Team-centered program effective in reducing disordered eating among athletes
... positive changes in healthy eating behaviors, and reductions in intent to use diet pills in the future, vomiting to lose weight and tobacco use. "The ATHENA curriculum succeeded in most of its prevention and health promotion goals," the authors write. "Following their sport season, intervention students repor...FOSRENOL (R) maintains bone health status of end-stage renal disease patients
...monly utilized. Both treatment groups had similar reductions in serum phosphate of about 1.8 mg/dL. Maintenance of reduction was observed for up to three years in patients treated with FOSRENOL in long-term, open label extensions. No effects of FOSRENOL on serum levels of 25-dihydroxy vitamin D3, vitamin A, v......educe emissions in Russia but counts the emissions reductions for his own country or company. Putin spoke out in favour of the Kyoto Protocol after the European Union backed Russia's bid to join the World Trade Organisation this spring, prompting widespread speculation that the two issues were unofficially lin...FDA approves Fosrenol(R) in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients
... treated with FOSRENOL achieved rapid, significant reductions in serum phosphorus within one week of starting therapy 7 , and reached target levels within eight weeks. 8 FOSRENOL has also demonstrated long-term efficacy and safety, with some patients maintaining reduced phosphate levels for 36 months or mor...Biopharmaceutical manufacturing efficiencies signal reduced healthcare costs
October 13, 2004 (Washington, DC) Cost reductions associated with advances in large-scale biopharmac...Scale-up Production details the importance of cost reductions in biopharmaceutical manufacturing--paramount to the segment's competitiveness and the effort to red...Soy likely doesn't affect fertility, according to research in monkeys
... In the current study, subordinate monkeys had reductions in ovarian hormones and changes in the menstrual cycle pattern that were observed in the earlier research. Other researchers involved in the work were Thomas Clarkson, D.V.M., from Wake Forest Baptist, S. L. Berga, M.D., from Emory Universit...Weight loss surgery can help reduce metabolic syndrome in obese patients
...surgical treatment for weight loss had significant reductions in the components of the metabolic syndrome one year after surgery, according to an article in the October issue of The Archives of Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. According to the article, obese patients are at risk for numerous health p...Interactive breathing device found effective in lowering high systolic blood pressure
... in both medicated and non-medicated patients. The reductions were significantly greater than those observed in patients in the control group. Patients in both groups self-monitored their blood pressure with data-logging digital blood pressure monitors. "Interestingly, the level of blood pressure reduction was...Acute decrease in testosterone level has few negative effects on healthy men
CHICAGO Short-term, artificially-induced reductions in testosterone levels in healthy young men had little effect on mood or depressive symptoms, according to an article in the October issue of The Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. According to the article, levels of a...Vietnamese doctor to receive human rights award from NY Academy of Sciences
...government invest in the welfare of the people and reductions in the military. Charged with "activities aimed at overthrowing the People's government," he was rearrested in 1990. During his imprisonment under harsh conditions, Dr. Que did whatever he could to improve the health care of his fellow inmates, eve...GSK'S Requip(R) (ropinirole HCl) significantly reduces periodic leg movements in patients with RLS
...hat patients who were given Requip had significant reductions in the number of leg movements, resulting in fewer awakenings from sleep." PLMS are involuntary movements of the legs during sleep and are a feature seen in over 80 percent of patients with RLS. Restless Legs Syndrome, a condition that affects up to...Seeing the same physician regularly leads to better preventive care
...ed to improved outcomes in care. Examples include reductions in hospitalization and emergency room visits. "Current trends in health care delivery, including involuntary disenrollment from health insurance coverage, the emergence of managed care and larger physician groups, and the use of physician extenders, ...Naltrexone injections for alcohol dependence: once-a-month treatment helps maintain sobriety
... individuals who are highly compliant have greater reductions in alcohol consumption and risk of relapse than those individuals treated with a placebo. Naltrexone works by blocking brain opiate receptors, which in turn, modulate other brain chemicals like dopamine. Originally marketed for the treatment of ...College students mandated to take alcohol interventions: what works
...vidual abstinence-based browbeating sessions. The reductions in alcohol use that we found in the AE group, as well as the high satisfaction ratings, demonstrate that the environment in which the intervention occurs is very important. Simply creating a non-judgmental context in which alcohol information was pr...Handwashing program decreases incidence of diarrhea among children in Pakistan
...oup," the authors write. The authors found similar reductions in diarrhea in households using both plain and antibacterial soap. The authors report, "We found no significant difference in diarrheal disease among persons living in households receiving antibacterial soap compared with plain soap. This is not su...New research on reduced bone mass and risk of fracture in postmenopausal women
..." write the authors. "We conclude that substantial reductions in the population burden of osteoporotic fractures experienced by postmenopausal women cannot be accomplished simply by aggressively treating women with T scores of -2.5 or less," the authors write. (Arch Intern Med. 2004;164:1108-1112. Available p...UK Engineers open flight path to quieter aircraft
...ircraft configurations that could lead to dramatic reductions in noise. The SAI will build on results from two EPSRC-funded projects. The first has led to the development of computationally efficient calculations of the noise made by helicopter blades moving at high subsonic speeds. It involved developing inn...Increasing co-payments may reduce use of essential and non-essential medications
...years. "Doubling co-payments was associated with reductions in use of eight therapeutic classes," the authors ...tensive patients decreased by 10 percent. Larger reductions were observed for arthritis patients taking NSAIDs (27 percent) and allergy patients taking antihist...Childhood vaccination coverage affected by temporary suspension of hepatitis B vaccine
...ring 2000 compared with 1998." They add that these reductions also represent an excess 182,000 children undervaccinated for hepatitis B at 19 months of age compared with 1998 coverage levels. Coverage with other recommended vaccinations did not decline over this time. "Effective communication messages are a cri...Rectal artesunate could be initial treatment option for moderate to severe malaria
...ildren and adults given rectal artesunate achieved reductions of over one-third in parasite concentrations. Only 14% of children and 38% of adults given quinine achieved similar reductions. Professor Molyneux comments: "Provided early administration of rectal artesunate does not deter patients from reaching a ...