. "If it turns out that regular patients in clinical practicearen't able to stick with the medications, they can't derive the benefits, suchas increased survival and improved...UCSF Researchers Seeing Increased Rates Of Unprotected Sex Among San Francisco Gay Men
...op and find a condom. Those havingunprotected sex only with partners of the same HIV status were signific...r is that menwere choosing to have unprotected sex only with partners they think are the sameHIV status as themselves, a process known as "negotiated safety...Many Gay Men Infected With HIV Are Opting To Delay Treatment, Despite Availability Of Drugs
... than 200 were following combinationtherapy, while only 40 percent of those with counts of more than 500 were ontherapy. Men with counts above 500 may feel like they are doing fine, Stall concluded. "Many are quite aware what their options are and they have decided to keep theirown counsel," he said. "Ga...EPA Choosing Lab Science Over Epidemiology To Establish Drinking Water Guidelines
...atory science. To support its view thatchloroform only presents a danger as a carcinogen when its concentration indrinking water exceeds 300 parts per billion, EPA has had to favor toxicologicaldata over conflicting epidemiological data. This issue is part of a largerdebate over how and to what extent to...New Survey Finds Physicians Seek More Clarity In MS Diagnosis And Management
... a distinct phase between RRMS and SPMS. However, only two percent were ableto characterize patients as being in a transitional stage when presented withthe description of a patient whose symptoms and medical history might suggest atransition from RRMS to SPMS. Therefore, regardless of what this "middle...World's First Producer To Repair Brain Damage From Stroke
...ial of neuron transplants as a therapy includesnot only neurodegenerative diseases, but also spinal cord d...on through physical and occupational therapy isthe only treatment available for patients with established stroke. No directtreatment is recognized as safe ...Anti-Migraine Drugs Might Cause More Pain Than Relief For Those With Heart Disease
...e headache," shesays. "But constriction occurs not only in the head vessels, but also thecoronary arteries." Other researchers involved in the study included Marije Reekers, undergraduatestudent, Leiden University Medical Center, Rotterdam; Willem Bax, M.D., Ph.D.,formerly at Erasmus University, presently...Three INEEL Inventions Win International Recognition
...ups of researchers were selected for the honorfrom only 100 awards presented internationally. The winning Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory entries are "Electro-Optic High Voltage Sensor," by Thomas Crawford, James Davidson andGary Seifert. This INEEL-developed sensor technology pr...Drug Prevents Hearing Loss Caused By Brain Tumor Therapy
...am located at both the VA and OHSU. "Not only did we see fewer patients suffer severe hearing lo...thcarboplatin, while the STS-treated patients lost only 3.7decibels. The Portland researchers previously had paved the way for brain tumortreatment......But Kirsch and Sapirstein found that the drugswere only 25 percent more effective. In addition, they suggest that even that25 percent could be due to an additional placebo effect derived from the sideeffects caused by the antidepressants, which alerted patients to the fact thatthey were receiving an activ...UNC-CH Researchers Learning Ways To Help Black Women Cope With HIV
...visits, while the others in acontrol group receive only standard care. So far, 71 women have been recruited. "We collect mental and physical health information from all participantsbefore and after the intervention," Miles said. "Women in the intervention groupappear to like what we are doing and...Policy Methods For Eliminating Child Labor
...tion against child labor, which could be effective only in certain countries, say two Cornell University economists. These findings from Kaushik Basu, a professor of economics at Cornell, and Pham Hoang Van, a Cornell doctoral student in economics, appear in their paper "The Economics of Child Labor" in t..."Green Chemistry" Cleans Up Environment And Renders Synthetic Drugs
...Gonzalez said some drugs extracted from plants can only be obtained insmall amounts. Green Chemistry methods allow pharmaceutical companies toprepare the drugs in a laboratory as well as preserve the environment, hesaid. In most cases, synthetic drugs are preferable to natural drugsbecause quality control...Anti-Depressants: Miracle Drugs Or Placebos With A Buzz?
...ht be a true drug effect. "This does not mean that only 25 percent of patients are likely to respond tothe pharmacological properties of the drug. Rather, it means that for a typicalpatient, 75 percent of the benefit obtained from the active drug would also havebeen obtained from an inactiveplacebo," the...UCSF To Establish Formal Hospitalists Training Program
...ls to cut costs. "We believe that hospitalistsnot only need to learn to be excellent and efficient clinicians, but they alsoneed to learn to be leaders in making the system work better," Wachter said. Though hospitalists currently work in a number of hospitals throughout thecountry, including the UCSF Me...Immunosuppressive Treatment Is Important For Sufferers Of Rheumatoid Arthritis
...ctivity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, not only to prevent joint damage but possibly also to protect against lymphoma. Contact: Dr Eva Baecklund, Rheumatologist, Department of Medicine, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden......like haloperidol andthioridazine in the past, with only limited success. Some doctors have previously reported case studies whereanti-seizure medicines like carbamazepine seemed to improveAlzheimer's patients' symptoms. Doctors normally use themedicines to treat epilepsy and help patients control im......and to require larger amounts of oral steroids for only marginalcontrol of their asthma," said Joseph Spah...ught," Dr. Spahnsaid. It has been estimated that only one-tenth of a percent of the 15 million peoplein the United States with asthma are steroid resistan...