Hopkins Researchers Develop Under-The-Skin Implant For Pain Treatment
...he world's opiates, yet only a minuscule amount of oral morphine was prescribed to cancer patients last ye...cts the implant could be used as an alternative to oral methadone treatment for heroin and morphine addicts in the United States. Current addiction thera...Discovery Hints At Multitude Of New Targets For Drugs
...compound of thisnew class might be developed as an oral contraceptive that does not causethe weight gain common with progesterone in oral contraceptives. For males, the research indicates it may be possible to develop a testoster...Alzheimer's disease center seeks patients for new drug studies
... one in North Texas -- testing propentofylline, an oral drug for Alzheimer's that also may be effective fo...enroll about 15 patients in the 24-week trial. The oral medication is intended to alleviate the major symptoms of Alzheimer's. The participants, like those ...Study Shows Gum Disease Increases Risk Of Future Heart Disease
...ng a strong relationship between conditions in the oral cavity and many systemic diseases. In this case, ...blood vessels. "Weve known for some time that oral bacteria can infect damaged hearts and that certain oral bacteria cause platelets to aggregate," Gen...Routine Dental X-ray May Be A Valuable Tool In Stroke Prevention
...., Ph.D., a radiologist and associate professor of oral diagnostic sciences in the UB School of Dental Med...ic diseases make their presence known first in the oral cavity," she added. "Dentists are really physicians of the head and neck areas; that is their train...Substance from Grapefruit Juice May Make Medications Safer
...crease the absorption of a number of commonly used oral medications, researchers have found. These drugs include nearly all calcium channel blockers (used to control blood pressure) and some immunosuppressants, sedatives, and protease inhibitors (used to treat AIDS). Although the "grapefruit juice effec..."Super Aspirin" Holds Long-Term Benefits For Some Patients Who Undergo Balloon Angioplasty
...y to address this issue. "Future development of oral agents similar to ReoPro™ promises to further expand the use of these agents to a broader spectrum of patients with ischemic heart disease," he said. Michael P. Savage, M.D., associate professor of medicine, division of ca...Some Good News In Treating Infection Common To HIV Patients
...y period. Patients were given incrementally larger oral doses over the eight days, ending up with a standard dose on day eight. Kazanjian and his colleagues found that 86 percent of the HIV study patients were able to tolerate Bactrim after the eight-day regimen. Sixty percent tolerated the stepped-up dos...Drug Regimen Reduces Atrial Fibrillation After Heart Surgery
...le-blind, randomized study, 64 patients were given oral doses of amiodarone for a minimum of seven days before elective heart surgery and 60 patients received a placebo. One in four of the patients who received the medication suffered atrial fibrillation after surgery, compared with 53 percent of the pat......dthe efficacy and physiologic effects of these two oral medications in 29patients who suffer from type 2 d...t we understand the mechanism by which these novel oral medicationslower patients' blood glucose. We then will be able to combine them in arational fashion......thecins, known as Karenitecins,demonstrates potent oral antitumor activity, acceptable safety and appear to beinsensitive to common tumor-associated drug resistance mechanisms - BioNumerik's novel chemoprotecting agent BNP7787 appears to completelyprotect against major toxicities associated with wi...Anti-Clotting Drug May Cause Potentially Fatal Platelet Disorder
...e, including penicillin,some anti-cancer drugs and oral contraceptives, have been associated with thesyndrome. TTP has been considered an extremely rare disorder -- less than fourcases per million persons, with an overall death rate that was originallyreported at 90 percent. With improvements in ...Procter & Gamble Supports Yale University Collaboration For Public Health Training Throughout China
... and reform, smokingcontrol, environmental health, oral hygiene and nutrition. "These areas areessential ... includepartnership with the Ministry of Health on oral health education for children inrural areas, and working with the Ministry of Education to support t...First Patients Enrolled In NIH Clinical Trial On Effects Of Marijuana In HIV Patients
...ll be given marijuana to smoke, onewill receive an oral tablet called Marinol that contains THC, and the thirdwill serve as a control group with patients receiving a placebo tablet thatcontains inactive ingredients. All of the patients will be housed for 25 days in the General ClinicalResearch Center (GCR...This analysis assessed the effect of oral sildenafil on the quality of life of940 men who suffered from broad spectrum erectile dysfunction (ED). The groupwas comprised of 281 men with organic erectile problems, 213 with psychogenicdifficulties, 371 with mixed ED, and 11 who fell into the o......liminary subjective success in a pilot study using oral treatment withginkgo biloba extract for erectile d...ion couldnot prove any benefit from treatment with oral Ginkgo biloba extract forpatients with erectile dysfunction."...Efficacy And Safety Of Oral Phentolamine (Vasomax) For The Treatment Of MinimalErectile Dysfunction
...olving randomized doses of 40 mg or 80 mgof either oral phentolamine or placebo. In the 40 mg group, out ...bo-controlled, crossover design offixed dose 40 mg oral phentolamine versus placebo. Out of 148 patients who took40 mg of oral phentolamine, 50 (34%) respo...Abstinence Reduces HIV For High-Risk Women - Even Those Who Relapse - Study Shows
...hercontributors to the issue will offer papers and oral presentations at the 12thWorld AIDS Conference in Geneva from June 28 to July 3. Screening and Counseling Women The study evaluates the effectiveness of three different kinds of programs:programs that target (1) women who are intravenous drug user...One-Time Needles Don't Reduce HIV Among Addicts, Study Shows
...ributors to the special issuewill offer papers and oral presentations at the convention. Plausible But Wrong With at least half of new HIV infections in the U.S. occurring among addicts whotake drugs intravenously, methods for preventing HIV transmission via needlereuse have received considerable attent......at increased risk ofdeveloping dental cavities and oral infections, researchers warn. This is beca... that cavities orinfections are the result of poor oral hygiene. Patients, they say, should be told about the dental risks involved inusing antidepr...