Mammography Messages Need To Be Tailored For Older Women
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...stroke and other cardiovascular diseases couldcost the nation about $15 billion more in economic costs in...didin 1997, according to figures released today by the American Heart Associationin its 1998 Heart and Stroke Statistical Update. The annual toll ...Natural Estrogens May Help Protect Women From Brain Damage During Stroke
... to a study led by researchers at Johns Hopkinsand the NationalInstitutes of Health. Results of the study are published in the January issue of the journalStroke. They show that infemale rats, endoge...Physicians' Opinions Influenced By Drug Industry
Researchers examining the effect of financial conflicts of interesthave foun...g association with authors' published positions on the safetyof a type of heart medication and their financial relationships withpharmaceutical manufacture...Medicare Approves UM Medical Center For Lung Transplants
...center, which means that elderly patients who need the surgery no longer have totravel outside the mid-Atlantic region. The University of Maryland Medical Center becomes the onlyMedicare-app...Penn Researchers Initiate Ground-Breaking New Trials To Treat
...ensive lungcancer and/or mesothelioma -- cancer of the lining of the lung --who will not benefit from surgical or other conventionaltreatments, typically because of the ...Stress: It's Not Just All In Your Head; Scientists Map The Wear And Tear Of Daily Life
...ave deadly consequences. In a paper published in the January 15 issue of the New England Journalof Medicine , Bruce S. McEwen, PhD, of Rockefeller University, identifieseight p...Rats Receiving Ginkgo Biloba Learn Quicker, Live 20 Percent Longer Than Controls, UB Study Finds
...memory in rats and prolongs their life, a study at the University at Buffalo has shown. The unexpec... a certain point in our analysis, we realized that the rats who were receiving ginkgo biloba were living substantially longer than those who were not recei...Researchers Finding May Boost Effectiveness Of Anti-HIV Drugs
...lly occurring protein may provide a safe harbor to the virusthat causes AIDS by acting as a barrier to prevent the newest medications fromreaching the virus, Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers have fou...Scientific Foundations For Regulating Drug Product Quality
...s publication offers cutting-edge information from the Scientific Foundations and Applications for the Biopharmaceutics Classification System (BCS) and In Vitro/In Vivo Correlations Workshop held April...Targon And Duke Cancer Center Sign $3.75 Million Agreement To Produce Advanced Anti-Cancer Drugs
CYTOGEN Corporation and the Duke University Medical Center announce the formation of a research collaboration between Targon Corporation and the Duke Comprehensive Cancer C...American Heart Association Comment: Lancet (Jan. 24, 1998) Report
...icoagulation with warfarin and low-dose aspirin in the primaryprevention of ischaemic heart disease in me...- low-dose aspirin and low-dosewarfarin -- reduced the risk of heart attack by 34 percent in a 13-year study involving 5,499 men. Valentin Fuster,...Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Enhances Short-Term Brain Plasticity
For the first time, scientists studying how the brain reorganizes itselfhave shown that they can modify this process using a technique calledtranscr...Should Drugs Be Used In The Treatment Of Obesity: A Point-Counterpoint Discussion
Two authoritative obesity experts debate whether the benefitof anti-obesity drugs outweigh their potent...n of this article, please click here to view the PDF....Chemists Closing In On Commercial Potential Of Alkanes
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...vere symptoms ofkidney disease. After taking the immunosuppressive drug mycophenolate mofetil (MMF)...ome patients showed dramatic improvement even when the dosage of theirtraditionalsteroid medications was reduced. Others were able to discontinue steroids...Bi-Monthly Boosts Of Aspirin Benefit Heart
...ute a higher booster dose twice amonth to increase the drug's effectiveness, say researchers today reporting inCirculation: Journal of the American Heart Association. According to recently issued recommendations from the American ...Researchers Study 'Natural' Screen For Cancer
...researchers from theUniversity of Kiev are testing the illuminating qualities of an herbal extractcalled ...ncerous cells. Takenorally or applied topically to the skin, hypericin shows up as a red spot when apatient is "illuminated," with blue filtered light. The...Survey Finds Increasing Popularity Of Acute Stroke Teams In U.S. Hospitals
ORLANDO, FLA. -- In the past, the brain and heart have received differenttreatment, at least when it comes to emergencies. Wh...