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UCSF Study Finds Popular Blood Thinner Does Not Weaken Bones

...d effect onbone," said Sophie A. Jamal, MD, a UCSF research fellow and the study'sprincipal investigator. The women studied were part of the large multicenterstudy of osteoporotic fractures, run by Steven R. Cummings, MD, UCSF professorof medicine. UCSF researchers were concerned that warfarin increased the r...

Duke Physicians Find Intensive Radiation Therapy Can Save Lives, Improve Quality Of Life For Patients With Head And Neck Cancers

... issueof the New England Journal of Medicine. The research was funded in part by theDuke Comprehensive Cancer Center. "The improvement for these patients was significant enough that this nowconstitutes our standard of care at Duke," said Dr. David M. Brizel, associateprofessor of radiation oncology a...

Montana Anti-Cancer Discovery Sublicensed To Major Drug Manufacturer

...tion in the yew tree and incorporatedthe gene into research on the MSU fungi. That technology is also part of ...sthey yield. Funding for the Montana taxol research has came from the Montana Scienceand Technology Alliance, the American Cancer Society, the National ...

Landmark Study Shows Behavioral Interventions Reduce HIV-Related Sexual Risk Behavior

...tions at multiple sites across the U.S. The research is published in the June 19, 1998 issue of Science. Theseven sites were: Columbia University, New York City Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland The Medi...

18 Millionth Chemical Substance Entered In World's Largest Database Of ChemicalInformation

...Abstracts Service reviews and summarizes chemistry research in patents,conference proceedings and more than 8,000 scientific journals; in the process,CAS scientists identify new chemical substances mentioned in new scholarlyreports, and capture them in the CAS Registry file. New chemical substances are added ...

Over 6,000 Technical Presentations Will Reveal New Findings At National Chemists' Meeting In Boston, August 23 - 27

...ciety publishes scientific journals,convenes major research conferences, and provides educational, science policyand career programs in chemistry. Its main offices are in Washington, D.C., andColumbus, Ohio....

Antidepressants Can Lead To Mouth Infections

... General Hospital Psychiatry is a peer-reviewed research journalpublished bimonthly by Elsevier Science. For information about the journal,contact the editor, Dr. Don Lipsitt, at (617) 499-5008. Posted by the Center for the Advancement of Health www.chah.org >. Forinformation about the Center contac...

Modafinil Improves The Quality Of Life Of Narcolepsy Patients

...p disorders. However,during the past 12 years her research has exclusively focused on excessivedaytime sleepiness in patients with narcolepsy. For more information on herwork, visit her Web site at http://www.umich.edu/~nursing/narcoplepsy/ ....

Safe And Effective Treatment For Acute Repetitive Seizures

...ial is a strikingexample of how a relatively small research investment, in this case about$850,000, will save ...sda,Maryland, is the nation's leading supporter of research on the brain and thenervous system and a lead agency for the Congressionally designated Decade ofthe...

International Panel Evaluates Testing For Drug Resistance In HIV

...rom six countries, experts in AIDStreatment and in research relevant to the issue of resistance. The group wa...earch conference presentations, basic and clinical research studies andinformation from the manufacturers of available resistance assays and metregularly over a...

OHSU Scientists Begin Human Trials Of A Drug Aimed At The Underlying Cause Of Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia

... for larger trials," saidDruker. Druker's research is supported by grants from the National Institutes ofHealth and the Leukemia Society of America. More Details Bud Romine is a retired conductor from the Southern Pacific Railroad. Hewas diagnosed with chronic myelogenous leukemia in Septembe...

New Study Indicates Lightning Can Kill Without Leaving a Mark

...e lightning itself.Biophysical calculations by the research team indicate that in such cases,intense magnetic ...tal. All are members of the Lightning Data Center research groupthat meets monthly in Denver to discuss the medical aspects of lightning andother electrical in...

Ulcer Drug Linked To Birth Defects

...y24 medications proven to cause birth defects. The research is reported in theJune 25 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. "Our research determined that misoprostol causes a congenital facial paralysisknown as Mobius syndrome," explains ...

Voluntary HIV Counseling And Testing Reduce Risk Behavior In Developing Countries

...s that can lead to HIV infection, according to new research findings."We designed a study to definitively answ...IDSConference. The largest study of its kind, the research is a collaborative project of theUCSF ARI and several international organizations. Researchers looke...

Extreme Prematurity Brings Two-Fold Increase In Risk Of Repeating A Grade, Needing Special Education

...hor on the study. "What we found through this research was that rescuing these babies has not exaggerated the burden from pre-surfactant days. Many children do have trouble in school, but the level of special education needs has remained fairly stable from the pre-surfactant to post-surfactant era. If ...

Thousands Of AIDS Deaths Could Be Prevented With Expanded Medicaid Coverage, UCSF Study Concludes

... and cost of HIV medications and care.Brian Haile, research associate, UCSF Institute for Health Policy Studies, was astudy co-investigator. The research was supported by a grant from the Henry J. Kaiser FamilyFoundation, Menlo Park, Calif. The UCSF ARI...

UCSF Researchers Seeing Increased Rates Of Unprotected Sex Among San Francisco Gay Men

...t older.Both presentations are based on an ongoing research project called the SanFrancisco Young Men's Health...rams under a single umbrella. It includes a dozen research institutes, awide range of clinical, behavioral science, and policy programs, and nearly1,000 invest...

Many Gay Men Infected With HIV Are Opting To Delay Treatment, Despite Availability Of Drugs

...difficult drug regimen, said Ron Stall, PhD, MPH,a research scientist with the UCSF Center for AIDS Prevention...hD, is the director. TheUCSF ARI includes a dozen research institutes, a wide range of clinical,behavioral science, and policy programs, and nearly 1,000 inves...

Only Eight Percent Of San Francisco HIV-Positive Urban Poor Receive Protease Inhibitors

...irdrugs, the HIV treatment became ineffective. The research project, called the REACH study for "Research in A...as medical director of the study. He presented the research findings here today (July 1) at the 12th World AIDSConference. "This is the first study of anti-retr...

HIV Patients' Mental Health Affects How Seriously They Take Treatment

...ht against HIV and the onsetof AIDS. Now that the research has shown some of the reasons why patients may be laxabout their treatment, health care providers can take steps to fight thosesituations, Holzemer said. By knowing that depression, for example, influences patients' adherence totreatment, health care...

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