More Evidence Of Possible Adverse Effects From New Hormone Use In Women With Heart Disease
...esults. HERS, on the other hand, was a randomized trial of women with heart disease; half of the 2,763 women were assigned to take estrogen and progestin, and the rest were given a placebo -- inactive pills. After HERS results were released, Alexander looked for Duke studies that had compiled data on...T-Cell Memory Finding May Provide Key To Cancer, AIDS Vaccines
...cal relevance," jokes Ashton-Rickardt. "No vaccine trial to date," he said, "has been able to produce significantnumbers of memory T lymphocytes, which are important in killing HIV-infected orcancerous cells. Now we know why, and we have a pretty good idea of how tochange that." The research team, working ......tesof Health today announced that a large clinical trial of mechanical ventilatoruse for intensive care pat.... Claude Lenfant, "This is the firstlarge clinical trial to demonstrate a more effective treatment for ARDSpatients. The findings will improve the care of t...NIA Launches National Study To Treat Mild Cognitive Impairment
...ell-defined AD. What we hope to accomplish in this trial is to test agents that delay or stopfurther memory... Thoseinterested in participating in the clinical trial should have a memorycomplaint, exhibit memory impairment in testing--but be able to perform everyday...Low-Tech Treatment Proves A Life-Saver In Research Breakthrough
...ricans annually. A three-year, nationwide clinical trial of the new ventilator treatment has beenso successful that it has been stopped ahead of schedule to alert critical carespecialists of the life-saving results, said Michael Matthay, M.D., professor ofmedicine and anesthesia at UC San Francisco and a p...New Drug For Recurrent Brain Tumors In Tests At UNC
... says onestudy is a randomized, phase III clinical trial in which patients with GBM willreceive either the ...andard chemotherapyagent. All participants in this trial will be those whose tumors have returnedafter previous treatment, including surgery, radiation, and ...Should Doctors Urge Patients To Take Breaks From Their Drugs?
... they produceddetectable antibodies to HIV. If his trial is successful in tipping the balancein favour of t...is week, an ethics committeewill judge whether the trial should go ahead. AIDS doctors fear that any departure from continuous triple therapy willinc...Improved Fitness Lowers Mortality Risk Of Male Heart-Attack Survivors
... consequently, lived longer." The original trial involved 651 men between the ages of 30 and 64 who...stage completedand oxygen uptake at the end of the trial were designated as the participant'smaximal physical work capacity. Dorn and colleagues ass...Antibiotics Reduce Inflammation In Heart Disease But Effect On Heart Attacks Remains Unproven
...sease," he continues. The ongoing two-year trial reported in Circulation includes 302individuals wi... In the meantime, Grayston adds, the Utah-based trial is contributingvaluable information, by showing that the concentrations of well-establishedinflammat...Emory Receives $14 Million Federal Grant To Coordinate 50-Site Brain Attack Prevention Trial
...illion from theinstitute to coordinate a five-year trial during which 806 patients will be evaluated at50 sites in North America. The Clinical Coordinating Center will be based inthe Department of Neurology at the Emory University School of Medicine, theStatistical Coordinating Center in the Department of...Trial Begins For First Artificial Liver Device Using Human Cells
...tion. As the pilot center for the first controlled trial of the device, theUniversity of Chicago is the onl...fferently and could harbor infectious agents. This trial should determinewhether a device that incorporates human rather than pig-livercells can reduce tho...BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The first trial of comparable doses of Ritalin, thestandard treatm...trics. Pelham concluded that, based on the trial findings, Adderall should beadded to the repertoire of effective treatments for ADHD, especially for......and Principal Investigator for the BNP7787 Phase I trial being conductedat the University of Chicago Medical Center indicated: "BNP7787 is welltolerated and appears to prevent significant neurotoxicity. No patient in ourstudy has had worse than grade 2 neuropathy despite high cumulative doses ofcisplatin...Vaccine Against Melanoma Proves Successful For Patients With Disease Spread To Two Lymph Node Areas
... standardtreatment, which is alpha interferon. The trial involves 400 patients seen atinstitutions in several major cities. If the trial is successful, then AVAX willask the FDA for approval to allow it to market the vaccine. Ma...Cordis Cardiology Introduces The MINI Crown Stent
...o served as principal investigator in the clinical trial of the MINI, many physicians view smaller vessel s...livery balloon until it is deployed." "Clinical trial results show the MINI to be associated with a high rate of successful deployment, outstanding angiog...Fetal Cell Therapy Benefits Some Parkinson's Patients
...lts from the first randomized, controlled clinical trial of fetal dopaminecell implants for Parkinson's dis...vement. Publicity surrounding theseearly clinical trial results led to great patient demand for cell implanttherapy. Until now, however, researchers could ...Intensive Care Before A Major Op May Improve Survival
...k of major elective surgery: randomised controlled trial of pre-operative optimisation of oxygen delivery) Intensive care treatment of patients about to undergo major elective surgery can help to improve survival rates, say researchers in this week's BMJ. Major surgery in high risk people produces large...Misdiagnosis Looms As Demand Increases For New Breast Cancer Biopsy
...y as a group to saywe are done with the validation trial and can offer a sentinel node-onlyprocedure for women with invasive breast cancer."...Postpartum Help Needed To Keep Recent Mothers From Resuming Smoking Habit
...ed tokeep new moms off cigarettes because when the trial run of counseling ended,many of the women in the t...started smoking again. "This is the first trial designed specifically to prevent smokingrelapse in postpartum and to test different approaches to ac...UCSF-Harvard Team Reports Encouraging Results In Drug Study Of Mice With Cancer
... and endostatin. Thegoal of the first stage of the trial was to prevent the angiogenic switch incells prior to the initial formation of solid tumors; in the second, tointervene in the rapid expansion of small tumors; and in the third to causeregression of large, end-stage cancers. (While each of the drugs ...