UCSF To Establish Formal Hospitalists Training Program
... make sure hospital patients get quality care at a time whenmanaged care is forcing hospitals to cut costs. "We believe that hospitalistsnot only need to learn to be excellent and efficient clinicians, but they alsoneed to learn to be leaders in making the system work better," Wachter said. Though hospit...Epilepsy Drugs Useful To Treat Alzheimer's, Studies Find
...more engaged in socialactivities and required less time to manage. The team also presented preliminary results from a small,placebo-controlled pilot study of divalproex sodium, anothercommon anti-seizure medication. The results of the study,sponsored by the Alzheimer's Association, are promising eno......heart disease," says Montalescot. "At the present time we have fewgood explanations for this excess of efficacy of enoxaparin over regularheparin. But we do believe we have identified a new biological prognosis markerof unstable chest pain." Co-authors are Francois Philippe, M.D.; Annick Ankri, M.D.; Er...Parenting CD-ROM Helps Reduce Children's Behavioral Problems
...ctive role in the learningprocess. They spend more time with it because it's so interesting." Gordon presented research on the program's effectiveness July 11 at theannual meeting of the Coalition for Marriage, Family and Couples Education. For one study, researchers recruited 72 parents ...Studies Indicate An Effective Treatment For Steroid-Induced Osteoporosis
...ge, gender, underlying disease, dosageor length of time on steroid therapy. Increase in spine BMD was highest in post-menopausal women not taking estrogenwho received 10 mg of alendronate, the researchers noted. Post-menopausal womentaking steroid treatments are among those at the highest risk forsteroid...New Elementary School Program Lowers Cardiovascular Risks In Children
...ograms addressing health behaviors at an important time in childrens development should lower the Nations high incidence of CVD down the road.Dr. Harrell is continuing her research to discover whether the childrens initial CVD health gains last over time. She is also investigating whether the knowledge o...Epilepsy Drug Found To Stop Cocaine's Effects In Animals
... GVG also significantly decreased the amount of time that rodents spentin areas where they had previously received cocaine. Such behavior is importantin human drug addiction. But GVG did not stop animals' routine functions such as learning, eatingand moving; nor did it cause other obvious sid...Remembering Your Medications: Older Are Wiser
...routines, including eating meals at about the same time each day,or engaging in regular activities at home.... "Having a life that's overly full leaves little time to attend to healthconcerns." For doctors, the implications of the research are clear. "Consider pr......in the study receiving beta-blocker therapy at the time of dischargehad a 14 percent lower risk of death at one year after discharge. The study also showed the influence of the hospital as an appropriatesetting for beginning this important preventative therapy, Krumholz said. Of the p...Study Captures Images Of Memories Being Formed Within The Human Brain
...ned in memory. "This study marks the first time we've been able to peer insidesomeone's brain and predict on average whether or not you will later forgetsomething you are now experiencing," said Randy L. Buckner, senior author of thearticle and assistant professor of psychology in Arts and Science...Brain Regions Identified That Influence What We Remember Or Forget
... the activity levels in each person's brain at the time a picture wasviewed predicted if he or she would r...t part of the brain is encoding for meaning at the time of theexperience. The research might lead someday to better treatment of Alzheimer disease, Brewersa...Sunlight Poses Universal Cataract Risk
...lts to lens damage from UV-B rays." "Every time you go out into the sun, your eyes can take a hit from UV-Brays," says West. "The good news is it's never too late to start protecting youreyes, because the lens change is probably from an accumulated dose over theyears. That's why everyone needs to ...Schizophrenia-Like Behavior In Rats Blocked Via Glutamate
...ting schizophrenia. Scientists have known for some time that the psychosis-inducing drug PCP(phencyclidine) blocks activation of receptors for the brain messenger chemicalglutamate while stimulating activation of brain dopamine systems. Currentantipsychotic drugs act by reducing dopamine activity. When...Guidelines Not Necessarily Guiding Physician Behavior, Study Says
...s followed NCEP guidelines incorrectly half of the time when evaluatingthe need for drug treatment for hig...r doctors to perform preventative procedures. It's time consuming at a time when we're asked to see more patients in lesstime. In many cases, these procedu...DNA-Based Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise To Successfully Treat Melanoma In Mice
...ials using DNA from mice in melanoma patients some time next year....Better Survival For Women With Breast Cancer -New Evidence On Chemotherapy
...had already spread to the local lymphglands at the time of surgery ("node-positive"), some months of chemo... 12 women in the UK will get breast cancer at some time in their lives -nearly 32,500 new cases every year. Breast cancer is the most common cancer inwomen ...The Visible Humans: Coming Of Age
...w the bones, a student can remove muscles one at a time by moving the cursor, revealing a real human skele...morphing software is expected to save considerable time and money....UCSF AIDS Expert Warns Against Early Treatment For HIV Infection
...tiated. "Physicians should carefully consider the time when drug therapy is begun forinfected individuals...parate tests. "Administering drugs at thisselected time seems the best strategy because the virus can be controlled andthe immune system can recover...," he...Some CFS Patients Benefit From Low-Dose Steroid, But Side Effects Too Risky
...inds,justify using this treatment for CFS. "Any time that long-term steroid therapy is considered, even at a low dose,"adds Dr. Straus, "one needs to be concerned that the treatment itself maysuppress the adrenal gland's normal production of steroids, which can lead toserious complications. When suppr...