JDRF awards Emory $2.5 million to develop islet transplant technology
...at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center and continued in human clinical trials, are leaders in a national effort to develop less toxic drugs for islet and solid organ transplants. At the same time, researchers have realized the vast gap between the number of human islets available from current sources...Plant-derived omega-3s may aid in bone health
...t six weeks they ate one of the other diets. This continued for 24 weeks until all participants consumed six weeks of all the diets. Monday through Friday the participants ate either breakfast or dinner in the diet center and packed the remaining meals, including weekend meals and snacks home. The research...Drug reduces unscheduled trips to doctor for childhood asthma attacks
...respiratory infection or asthma symptom. Treatment continued for a minimum of seven days or until symptoms had resolved for 24 hours. "A key component of the study was the impact of asthma on the family, as measured by days absent from school or childcare, nights of disturbed sleep, and the number of parent ...Low-pitch treatment alleviates ringing sound of tinnitus
...ided what the patient described as a high-level of continued relief. Zengs patient programs the low-pitched sound through his cochlear implant, and Zeng is currently studying how to apply this treatment for people who do not use any hearing-aid devices. Since a cochlear implant replaces the damaged mechanis...Early switch to an aromatase inhibitor increases survival
...oxifen treatment, implies a mortality benefit over continued tamoxifen and that the benefit on breast cancer-related mortality is mainly due to the effect of switching," conclude the authors. ...Wartime raises stress, blood pressure rates in military offspring
...d in the families they leave behind." "Given the continued presence of U.S. soldiers deployed to (Operation Iraqi Freedom) and mounting casualties, these findings suggest that youth with family members in the military, particularly those deployed overseas, may warrant increased attention of parents, educator...Preclinical results of Geovax's AIDS vaccines demonstrate potential to protect against disease
...f these AIDS virus-infected non-human primates has continued for more than a year to date. Vaccination with the GeoVax DNA/MVA vaccines has curtailed the development of AIDS and its associated debilitating effects, resulting in healthy, asymptomatic individuals. The monkeys have gained weight and have not req...Medicare payment cuts will accelerate primary care collapse
...me children and adults, the elderly and veterans," continued Dr. Kirk. "Congress should also move forward on comprehensive reforms to expand health insurance to the nearly 47 million Americans who now lack coverage."...Leading advocates express support for microbicide research, despite disappointing trial results
...y organizations today emphasized the importance of continued research into new HIV prevention options, despite the recent discontinuation of the Phase III effectiveness trials of the microbicide candidate, cellulose sulfate (CS). CS was one of the four microbicide candidates in Phase III effectiveness trials ...Investment level in HIV prevention programs related to HIV incidence in the United States
...began to predict incidence. That is, as the nation continued to increase the funding of HIV prevention programs, HIV dropped substantially from 160,000 infections per year to about 40,000 infections per year. In the early 1990s, as the level of investment (adjusted for inflation) flattened out with little annu...Annual study finds top hospitals have 28 percent lower mortality rate
.... "The data in this year's study clearly indicate continued improvement in reducing preventable deaths and com...m orthopedic surgery to cardiac care. However, the continued gap between the nation's top and poorest-performing hospitals continues."...Better strategies for osteoporosis prevention and therapy
...eoporosis prevention and treatment. Eberhard Denk continued his work at ETH in Zurich as a post-doctorate scientist, further developing the 41Ca methodology. Klaus G. Heumann, Editor of ABC, said, "Denk's pioneering work is truly new and innovative, meeting ABC's high standards for excellent research publica...Topical anaesthetic spray delays ejaculation by five times as long says new study
...urning sensation each time the spray was used, but continued with the treatment. No adverse effects were found during patient safety checks, which included vital signs, physical findings, electrocardiograms, haematology, biochemistry and urine analysis. "At the moment, only a small number of men with prematu...Rapid flu testing is associated with decreased antibiotic use in hospitalized adults
...f those deemed at low risk for bacterial infection continued to receive antibiotics despite their rapid influenza diagnosis," the authors write. "Patients who continued to receive antibiotics were more often older, were smokers with higher rates of underlying chronic o...Rapid flu tests may reduce threat of antibiotic resistance
...were generally at low risk for bacterial infection continued to receive antibiotics. She says that the prescription of antibiotics to patients with a viral infection is often done by doctors who believe that their patient may also have a bacterial infection or that antibiotics will prevent subsequent bacterial...Health care costs for abused women are significant
...ased health plan. The higher costs and utilization continued long after the abuse ended, the research team from Group Health, the University of Washington (UW), and the Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center (HIPRC) found. The findings appear in the February 2007 issue of the American Journal of Prev...Comprehensive reforms to move toward patient-centered care released by ACP
...s is NOT one that is centered on patients' needs," continued Dr. Kirk. "The nearly 47 million Americans who now lack health insurance coverage are much less likely to have a regular source of care, never mind having access to physician practices that are organized to provide patient-centered primary care." T...New angiogenesis inhibitor has promise for treating deadly brain tumor
...e seen almost immediately in most participants and continued for at least 28 days, with some features persistin...to a rapid decrease in brain edema, an effect that continued as long as the medication was taken. Edema produces many of the symptoms experienced by brain tumor...SCAI issues clinical alert on drug-eluting stents and late thrombosis
... the use of these devices. The panel supported the continued use of these devices but also suggested more research to determine whether the devices contribute to an increased likelihood of heart attack and death in complex heart disease patients who receive these stents (see http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/news/01040...Bayer and Onyx announce pivotal Nexavar kidney cancer study published in NEJM
...d occurred by November 30, 2005. Results showed a continued trend toward improved survival, with a 23% reduction in the risk of death (19.3 months for Nexavar patients versus 15.9 months for placebo patients; hazard ratio 0.77, p=0.02), despite the fact that nearly half of placebo patients had "crossed over" ...