Diuretics effective for people with diabetes and high blood pressure
...reatment to Prevent Heart Attack Trial" or ALLHAT, sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, are published in the June 27 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine. ALLHAT is the largest study to compare these three major classes of medications to treat high blood pressure. The study originally ...New drug is effective in reducing rejection in heart transplantation
...e used following cytolytic therapy." The study was sponsored by the maker of daclizumab, Roche Laboratories. "Most heart transplant physicians use what they know works. Even though I'm the first author, analyzed the data and wrote the paper, I have been waiting for this study to be published and to receive cri...NIMH study finds antipsychotic Risperidone safe, effective as intermediate term treatment for autism
A multi-site study sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) finds children with autism characterized by tantrums, aggression, and/or self-injury respond favorably to the antipsychotic medication risperidone for up to six months. Published in the July edition ...New study: Many local health directors unsure of authority to curtail smoking
... health, states should repeal bad tobacco industry sponsored clean air bills, should expand exceptions to such laws and should ensure that public health advocates take full advantage of all exceptions."...Massachusetts second state to consider nurse staffing ratios; experts to appear at public hearing
...sand by 2020. Rep. Christine Canavan (D-Brockton) sponsored the legislation to require minimum nurse-to-patien...0 million to $450 million. Alternative legislation sponsored by Senator Richard Moore (D-Uxbridge), Chairman of the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing, see...National Academies news: Coeur d'Alene Superfund site
...overseen by the National Academies. The study was sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The National Research Council is the principal operating arm of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering. It is a private, nonprofit institution that provides science and ...Injuries higher among obese people, study finds
...havioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, which is sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Through telephone surveys, the system monitors lifestyles and behaviors related to the primary causes of mortality and morbidity. Of the 2,575 adults who agreed to participate in the study, a total o...Less than 1 percent of health plan members are diagnosed with alcohol use disorders
...alitions that aims to improve health care quality, sponsored the project. The findings indicate that the systemic failure to address alcohol dependence begins with a failure to adequately identify people with alcohol problems. Although approximately 8 percent of working adults suffer from alcohol dependence o...Arts program provides services, guidance to HIV/AIDS patients
...its first year, the Carle Hospital Arts Program -- sponsored by the U. of I. medical school's psychiatry department and funded by the Carle Foundation -- provided individual art instruction for just three people. Kellman taught the class, which met once a week for four hours -- over a 3 1/2-month period -- in ...Hey doc, do I still need this catheter?
...dicine Mary A.M. Rogers, Ph.D., M.S. The study was sponsored by a patient safety grant from the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation....Medical students at risk for influence from pharmaceutical companies' marketing efforts
...receive on average one gift or attend one activity sponsored by a pharmaceutical company per week, and most believe that sponsored educational events are likely to be biased, according to an article in the September 7 issue of JAM...Trial at Jefferson shows new drug may help cancer patients who need stem cell transplants
...hase II trial with AMD-3100 alone. The research is sponsored by AnorMED, Inc., a Vancouver, British Columbia-based drug development company. AnorMED's efforts are aimed at the discovery and development of small molecule therapeutics to treat diseases including HIV, rheumatoid arthritis, asthma and cancer....Earthquake briefing on Capitol Hill
...heir vulnerability to earthquakes. The briefing is sponsored by the following members of the Coalition: the American Geological Institute, the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute and the Seismological Society of America....Digital mammography trial results announced
...g Network (ACRIN) in Pentagon City, Va. The trial, sponsored by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, was conducted by a network of researchers led by ACRIN. "These results will give clinicians better guidance and greater choice in deciding which women would benefit mo...Academic medical centers face multiple challenges for conducting medical research
...nd to streamline agency requirements for federally sponsored research, giving rise to some hope that the federa...stitutions may find it impossible to sustain their sponsored research programs." "Academic medical centers face many difficult challenges in pursuing their resea...First Neurology EXPO comes to Atlanta on October 22
All are invited to the first Neurology EXPO sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology and its Foundation on Saturday, October 22, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Held at the Georgia World Congress Center in hall A2, Neurology EXPO will bring the greatest number of resources aimed at providing informat...Loss of body mass linked to development of Alzheimer's disease
...d toll free at 1-800-438-4380. The ADEAR Center is sponsored by the NIA to provide information to the public and health professionals about AD and age-related cognitive change and may be contacted at the website and phone number above for a variety of publications and fact sheets, as well as information on cli...Cars, computer chips and heart attacks?
...cular Center co-director Kim Eagle, M.D., FACC and sponsored by the American College of Cardiology as part of their Guidelines Applied in Practice (GAP) initiative. Eagle and his colleagues aren't suggesting that hospitals should become factories or treat every heart patient the same. But they point to their f...Arranon cancer drug receives advisory committee support
...OG). Both of the adult and pediatric studies were sponsored by the Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program of the National Cancer Institute (NCI), under a Clinical Trials Agreement between NCI and GSK. Pediatric cancer continues to be the second leading cause of death among children, behind accidental injury. Ea...Medication appears effective in treating teen heroin addiction
...w.jamamedia.org .) Editor's Note: This study was sponsored by a grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, Bethesda, Md., and research funds from the Department of Psychiatry and the College of Medicine at the University of Vermont, Burlington. Commentary: Adolescent Opioid Abuse In an accompanying ...