MIT Solution To Math Problem Could Lead To Better Dental Implants, More Resistance To Missiles
...d materials used for, say, the armor on tanksmight prevent the armor from shattering upon impact with a missile. "What I find so exciting about this work is that what started as a puretheoretical curiosity has essentially led to a new field," Professor Sureshconcluded. The researchers have re...Four-Year Study Shows Long-Term Effectiveness Of Proscar In Treating Enlarged Prostates
...ssto acute urinary retention or require surgery to prevent furthercomplications such as urinary- tract infections, bleeding and bladderstones. Almost 60 percent of men over the age of 50 experienceproblems due to prostate enlargement. Other authors of the study included Dr. Claus Roehrborn, UTSouthwe...Hospitals Discourage Consumer Questioning Of Bills, Study Suggests
.... One employee said, "I'm supposedto take steps to prevent patients from going up the ladder with complaints. I'mnot allowed to give out administrators' phone numbers. I just connect them withanother representative." The study found that the hospitals' tactics were often successful; more oftenthan not, the h...Study Finds Aspirin Does Not Prevent High-Risk Cases Of Preeclampsia
... low dose aspirin therapy duringpregnancy does not prevent preeclampsia in women who are at high risk for the...preeclampsia should not be given aspirin therapyto prevent the condition, as our study shows it doesn't work." said Dr. DonaldMcNellis, the NICHD project offic...Tighter Chemical Binding = Better Meds
...logs of a leading drug, such as cyclosporinused to prevent transplant rejection, in an effort to find a moreeffective compound. Jorgensen said his work also deals with broader chemical problems,such as calculating how changing a solvent in an industrial process --from water to methanol, for example -- will......mpared by antiretroviral level,drugs prescribed to prevent opportunisitic infection, patient demographics (i.e., gender, age, ethnicity andmode of HIV acquisition), and CD4 cell count (a measure of drugs' efficacy) atfirst study visit, as well as method of payment (i.e., private insurance,Medicare/Medicaid, ...Anti-Clotting Drug May Cause Potentially Fatal Platelet Disorder
...a drug that acts like aspirin and is widelyused to prevent stroke as well as blood clot formation following placement ofcardiac stents, can cause a rare but potentially deadly disease. The disorder,thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP), generally develops within four weeksof starting ticlopidine therapy....New Research In Battling Alzheimer's Impact On Memory
...nformation could beused to design drugs that might prevent either this initial step or itscontinuation into A...icated in Alzheimer's disease and subsequently may prevent itfrom aggregating into the insoluble plaque. Although no good animal modelexists for Alzheimer's d...Adding Progestins May Negate Heart Protection From Estrogen Replacement Therapy
...en some of its beneficial effects in helping women prevent heart attacks,according to a study reported in today's Circulation: Journal of the AmericanHeart Association. Estrogen replacement therapy (ERT) is used to relieve symptoms ofmenopause and may help protect against heart disease. Progestins a...Warfarin Continues To Be Underused As Stroke Preventive
...aduse of warfarin, the researchers estimate, could prevent at least 10,000 strokesa year. The researchers examined how frequently patients with atrial fibrillationreceived prescriptions for warfarin, based on data from the National AmbulatoryMedical Care Survey from 1989 to 1996. Although warfarin use incr...Need For HIV Guidelines For Health Workers In Developing Countries
...the resources to implement adequate precautions to prevent transmission as well has having a lack of equipment and facilities. They also observe that health professionals working in these areas are often relatively inexperienced (for example medical students undertaking their elective) and therefore they ar...Protecting Breast Feeding From Breast Milk Substitutes
...ies and monitoring agencies can take four steps to prevent commercial pressures being placed on mothers. Firstly, Costello advocates that governments should incorporate the articles of the code of marketing substitutes for breast milk into national legislation. Secondly, he suggests that monitoring for over...Baby Milk Manufacturers Are Breaking The Rules
...hers to breast feed their babies, in an attempt to prevent 1.5 million needless infant deaths each year and to protect mothers from pressure to use substitute breast milk. Taylor's study is the first of its kind and covered cities in Bangladesh, Poland, South Africa and Thailand. The author found that baby...... they have been used much earlier in an attempt to prevent chronic lung disease. The trial tested whether giving the drug to premature infants on aventilator at two weeks of age was more effective than waiting until four weeksof age. Babies were randomized to one of two groups: the first group star...International Study Raises Hopes For Heart Transplant Patients
...organ donors, we need to develop new treatments to prevent organ rejection in heart transplant patients," indicates Dr. Eisen....Studies Look At Threshold Effect Of Cholesterol-Lowering "Statin" Drugs
...their test of a daily 40-mg dose of pravastatin to prevent first heartattacks in individuals who had no prior...he goal of reducing LDL cholesterol to100 mg/dL to prevent second heart attacks, although the data suggested thatbenefits slowly taper off as LDL approaches th...Most People Cant Identify Stroke Symptoms
... also need to learn about risk factors in order to prevent a stroke in thefirst place," said Dr. Pancioli. The NINDS has defined the following as symptoms of a stroke: sudden numbness, weakness, or paralysis of the face, arm, or leg, especially on one side of the body; sudden confusion or trouble talking or ...Preventing Stroke: The Choice Between Aspirin And Warfarin
... from the use of anticoagulants suchas warfarin to prevent stroke. The study identifies certain patients with acommon type of irregular heartbeat called atrial fibrillation, and a low-riskfor stroke who fare well by taking aspirin instead of warfarin to preventstroke. Previous studies have shown that warfa...Widely Used Therapy May Not Be Effective In Treatment Of Acute Stroke
..., the urgency for treatment with anticoagulants to prevent recurrent stroke may not be as great as previously...oagulants (forexample, warfarin) have been used to prevent stroke in high-risk persons. However, the value of giving these medications to patients once a strok...Researchers Identify Candidate Immunosuppressant With Fewer Side Effects
...pressant drugs used today, cyclosporin A andFK506, prevent the rejection of foreign organs or bone marrow by ... and FK506 blockthe active site of calcineurin and prevent it from acting on any other moleculeswithin the cell. The peptide, on the other hand, only blocks sp...