Newly Updated HIV Treatment Guidelines For Adults And Adolescents Available On The World Wide Web
...nts to a degreecomparable to widely used treatment regimens that combine a protease inhibitordrug with AZT and...aining regimen as an"alternative" to the preferred regimens delineated in the Guidelines, whichinclude two nucleoside analog reverse transcriptase inhibitors in...Retrospective Statistical Analysis Corroborates Early Results Of Randomized Breast Cancer Trials
...een treated with various conventional chemotherapy regimens from1980 to 1992, while the 638 ABMTR patients were treated with various regimens ofhigh-dose chemotherapy with bone marrow or stem cell transplants from 1989 to1995. The CALGB tri...UI Study Yields Encouraging Results For New Breast Cancer Treatment
...en and is 35 to 40 percent more intensive than the regimens used in therecently reported studies. We administer our regimen in a highly specializedtransplant unit, not in the outpatient setting. It is associated with an 11percent mortality rate, but the payoff may be a higher proportion of womensurviving wi...Immune system rebounds for some children with AIDS, finds UF study
...re lookingat newer and even more potent medication regimens and their effects on theimmune system. Over the next year or so, we should begin to know the resultsof these studies." The Pediatric AIDS Foundation recently awarded Sleasman a $192,000 grant tocontinue his research. During the next two years, he pla......e safety and efficacy of twodifferent short-course regimens of antiviral drugs administered late inpregnancy. ...fectedpregnant women already take combination drug regimens that include AZT. A studynow being conducted in the United States and Europe is evaluating if addin...Heart failure deaths reduced by 30 percent
...ng an established medication to standard treatment regimens for heartfailure reduced deaths by 30 percent. While the article will not appear in thejournal until later this year, the life-saving potential of the informationcaused the editorial staff to post the findings on its Internet site, www.nejm.org . Th...UCSF Cancer Center joins elite group of National Cancer Institute-designated centers
...malities and enable clinicians to tailor treatment regimens to individualpatients according to genetic charact...herapies, as well as improvements in existing drug regimens andradiotherapeutic treatments are underway at UCSF. BASIC SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH: The work of lab...A leading cause of blindness may be controlled by simple course of oral antibiotic
...earchers compared the effect of the two antibiotic regimens on infectionrates in villages located in trachoma endemic areas where transmission ofinfection is high. The villages were in the African countries of Egypt, TheGambia and Tanzania. Village-by-village comparison of treatments showed thatthree doses ...A leading cause of preventable blindness may be controlled by simple course of oral antibiotic
...earchers compared the effect of the two antibiotic regimens on infectionrates in villages located in trachoma endemic areas where transmission ofinfection is high. The villages were in the African countries of Egypt, TheGambia, and Tanzania. Previous studies have shown that topical antibiotics reduced the se...Statement from Dr. Claude Lenfant, director, NHLBI and Dr. Phillip Gorden, director, NIDDK
...ectiveness ofseveral new medications and treatment regimens to reduce the complications ofdiabetes. Until ways to prevent or cure diabetes are found, such trials offerthe best opportunity to reduce the burden of diabetes. Surveys show that physicians often are not emphasizing approaches to reduce therisk of...New HIV drug intervention cheap and effective
...re feasible and less expensive "short-course" drug regimens that can be started late in pregnancy. All involve different doses and timing of antiviral drugs. The newest treatment uses nevirapine and has recently been tested in a clinical trial called HIVNET 012. The nevirapine regimen resulted in almost 50 ......,Pfizer. Azithromycin is one of the standard drug regimens given patients toprevent MAC. Patients whose CD4+ T-cell counts later fell below 50 wereswitched to open-label azithromycin. An interim analysis of the data accrued through the end of July 1999 showed thatafter a median follow-up of 56 weeks, there ...Keep taking the medicine, diabetes research warns
...abetes must be highly individualised and different regimens may suit some patients better than others. There is also a strong need for new anti-diabetes drugs, which maintain their effectiveness long-term and are well tolerated. "It appears that many people with type 2 diabetes do not realise the dangers asso...Wake Forest to coordinate huge national study to prevent cardiovascular disease in diabetes
...onal control ofblood sugar. The two intensive drug regimens also will be compared with eachother. And intensive control of blood pressure and of elevated levels oflow-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol will be compared with conventionalcontrol. Doctors will shoot to lower LDL below 100 in patients ...New DNA chip method could improve cancer diagnosis
...ssful treatment ofthe disease because chemotherapy regimens for the two vary considerably. And,although the distinctions between AML and ALL are well established, no singletest is currently sufficient to establish the diagnosis, researchers say. Current clinical practice involves a battery of tests, each per...Bristol-Meyers Squibb submits NDA for new formulation of once daily videx(R)(didanosine)
...one in our quest to ease the management of complex regimens for patients." Today's antiretroviral drug regimens can be complicated and often result in unpleasant or serious side effects. As many as four drugs ar...AIDS researchers get $10 million to continue studies
...s have evolved from early studies with single-drug regimens to the current drug "cocktails" that make up high ...studies have: * Shown how new combinations of drug regimens can help people who have responded poorly to or exhausted other approaches * Proven the value of sp......n effective mix of medication and health lifestyle regimens to control blood pressure. Group B members are most likely to depend on medication and have high adherence rates. They also have high rates of smoking and alcohol use and are less likely to exercise regularly. Members of group C are most likely to...Social support and confidence predict medication adherence for AIDS patients
...on's perceived confidence in adhering to treatment regimens also seem particularly important, especially at th...er life activities, use strategies to make complex regimens easier to recall, and consult with their health care providers when questions about regimens arise o...