Four-Year Study Shows Long-Term Effectiveness Of Proscar In Treating Enlarged Prostates
...of a four-year study involving 3,040men have shown that those taking the drug finasteride (Proscar) forenl...ization. "This clinical trial demonstrates that finasteride clearlyalters the progression of BPH," said McConnell, holder of the E.E.Fogelson and Gr...New Math, High-Tech Imaging Solving Old Riddle: How Does The Brain Operate When We Think?
...archers from Johns Hopkins and Finland are showing that fancymathematicalfootwork plus detailed magnetic r...ed functional MRI(fMRI), scientistshave long known that the amount of oxygen used by a particular area of the braincan change dueto damage or activation of ...Deaths Related To Intrapartum Asphyxia - Is There A Problem With Prevention?
...elated editorial in this week's BMJ, Spencer notes that more research needs to be conducted into recognition by fetal heart monitoring of problems with fetal oxygen supply, in an effort to ascertain whether the causes of fetal death around the time of delivery present themselves differently during the nig...Do Asthma Treatments Affect Childhood Growth?
...es in Tayside, Scotland) Some studies have shown that children with asthma have impaired growth, but man...tice paper in this week's BMJ, McCowan et al found that in a study of 2355 children in Tayside, Scotland, most children with asthma were of normal height an...Do Deaths Of Babies From Birth Asphyxia Vary Depending On When They Are Born?
...hyxia in Wales between 1993-5, the authors propose that errors of judgment are probably related to mental ...rmance may vary at different times. They indicate that mistakes may be mitigated with the greater use of shiftwork, but they stress that shifts need to be ...... in theMarch issue of the journal Pediatrics shows that in most children, the drugscause no major changes ...ts often aren't accurate." The study found that neither beclomethasone nor theophylline should beavoided because of concern over significant psychol......ia San Francisco researchers report. The evidence that drugs can act on the brain to change once-stable m...ures. "Personality, a set of traits and attributes that characterize individuals andthat persist throughout life, has been thought to be about fifty to sixt......dACE-inhibitors. The study provides more evidence that calcium antagonists (preferred term forcalcium cha...sk of cardiovascular complications. Itwas thought that the longer-acting drugs did not pose similar risks. However,the current study used a long-acting dr...Added Benefit Found For Aspirin Use In Patients With Vessel Disease
...ccurs, the result can be damage to the endothelium that linesthe inside of the vessel. When there is damag...problems. In this study, researchers found that when aspirin was given to 14patients with atherosclerosis and endothelial dysfunction, there was a s...Snipping Inflammation In The Bud; New Agents May Provide Relief
...sts have forged a new class of synthetic molecules that offer a newstrategy for treating pain, swelling an...amily of compoundsthat packs a novel one-two punch that effectively inhibits the cellularprocesses that cause us pain. Inflammation is the body's response t...Airport Noise Can Seriously Affect The Health And Psychological Well-Being OfChildren
... "This study is probably the most definitive proof that noise causes stress andis harmful to humans," says...hood," says Evans. There are indications, hesays, that elevated blood pressure in childhood predicts higher blood pressurelater in life. Boosts in stress...Could Cardiovascular Drugs Be Linked To Suicide?
...f other antihypertensives. Lindberg et al conclude that calcium channel blockers should be considered a possible cause of depression and suicide. Contact: Dr Anne Melander, Professor of Pharmocoepidemiology, Swedish Network for Pharmacoepidemiology Foundation, Malm University Hospital, Sweden nepi@kuri...Setting Prescribing Budgets In General Practice
...ribing. In this week's BMJ, Majeed and Head argue that capitation based formulas for prescribing are very crude tools and that health authority pharmaceutical and medical advisers should use their knowledge of local factors whe...Hospitals Discourage Consumer Questioning Of Bills, Study Suggests
...spitalsin a single urban area. The hospitals asked that their names not be disclosed.The researchers' conc...l billing and taking theresponsibility of insuring that their charges are correct," said the principalauthor of the study, Dr. Kimberly D. Elsbach of the Gr...Study Finds Aspirin Does Not Prevent High-Risk Cases Of Preeclampsia
.... Preeclampsia is a disorder of pregnancy that can strike without warning,causing high blood pres...e uterine wall atbirth. The authors note that preeclampsia is a leading cause of maternaldeath. About 5 percent of first-time mothers and 1 to 2 ...X-ray Microscope Designed To Study Jet Engine Components Now Probes Tooth Dentin
... intricate structure of dentin, the porousmaterial that lies under the hard enamel of teeth. A...es of dentin inorder to find methods and materials that will create a tighter, more permanentbond between the tooth and the plastic-based fillings now used ...Tighter Chemical Binding = Better Meds
...nd disrupting its normal function, including those that preventtransplanted organs from being rejected, ke...injuries. At YaleUniversity, chemists are putting that fact to good use to help design moreeffective pharmaceuticals with the help of computers. "Stronger......es and lead authorof the study. "It's been thought that paying individual primary health-carephysicians on...otalestimated health costs for each patient during that time period.Results found no significant difference related to physician payment and patientcosts an...X-Rays: How Big A Risk To Kids? UF Researchers Seek Answers
...ildren from differenttypes of X-ray exams, an area that often leaves worried parents withunanswered questi...u tell me what the actualdose was?,' no one can do that right now," said Kathleen Hintenlang,assistant radiation control officer at Shands hospital at UF an...Exercise, Classroom Instruction Cut Kids' Cholesterol, Study Finds
...8.7 milligrams per deciliter. "We conclude that the combination of both a knowledge and attitudepr...aid. "Ourwork is important because the few studies that have been done before on thislooked at younger children, and none has tested older children the way ...