Mini-Pill Increases Risk Of Chronic Diabetes In Women With History Of Diabetes During Pregnancy
...ol pills and the 78 women who were breast-feeding received theprogestin-only contraceptives. For women who wish to breast-feed and take hormonal contraceptives, doctorsusually prescribe progestin-only oral contraceptives because they do notinterfere with milk production. In the present study, women were swi...Remembering Your Medications: Older Are Wiser
...ers. After these initial assessments, participants received the prescriptions theywere taking in new containers, special bottles with caps containing tinyelectronic monitoring chips that recorded exactly when the bottles were opened. After eight weeks, all the participants turned in the new containers. Thein...Guidelines Not Necessarily Guiding Physician Behavior, Study Says
...medical insurance had noimpact on whether patients received cholesterol-lowering drugs."For a population as demographically diverse as ours, this negative finding wasreassuring," says Frolkis. Co-authors are Stephen J. Zyzanski, Ph.D.; Jonathan M. Schwartz, M.B.A.; andPamela S. Suhan, R.N., M.B.A....Health Promotion: Can Scare Tactics Work?
... About half of their sample of 219 college women received a brochure onHPV with vivid, personalized language...PV risk or change inbehavior between the women who received the fear literature and those who didnot. But, when they looked more closely, they found that women...New Data Show Evista Reduces Spinal Fractures
...f postmenopausal osteoporosisin the U.S., has also received marketing approval in 27 other countriesworldwide. Lilly is a global, research-based pharmaceutical corporation headquartered inIndianapolis, Ind., dedicated to creating superior health care solutions inorder to help people live longer, healthy and m......ddition, the drug was well tolerated and women who received raloxifene hadno higher incidence of uterine bleed...had no spinal fractures uponentry of the trial and received raloxifene were 52 percent less likely to have afirst spinal fracture and women with a previous spin......omen in FIT was the sameregardless of whether they received alendronate or placebo. This was true evenamong women at the highest risk for GI problems, including those age 75 orolder, with a history of upper GI disease, or those who used aspirin ornon-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), medicines often...Some CFS Patients Benefit From Low-Dose Steroid, But Side Effects Too Risky
...ons. By random selection, half of the participants received low-dose oralhydrocortisone and the other half a p...f placebo recipients and 66.7 percent of those who received treatmentjudged their symptoms as improved. The hydrocortisone recipients experiencedsignificantly ...UCSF Study In Rats Suggests Synthetic Drug Mimicking Marijuana Might Be Used To Treat Pain
...the heat source as quickly as the rats who had not received thedrug. The test demonstrated that the RVM was c... takes forthem to fall off is measured. Rats that received WIN55, 212-2 showed a severeloss of motor coordination. However, after the RVN was shut down, a con...National Science Foundation Awards Knowledge And Distributed Intelligence Grants
...stment in KDI. Nearly 700 research proposals were received and reviewed by an advisory panel of 235 experts representing the full spectrum of scientific disciplines within the purview of the KDI initiative. "We were impressed with the number of excellent proposals," said Michael McCloskey, NSF's KDI coordin...Penn State Chemist Identifies New Lime Aroma Component
... whether the aroma changes." Chisholm, who received the 1998 Behrend Council of Fellows FacultyResearch Award, adds that the project is an excellent tool for educating andtraining students who learn to apply their analytical skills as well as tooperate equipment they may encounter in the work world af...UNC Researchers Find Drug-Resistant HIV In Semen
...e of the 11 had never taken drugs for HIV. Six had received previoustreatment with reverse transcriptase (RT) drugs, which are designed to block HIVfrom delivering its DNA into the cell. All subjects were identified withdetectable levels of the AIDS virus both in their blood and semen when the studybegan. ...UNC-CH Studies Show Medicine Can Reverse Osteoporosis From Transplants, Cystic Fibrosis
...l densities whencompared with control subjects who received no Pamidronate. Some 200 lung transplants take place in the world each year because ofcystic fibrosis, Aris estimated, besides the 10,000 to 20,000 other kinds oforgan transplants. "If you consider all the transplants that take place ...... University of Pittsburgh team of investigatorshas received a five-year, $5 million federal grant to speed drug discoverythrough revolutionary means--biocombinatorial chemistry. The National CancerInstitute (NCI) grant to Pittsburgh researchers is one of only three issuednationwide. Biocombinatorial chemist...UCSF Recruting Breast Cancer Patients For Herbal Therapy Study
...hemotherapy. The formula contains 21herbs and has received an Investigational New Drug (IND) license from the Foodand Drug Administration which is necessary to conduct a clinical trial. This novel trial is a crucial first step to integrating traditionalChinese medicine, where effective, into the standa...Hormone Therapy Increases Survival Of High Risk Prostate Cancer Patients
...onjunction with radiotherapy compared to those who received radiotherapyalone," Roach said. "This is the firs...rst five years of treatment. Conversely, those who received hormonal therapyin conjunction with radiotherapy had a 19 percent chance of dying of thedisease. Ro...Microwaves May Provide Early Detection Of Breast Cancer
...duating at the top of herMcCormick class. She also received national honors, including being named theoutstanding junior-year electrical engineering student in the U.S. for 1992. Other Northwestern members of the technical team include Milica Popovic, agraduate student in Taflove's group, and Alan Sahakian, ...Study Finds Less Intensive Treatments May Not Maintain HIV Suppression
...on, or initial,phase of the study, all individuals received the protease inhibitor indinavir(IDV) in combination with zidovudine (AZT) and lamivudine (3TC). After six months, more than 300 individuals whose viral loads had been reducedto 200 or fewer copies of HIV RNA/ml of blood were randomized to receive e...Cure Rate Soars For Some AML Patients Receiving High-Dose Drug
...ts with “core binding factor” AML who received the drug cytarabine at high dose were in comple...entially cured) compared to only 16 percent who received the standard dose. “It is truly remarkable to achieve a cure rate of over 75 percent in...Comprehensive Effort Needed To Prevent And Treat Traumatic Injuries
...e field of injury prevention and treatment has not received the sameconsistent public attention as the prevention and treatment of diseases." Injuries are the leading cause of death and disability among people under age 35in the United States. They result in nearly 150,000 deaths, 2.6 millionhospitalizations...