Fat: It's Not For Breakfast Anymore; Study Finds Fat Linked To Clotting
... and 3 p.m. The Factor VIIa responses rose significantly -- about 11 to 16 milliunit (mU/mL) -- in those who ate the high-fat diets. In contrast, levels werelowered by about 6 mU/ml in the control diet. "But most importantly, there were no differences among the fat-richbreakfasts," according to M......tudy in this week's BMJ. The authors found it was significantly more effective (150 per cent) in producing a cure than the more traditional medication, sodium stibogluconate, to which the disease is becoming increasingly resistant. An additional advantage of aminosidine is that it lowers the overall burden to th...International Study Raises Hopes For Heart Transplant Patients
...t transplant patients receiving Neoral experienced significantly fewer infections and a reduced number of rejections requiring antibody therapy." This two-year, double blind International Study compares the safety and effectiveness of conventional Cyclosporine A (Sandimmune) with Neoral in 380 heart transplant re..."TRAMAH" Model Seeks To Improve Emergency Response Paper Uses Maryland As Test Region
...beachieved within 15 minutes by optimally locating significantly fewer helicopterdepots, a benefit to taxpayers. If all eight aeromedical depots were retainedand optimally located, the response time to severe injuries within 15 minuteswould improve by 15.1%, to 85.4%. The researchers also considered a different va...Studies Look At Threshold Effect Of Cholesterol-Lowering "Statin" Drugs
...ing drugs," he adds. In WOSCOPS, pravastatin drugs significantly reduced heart attacks among patientswith LDL levels of 160 mg/dL or higher, and other risk factors for heartdisease. Although current NCEP guidelines do not recommend cholesterol-reducing drugtherapy for preventing first heart attacks in high-risk pa...Preventing Stroke: The Choice Between Aspirin And Warfarin
... risk factors, the rate of strokes or embolism was significantly higher -- 3.6percent. The rate of disabling 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 ...Research Offers New Tool In Fight Against Prostate Cancer
...ent or more after eight weeks ofchemotherapy had a significantly higher survival rate. PSA screening tests are used to measure the level of a prostate-specific antigenin the blood---which indicates the presence of prostate cancer. They also havebeen used to gauge patients' response to cancer therapy, but that ap...Asthma-Airways Clinic Improves Lives, Reduces Medical Costs
... and emergencyroom visits. A medical strategy that significantly reduces the need for those services, Briasays, clearly reduces the cost of asthma and increases patients' quality oflife....Scientists Create Extremely Sensitive Test For Detecting Radiation Damage
...ls removed genetic damage caused bythe larger dose significantly faster than cells not pre-treated. "We could use this ultra-sensitive assay for other sources of DNAdamage, such as those caused by tobacco smoke," Le said. "In this work, welooked at thymine glycol, a kind of damage often caused by radiatio......da. In the study, the researchers reported that a significantly greater number ofpatients receiving suramin, in combination with another anti-prostate tumoragent, hydrocortisone, experienced significant pain reduction, for a longerperiod of time, than patients receiving only hydrocortisone and a placebo. Inaddit...New Drug Prevents Breast Cancer In Postmenopausal Women, UCSF Researchers Report
...he same time, however, estrogen has been proven to significantly reduce awoman's risk of osteoporosis and may reduce her risk of heart disease.Raloxifene was approved for the prevention of osteoporosis by the Food and DrugAdministration in December 1997. It is marketed as Vista by Eli Lilly and Co.,the sponsors o...New Treatment Targets Most Malignant Brain Tumors
...ls, Duke University Medical Centerresearchers have significantly extended the survival of patients suffering themos...nt to patients newlydiagnosed with GBM will likely significantly improve its effectiveness, saidHenry Friedman. The researchers also plan to broaden the trea...New Radiation Procedure Targets Liver Malignancies
... treated this way. The average radiation dose was significantly higher than the dose they would have would have been administered in the previous study, and only one patient has experienced a radiation-related complication. "This is probably the most aggressive non-surgical treatment a patient can receive for li...Filmless System Puts X-Ray Images On The Web
...medical results," adds Dr.Templeton. "It will also significantly lower medical costs by eliminatingduplication of studies and reducing the length of hospital stays for somepatients." A radiologist on one floor, for example, and a surgeon in the operatingroom can simultaneously view the same image. In fact,...Unhealthy Lifestyles Not Primary Cause Of High Mortality Rates
...those with low levels of income and education were significantly more likely both to engage in risky health behaviors and to die. For example, compared with people with annual family incomes over $30,000, those with incomes of less than $10,000 were over three times as likely to die, and those with incomes betwee...Health Risk To "Cigarette Babies" Is Neglected, Duke Scientist Charges
... mature investigator whose research hascontributed significantly to a better understanding of the mechanisms of actionof drugs or other chemicals."......th high-intensityultrasound which show how one can significantly reduce the oozing and bleedingthat traditionally hinders liver surgery (2aBV3). Gail ter Haar of the RoyalMarsden Hospital in England (011-44-181-642-6011; gail@icr.ac.uk ) will reportencouraging experimental trials in which ultrasound removed the ......nal license to develop the MSU taxol makers andhas significantly boosted production during the last four years, said companypresident Arthur P. Bollon. Now the sublicense adds Bristol-Myers Squibb'sfermentation resources to potentially enhance development of microbialfermentation of taxol, said Bollon. "...