Laser Shown Effective In Patients Who Are Not Candidates For Bypass Surgery Or Angioplasty
...oles on the heart'ssurface almost immediately seal themselves with clotted blood and heal over. Patients typically go home after four days in the hospital. The study also showed that TMR might not be as effective for those patientswhose heart disease has progressed to unstable angina, a severe form ofangi...Laser Offers Hope For Heart Patients With No Alternatives
...t muscle, and the holes on the heart's surfaceseal themselves with clotted blood and heal over. Patients typically gohome after four days in the hospital. "The patients are now doing things they couldn't before -- shopping,gardening, driving and other everyday activities -- and without debilitatingpai...Training Urged For Mothers Of Children With Cancer
.... Mothers of children with cancer perceive themselves as more vulnerableto emotional and physical distre...ation. When the mothers were asked about themselves and their healthy children,they reported that their general well-being and physical health were not ...Physicians' Opinions Influenced By Drug Industry
...sure that readersand journalists can determine for themselves if there is any potential bias inan author's position," says Detsky. "Editors of journals also need to be morespecific in their determination of any potential bias when requesting editorialmaterial," he adds, suggesting editors provide potential auth...Addicted Doctors Need Special Service
... problem in accessing effective treatment, finding themselves isolated and carrying a stigma, such that they feel that they cannot seek treatment from colleagues'. Strang et al suggest that three components of care are essential:- access to treatment should be simple particularly in times of crisis; treatment...Radon, Especially In Combination With Smoking, Contributes To Lung Cancer Deaths
...rmed, they are electrically charged and can attach themselves to tiny dust particles in the air. The radiation given off by inhaled particles cannot travel far enough to reach cells in organs other than the lung, so it is likely that lung cancer is the only significant health hazard posed by radon. Many studi...Chemist Turns To Self-Assembly To Create New Drugs
...technicians and ontotiny molecules, which assemble themselves into countlesscombinations and then go through a D... a relatively new technique thatlets molecules put themselves together piece by piece. The metal matchmakers are versatile, allowing molecules tocome apart a...Deaths Related To Intrapartum Asphyxia - Is There A Problem With Prevention?
...of fetal death around the time of delivery present themselves differently during the night. Contact: John Spencer, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow, Middlesex...Snipping Inflammation In The Bud; New Agents May Provide Relief
...as inhibitors on the outsideof the cell, attaching themselves to aL-selectin proteins and preventing the cell fr...thebloodstream. There, the shed protein can attach themselves to theL-selectin-binding proteins on other cells, thereby acting as inhibitors todeter the inflammat...New Research In Battling Alzheimer's Impact On Memory
...of extended chain-likestructures that fold back on themselves to form the toxic structure. Paper MEDI 211 will be presented by Michael G. Zagorski from 2:55 to 3:35 p.m.,Thurs., April 2, in the Convention Center Ballroom A IV, Level 3. 'MOPPING IT ALL UP': A PLAQUE-ATTACK ON ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE At Queen's Uni...Need For HIV Guidelines For Health Workers In Developing Countries
...fore they are more likely to inadvertently expose themselves to blood and other body fluids. With such effective post-exposure prophylaxis available, if an in-country employer is not able to afford the cost and storage of such drugs then should health workers be given a personal supply before travel? Gilks ...Protecting Breast Feeding From Breast Milk Substitutes
...try to gain endorsement by association' by allying themselves with prestigious national bodies, such as by sponsoring a paediatric conference. Finally, Costello accepts that, as with antismoking campaigns, legislation and monitoring are only part of the broader strategy to protect mothers and that positive pub...Scientists Create Extremely Sensitive Test For Detecting Radiation Damage
...al radiation effects. Sometimes testing techniques themselves harmDNA. "Our new technique employs antibodies that recognize specific forms ofDNA damage," Le said. "Those antibodies are then linked to other antibodies thatgive off fluorescent light and also attach to the damaged DNA." Scientists ...Metrifonate, A New Alzheimer Drug, Helps Behavior Problems
...ually are capable ofdressing, grooming and feeding themselves but are unable to accomplish complextasks such as balancing a checkbook or driving. Of the 334 subjects who completed the study, 215 took metrifonate for 26weeks, and 119 took an inactive substance. The patients didn't know which typeof pill ...Dermatologists Recommend Raising Age for Insurance Coverage for Acne Drugs to Age 40 -- or Beyond
...ericans who suffer adult acne to pay for treatment themselves or do without,according to two dermatologists at Wake Forest University Baptist MedicalCenter. In a report published in the Journal of the American Academy ofDermatology, Drs. Steven Feldman and Alan Fleischer recommend raising the agefor ins......languagespecialist," in which its nerve cells wire themselves to perceive distinctionsbetween different types of sounds in its native language. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BEFORE JUNE 22 Please feel free to call Ben Stein of the American Institute of Physics at301-209-3091. To read the abstracts of the paper m...Promising Results For Woman-Controlled Anti-HIV Product
...et, but in the worldwide raceto help women protect themselves against AIDS, early studies of vaginalmicrobicides offer some hope for a new kind of protection against HIVtransmission in the genital track. One of the early products in the drug development pipeline, called BufferGel,just cleared its first hurdle, ...Many Gay Men Infected With HIV Are Opting To Delay Treatment, Despite Availability Of Drugs
... numbers. About 2,900 phone respondentsidentified themselves as gay men, and of these, about 500 said they wereHIV-positive. In the phone survey, the researchers asked about HIV and about broader issuesimportant to gay men's health, such as gay community involvement, substanceabuse, violence, social interactio...New Survey Finds Physicians Seek More Clarity In MS Diagnosis And Management
...e 98 percent of all neurologists surveyed consider themselves "very"familiar with the clinical aspects of diagnosing MS, somewhat fewer are asfamiliar with managing the symptoms (84 percent), tracking MS diseaseprogression (77 percent), or treating the actual disease, as opposed to just thesymptoms of the disea......ed they would choose mifepristone medical abortion themselves ifneeded....