X-Rays: How Big A Risk To Kids? UF Researchers Seek Answers
...nuclearand radiological engineering department and specialist in biomedicalengineering and health physics. The researchers subject the model to the same X-ray, fluoroscopy or CTmachines used for pediatric patients at Shands. Tiny detectors implanted atplaces marked with felt-tip marker labels such as "...Diuretics And Beta-Blockers Are Best Drugs To Combat High Blood Pressure, Study Finds
.... This study, coordinated by a hypertension specialist at WashingtonUniversity School of Medicine in St. Louis, analyzed data from 6,100 veterans treated at six Hypertension Screening and Treatment Program (HSTP) clinics of the U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs. "The regimens of diureti...Some Young Children May Grow Out Of Peanut Allergy
... to have a peanut allergy should be evaluated by a specialist food allergy unit, as the allergy may not be as severe as initially assumed. Hourihane et al cite previous research which suggests that changes in the dietary habits of the British population towards vegetarianism and the increasing use of peanut ......D., professor of medicine atHarvard University and specialist in CML at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute."The design of the study is very good and we expect results soon." Druker explains that within the first year of the trial, physicians willhope to see preliminary results concerning the safety and ef...Lack Of Data For New Heart Drugs Is Causing Concern
...ause for concern". But Lawrence Ramsay, a specialist in heart drugs at SheffieldUniversity, suggests it is unreasonable to expect drugs companies, which mayhave invested hundreds of millions of pounds developing a single drug, to waitfor decades to recoup their costs. He believes that tests on drugs fo...Cedars-Sinai Surgeons Present TeleSurgery
...fiber with theselittle tools." Robert J. McKenna, specialist in thoracic surgery at Cedars-Sinai, willdemonstrate a video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) lobectomy, starting at 10a.m. Lobectomy, the removal of a lobe of a lung, is the most common operationperformed for primary lung cancer, according to Dr. M...UNC Researchers Testing First In New Class Of AIDS Drugs
...remely difficult to treat." The infectious disease specialist notes that the average number of anti-HIVmedications taken by the 78 HIV-infected patients prior to the Trimeris Phase IIClinical Trial was nine. None of the agents, including an average of threeprotease inhibitors per patient, had proven effective i...Nurse Practitioners Reducing Costs, Expanding Care
..., and clinical nurse specialist. Theclinical nurse specialist usually concentrates on a specific area, such asmental health, cancer care, gerontology or neonatal health. The most recent national figures available show the average salary for anadvanced practice nurse is $52,532 compared to $36,400 for an RN.......tudy led by Paul M. Zeltzer, M.D., a neurooncology specialist atCedars-Sinai's Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute, doctors at 40 medicalcenters and children's hospitals nationwide have found that in treating childrenwho have certain malignant brain tumors, a "tried-and-true" chemotherapyprotocol provides bet......in Gelfand, M.D., a pediatricimmunology and asthma specialist and chair of the Department of Pediatrics atNational Jewish Medical and Research Center. While steroid-insensitive patients must take higher doses to achieveminimal control of their disease, they also may become dependent on themedication to breathe ...You Don't Need To Make Sperm Or Even Be Alive To Be A Father
...esulted in a human birth.Meanwhile, an Italian IVF specialist claims to have produced four babies usingsperm grown in the testes of rodents. Gaby Vernoff, whose husband Bruce died from a reaction to a prescriptionmedicine in 1995, gave birth last week to a baby girl in a Los Angeles hospital. Ab...Growth-Hormone Deficient Babies Are Normal Length At Birth, UB Study Finds
..., UBprofessor of pediatrics, a pediatric endocrine specialist in the School ofMedicine and Biomedical Sciences and at Children's Hospital of Buffalo andsenior author on the study. "People born with a growth hormone deficiency don't start out short,"MacGillivray said. "Growth isn't affected until after......M.D., principalinvestigator and infectious disease specialist at Ottawa General Hospital inOntario, Canada. "Patients are failing existing antiretroviral regimens for atleast two reasons. One is a lack of patient adherence to the strict dosingregimens of antiretroviral drugs. Another reason is that HIV mutat...UT Southwestern Study To Test Efficacy Of St. John's Wort For Treatment Of Depression
...e treatment of major depression. Trivedi, who is a specialist in researching and treating depression, said hedoesn't know whether St. John's wort is effectively treating Kenegar and thedepression of others or not - and that's just the point. "The more we know about depression and its treatments the better," h...Knife-Less Brain 'Surgery' Offers New Treatment Options
...a stent to help keep the artery open. Morris, a specialist in an emerging field of medicine known as interventional neuroradiology, is among a handful of physicians in the country using stents in the brain. Four Medical Center patients have had the procedure. Stents are commonly used in the heart's arteri......aniel M. Green, M.D., UB professorof pediatrics, a specialist in pediatric oncology at RPCI and senior researcheron the studies. "These studies should alert physicians to the need for carefuland continuing screening at a much earlier age than the American Cancer Societyrecommends for the population at large." ...New nationwide study in six cities will look at the method & message for changing risky HIV behavior
...ickBarresi, MPH, project coordinator and associate specialist in the Center forAIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS) at the University of California San Francisco. Project co-chairs are Thomas Coates, PhD, executive director of the UCSF AIDSResearch Institute and director of UCSF CAPS; Margaret Chesney, PhD, UCSFprofe...Medical tip sheet from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
...sis and liver cancer. Pediatric infectious disease specialist available todiscuss vaccines and other preventive measures. 'La Opinion' series on heart disease by Cedars-Sinai internist Aliza A.Lifshitz, M.D, wins media award from AHA western states affiliate A Cedars-Sinai Medical Center internist has been aw...UK Markey Cancer Center selected for future cancer information service contract award
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...rregular or primary care physician before seeing a specialist or visiting ahospital. Of that number, one-third are "satisfied" and 47 percent are "somewhatsatisfied" with their managed-care plan. Questions regarding managed care were first asked last year for researchbeing done by James R. Bohland, Virg...