Aspirin withdrawal may pose risk to coronary patients
... "Our study shows that aspirin therapy can not be safely stopped in any case, but especially in patients with a history of coronary disease." Researchers from University Hospital Pasteur reviewed the cases of 1,236 patients hospitalized for coronary syndromes to determine which patients were hospitalized d...Bone cells help call the shots for the blood's stem cells within
...ause the compound we used is already known to work safely in people, so we can start looking quickly to see whether this strategy will work in people too." Calvi began the work when she was a physician at Massachusetts General Hospital. A physician who specializes in treating patients with osteoporosis, sh...New drug proves helpful for treating long-term insomnia
...tment of insomnia are not only feasible but can be safely performed." The research findings appear in the Nov. 1, 2003, issue of the journal Sleep. The researchers randomized 788 patients aged 21 to 69 into a six-month, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of three-milligram nightly doses of eszopiclone t...Cancer risk calculated with Pap test every 3 years; found comparable to male breast cancer
Many women can safely extend their cervical cancer screening interval to three years, according to a new study published in The New England Journal of Medicine. "For the last 15 years guidelines have suggested that women with several prior normal Pap tests can be screened...Monkeys consciously control a robot arm using only brain signals
... technology and to create systems that can be used safely in humans," he said. "However, the results so far lead us to believe that these brain-machine interfaces hold enormous promise for restoring function to paralyzed people." The researchers are already conducting preliminary studies of human subjects, ...Alzheimer's Association cautious about new Alzheimer treatment research with antibiotics
...s so that physicians can find a therapy that works safely and effectively for every person with the disease," Thies said. Newly published research suggests that 4.5 million Americans now have Alzheimer's disease. As the baby boom generation ages, the estimated Alzheimer prevalence is 11.3 million to 16 mil...Standard treatment for rare form of deafness no more effective than placebo
... methotrexate as a possible treatment. The drug is safely and effectively used to treat rheumatoid arthritis and lupus, other forms of autoimmune disease. The three-year study included 67 participants with rapidly progressing hearing loss in both ears. After taking steroids for a month, they were randomly a...'Voice academy' Web site, funded by NIDCD grant, helps teachers address voice problems
...um" that provides voice health tips such as how to safely handle a glottal attack (a snap or click heard with words beginning with a vowel). The site is designed for kindergarten through high school teachers and college instructors, although the information also is relevant for preschool teachers, said Juli...NIAID reports 'tremendous progress' in biodefense research
...address the serious shortage of such facilities to safely conduct research on biodefense and emerging infectious diseases. It also has developed and expanded contracts to screen new drugs; develop new animal models; establish a reagent and specimen repository; and provide researchers with genomic, proteomic...Symptom improvement seen in schizophrenia patients switched to Risperdal Consta
...h other antipsychotic medication could be switched safely and effectively to Risperdal Consta without a three-week period of "overlap treatment" with oral risperidone. Patients were continued on their previous antipsychotic medication for the first three weeks after the Risperdal Consta injections started, ...UCLA scientists invent search-and-destroy method to flush HIV out of hiding places in body
...body of all latent HIV, the patient may be able to safely discontinue antiretroviral therapy." In another possible scenario, physicians might first administer a therapeutic vaccine to enhance the ability of the patient's T-cells to kill HIV-infected cells. This would help the two-step approach rid the body...Midwife shortages contributing to 'near misses' on labour wards
... dedication of midwives, the system cannot operate safely and effectively when the number of midwives is inadequate, midwives are poorly deployed, and they are unable to undertake training and update their skills, they conclude....Nevirapine sustains advantage over AZT during breastfeeding period
...new evidence that short-course NVP effectively and safely reduces the number of children who eventually become infected with HIV. Efficacy data for all time points up to 18 months are published in the Sept. 13 issue of the British journal The Lancet. A final follow-up study will be conducted in 2004 when th...Blood dilution during bypass surgery associated with kidney damage
...sue of the Annals of Thoracic Surgery. In order to safely operate on a non-beating heart, physicians attach the body to a heart-lung machine, which takes over for the stopped heart in circulating oxygen-rich blood throughout the body. To prime the pump, physicians add fluid -- usually a balanced saline solu...New Mayo Clinic approach to kidney transplants means more patients can be successfully transplanted
... then be negative -- and a kidney transplant could safely proceed. The Technology To dilute a patient's antibody profile, doctors used a well-known and easily obtainable technology in a new way. They sent patients through a series of blood-filtering treatments called plasmapheresis. In it, blood is taken ...Wireless technology may help doctors treat patients
...ately. "Ultimately, this way of tracking data and safely sharing information could be extended to almost every part of our patient care," Schuler said....UI researchers use SIREN driving simulator to study driving risk factors
... at risk on the road. SIREN also has been used to safely assess the effects of alcohol and illicit drugs on driving behavior. Together with visiting Dutch scientists, Rizzo and colleagues recently found evidence that abstinent younger users of common recreational drugs of abuse, "Ecstasy" (MDMA) and mariju...Study shows pharmacist-physician partnership reduces health care costs, bad drug interactions
...problems that adversely affect patients' care, can safely solve patient medication problems, including potentially dangerous drug interactions, by using the collaborative care approach, according to the study published today in the Archives of Internal Medicine. A pharmacist-physician partnership is one typ...The trojan clot-buster: Drug-coated red blood cells destroy blood clots from within
...ge of red blood cells and tPA has the potential of safely preventing thrombosis following surgery and as a therapeutic for victims of heart attack or stoke. "If developed for humans, the RBC/tPA method could provide an ideal way of delivering clot-busting drugs, with fewer side effects," said Muzykantov. "...This is your heart on drugs: Study improves ER treatment for cocaine's heart effects
...require admission to the hospital and which can be safely discharged home," says lead author Dr. Jim Edward Weber, a University of Michigan emergency medicine physician who led the study of patients at Hurley Medical Center in Flint, MI. Weber notes that the study was made possible by cooperation between Hu...