Penn researchers announce results of Phase I trial using combretastatin drug
... patients with solid cancerous tumors were able to safely tolerate a new drug, originally derived from a South African willow bush, that interacts with the tumor's blood supply. James P. Stevenson, MD, assistant professor of medicine at Penn and lead author of the study, will present these findings at the...Hospital stays of three days for uncomplicated heart attack
DURHAM, N.C. -- Hospitals could safely discharge patients with low-risk heart attacks within three days, but most keep them five days or more, Duke University researchers report in the March 16 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine. That inefficient use of resources costs hundre......en uncertain about amounts of the nasal spray that safely can be given to adolescents. Their other alternati...come Research have determined that adolescents can safely take the same amount as adults. (Poster PI-58) Founded in 1900, the ASCPT consists of over 2200 pr...Common pathway found in early stages of addiction to alcohol and many drugs
...ine or amphetamine. This strengthens the view that safely blocking these drugs' or alcohol's access to the pathway could interrupt the learning that reinforces addiction. "Our research provides evidence that drugs able to block the sensitizing effects of alcohol may be useful in the treatment of alcohol a......amed Tetra shows promise for researchers hoping to safely and speedily move discoveries from the laboratory bench to the patient's bedside. The study was conducted by Anthony Chan, Ph.D., a staff scientist at OHSU's Oregon Regional Primate Research Center, and his colleagues in a lab coordinated by Gerald S...Anti-HIV treatment improves immune system and fights sight-threatening eye infection
...to stop taking their standard anti-CMV medications safely and without progression of their retinitis. The study also suggests that with HAART, the immune system of people with AIDS is being partially restored and may be able to fight other serious infections. "CMV retinitis is not progressing in patients w...Time-released capsule delivers 'growth factor' to improve coronary bypass surgery
...showed that the growthfactor therapy could be done safely and is a viable strategy for treating heartdisease." Simons says a larger study of the growth factor therapy involving 120 patientsis currently underway. Co-authors are Roger J. Laharn, M.D.; Frank W. Selke, M.D.; Elazer R. Edelman,M.D., Ph.D.; Just...AEDs user-friendly -- even for children
...ical shock todefibrillate the heart would be given safely and correctly. The children were not allowed to ask questions during the test, and researchersprovided no other guidance. Their performance times were compared to those of22 trained emergency medical technicians and paramedics who also had no previo...Telemedicine can be used for accurate diagnosis of stroke symptoms
...Now that we have shown that you can accurately and safely make a diagnosis withthis kind of link, the next step will be evaluating the technology in real-timediagnostic situations," says Schwamm. He adds that the kinds of videoconnections tested in this study are now becoming widely available throughhigh-s......n known as MAC(Mycobacterium avium complex) can be safely discontinued in most HIV-infectedpatients whose CD4+ T-cell levels show sustained increases in response to potentantiretroviral therapy, according to interim results of a study supported by theNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NI...Implanted defibrillators and anti-theft systems appear safe under normal circumstances
...ors that shock the heartto regulate its rhythm may safely walk through electronic anti-theft systems,but should not linger there, according to a study in today's Circulation:Journal of the American Heart Association. The anti-theft machines use an electronic beam to detect security-taggedmerchandise...New, less invasive repair of major artery defect
...e training to develop theskills necessary to do it safely and to do it with the best outcomes forpatients," he states. "At UNC, we've performed over 30 cases with successfulresults, an accomplishment matched by only a few centers nationally." The procedure is performed in an operating suite especi......after successful angioplastyand which patients can safely discontinue these drugs." Gamma Knife A Good Alternative to Surgery for Many Brain Problems A recent study from Mayo Clinic shows that gamma knife surgery is successful intreating patients with a wide variety of brain disorders. In patients withb...Help for women's urinary tract infections
...r---Women with common urinary tract infections can safely get the samediagnosis and prescription over the phone as they would from a visit to theirdoctor, leading to identical relief with far less hassle and cost, a new studyfinds. And, the research concludes, managed care insurance systems that set a singl......ts and of a user's responsibilities can be applied safely to limit access to patients' private information. Denley and Weston Smith's proposal should be applauded, says Dr Martin Gardner from the University of Glasgow in an accompanying commentary. However, the implications of spending patients' taxes on s...Heart Drug Finds New Use In Patients With Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome
...theelectrophysiologists to continue their work and safely eliminate Koehler's twoaccessory connections. Normally, electrical impulses flow in a controlled rhythm from the upperchambers of the heart (atria) to the lower chambers (ventricles), causing theheart to contract and pump blood at a steady pace. The......e to evaluate new strategies as quickly as theycan safely be done, Smith said. He said that treatments that appear effective in initial studies can then moveon to larger, definitive trials such as those conducted through NCI's ClinicalTrials Cooperative Groups. UCSF's Children's Cancer Center is a member o...... heart attack. "A negative EBCT allows doctors to safely send patients home without furtherobservation in a chest pain unit or admittance to the hospital," says Dr. DennisLaudon, chief investigator of the study. "According to study findings, EBCT isan efficient, cost-effective screening tool for patients w...