Artemisinin-based therapy may not be the best treatment for uncomplicated malaria in Africa
...idely advocated, they are expensive and relatively untested in areas where malaria is very frequent. In a randomised trial conducted at four sites in Uganda, the researchers, led by Grant Dorsey from UCSF, showed that patients treated with a cheaper combination of drugs --amodiaquine and sulfadoxine-pyrimet...UK government's privatisation plans for the NHS put patient welfare at risk
...rily bad but the Government's latest proposals are untested and, therefore, irresponsible and potentially dang...lth workers. The Government's latest proposals are untested and, therefore, irresponsible and potentially dangerous. Patricia Hewitt is playing fast and loose w...In a crisis, creating DNA vaccine could help save lives, slow spread of 'bird flu'
...ad of the disease because the technique is largely untested in humans. The analysis appears in the November-December issue of the journal Biotechnology Progress , a co-publication of the American Chemical Society and the American Institutes of Chemical Engineers. The avian virus, H5N1, has spread among birds...One in five patients on commonly prescribed diuretics have abnormal sodium and potassium levels
...lectrolyte levels was 69, while the average age of untested patients was slightly lower at 67. Only 30 per cent of females had their electrolytes tested, compared with 36 per cent of males. "Patients taking higher doses of thiazide diuretics are at particular risk of low potassium levels and elderly pati...The Alzheimer patient who sang 'Oh, what a beautiful morning!'
...tive scientific debate. Dr. Horrobin believed that untested theories are just as valuable to medicine, and he wanted to leave the lines of communication open for active discussion, discourse and development - particularly in areas where a general consensus has not yet been established. Medical Hypotheses is t...Medical centers vary in disclosing conflicts of interest
...ll institutions have not adopted wholesale new and untested recommendations based on guidance from outside bodies who are similarly concerned about this important issue," Sugarman said. When looking at an academic medical center's disclosure of conflict of interest to their trial participants, the researchers...Researchers test new way to quit smoking
...ing to completely give them up. "These are largely untested ideas. The aim of our research is to discover if there is a measurable difference in quitting success rates between the two groups in our trial," said Dr Bullen....Federal law should require ID of stores that sold recalled food, study suggests
...stomers. However, Hooker said, this theory remains untested and deserves further research. Hooker is continuing his work on this topic, focusing on smaller, non-chain retailers in Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia to determine the type of technology they have available to track customer purchases compared wit...Cognitive behavioral therapy appears more effective than sleep medication for treating insomnia
...options, and as many as one fifth resort to either untested over-the-counter medications or alcohol in attempts to improve their condition. Among primary care physicians, the treatment of choice for insomnia has commonly been prescription medication. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is the most widely use...UGA researchers find high rates of off-label prescriptions
...bing regularly exposes consumers to drugs that are untested for their condition. "There's a big gap between this very strict approval process and this very liberal utilization practice," Chen said. "Something must be done to fill this gap." The researchers examined data on drugs prescribed to 107,000 Geo...New details on how the immune system recognizes influenza
...topes, or methodically predict responses to as-yet untested targets," says Alessandro Sette, Ph.D., who heads the Vaccine Discovery division at LIAI and is the lead investigator on the project. For the current study, Dr. Sette and his colleagues examined 600 different epitopes from 58 different strains of i...Off-label and untested use of drug-coated stents appears widespread
The off-label and untested use of drug-coated stents in the treatment of coro...ctiveness of drug-eluting stents for off-label and untested indications. Off-label indications included use of stents for restenosis, bypass graft lesion, and ...