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...ken misoprostol duringpregnancy compared with just three (three percent) of the mothers from the othergroup. Mobius syndrome is a rare disorder that is characterized by lifetime facialparalysis. People with Mobius syndrome can't smile or frown, and they oftencan't blink or move their eyes from side to sid...Voluntary HIV Counseling And Testing Reduce Risk Behavior In Developing Countries
...viding free HIV counseling and testing services in three developing countriescould influence the practice o...study to look at the developing world,encompassing three countries in Africa and the Caribbean, and more than 5000participants. The team set up free counseli...Extreme Prematurity Brings Two-Fold Increase In Risk Of Repeating A Grade, Needing Special Education
...were twice as likely to need special education and three times as likely to need the school's resource room than the control group, findings showed. "If we are going to save these extremely premature babies, we need to know what is in store for these kids and their families," Buck said. "For the fir...Answers To Access, Adherence And Tolerance Of Protease Inhibitors
...t from them may not bereceiving them, according to three studies about access, adherence andtolerance of the potent drugs in 254 patients being treated at five urban sitesin Boston and Rhode Island. In one study, about 40 percent of 151 patients who tried one or more of the fouravailable protease inhibitor...Only Eight Percent Of San Francisco HIV-Positive Urban Poor Receive Protease Inhibitors
...e on protease inhibitors, theresearchers looked at three measures of adherence: self-report, random pillcounts, and a digital cap that registered whenever the pill bottle was opened.Looking at 151 HIV-infected urban poor in San Francisco, the researchers found: Only about 28 percent received any anti-ret...Scientists Report Cancer Fighting Drug As Possible Treatment For Multiple Sclerosis
...tion. The scientists also looked at the levels of three substances, called cytokines,playing a role in the autoimmune process damaging the CNS in MS: tumor necrosisfactor-a (TNF-a), Fas-ligand (FasL) and interleukin-4 (IL-4). TNF-a and FasL aretoxic to CNS myelin and to the myelin-producing brain cells ca...... toshort-course AZT therapy in pregnant women from three different settings. The settings were rural Tanzania with an HIV prevalence rate among pregnantwomen of 15 percent, an urban area of Thailand with a low rate of 1.8 percent,and an urban area of Thailand with a high rate of 5.2 percent.The study's ke...World's First Producer To Repair Brain Damage From Stroke
...nge, a surgeon uses CT to guide their injection at three sites. The surgeoninjects these cells through an opening of the skull smaller than a pea. Afterinjection, the opening is closed with one stitch. The patient goes home the next morning. Follow-up assessments for safety and efficacy will be ...Three INEEL Inventions Win International Recognition
...The press conference is to announcethe awarding of three prestigious Research and Development 100 awards to INEELscientists. The international award program selects the top 100 significantaccomplishments in the area of research and development for this importantrecognition. This is a major good news event ...Six Football Players Died In 1997 Season: New Study
...leregular cooling-off breaks. "In the past three years, we have seen seven heatstroke deaths," Muellersaid. "That's troubling because such tragedies are just about entirelypreventable." Eight players died from heatstroke in 1970, the highest one-year total,he said. Before 1955, no heatstrok...UNC-CH Researchers Learning Ways To Help Black Women Cope With HIV
...egisterednurses visit mothers at home six times in three months and establish therapeuticrelationships in which they encourage patients to share their feelings andconcerns. About half the women receive in-home visits, while the others in acontrol group receive only standard care. So far, 71 ....... Some women also found it difficult tomanage the three visits required by the trial regimen, citing work commitments,transportation, school obligations, and child care needs. Study data also suggest that the option of a less medically supervised regimenmay be desirable: Both women and providers endorsed ...UCSF To Establish Formal Hospitalists Training Program
... Macy, Jr. Foundation will give UCSF $712,000 over three years toestablish the program for doctors in the r... Health Care,which has used hospitalists for about three years, there is currently is noformal training program for them. There are an estimated 2,000 to 3,0...DENVER- Black teen-agers are three times more likely than white teen-agers tohave steroid resistant asthma, research at National Jewish Medical and ResearchCenter has found. "Our results suggest that children with steroid-resistant asthma are more likelyto be African-American, to have...Parenting CD-ROM Helps Reduce Children's Behavioral Problems
...disorders in children. In follow-up surveys atone, three and six months after treatment, parents assigned to the CD-ROM groupreported more than 60 percent fewer behavioral problems with their childrenwhile parents in the control group reported no change. Parents who used the CD-ROM also scored high...Novel Therapy To Treat Lung Cancer Patients Enrolling Patients At UCSF Cancer Center
...ive infusions of the anti-VEGF antibody once every three weeks along withchemotherapy. Patients who are interested in participating in the trial should contact UCSFCancer Center trial coordinator Greg David at (415) 885-7283....Infants With Eye Problem Sought For NIH-Sponsored Study Of Congenital Esotropia
...veexperimental testing. Participation will include three to four routineoffice visits that enable the physician to track development of the baby'seyes and develop a medical history. "If parents, grandparents, or others notice a baby's eye(s) turning inward,they should ask their pediatrician about it, or ca...New Elementary School Program Lowers Cardiovascular Risks In Children
... an aerobically focused physical education program three times a week. The small groups consisted of up to eight children, and the intervention was tailored to their individual risk factors. Physical activities were identical to the other, larger group. The control group received the usual classroom inst...... Neuroscience. ADHD is estimated to affect three percent to five percent of Americanschool-aged children, perhaps as many as 3.5 million youngsters, according tothe National Institute of Mental Health. Up to 60 percent of these childrenwill continue to experience symptoms in adulthood. "Er......scale controlled trials of the drugs took placefor three to four years. But Li Wan Po says only controlled trials over decadeswill reveal whether the new drugs reduce heart attacks, strokes and deaths.Brian Pentecost, medical director of the British Heart Foundation and a memberof Britain's Committee on th...