Ultrasound Helps Pediatric Heart Surgeons After Open Heart Surgery
...al Doppler withchildren has a particular advantage over methods such as the echocardiogram. The transcranial Doppler requires a small-size probe applied around thetemple area, while an echocardiogram is invasive and requires the presence of acardiologist to interpret the echocardiogram during surg...Studies Find Public Policies For Children And Teenagers Not Very Effective
... the different school-based sex education programs over the last20 years, researchers Diana P. Oliver, M.S...rams," the researchers said. After reviewing over 35 studies, the authors concluded that"teenagers' attitudes about sex have not been changed much by ...Study Demonstrates The Benefits Of Mammography In Women Under 50
...enefit from screening mammography as much as women over 50, aUniversity of Chicago study reports. Results of this latest study were presented October 22 at the AmericanSociety for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology's (ASTRO) annual meeting inOrlando, FL. Presenting the study was Dr. Jeffre...Common Drug-Capsule Coating Not As Inert As Previously Thought
...livery times in the bloodstream, for example-- but over longer periods, the polymer's structure may change, making itless repulsive and potentially more biologically active. "This is particularly important in applications such as implantsand artificial scaffolds, where polymer-coated materials are in co...Many Medical Screening Tests May Be Unnecessary.
...considerable disagreement in the medical community over the routine use of mammograms in women under the age of 50 and prostate specific antigen tests in men. The ethical issue becomes more complicated when doctors provide controversial screening tests because they fear a future lawsuit by a patient who ...Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory collaborates with USDA in development of pasteurization process
...ns for pasteurization. RF waves offer advantages over the traditional pasteurization method of directly heating raw liquid foods. The direct method often heats foods unevenly, possibly resulting in incomplete pasteurization in lower temperature regions and in denaturing foods in overheated regions. Usin...Some Good News In Treating Infection Common To HIV Patients
...d a daily regimen of stepped-up dosages of Bactrim over an eight-day 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...Drug Regimen Reduces Atrial Fibrillation After Heart Surgery
... medication is administered in an accelerated dose over a shorter period of time." That's important because heart surgery often must be performed quickly, without the luxury of a lengthy pre-operative treatment period. The required week-long treatment with amiodarone limits its widespread use for th......ctorsleading to longer life in the three countries over the next 10 or 25 years. Themajor factors contributing to greater mortality will be eipdemic disease,catastrophes and the decline of the physical environment. Respondents believeddifferences in life span by gender, income level, educational level or ...Cardiovascular Costs, Deaths Projected To Rise In 1998
... with 1965 when 42.3percent of the U.S. population over 18 were smokers, in 1994 only 25.5 percentsmoked. ...d by U.S. dietary guidelines, a43 percent increase over figures compiled for 1960-62. One reason may be that 33percent ofoverweight men and 41 percent of ov...Stress: It's Not Just All In Your Head; Scientists Map The Wear And Tear Of Daily Life
...that 'apple' body shape that researchers haveshown over and over again predisposes us to heart disease," says McEwen. Even the brain can be affected. "In fact," say...Rats Receiving Ginkgo Biloba Learn Quicker, Live 20 Percent Longer Than Controls, UB Study Finds
...ster new challenges and retain learned information over time. Results showed that rats receiving ginkgo biloba extract learned quicker and made fewer errors than control animals, and unexpectedly, lived an average of five months longer. Winter found a significant positive relationship betwee...Researchers Finding May Boost Effectiveness Of Anti-HIV Drugs
...ls express Pgp, soit's possible that HIV is taking over those cells and stays there, protected bythe cells...press the activity of Pgp. They havebeen developed over the past 10-20 years because Pgp is also expressed by manycancer tumors. Pgp inhibitors have been us...Targon And Duke Cancer Center Sign $3.75 Million Agreement To Produce Advanced Anti-Cancer Drugs
...ment call for Targon's provision of $3.75 million, over the next three years, to support research and furt...a tumor immediately, but rather cause it to shrink over time. Theendpoint of such treatment is harder to judge, and we need new biochemical tests that tell ...Survey Finds Acute Stroke Teams Gaining Prevalence
... 47 medical centers andacademic centers. Slightly over half (55 percent) of the ASTs cost $5,000 peryear or less. Only 24 percent cost more than $10,000 per year. Almost all (97percent) of the ASTs were led by a neurologist or neurosurgeon. "While we do not have specific data that prove they are......ver, the drug did appear to produce an improvement over placebo ina subset of patients with moderate to severe strokes," said Clark. Patients werefirst given the drug or a placebo within a few hours of their stroke, then forsix weeks afterward, with a six-week, post-treatment follow-up period.Interneuron ......oke warning signs increased, most notably inpeople over age 50. The analysis revealed that a significant gender differencein knowledge of warning signs in that only 19 percent of females did not knowany warning signs (compared to 33.1 percent in the first study). There was onlya slight change in the male...Cardiovascular Disease Epidemic Threatens Developing Countries, Global Economy
...ralia, Canada, France, the United States and Japan over the last severaldecades. "However, the emergence of the cardiovascular disease epidemic in thedeveloping countries during those same decades has received little attention,"says Reddy. People in developing countries die from cardiovascular disease a...Unpasteurised Milk Is An Unacceptable Risk To Public Health
... BMJ, de Louvois and Rampling report research into over one thousand samples of unpasteurised milk, bought in 242 retail outlets in England and Wales. The authors found that 41 samples from 26 separate retail outlets, contained potentially harmful bacteria, including campylobacter (19 samples), salmonell......ropathy is unknown, excessive glucose levels can, over time, decrease nerve function. The condition results in pain, numbness and sometimes weakness in the lower extremities, and to a lesser degree in the hands and arms. Simmons, as well as other physicians involved in the trial, are looking for pa...