Drug Prevents Hearing Loss Caused By Brain Tumor Therapy
...ians in research and clinically oriented areas. A patient who has undergone blood-brain barrier treatment and who has takensodium thiosulfate is available for interviews. Please call 503-494-8231 toarrange.......re right to point out that sideeffects can alert a patient in a trial to the fact they are getting an activedrug rather than a placebo. "If patients know they're getting treatment, theirexpectation will be raised and with it their optimism that they will get better.It's a self-fulfilling prophecy." On the ba...Walking Or Bed Rest OK For First Stage Of Labor, UT Southwestern Research Shows
... 1903, stated, "During the firststage of labor the patient usually prefers to move about her room, andfrequently is more comfortable when occupying a sitting position. During thisperiod, therefore, she should not be compelled to take to her bed unless shefeels so inclined." Other UT Southwestern rese...UCSF To Establish Formal Hospitalists Training Program
...ok for ways to cut costswithout harming quality or patient satisfaction, Wachter said. Hospitalists arean increasingly popular solution to this difficult challenge, he said....Experts To Discuss Findings From New Lewin Group Study In Conference Call Briefing
...n management approach, rather thanmerely providing patient education programs. Policymakers, consumer advocatesand the general public now have evidence that the promise of managed care can befulfilled. When: Monday, August 3, 1998, 10 a.m. EDT Who: Robert Stone, executive...Cancer Patients From Deprived Areas of South East England Aren't Receiving Optimum Treatment
... the earlier a diagnosis is made the more likely a patient is to survive. The authors conclude that if reductions in mortality are to be achieved, more effective early diagnostic and referral procedures in primary care in deprived areas are required. They also suggest that hospital mergers and plans of se...Lack Of Data For New Heart Drugs Is Causing Concern
...aims more lives than itsaves. After an analysis of patient records, they concluded that it causesaround 1200 extra deaths in critically ill patients in Britain each year. Now one of the team, Alain Li Wan Po of Nottingham University, says dataon the safety of six drugs to treat high blood pressure, ...Repairing Cranio-Facial Deformities From The Inside Out
...aloral distraction device, called DynaForm, into a patient on Monday, August 10. Joan Dugan, a resident of Mt. Laurel, NJ, was born with a lower jawsignificantly smaller than her upper jaw. This misalignment makes eating andeven speaking difficult since her teeth do not meet and her tongue is in anawkward p...Drug Reduces Heart Attack, Death Rates In Patients With Unstable Angina
...ting, where each doctor has adifferent approach to patient care," Harrington said. "It has all the blemishesa...e trial in which there are very few restrictionson patient care, other than the medication we are testing." In the study, patients were assigned to eit...Credit Cards Could Double As Donor Cards
... as donor cards, indicating that on the death of a patient they consent to donate their organs for transplantation. "There is a willingness in life to donate organs for transplantation after death, but it is the tiny hindrances to translating that willingness into a consent that is legally binding, rather ...Researchers Begin Drug Trial In Hope Of Finding New Ways To Treat Acute Kidney Failure
...asures kidney function in 45 minutes and allowsthe patient to receive results within one or two hours," Star said. Researchers collaborating with Star on the alpha-MSH trial from UTSouthwestern include: Dr. Khashayar Sakhaee, professor of internal medicine andthe BeautiControl Cosmetics Inc. Pr...... HMOsis not the answer. The advent of the speaking patient and the general acceptancethat health can be maint...to shift medical practice. "No longer will a patient sit quietly while a doctor treats them," saysSamuel. "The patients want to know what is wrong with t......otland. They found that the first contact that a patient had with a medically qualified person was most com...e to administer thrombolytic treatment before the patient was transported to hospital. They conclude that for patients in both urban and rural areas, contact...Understanding Why Antibiotics May Be Over-prescribed For Patients With Sore Throats
...t's expectations and what the doctor perceives the patient expects. Over-prescription of antibiotics is a ma...enced by the doctor-patient relationship, but that patient satisfaction was not necessarily related to receiving a prescription for antibiotics. Both doctors ...... The new findings from the FIT study, a 6,000 patient trial, show thatthe osteoporosis drug, called alendronate, also reduced the likelihood ofpainful spine fractures by 49 percent in women who have never had a spinefracture. Among women in the study who did not have osteoporosis, fractures wereless com...DNA-Based Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise To Successfully Treat Melanoma In Mice
...nt. "This means that we may be able to vaccinate a patient against melanoma,which would induce an immune response against the tumor while, at the same time,block any autoimmunity from ever occurring," explained Dr. Houghton. Dr. Houghton's research team plans to begin clinical trials using DNA from mice in m...UCSF Osher Center For Integrative Medicine Symposium
... of integrative medicine. Symposium topics include patient use of integrative medicine, the neurobiologyof the placebo effect, and the challenges of developing a research agenda forintegrative medicine. David Eisenberg, MD, Harvard Medical School, director of the Center forAlternative Medicine Research at Be...Patients are sought for a clinical study to determine
... a free mammogram. At the end of the trial, every patient willreceive a year's supply of Mirapex, from Pharmacia & Upjohn, Inc. Pharmacia &Upjohn Inc. manufactures Mirapex and is the sponsor of this clinical trial....The Visible Humans: Coming Of Age
...and IV catheterization, "on the computer" prior to patient contact. About 150,000 bronchoscopies are perform...ve IV therapy. Both procedures can result in undue patient harm if performed with a lack of skill, yet there has been no satisfactory alternative to practice o...UCSF AIDS Expert Warns Against Early Treatment For HIV Infection
...at unlike the commitment for HIVtherapy, no cancer patient takes three or four chemotherapy drugs for alifetime. Current assumptions in clinical strategy that concern Levy include: If virus replication takes place, mutations might develop that could lead to adrug-resistant strain of virus. -- He notes th...