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...ly. Achieving more widespreaduse of warfarin, the researchers estimate, could prevent at least 10,000 strokesa year. The researchers examined how frequently patients with atrial fibrillationreceived prescriptions for warfarin, based ...Higher Prices Won't Stop Teenage Smokers
...young people decide to start smoking. The Cornell researchers say that a 20-cent a pack tax increase would reduc...e the number by about two percentage points. Some researchers have estimated this tax increase would reduce the number by as much as half. The study was carrie...Fat: It's Not For Breakfast Anymore; Study Finds Fat Linked To Clotting
...ith heart attack. Louise Mennen, M.D., and researchers at the division of human nutritionand epidemiology, Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands,conducted the study to identify dietary fats that might raise the risk of heartdisease. "Factor VIIa increases after intake of dietary fat," say...Successful Cancer Therapy May Doom Later Treatments To Failure
...shrink by cutting off their supply ofhormones. The researchers found that pore size varied among the six tumor types -- forexample, mouse breast tumors had much bigger openings than mouse livercancers -- and among sites within the same tumor. Solid tumors often contained amixture of bigger and smaller openings. ...A new study conducted by researchers in the National Institute of Child Healthand Human...d a two-week course ofdexamethasone. The researchers found that there was no benefit to the earlier steroidtreatment: there was no difference in the num..."TRAMAH" Model Seeks To Improve Emergency Response Paper Uses Maryland As Test Region
...severelyinjured people in a timely way. The TRAMAH researchers used Maryland, a statethat pioneered the trauma sy...cal depot sites. Access Improves To Over 99% The researchers analyzed the response to 26,774 severe injuries in Marylandbetween 1992 and 1994. During this period...Studies Look At Threshold Effect Of Cholesterol-Lowering "Statin" Drugs
...estern Medical Center in Dallas. In one report researchers found that the benefits of the popular statin drug..., M.D., associate professor of medicine, and other researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston. Another report in the same issue...Preventing Stroke: The Choice Between Aspirin And Warfarin
...bling stroke, however, was low in both groups. The researchers concluded that, while hypertension in atrial fibrillationpatients is a significant predictor of stroke, it remains to be seen whetherthese patients should take aspirin or warfarin. The final treatment decisionshould be made between the physician and...Widely Used Therapy May Not Be Effective In Treatment Of Acute Stroke
...n including speech therapy or physicaltherapy. The researchers found that at 7 days, patients receiving LMW heparinoid had a trend toward better recovery than did patients receiving only conventional therapy. However, by 3 months after stroke, the conventional therapy group had caught up with the anticoagulant ...New Stroke Treatment Likely To Decrease Health Care Costs And Increase Quality Of Life
...re is a net savings. For 1,000 t-PApatients, the researchers estimate an initial increase in hospital costs of $1.7million, but an eventual savings of $4.8 million in nursing home care costs and$1.3 million in rehabilitation costs. The overall impact is a net decrease ofmore than $4 million in health care cos...Researchers Identify Candidate Immunosuppressant With Fewer Side Effects
...c step in the immunesystem's signaling pathway, so researchers anticipate that it will not causeserious side effects. Anjana Rao, professor of pathology, Patrick Hogan, investigator, andtheir colleagues at Harvard Medical School and the Center for Blood Researchmade a peptide that binds to calcineurin, a...Research Offers New Tool In Fight Against Prostate Cancer
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...rug prices arelowered, according to a new study by researchers at the University of CaliforniaSan Francisco AIDS ...d 14 percent in rural regions. In the UCSF study, researchers evaluated the economics of combination therapyusing the AIDS antiviral drugs AZT and 3TC. The team ...Scientists Create Extremely Sensitive Test For Detecting Radiation Damage
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