New Drug Prevents Breast Cancer In Postmenopausal Women, UCSF Researchers Report
...cancer amongwomen, accounting for one out of every three cancer diagnoses in the UnitedStates. Approximately one in nine women will develop breast cancer during herlifetime, and it is estimated that the disease will strike 178,000 women in theUS this year, and kill 43,500. Because breast cancer can take...National Office Of Drug Safety Is Needed, Experts Say In JAMA
...efine a basic drug safety monitoring program," the three conclude. "Thefunds to pay for this expanded safety program should come from user feescollected from pharmaceutical companies." They contend that just one penny per prescription would yieldapproximately $24 million for an enhanced drug safety...Advisory: Nasal Spray Influenza Vaccine
... developing a vaccine to tackle types one, two and three of theparainfluenza virus. "These are the most important respiratory pathogens in humans which alwaysgenerate outbreaks continuously throughout the winter months,'' Maassab said. If you would like to talk with Maassab about his research, contact Amy ...First Patients Enrolled In NIH Clinical Trial On Effects Of Marijuana In HIV Patients
...s in the trial will be randomly assigned to one of three groups,each with 21 participants. One group will be given marijuana to smoke, onewill receive an oral tablet called Marinol that contains THC, and the thirdwill serve as a control group with patients receiving a placebo tablet thatcontains inactive ...How Can Parents Treat Colic In Their Babies?
...ich is usually resolved by the time a baby reaches three or four months, however the condition can cause a great deal of distress for the family. The cause of colic is still far from clear, but several biological and social factors have been suggested, such as an allergy to cows' milk. In this week's BMJ ...Effective Obesity Treatment Likely To Require Targeting Of Multiple Weight Control Systems
Investigators reviewing three decades of research into body weightregulation conclude that it may not be possible to find a single effectivetreatment for obesity. Instead, drug therapy may have to target the multiplesystems that control weight. Drs. Stephen Woods and Rand...Unhealthy Lifestyles Not Primary Cause Of High Mortality Rates
... those with incomes of less than $10,000 were over three times as likely to die, and those with incomes between $10,000 and $30,000 were more than twice as likely to die. The increased prevalence of health risk behaviors, however, did not explain the higher rate of age-adjusted mortality among those with ......ars and 10 months. The researchers took data from three European,double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical...h better mental and physical health as compared to three months previously. They felt they had improved well-being, less depression,and better self-control....Synthetic Detergent Found To Fight Multi-Drug Resistance
...ncer." Charuk collected his own urine for three years to determine the role ofthe drug pump in the kidney. Together with co-investigators Dr. ReinhartReithmeier of the department of medicine and Dr. Arthur Grey of the departmentof medical genetics and microbiology he developed a sensitive test to ...... In recent months, data have been reviewed in three public sciencesymposiums on various types of studies. Laboratory findings and theoreticalmechanisms of action were reviewed in March 1997, epidemiology findings inJanuary 1998, and in vivo and clinical studies in April 1998. The working g...Health Risk To "Cigarette Babies" Is Neglected, Duke Scientist Charges
...tudies, wrote Slotkin, with cocaine the subject of three to four timesthe number of published research papers as nicotine. Also, wrote Slotkin, many physicians perceive cocaine as causing birthdefects and counsel pregnant cocaine users to have abortions, even though"cocaine is less likely to cause ...Abstinence Reduces HIV For High-Risk Women - Even Those Who Relapse - Study Shows
...ng Women The study evaluates the effectiveness of three different kinds of programs:programs that target (1) women who are intravenous drug users (IDUs); (2) womenwho are IDUs and women who have high risk sexual partners; and (3) all women. These programs screen women to determine whether they carry the A...New Data Show Dangerous Interaction Between Blood Pressure Drugs
...in age from 55 to 79, died as a result; the other three survivedafter intensive treatment in hospital emergency departments and critical careunits. Mibefradil is a new type of calcium channel blocker drug released in theUnited States in mid-1997 for the management of high blood pressure and chronicstable ......re usually given a grim prognosis. Many die within three years ofdiagnosis. The standard treatment... of these patients willdie of their disease within three years with conventional treatment. Moreover,surgery is often disfiguring, and patients may have pai...Educational Intervention Can Reduce Sexual Behaviors Known To Transmit HIV
...five metropolitan areas recruitedparticipants from three distinct populations at risk of acquiring HIV and otherSTDs: men and women in public STD clinics, and women attending public primaryhealth care clinics. Seventy-four percent of participants were African Americanand 25 percent were Hispanic; most were...Landmark Study Shows Behavioral Interventions Reduce HIV-Related Sexual Risk Behavior
...five metropolitan areas recruited participantsfrom three distinct populations at risk of acquiring HIV and other sexuallytransmitted diseases (STDs): men and women in public STD clinics and womenattending public primary health care clinics. Sixty-eight percent of the participantswere African American and ......th MMI's core risk modification programs for these three areasresulted in an average cost per claim that was almost $70,000 less than with noguideline compliance. For each of these individual programs, the financialimpact of following all of MMI's guidelines versus none of the guidelines is asfollows (aver...Fact Sheet -- Rectal Administration Of Diazepam For Acute Repetitive Seizures (RADARS) Study
...ere observed for 12 hours. Adult patients received three doses--one at onset of seizures, the second 4hours later, and the third 12 hours later--and were observed for 24 hours. Key Findings Efficacy Difference in seizure frequency (measured by the number of seizures per hourof observation): significan......s blood andbone marrow. The Romines have three children, five grandchildren and 1great-grandchild....New Study Indicates Lightning Can Kill Without Leaving a Mark
...nd a fourth who suffered cardiac arrest died about three weekslater, although he exhibited no evidence of e...tning had been thought to affect victims in one of three ways: alightning bolt hitting them directly; indirect hits by a "side flash" oflightning that cause...