AIDS Treatments Seek To Eradicate Virus, Restore Immunity
...esearchers is ready to take an uncommonapproach to saving these patients. They say their approach is extreme, andpotentially toxic, "but these patients need the most aggressive oftherapies, which has not been available before now," said oncologistDr. Clay Smith. Smith said he hopes not only to sav...TB Prophylaxis Unnecessary In HIV-Infected People With Anergy, Study Suggests
...gic patients." Dr. Gordin adds that in addition to saving the considerable programmatic costsassociated with administering prophylactic INH to anergic HIV-infectedindividuals, a more selective use of INH would allow many people to avoid theknown toxic side effects of INH. For example, about 2 percent of pe...Poor Heart Disease Patients Pay More For Medications, Get Less Preventative Care
...are beginning to learn why: many can't pay forlife saving medications and don't receive preventative care. Cardiologist Chen Tung and his Duke colleagues prepared their findingsfor presentation Tuesday at the 47th scientific sessions of the American Collegeof Cardiology. The study is part of a Nati...Increased Public Access To Defibrillation Could Prove Potentially Cost-Effective And Life-Saving
...an AED to be used by any person for the purpose of saving the lifeof an individual having a cardiac arrest. The Florida state Good Samaritan lawwas also amended to require that those who use the AEDs in "good faith" to giveemergency care will not be held liable for any damages. Similar types of lawshave b...Researchers Begin Drug Trial In Hope Of Finding New Ways To Treat Acute Kidney Failure
...imates there are 53,000 Americanswaiting for life- saving transplants, and 10 people die each day while waiting. Star's research involving the drug alpha-MSH could reduce the disparity of organallocation in this country that results in unnecessary deaths. "We have foundthat alpha-MSH treatment significantly...The Visible Humans: Coming Of Age
...is major killer of Americans, while simultaneously saving over $1 billion annually." Prostate cancer and brain surgery rehearsal. Researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota use data from the Visible Human Project to practice patient-specific prostate and brain surgery before performing the r...Now Is Time To Design Brain-Saving Drugs Specifically For Children, UCSF Neurologist Says
...he developingbrain. An ideal drug would succeed by saving a child's brain cells, withouthindering further stages of brain organization and development. And differentstages might require different therapies -- one type of drug for prematureinfants, something else for a newborn or a toddler. This is where sci..."Super" Aspirin Does Super Job In Fighting Heart Attacks
...nt reduction indeath," Kong says. "These drugs are saving lives." Those who received the platelet blockers had a 30 percent reduced risk ofall-cause death than those who did not receive the drugs. This meant that oneperson's life was saved for every 1,000 treated, says Kong. There were almost 30 fewer deat...Nicotine Patches Are Cheaper Than Smoking!
...purchased from a pharmacy would cost 17 per week, saving smokers of 20 cigarettes a day around 20 a week through not smoking. The author says that before yet more pressure is added to the NHS prescribing budget, it should be borne in mind that heavy smokers actually save money while paying for their nicot...Insurance Restrictions On Acne Drug Are Outmoded And Costly
...n, our study showsthat the insurance companies are saving only a small amount," Feldman said. "Sothe insurers are not gaining much of anything, and the patients and thephysicians are going through a lot of inconvenience. "The bottom line is there was this big concern about Retin A, which wenow know ...New Type Of Artificial Surfactant Shows Promise In Treating Lung Disease
...urfactant normally. Thetreatment is credited with saving the lives of thousands of newborns worldwideover the past two decades. But in other patients, respiratory distress may be caused by damage to lungtissue. "In fact, the damaged tissue results in 'inactivation' of surfactant,so the very substance t...Wistar scientist awarded American Cancer Society grant for research on tumor killing cells
...cer as a major health problem bypreventing cancer, saving lives and diminishing suffering from cancer throughresearch, education, advocacy and service. Last year, the American CancerSociety contributed $93.3 million to research facilities throughout the country. The Wistar Institute, established in 1892, w...The 'Break Even' Cost Of Kidney Transplants Is Shrinking
... are on kidney dialysis in the U.S. The major cost saving comes from shortening the length of hospital stay from anaverage of 10 to 7 days after the transplant, and eliminating the use ofexpensive anti-rejection drugs that were given intravenously in the hospitalfollowing the operation. Better oral anti-rej...Noninvasive test aims to prevent sudden cardiac death
...em to receive implantable defibrillators, possibly saving thousands of lives each year. A researcher at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has invented the first noninvasive test that identifies this glitch in advance of a patient's first rhythm problem. The test is called the alternans ...NIH study to evaluate role of MRI in emergency diagnosis of heart attack & stroke
...cy diagnosisof heart attack and stroke, ultimately saving patients' lives. "This is the first time that an MRI scanner will be used to diagnose heartdisease soon after patients are admitted to a hospital emergency room," said Dr.Claude Lenfant, director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute(NHLBI...Help for women's urinary tract infections
... nurse and athree-day course of antibiotics, while saving vast amounts of time and moneywasted on urine tests and doctor visits," says lead author Sanjay Saint, M.D.,M.P.H., lecturer in the UMHS Department of Internal Medicine. Uncomplicated urinary tract infection, a bacteria-caused ailment also known ascy...Transmitting infertility from father to son
...er harvesting the boy's spermwhen he's younger and saving it until he's ready to start a family," he says. "But of course that's another ethical dilemma with consequences to consider." The National Institutes of Health supported the Y-DNA studies for this paper,but did not fund any of the assisted reprodu...100 years of Freud's interpretation of dreams
... notbe finding the insights into the mind that are saving millions from the horrorsof mental illness. The revolution Freud began one hundred years ago is still continuing....Issues surrounding genetic medicine and the Jewish population to be explored at conference
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... operating room and post-op procedures, ultimately saving more than an hour in cardiac surgery time and eliminating a bed transfer from post-op care. The same team also helped redesign patient flow and layout for the University Hospital's Emergency Room, now under renovation. Plan for a four percent reduc...