Procter & Gamble Supports Yale University Collaboration For Public Health Training Throughout China
...in Guangzhou, Beijing, Chengdu andTianjin -- which produce a wide range of household products. Founded in 1837, Procter & Gamble is one of the world's largest consumerproducts manufacturers, with worldwide sales of $35.8 billion.P&G has operations in more than 70 countries, and markets more than 300 ...Studies Look At Threshold Effect Of Cholesterol-Lowering "Statin" Drugs
...archers, who expected continued lowering of LDL to produce a corresponding reduction in heart attack risk. According to Grundy, "These three trials are all landmark trials in thecholesterol field. All show that effective cholesterol lowering with statinsproduce striking reductions in coronary heart disease...Health Workers May Experience Costly Dislocation As Health Spending Growth Slows
...ate sector employees in the United States--work to produce health services. Between 1988 and 1996, private health sector employment grew at a 3.7% average annual rate, substantially faster than the 1.6% annual growth in jobs in the private non-farm economy as a whole. But the latest available employment stat...Emerging Pathogens And Safety Of Fresh Produce Key Issues Facing Food IndustryAnd Scientists
...er used for irrigation, or water in the soil where produce is grown. As commontransmission vehicles, shellfi...ers. Ways to ensure the safety of fresh produce will be discussed in "Washingand Sanitizing Treatments for Fresh Fruits and Vegetables" (Session 65,...Cost-Effective Treatment Possible In Africa For HIV-Positive Pregnant Women If Drug Prices Lowered
...). Study findings showed other factors combined to produce a cost-effectiveoutcome--such as a short-course of drug therapy and a high prevalence ofHIV-positive women of child-bearing age--but drug prices had the most impact. The UCSF team found drug costs need to be about 25 percent of current prices inthe i...New Treatment Targets Most Malignant Brain Tumors
... conventional methods,"Zalutsky said. "And now can produce enough Astatine-211 to treat severalpatients in just a few hours. "Combined with our methods for attaching Astatine-211 to antibodies thatcan be quickly and easily carried out by a technician, we can now evaluate theeffectiveness of Astatine-...Abstinence Reduces HIV For High-Risk Women - Even Those Who Relapse - Study Shows
...ting need noteliminate risk behaviors totally, nor produce permanent reductions in riskbehaviors; even interv...rtance of developing behavioral interventions that produce sustainedreductions in risk behavior. Although the break-even levels of risk behaviorreduction are s...UCSF Study Finds Popular Blood Thinner Does Not Weaken Bones
...bout osteoporosis. Because post-menopausal women produce substantially less estrogen - whichprotects bones from weakening - most older women are at risk of bone loss andfractures, she said. In fact, one in ten white, post-menopausal women willfracture their hip at some point, she said. Therefore, it is imp...Study Finds St. John's Wort Can Cut Alcohol Consumption
...e. "Itis reported to be as effective as Prozac and produce fewer side effects." Rezvani presented his findings Tuesday (June 23) in Hilton Head, S.C.,at the annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism. He also willpresent them in Copenhagen next week at a meeting of the International Society...Research Explains Lithium's Dual Anti-Manic/Anti-Depressive Effect
...n less neurotransmitter in thesynapse, which would produce an anti-manic effect. "We were especially interested to find that the reuptake mechanism in the 18lithium-treated mice was stabilized in a very narrow range, compared to the 18controls," he said. Hokin speculates a compensatory mechanism in the reu...Novel Therapy To Treat Lung Cancer Patients Enrolling Patients At UCSF Cancer Center
...off itssupply of nutrients and oxygen. Many cells produce VEGF to help stimulate the growth and migration of...ealing. But many types of human cancer cells also produce VEGF, and theyproduce higher than normal levels. During the clinical trial of the anti-VEGF antibod...New "Body-Friendly" Fat Substitute Can Help To Transform
...at bran. Dr. Warner said she also used Nu-Trim to produce non-dairy"milkshake" beverages with high levels of beta-glucans. AGFD 97, Tues., Aug. 25, 9:40 a.m., Marriott Copley Place, Salon G, 4th Floor Lyn O'Brien Nabors, Calorie Control Council, Atlanta, Ga., discussed theincreasing consumer interest in t......s, we avoided thedrawbacks of drugs that appear to produce undesirable side effects byinterfering with the normal functioning of dopamine," Moghaddam explained. Researchers have been searching intensively for a drug that couldreplace current schizophrenia medications, such as haloperidol, which can...Health Promotion: Can Scare Tactics Work?
...ion & Behavior. "Fear appeal campaigns can produce multiple outcomes, some of whichinterfere with desired behavior changes," they write, and while some suchcampaigns do persuade people that they face a significant threat, if not donecorrectly they also promote denial or avoidance of the issue, which ...Jefferson Physician Warns Further Study Of DHEA's Safety Needed
...f that it will enhance their strength. DHEA can produce unpleasant side-effects in women as well. A 1994 study showed that blood testosterone measurements rose in most females given DHEA, and in some cases, doubled their male hormone levels. This, in turn, can result in acne, unsightly facial hair, irr...Patients are sought for a clinical study to determine
...le, Ariz. Parkinson's occurs when the brain cannot produce enough dopamine, causing patients to lose the ability to control their own movements. Levodopa andMirapex are dopamine agonists that work by fooling the brain into thinking thatdopamine exists. When effective, these medications allow patients to re...UCSF Study In Rats Suggests Synthetic Drug Mimicking Marijuana Might Be Used To Treat Pain
...rong analgesic effects for many typesof pain, they produce side effects such as nausea and respiratory depres...g effects of cannabinoids. Since cannabinoids also produce a loss of motor coordination, the researchershad to test the hypothesis that turning off the RVM sim...Doctors' Handwriting Is The Worst
... when asked to write a neatly as possible, doctors produce handwriting that is worse than that of other health professions. However, the study also found that legibility was confined to letters of the alphabet rather than numbers which perhaps indicates the importance attached by doctors to the legibility o......number ofdifferent compounds, interacting together produce that pure, simple smell." Foods, in genera...r constituents -- linalool, neral and geranial -- produce 80percent of the odor activity. However, without the newly identified component,limes just don't sm...