Unexpected benefit seen in treating HER-2 breast cancer with new preoperative drug combo
HOUSTON - A new use of the drug Herceptin appears to offer a much more...anticipated and seems to suggest that simultaneous use of chemotherapy and Herceptin offers a much more potent treatment than use of these drugs sequential...Primary care office strategies may increase colon cancer screening
...ectal cancer screening when primary care practices use an office systems approach, according to an articl...to 43.2 percent). Throughout the study period, the use of posters and brochures about CRC screening increased from 20.5 percent to 69.3 percent. The most c...Professionalism and professional ethics in medicine
...f pocket costs may lead to cost-related failure to use prescribed medication and threaten quality of care... patient discomfort. "Despite barriers, physicians use multiple strategies that may vary in efficacy to assist patients burdened by these costs," the autho...Advertising by academic medical centers may risk eroding public trust, says study
...inent and trusted sources of information and their use of emotional appeals and promotion of unproven services to generate revenue," said co-author Dr. Steven Woloshin, associate professor of medicine and of community and family medicine and a member of Center for the Evaluative Clinical Sciences at DMS....Fat may promote inflammation, new study suggests
...ted with a lower ability to respond to insulin and use glucose. On the other hand, higher levels of the "...ectin were associated with an increased ability to use glucose. Eight women who were diagnosed with metabolic syndrome and had multiple risk factors for h...Indiana University researchers closer to helping hearing-impaired using stem cells
...arrow stromal cells because of their potential for use in autologous cell-based therapy," said Dr. Hashino, referring to cell transplantation in which a patient's own cells are used in treatment. The cells can be collected easily and kept alive in the laboratory until needed, she said. Other researchers ...Optical technique identifies vulnerable plaques in cardiac patients
...ma, PhD, also of the Wellman Center, developed the use of OCT to visualize coronary arteries, including vulnerable plaques. The technology developed in their laboratory was used for this first study to examine the structure of plaques in patients with cardiac disease. The study enrolled patients schedul...Researchers search for first sign of congestive heart failure
...ts heart rate and blood pressure, researchers will use painless ultrasound to study how the heart relaxes and fills with blood in stressful and normal conditions. "By stimulating them with the video games, we increase their blood pressure," says Dr. Kapuku. "We are going to see when their blood pressure...Hopkins begins human trials with donor adult stem cells to repair muscle damaged from heart attack
...ymal stem cell, was separated from other kinds for use in this study. While their precise biological act...rent organ tissues as do embryonic stem cells, the use of adult stem cells in this study shows their tremendous potential in developing effective therapies...Billions in cost estimated for firefighter injuries
...er views of economic impacts. Fire departments can use the information to plan their fire prevention and firefighting strategies. NIST plans to use the study as an aid to determining what new research might lead to a reduction in injury costs and t...US attempting to flout ethical practice for patient trials abroad
...tified in the study" and places some limits on the use of placebos in developing country studies. Current FDA regulations require studies submitted in support of a new drug application to have been done in a manner consistent either with the Declaration of Helsinki or any local laws, whichever is more pr...NYU College of Dentistry study equates poor oral health with preterm birth risk
...increase attributed to such factors as the growing use of fertility drugs, increasing teenage pregnancy and smoking levels, and physicans' improved ability to successfully deliver high-risk pregnancies that might otherwise have ended in miscarriage. It has been estimated that hospital-related costs for e...NIH state-of-the-science panel calls for 'demedicalization' of menopause
... Concerns about the risks associated with estrogen use may rule out this treatment option for some groups...the risks. In addition to learning more about safe use of hormones, the panel urged further research into nonhormonal treatment approaches. "One of the ch...Mental health service costs offset by savings in other public sectors
...est expenditures, in each sector there is resource use that was not included in our analyses. For example, our analyses of costs for the juvenile justice system included detention but not court costs or probation and aftercare services. Similarly, we have not captured general administrative costs. In...Can you read my mind? W.M. Keck Foundation funds innovative brain research at Carnegie Mellon
...out the size of a peppercorn. So Just and Mitchell use data mining and statistical machine software to detect subtle patterns. They already have developed computer algorithms for analyzing fMRI scans that can distinguish which category of words a person is reading about (for example, a list of buildings ...Risky surgery not always necessary to treat cervical disease
...minating these risks. Chemoprevention involves the use of micronutrients or pharmaceutical agents to delay or prevent the development of cancer from HPV in currently healthy patients. Progress and treatment of the infected tissues can be monitored through colposcopy, which is relatively noninvasive sinc...RIT takes eye-tracking research to next level
How do we use our eyes to perceive the world? Could eye movement...xperiments tell scientists little about how people use their eyes in daily life. "The overarching question is how much of what we learn in the laboratory ...Opponents of needle-exchange programs should think about their message to drug users
...people to start injecting drugs nor increases drug use by those who are already users." Yet policy makers at the federal, state and local levels have resisted providing IDUs with easier access to clean needles from physicians, pharmacies, the police or other readily available sources. In 1997 Congress e...Yale technology translates to sonic golf training tool
...d in the shaft. Sonic Golf's unique feature is the use of realtime audio feedback. "We were able to identify a signal from the sensors related to the speed of the club," Grober said. "We convert this signal into an audio soundscape that is universally intuitive to golfers and instantly interpretable, pro...Three-year cervical cancer screening recommendations may be applicable for certain women with HIV
...g to the results of our study, we believe that the use of HPV testing in HIV-seropositive women warrants evaluation in a formal clinical trial."...