AEDs user-friendly -- even for children
...ng course. "Training is crucial. While this study proves that AEDs are extremely easy touse, it's important to remember that you can't just arrive on the scene of anemergency and hook someone up to the device. People who need an AED also needsomeone who knows CPR. And it's important to remember that not ...Drug trends among American teens
... mounting accidental death toll among young people proves it. We will be asking about its use in our next survey." The use of anabolic steroids by males in their early- to mid-teens jumped some in 1999. Among eighth-grade boys, the proportion reporting any use in the prior year rose from 1.6 percent in...Common pathway found in early stages of addiction to alcohol and many drugs
...h the experience of pleasure from alcohol. If this proves to be true, she says, then blocking this component of learning could contribute to treating addiction. Colleagues in the research and co-authors with Carmarini on the paper are Roberto Frussa-Filho, Maristela Goldnadel Monteiro and Helena Maria C...The bone marrow is the source of mature liver cells
...Yale University School of Medicine scientists that proves for the first time that this process occurs in humans. "We have proven that in humans there are stem cells for the liver in the bone marrow," says Neil Theise, M.D., Associate Professor of Pathology at New York University School of Medicine, the......in Hamburg, Germany. * "This report indisputably proves that high-dose interferon alfa 2b is the standard adjuvant therapy for high-risk melanoma patients," stated Dr. Kirkwood, director of the UPCI's Melanoma Center. "It is my hope and expectation that these results will motivate many more physicians who......department, School of Pharmacy. "I hope this study proves to be an impetus to increase the use of beta-blockers for all those who can benefit from them." Senior author on the study is Lee Goldman, MD, MPH, professor and chair of medicine at UCSF. The research draws on a well-respected model of cardiac heal...VA trial to weigh aspirin against other anti-clotting drugs in heart disease patients
...ailure patients under some circumstances. If this proves to be so, many of these patients will be switched to warfarin or clopidogrel." When the study is completed, Massie said, doctors will be able to choose among the three medicines based on three important factors: efficacy, safety and cost. One of t...Safer estrogen targets painful intercourse in older women
...n tested in humans. If the new estrogen ultimately proves to restore some of the physical comfort of sexual intercourse in postmenopausal women while reducing health risks, it could provide an important new tool in the treatment of female sexual dysfunction in much the same way that Viagra has helped reliev...Annals of Internal Medicine, Tip Sheet, October 2, 2001
...trolled trial," and, if high-dose cyclophosphamide proves to generate durable, complete remission in aplastic anemia, the drug has "broad implications for the treatment of many severe autoimmune diseases." An editorial cautions that at this time, cyclophosphamide should still be considered an experimental a...Elderly lung cancer patients tolerate aggressive chemotherapy as well as younger patients
...er Center and lead author on the paper. This study proves that relatively fit elderly patients can tolerate more aggressive chemotherapy to treat non-small cell lung cancer. In the retrospective analysis, medical records were evaluated of 574 patients who were diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer,...Chemical attraction needed to launch an immune attack
...ting the movement of autoreactive B cells. If this proves to be true, they think they may be on the path to resolving what goes wrong in some people to cause auto-antibody-mediated disease. Understanding this malady at the molecular level has been a long standing problem in immune system research....Cancer patients' loss of taste, smell compromises treatment
...he same foods without enhancers. If the treatment proves successful in cancer patients, it will provide an important tool in helping to combat the weight and body-mass loss patients often experience, said Garst. "As oncologists, we can become so focused on the medical treatments of the disease that we ove...New drug holds promise to block clots in people with artery disease
...s remained stable across all groups. Even if this proves to be a modest advance, modest steps forward in treating a disease that affects millions of people every year is pretty good, says Harrington. Further trials are needed to study whether the new agent can reduce clotting, while minimizing bleeding, i...First quarter 2002 prescription drug spending: Higher again, but rate of increase drops
...ation provided by our studies of COX-2 utilization proves useful to them, added Cox. COX-2 drugs aside, aspirin therapy has been shown to confer numerous benefits, although use at too high a dose can put an individual at risk for gastrointestinal complications. Individuals may not be aware of the potential ...UF research: For stroke recovery, two therapies better than one
...ming persistent disability on one side of the body proves elusive, particularly as time passes. Mack Statham, 64, said he had little use of his right arm after his stroke four years ago, requiring that he learn to do everything with his left hand. After undergoing the combined therapy, however, he's been ...With cues from nature, scientists develop new method to purify drugs
...eparate from it the undesired one. The experiment proves the concept of "biologically active membranes," Martin said. For such membranes to become a useful tool in the drug-making industry, both the rate and volume of flow of the desired molecule through the membrane would have to be far higher, he said. T...Saint Louis University researcher: 'Pet therapy' works
...is on target. "For the first time, it quantifiably proves there are real social benefits to the animal-patient bond. It moves assisted animal therapy beyond anecdotal evidence into real science," said researcher William Banks, M.D., professor of geriatrics in the department of internal medicine and professo...Investigational mesh 'jackets' studied as an experimental therapy for heart failure
...ed for new treatment options. "We hope this device proves to be beneficial to Evelyn and others like her who may not qualify for a transplant but who are too ill to even carry on the activities of daily living."...New HIV vaccine holds promise of global effectiveness
...candidate elicits an effective immune response and proves safe in clinical testing, we will include additional components in subsequent trials in hopes of boosting this response. Ultimately, we aim to build a potent vaccine designed to prevent HIV infection." The trial vaccine is a DNA vaccine, a kind sh...... "even if the toxicity of higher doses of imatinib proves intolerable for clinical translation of these results, the identification of the target or targets of imatinib that lead to cytotoxicity in Ewing's sarcoma may allow the design of related compounds with increased specificity to induce death of Ewing'...