UW, Siemens Unveil New Panoramic Ultrasound Imaging Application Using Programmable Technology
...ography). It uses no ionizing radiation, making it safer than X-rayimaging. Also, it is the only practical medical imaging technology thatfunctions in real time to display anatomical movement and blood flow. Ultrasound imaging systems are technologically complex and historically weredesigned and built from...Substance from Grapefruit Juice May Make Medications Safer
...is substance could enable manufacturers to produce safer and more effective medications. One of the most interesting findings from the University of Michigan study is that, after taking grapefruit juice, CYP3A4 levels were virtually the same for everyone in the study. This is important because, normally,...Enhancing Night Visibility Using UV Technology To Be Tested On Virginia Tech's Smart Road
...r room -- or your children'srooms -- could lead to safer driving. Prototype headlights will conta...ill help develop policies and procedures to deploy safer equipment androad markings, according to Aaron Schroeder, senior research associate with thecenter ......s great potential to makecisplatin and carboplatin safer and to provide meaningful increases in tumorresponse rates." BioNumerik Pharmaceuticals, headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, is an emergingpharmaceutical company with an innovative, proprietary technology platform forthe rapid discovery and clinica...Widely Used Therapy May Not Be Effective In Treatment Of Acute Stroke
...in blood clots) in stroke patients and they appear safer than unfractionatedheparin, an older form of heparin. Still, these newer agents also carry risks,primarily bleeding, especially in the area of the brain where the strokeoccurred. In the TOAST trial, patients receiving the LMW heparinoid had ahigher...National Office Of Drug Safety Is Needed, Experts Say In JAMA
WINSTON-SALEM, NC -- Three leading advocates of safer pharmaceuticalshave called for a national office of drug safety to monitor the adverse effectsof prescription drugs, which they say could be the fourth-leading cause of deathin the United States. "Overall, 52 percent of approved drugs have se...Intervention can help reduce risky sexual behavior, according to results published in Science
...officials have launched many campaignsto encourage safer sex practices, but there has been little substantive data toshow whether such behavioral interventions actually work. Now, as part of aspecial section on AIDS in the 19 June 1998 issue of Science, investigators withthe National Institute of Mental He...Ovarian Hormone Could Play Key Role In Easier, Safer Childbirth
...r important therapeutic role --enabling easier and safer childbirth when laboris induced, says a researcher who reports a series of significant findings onrelaxin's effects on the cervix in humans andrats. In the October issue of the journal Biology of Reproduction, a team led by O.David Sherwood of the Co...Pursuing The Next Generation Of Arthritis Treatment
To accelerate the introduction of more effective, safer treatments forarthritis, the University of California San Francisco has established a specialresearch center for testing promising experimental drugs for the disease. The Rosalind Russell New Arthritis Treatment Program offers patientsinnov...Physicians Study Whether "Super-Aspirin" Prevents Alzheimer's
...,aspirin, and other painkillers, but appears to be safer and muchmore efficient at squelching pain and inflammation. The first ofthe drugs is currently being reviewed for the treatment ofarthritis and may be available next year. The drugs target cycloxygenase-2 or cox-2, an enzyme in thebody first dis......stem cell or bone marrow reinfusion, appears to be safer for the patient andavoids reinfusion ofdiseased immune cells," adds Brodsky, an American Society of Hematology JuniorFacultyScholar. Hopkins scientists believe the cyclophosphamide works by reprogramming theimmunesystem. "Immunity is learned' ...Radically New Type Of Surgery Tested On First Patient
...vasive," says Ralph Dacey, M.D. "Andit should be a safer way of doing brain surgery because it allows us to use acurved pathway to reach a target. Therefore we can go around sensitivestructures, such as those that control speech or vision, instead of goingthrough them." Dacey is the Edith R. and He...New Vaccine Provides Protection From HIV In Monkeys
...nimals against highly pathogenic challenges. Three safer approaches for vaccination have held promise, but ...only against lessvirulent strains of HIV. They are safer because they use only non-pathogenicpieces of the virus instead of the entire virus to stimulate an ...Newest Depression Medications Widely Prescribed For Children
...be used forchildhood depression. They probably are safer than the older tricyclicantidepressants. However, they should be used with caution and monitoredclosely, not used haphazardly for transient symptoms - not for school problemsnor nebulous behavioral problems," Rushton says. Finally, the new s...Progress In Cancer-Vaccine Studies: Simpler, Safer Approach Producing Encouraging Results
...) have demonstrated that their faster, simpler and safer approach to treatmentmay also be more effective than previous cancer vaccines. By giving melanomapatients the immune stimulant interleukin-12, the researchers were able tobypass the costly and difficult process of growing large populations ofdendriti......s category currently under investigation may prove safer andmore effective." Tourette syndrome is a neurologic disorder usually diagnosed in childrenunder age 21. Average age of patients in the current study was 24. Thecharacteristic motor and vocal tics associated with the disorder are mild in t...3-D magnetic resonance imaging safer way to diagnose heart disease
..., June 22 -- A simple 30-minute test may soon be a safer and moreconvenient way to diagnose coronary heart disease, the cause of heart attacks,than the widely used invasive technique of X-ray angiography, researchers reporttoday in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. Called three-dimens...UNC-CH study shows compressed air sleeve prevents blood clots during hip replacement
...pression duringsurgery makes total hip replacement safer not just for healthy people but foreverybody including the elderly." The study demonstrated the effectiveness of the pneumatic sleevetechnique for preventing both deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism, hesaid. Using them during and for ......eof this, we've been searching for more effective, safer oral treatments forulcerative colitis," says Wu. Using cell cultures, the researchers are also discovering how TZDs work on amolecular basis. By binding to PPAR-gamma, a nuclear hormone receptor, TZDsultimately inhibit the action of NF-kappa B, a ...Mayo Clinic study reports that centenarians do well following surgery
...less-invasive surgicaltechniques have made surgery safer for the elderly. He also notes that, contraryto popular opinion, people who are dismissed from the hospital more quicklyoften do better following a procedure. "A number of the patients in this study had lived in their homes for more than70 years," Dr...