Understanding Why Antibiotics May Be Over-prescribed For Patients With Sore Throats
...nical evidence that these drugs alleviate symptoms only slightly, if at all. The choice of treatment is affected by both the patient's expectations and what the doctor perceives the patient expects. Over-prescription of antibiotics is a major concern as it has been correlated with the increasing prevale......l density. In a previous arm of FIT, which only included osteoporatic women who hadalready suffere...ease awoman's risk of subsequent fractures but are only detected by X-ray, increasedthe incidence of future hospitalization by 29 percent and the risk of de...DNA-Based Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise To Successfully Treat Melanoma In Mice
...e used to fight cancer has greatly increased. Not only havescientists learned that the immune system can recognize certain proteins oncancer cells, but they have used this knowledge to develop vaccines that mayhelp to prevent cancer recurrence. Now, scientists at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center i...Study Pinpoints Effectiveness Of Prostate Cancer Therapies To Patient Populations
...lanttherapy five years earlier. "Although this is only a shortfollow-up in the natural history of prostate cancer, it clearlyindicates that patients who are classified as high-risk shouldtalk to their physicians about an alternative form oftreatment," Dr. Wein says. "Penn has been one of the nation's pi...The Visible Humans: Coming Of Age
... such as surgical simulation which now can be done only by experts at leading medical centers, and make it available to any physician," says Ackerman. "Eventually, the physician even in rural Alaska, will be able to practice on patient-specific data before the actual surgery is performed. The end result c...UCSF AIDS Expert Warns Against Early Treatment For HIV Infection
..." He adds, "Any decision to stop the drugs could only be made if one hadassurances that all infected cel...s view, current drug regimens should be prescribed only for patients whoshow symptoms of HIV infection or whose CD-4 cell counts have droppedsubstantially. ...Some CFS Patients Benefit From Low-Dose Steroid, But Side Effects Too Risky
...nvestigators enrolled 70 people with CFS, although only 66 were included in thefinal analysis. "The strict entry criteria were an important part of the studydesign," says Dr. Straus. The investigators rejected anyone for whom steroidswould be contraindicated - people with a history of ulcer disease, gla...University Of Kentucky One Of First To Use New Technique To Treat Atrial Flutter
...icrowave ablation -- approved by the FDA for study only in late August -- has been used outside California...said. "But with microwaves, we might have to do it only once. It could make ablation much more effective." Microwave ablation was developed by Fidus Medic...Neurotransmission Machinery Visualized For The First Time
...e of a neighboringneuron. Yet, scientists have had only a murky picture of the events within thesecreting neuron that trigger the release of neurotransmitters. Now, a group of researchers led by Axel T. Brunger, a Howard Hughes MedicalInstitute (HHMI) investigator at Yale University has deciphered and pro...'DES Daughters' Had Increased Rates of Cancer; An Animal Study Shows 'DES Granddaughters' May Too
... reproductive tract cancers,fertility was impaired only in the female mice exposed to DES in utero (the 'DESdaughters') but not in their unexposed female offspring (the 'DESgranddaughters'), the scientists said. The study was reported today in the scientific journal Carcinogenesis(September,...Electronic Nose Inspects Cheese, Hints At Human Sense Of Smell
... the quality of a scent or flavor. They can only compare it to what human noses and taste buds have previously deemed acceptable. "An electronic nose is not a replacement for people -- it is a ...Study Ties Cerebral Palsy To Inflammation And Blood-Clotting Abnormalities
...udies haveindicated that this problem accounts for only a minority of cases. The newfindings support tho.... "These cell signaling factors are usually found only in very small amountsin the blood. What they are doing in relatively large amounts in these childre...Penn State Chemist Identifies New Lime Aroma Component
...umarin had been reported in lime oilpreviously but only as one of several solid components of the peel, no...ties. "We take very simple combinations of only two or three compounds foundin lime oil and have the students sniff them and describe what they smel...Candles with lead wicks emit lead into the air
... some time. Even if a particle is deposited after only a shorttrajectory through the atmosphere, it adds ...rethrough hand-to-mouth activities. "Assuming that only 50 percent of the lead released is deposited in an areameasuring 12 feet by 15 feet (such as a livin...Dobson Must Quit Denial Of Rationing
...nk Dobson, the Secretary of State for Health, will only make himself "look foolish and undermine his credibility" if he continues to ban the word from ministerial vocabulary. Professor Klein writes that once the inevitability of rationing is finally accepted "we can get down to the serious business of di...Exercise Can Help To Exorcise Stroke Risk
...about a 24 percent reduction in stroke risk. "Not only did we find that physical activity is associated with reduced risk ofstroke, but also we have some ideas as to how much and what type of activitymight work best," says the study's lead author, I-Min Lee, M.D., Sc.D., of theHarvard School of Public He......200 attendees at UD's Newark, Del., campus. "After only 10 years, combinatorial chemistry is completely ac...s to what types of chemicals would do the job. Not only have combinatorial methods yielded powerful catalysts for polymerproduction, but they also have yiel...UNC Researchers Find Drug-Resistant HIV In Semen
... semen or both. "We need to emphasize not only for personal health, but for publichealth, that the goal of treatment should be to get the virus to immeasurablelevels, both in the blood and other biological compartments, specifically thegenital tract," Eron says. "We also need to understand more a......ile all women are exposed to these cultural mores, only a smallpercentage develop an eating disorder. Our study may have identified abiological risk factor that plays a part in deciding who develops a disorder,"explained Dr. Kaye. "This study is important because it will help shift focusto the underlyin...Reduced Heart Disease Risk In Middle Age Lowers Eventual Medicare Costs
... andcigarette smoking were selected as factors not only because of their substantialinfluence on risk, but...rette smoking. Such a strategy, she said,would not only control the epidemic of coronary heart disease and relatedconditions, but also contain health care c...