Hormone-like gel causes speedier deliveries, study suggests
... causes the uterus to contract. Ideally, labor soon follows. "Induction usually takes a day or two to work," Samuels said. "And if it doesn't work, the patient will likely need a c-section." This study shows,...New book asks ethical questions about human subjects research
...in cross-national, cross-cultural settings. But it soon became clear that the focus should be much broader, King says. "Challenges to traditional moral principles have been sounded across a broad sweep of academic disciplines, echoing a wide variety of intellectual efforts to discern and define new ways o...Hepatitis-related carcinoma predicted to impact U.S. soon
..., November 5-9,suggests that the United States may soon be seeing an increase in carcinomacases related to...ncidenceof HCC and its related health impacts will soon start to climb in the UnitedStates, three decades after 1966-1970."......ent for chronic whiplash." In addition, research soon to be published in the Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain shows that there are risk factors for acute whiplash injury and that chronic whiplash pain can occur even after the most minor of accidents. "We are finding that risk factors for acute injury, s...... researchers believe. Such production machines may soon become commercially available. The work will be presented at a talk at the American Vacuum Society's International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films in April in San Diego....Estrogen shows potential as stroke treatment, UF animal studies show
...VILLE, Fla.---A high dose of estrogen administered soon after a stroke can prevent a substantial amount of...ons, which can help dissolve the blockage if given soon after the onset of the brain attack. In contrast, estrogen potentially could preserve the brain cell...Nobel Laureate creates potent anticancer weapons
...f the year 2000 and phase three testing will begin soon after. Phthalascidin is equally effective clinically, and more stable, but has not yet begun human trials. The manufacturer that owns the rights to the drug, Pharma Mar, will seek "fast-track" approval of the medication through the U.S. Food and Dr...Computerized prescription system reduces errors caused by bad handwriting
...ning patient care. 4) Drug Interactions. POE will soon warn the physician of a potential drug interaction or food-drug interaction and will then suggest an alternative. It also will help physicians determine the proper dose of a medication for a specific patient. "A good example of this is the drug hep...Northwestern chemist develops nanoplotter with parallel writing capabilities
... 50-pen nanoplotter by the end of next year. "It soon will be possible to pattern one master plate with thousands of different organic nanostructures, each structure designed to react with a certain disease agent, for example," said Mirkin. "That's what is exciting about this -- no other method exists t......ion, researchers found that this protection begins soon after initiating use, and continues for at least 30 years after stopping use. Previous research has shown that women taking the older, pre-1980 oral contraceptives were less likely to develop ovarian cancer than were women who had never used them. ......on, it would be better to perform the procedure as soon as the patients are diagnosed," Dr. During explains. "This result shows that gene transfer can be used to introduce a therapeutic gene in the brain that can modify the brain biochemistry. These children showed relatively small improvements, but small...Repairing brain damage from stroke may be possible with brain cell transplants
...al accompanying the Neurology study. "But it's too soon to know whether these transplants promise hope for patients disabled with stroke." This is the first study to use cell transplants in stroke patients; fetal human and fetal animal cell transplants have been tried for neurodegenerative disorders s...Researchers take steps to growing replacement blood vessels
... that would provide blood and oxygen as soon as possible," he said. When it comes time to create three-dimensional molds to shape the capillaries, the researchers will turn from gel to silicon, Moldovan said. ...Lawrence Livermore Lab pioneers advanced radiation treatment for cancer
...ew technology LIVERMORE, Calif. Mankind will soon have another weapon in the 4,000-year fight against cancer. Clearance has been granted by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration for an advanced method for targeting tumors with radiation treatment developed by researchers at the U.S. Department of Ener...Study finds doctors often unaware that hospital patients have urinary catheters
... best prevention is to discontinue catheter use as soon as possible, and that may mean prompting the physician to check catheter status and justification often," Saint explains. "The placement and continuation of an unnecessary catheter has potentially serious consequences and thus jeopardizes the safety ...AstraZeneca reaffirms belief in CHARM study
...nts have been included in the programme which will soon finish its recruitment phase. AstraZeneca is a major international healthcare business engaged in the research, development, manufacture and marketing of ethical (prescription) pharmaceuticals and the supply of healthcare services. It is one o...Imperial statistician estimates size of French BSE epidemic
...eat and bonemeal was banned in mid-1996, it is too soon to judge the effectiveness of this ban. Dr Donnelly says: "I estimate that, since mid-1987, 7,300 French cattle were infected with BSE. This estimate is reduced to 1,200 if it is assumed that case reporting is complete; however, under-reporting is h...New technique uses imaging technology to speed drug discovery
...ntists working to develop new pharmaceuticals will soon have a tool for sorting quickly through millions o...en patented by Purdue, and the new DRED beads will soon become commercially available....Personality influences psychological adjustment and recovery from stroke
...placed on working with patients and their families soon after hospital admission to understand the changes a stroke can cause so that they can all better deal with the stroke-related deficits and subsequent disability. Pre-existing personality is exceedingly important to how an individual faces the p...Cell transplants offer hope of brain repair following stroke
...ve cells, of the brain and spinal cord disappeared soon after birth. However, Rosenbaum's research team has shown that such repair processes can occur in mature brain cells at a very slow rate. In the current study researchers sought to determine whether stem cells would grow and mature into functioning...