Study shows that a kidney transplant can reverse heart failure
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...ack patients with the ACE inhibitors," said Davis, who also is director of the Coordinating Center for Clinical Trials at the UT School of Public Health. "However the results showed diuretics were as good or better than the newer drugs regardless of race." The study concludes that diuretics are similar ...Metabolic side effects of antipsychotics are known, but rarely monitored
...ce. "We still have a way to go," says Dr. Buckley, who had just met with a young woman with schizophrenia already struggling with her weight. "I was telling her she needs a drug for her illness and that, unfortunately, there is also a risk that this drug will make her gain weight. She said she didn't wan...Golf-related head injuries in children increasing along with sport's popularity
... children needed surgery. Five of the six children who needed surgery did well and the remaining nine had... Masters Championship showed of the eight children who required surgery, half had a depressed skull fracture from a golf club. The MCG study also cited the...Physicians, researchers to talk about new treatments for oral, head and neck cancers
...Also available will be the husband of Joan Bisesi, who died of oral cancer in 2001. A Columbus attorney, Phil Bisesi created "Joan's Fund" to raise money for oral head and neck cancer research. It is the first organization in the United States to do such. Patients will be on hand to talk about their...Randy 'Duke' Cunningham, Miss America 2005 Deidre Downs and Dan Haney receive public service awards
...eme of her reign. Downs, an aspiring pediatrician who has been accepted as a medical student at the Alabama School of Medicine, is serving as a national spokesperson for childhood cancers and their families through CureSearch, a partnership with the Children's Oncology Group. Prior to her reign as Miss ...Young scientists awarded for achievements in cancer research
... 2005-2006, as well as nine winners from 2004-2005 who will be attending their second AACR Annual Meeting. To qualify for the award, candidates must be full-time, third-year undergraduates majoring in science. Dr. Bardos, a native of Hungary, came to the United States after World War II to earn a Ph.D....West Africa: meningitis epidemics driven by the wind
...ions and the increase in the number of individuals who have never been in contact with it, and also because of climatic conditions. Sahelo-Sudanian Africa is under a climate of alternating dry season in winter and a monsoon season in summer. This alternation is linked to the shift in latitude of the Inte...Injectable drug, combined with counseling, shows promise in treating alcohol dependence
...elping the large number of individuals in the U.S. who suffer from alcohol dependence." Naltrexone was approved in pill form by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 1994 for treating alcohol dependence. It belongs to a class of drugs called opioid antagonists, for treating alcohol dependence. Altho...Exercise, stress management show physiological benefits for heart patients
...In these tests of flow-mediated dilation, patients who received the behavioral treatments displayed nearl...ercent improvement when compared to those patients who only received usual medical care. "To our knowledge, this is the first study to show that stress man...Once-a-month injectable medication helps treat alcohol dependence
...ical centers. Of the 899 individuals screened, 627 who were diagnosed as being actively drinking alcohol-dependent adults were randomized to receive treatment and 624 received at least 1 injection. Participants received either an intramuscular injection of 380 mg. of long-acting naltrexone (n = 205), 19...Study examines effectiveness of anti-anemia drug in treatment of cancer patients
... needing a blood transfusion was lower in patients who received erythropoietin treatment than in those who did not. Erythropoietin-treated patients with very low baseline hemoglobin levels were more likely t...Antioxidant may have adverse effects in head and neck cancer patients
...0 patients with stage I or II head and neck cancer who had been treated with radiation therapy between 19.... Compared with patients given a placebo, patients who received alpha-tocopherol supplements had a higher rate of developing a second primary cancer during...Maternal iron deficiency disrupts mother/child interaction
New mothers who are mildly iron deficient -- a common result of childbirth among women who don't take their vitamins -- are less emotionally available or in tune with their babies, a Penn Sta...Less cognitive impairment seen in women taking drug for osteoporosis
...n preventing cognitive impairment. The 5,386 women who were screened for dementia completed the 15-item Geriatric Depression scale and six cognitive tests at the beginning of the trial and once a year during the trial. Their scores at the end were compared to their baseline scores, and women suspected of...Music improves sleep quality in older adults, researchers find
...p and a control group. They discovered that the 30 who had listened to carefully selected music experienc...he study were older adults with sleep difficulties who lived in central Taiwan. Those with certain medical conditions were excluded, as were people taking ...US service academies to collaborate with UNC, Andrews Air Force Base, Duke in knee injury study
...s principal investigator, Dr. Stephen W. Marshall, who is an assistant professor of epidemiology at UNC's School of Public Health and assistant professor of orthopedics at UNC's School of Medicine. He also is co-chief of biostatistical services at the Injury Prevention Research Center, which is hosting ...Dr. Eric McAdams, who led the PhD research project alongside Peter O'Hare and Gillian McCullough, is available to discuss the Impedimap technology and its commercial development. The key to Impedimap is that the system can be used to provide instant, accurate feedback on ...Risk of HIV transmission highest in early stage of infection
...lly, they explained, efforts have focused on those who are not yet infected and on those with established infection. The highest rate of transmission in the study, however, occurred in early infection, when few infected persons are aware of their infection status or receive the antiretroviral drugs used ...Hormonal birth control, bacterial infections in women linked to increased shedding of type-2 herpes
Women who are infected with herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV...ected--and can remain asymptomatic, so most people who are infected don't know it. Evidence suggests that HSV-2 infection can increase the risk of HIV tran...