Can We Prevent Hearing Loss In Elderly Women?
...ements of vitamin B-12and folate can, indeed, help prevent or delay age-related hearing loss. While this growing body of evidence supporting micronutrient intakesends many Americans scurrying for their local vitamin retailer, most nutrition scientists agree that eating a balanced diet is still the best way t...Antibiotics Reduce Inflammation In Heart Disease But Effect On Heart Attacks Remains Unproven
...ary heart disease,but it has not yet been shown to prevent heart attacks, according to earlyresults of a study reported today in Circulation: Journal of the American HeartAssociation. These findings have led the study's author and principal investigator, JeffreyL. Anderson, M.D., chief of the division of car...Emory Receives $14 Million Federal Grant To Coordinate 50-Site Brain Attack Prevention Trial
...ke Away? Doctors don't know how best to prevent stroke caused by clogged arteriesin the brain -- a condition known as intracranial arterial stenosis. To better evaluate two potential tactics for preventing this type ofstroke in high-risk patients, the National Institute of Neurological ...New Research Points The Way To Restoring Noise-Induced Hearing Loss In Mammals, Including Humans
...kinase inhibitors. These inhibitors are thought to prevent thecells that survive damage from noise or other causes from re-entering the cellcycle and dividing and proliferating. In the current research, Rubel and colleagues show that a particularkinase inhibitor, p27Kip1, is expressed in the supporti...UI Study Finds Many Physicians Withhold Pain Medication
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...nvestigating how the disease progresses and how to prevent it. The MACS originally was composed of clinical r...ovided a rational basis forinitiating treatment to prevent PCP once T-cell levels dropped below thatthreshold. In early 1990, the MACS underwent a fundamental...Statement from Claude Lenfant, M.D., NHLBI Director, on Trends in Hypertension
... forphysicians and patients to redouble efforts to prevent and treat hypertension. The JNC VI guidelines urge a population-wide approach to prevent high bloodpressure through lifestyle changes to affect overall cardiovascular deaths anddisability. ...NHLBI Urges Americans To Take Control Of Their Hypertension
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...acle drugs," with recent research showing it helps prevent suicide in peoplewith bipolar disorder and may be effective in altering the course of some ofmankind's most intractable diseases such as cancer and AIDS. On May 6-11, 1999,medical researchers from around the world will celebrate the 50th anniversary ...Postpartum Help Needed To Keep Recent Mothers From Resuming Smoking Habit
... "This is the first trial designed specifically to prevent smokingrelapse in postpartum and to test different...ention provided during pregnancywould be enough to prevent smoking relapse or if we had to extend intopostpartum," explained McBride, interim director of Duke ...UCSF-Harvard Team Reports Encouraging Results In Drug Study Of Mice With Cancer
...in. Thegoal of the first stage of the trial was to prevent the angiogenic switch incells prior to the initial formation of solid tumors; in the second, tointervene in the rapid expansion of small tumors; and in the third to causeregression of large, end-stage cancers. (While each of the drugs actsdifferently...Heart Experts Call For Action Against Missed Opportunities To Prevent Heart Disease In Women
...d ACC say is the wide gap between what is known to prevent heartdisease in women and what actually is being done. The scientific statement, "Guide to Preventive Cardiology for Women,"which is published today in the Journal of the American College of Cardiologyand will appear in the May 11 issue of Ci...Measles Eradication Plan Approved
... urging countries to take a pro-active approach to prevent measlesoutbreaks," which caused over 100 deaths in 1997 and 1998 in Argentina andBrazil. "It will be critical to implement PAHO's recommended vaccinationstrategy for measles eradication in full, and include other groups potentiallyat high risk for m...UI Study Suggests Promising Treatment For Diabetic Pregnancies
...unless powerful anti-rejections drugs areused. To prevent rejection without the need for anti-rejection drugs, investigatorsare encapsulating the pancreatic islet cells within a gelatin. The materialallows small substances such as glucose and insulin to pass freely but preventsthe large molecules and cells ...Major Causes Of Early Childhood Death From Injury Identified
...formation for planning interventions that can help prevent this needless,tragic loss of life." The in... income. Dr. Brenner added that efforts to prevent childhood injuries andinjury-related deaths should continue to focus on such general strategies as t......work in development of IVIG therapy as an agent to prevent and treattransplant rejection has already changed pediatric transplant practices," saidDr. Jordan. "The data generated from our lab and clinical programs have alreadyshown that this treatment has significant promise for many patients, both adultand p...