| AACE: Combination Therapy Best For Diabetics With Higher Glycemic Levels |
| AACE: First Report of Severe Hypocalcaemia During Alendronate Treatment |
| AACE: High-Saturated-Fat, Low-Starch Diet Safe, Effective for Weight Loss in Patients on Statins |
| AACE: Maximum Outpatient Dose of 131I Cures Toxic Multinodular Goiter Rapidly |
| AACE: Omeprazole Does not Affect Bone Mineral Density |
| AACE: Rosiglitazone Ups Gly/Met Efficacy in Type 2 Diabetics |
| AACE: Tofupill Phytoestrogen Preparation Relieves Menopausal Symptoms without Unwanted Estrogenic Effects |
| ACOG: Barr's Seasonale Oral Contraceptive Phase III Clinical Trial Results Subject of ACOG Poster Session |
| ACOG: Ten-Year Study Reveals Risk Factors Associated With Preeclampsia |
| ARRS: MRI Useful in Evaluating Periurethral and Urethral Tissues |
| ARVO: Alcon Releases Results for Anecortave Acetate Therapy for Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration |
| ATC: Age Confers Some Benefits for Cardiac Transplant Patients |
| Low Dose DHEA Proves Effective in Treating Physical And Mental Conditions of Hypopituitarism |
| PAS: Curosurf (Poractant Alfa) Superior to Survanta (Beractant) for Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Neonates |
| PAS: Early Tympanostomy Tube Does not Improve Cognition, Language or Speech at Four Years in Children with Persistent Middle Ear Effusion |
| PAS: In Neonates, Reflectance Pulse Oximetry Comparable to Traditional Transmission Oximetry |
| PAS: Low-Grade Cervical Lesions Likely To Regress Spontaneously In Adoloscent Women |
| PAS: Neutrophil Respiratory Burst Activity Rises in First Month in Very Low Birthweight Infants |
| PAS: Premature Infants Who are Exercised Grow Faster |
| PAS: Symptoms of Group A Beta-Hemolytic Streptococcal Pharyngitis Vary Between Brazil and India |
| PAS: Two Significant Changes In Circulating Influenza A Viruses Occurred In The 2001-2002 Influenza Season |
| Pilot Study Indicates Insulin Pump Therapy Is Effective For Infants And Preschool Children With Type I Diabetes |
| Study Finds Full Breastfeeding For Six Months Boosts Baby's Resistance To Respiratory Illnesses |
| Triple Risk For Breast Cancer Twins |
| 05/03/2002 | |
| AACE: American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists -- Benign Thyroid Nodules Grow Slowly If at All |
| AACE: Inhaled Insulin Appears More Effective than Subcutaneous Formulation |
| AACE: Long-term Lipid Benefits of Pioglitazone Appear For Type 2 Diabetics |
| ARRS: Core Needle Biopsy as Effective but Cheaper than Vacuum-Assisted Biopsy |
| ARRS: Large-Core Needle Biopsy Safe and Effective in Pregnant and Postpartum Women |
| ARRS: MRI Can Identify Liver Lesions Indeterminate on Computed Tomography Scan |
| Findings From The Anthrax Vaccine Expert Committee (AVEC) Do Not Suggest A High Frequency Of Adverse Events Associated With Anthrax Vaccination |
| Low Referral Rates, Low Income Keep Women Out Of Cardiac Rehab Programs |
| New Treatment For Difficult-To-Treat Inflammatory Disease |
| Protonix (Pantoprazole Sodium) Delayed-Release Tablets Approved For Long-Term Treatment of Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome |
| Some Smokers Can't Quit Even After Suffering Head And Neck Cancers |
| Steroid Pill Prolongs Survival In Patients With Multiple Myeloma |
| 05/02/2002 | |
| Alzheimer's Patients Who Fail On Aricept (Donepezil) May Benefit From Exelon (Rivastigmine) |
| ARRS: Ductography May Help Detect Breast Malignancy |
| ARRS: Thymic Hyperplasia Common in Patients with Metastatic Thyroid Cancer |
| ARRS: Uterine Artery Embolization of Fibroids Appears Safe in Younger Patients |
| ATC: Campath-1H Induction Well Tolerated, Permits Rapamycin Monotherapy Following Renal Transplant |
| ATC: Mycophenolate Mofetil Dose Reduction Following Renal Transplantation Associated with Increased Risk of Acute Rejection |
| ATC: Safe and Effective Long-term Results with Daclizumab Induction in Liver Transplantation |
| Avoiding Heart Failure After Cancer Drugs - New Hope For Early Diagnosis, Treatment And Prevention Of Cardiotoxicity |
| Drug Breaks for HIV-Infected Individuals May Put Certain Immune Cells at Risk |
| High-Dose Total Body Radiotherapy with Stem Cell Transplantation Is Effective Treatment for Some Patients with Chemo-Resistant Lymphoma |
| New Data Show Exubera Patients With Type 1 Diabetes Reach Recommended Blood Glucose Levels Equal to Insulin Injections |
| 05/01/2002 | |
| ACT: Secondary Pulmonary Hypertension Does Not Increase Morbidity or Mortality in Lung Transplantation |
| ARRS: One-Pass CT Scans Speed Diagnosis and Reduce Risk to Multiple Trauma Patients |
| ARRS: Aspiration and Arthrogram Useful in Evaluating Prosthetic Hip Infection |
| ARRS: CT Scan Decreases Chance Life-Threatening Problems Will Be Missed in Patients with Acute Abdominal Pain |
| ARRS: Digital Technology Means Dramatic Drop in Radiation Dose In Common Radiologic Examination |
| ARRS: MRI Detects Early Cervical Cancer, but Does not Spare Need for Lymphadenectomy |
| ARRS: Spiral CT Shows High Accuracy in Detecting Peritoneal Metastases |
| ATC: HLA Matching Linked to Increased Risk of HCV, HBV Recurrence after Liver Transplantation |
| ATC: Novel Immunosuppressant Achieves Favorable Lipid Profiles in Renal Transplant Patients |
| ATC: Sirolimus Therapy Associated with Significantly Less Acute Rejection and Graft Vessel Disease in Heart Transplant Patients |
| ATC: Tacrolimus Reduces Rate of Post-liver Transplant Hypertension |
| ICO: Long-Term Safety Data On XALATAN® Presented |
| Statement from Spondylitis Association Regarding Clinical Trial for Treatment of Spondylitis as Published in The New England Journal of Medicine |
| Xeloda (Capecitabine) Approved For Breast Cancer Treatment In Europe |
| 04/30/2002 | |
| ARRS: Fewer Women Need Biopsies If Ultrasound Used in Breast Evaluation |
| ARRS: Gadolinium-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging can Evaluate Kidney Anatomy Prior to Donation |
| ARRS: Gallium Scan for Infection Effective as Early as Four Hours |
| ARRS: Helical CT Less Sensitive in Diagnosing Appendicitis in Women than in Men |
| ARRS: New Technique That Monitors Water Particles in Brain May Lead to Early Diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis, Alzheimers and other Brain Disorders |
| ARRS: Policy for Imaging Pregnant and Possibly Pregnant Patients Is Instituted |
| ATC: "Miami Protocol" Uses Cultured Islets Harvested from Cadaver Donors |
| Complementary Effects of Avandia and Metformin Significantly Improved Glycemic Control in High-Risk Diabetes Patients |
| ECCMID: Infectious Cause for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome? |
| ECCMID: Ketek Shown To Be More Active Than Commonly Used Antibiotics In Children With Community-Acquired Respiratory Tract Infections |
| ECCMID: Novel Drug, AZD2563, Appears Effective Against Bacterial Resistance |
| ECCMID: Pertussis Resurgence Concerns Specialists |
| Europe Approves Bronchodilator Oxis Turbohaler (Eformoterol) For Children Six Years and Older |
| Filtering Patient's Blood Before Kidney Transplant Allows Transplant From Any Donor |
| First Birth Control Patch, ORTHO EVRA Now Available by Prescription |
| SLSD: Replagal (Agalsidase Alfa) Reverses Cardiac Abnormalities of Fabry's Disease |
| Versicor Announces Study Results That Support Competitive Advantage for Anidulafungin |
| 04/29/2002 | |
| ARRS: Breast Cancer Detection Rates Go Up, Patient Recall Rates Go Down With Consensus Double Reading |
| ARRS: High Speed CT Shows Promise in Detecting Ovarian Cancer Spread |
| ARRS: MR Studies Are Valuable In Predicting Stroke |
| ARRS: Narrowed Artery May Be Factor in SIDS |
| ARRS: Radiation Dose Can Be Cut Nearly In Half In CT Scan of Patients With Suspected Renal Colic |
| ARRS: Ultrasound- and Computed Tomography-guided Percutaneous Core Biopsy of Pancreas Equally Effective |
| ATC: Diabetes Post-Renal-Transplant Associated with Tacrolimus, Older Age, and Race |
| ATC: Higher Event-Free Survival After Kidney-Pancreas Transplant Seen With Double-Dose Daclizumab |
| ATC: Liver Transplantation Viable Option for HIV Patients Co-infected with HCV |
| ATC: Macrochimerism And Drug Withdrawal Post-Kidney-Transplant Achieved with Nonmyeloablative Regimen and Donor Progenitor Cell Infusion |
| ATC: Nonresective Ablative Therapy Effective for Managing Cirrhotic HCC Patients Awaiting Transplant |
| ATC: Small grafts in living donor liver transplantation linked to early recurrence of HCV |
| Drug Cocktail Prevents Hepatitis B Virus From Recurring After Liver Transplant |
| ECCMID: Ketek Shown To Be More Active Than Commonly Used Antibiotics In Children With Community-Acquired Respiratory Tract Infections |
| ECCMID: Ketek® (Telithromycin) Shown To Be More Effective Than Other Commonly Used Antibiotics |
| ECCMID: Once Daily Ketek As Safe And Effective As Levofloxacin Three Times Daily In Treating Patients With Community Acquired Pneumonia (Cap) |
| Hope for Kidney Transplant Patients of Improved Graft Survival |
| ICED: Women Suffering From Anorexia Much More Likely To Commit Suicide, According To Dramatic New Northeastern University Research |
| Pfizer Receives Approval on New Lipitor Starting Doses |
| Polycystic Ovaries Can Lead To Coronary Artery Calcification, Says University Of Pittsburgh |
| Study Results Published In International Clinical Psychopharmacology Show Escitalopram Effectively Treats Depression In Primary Care Settings |
| 04/26/2002 | |
| AstraZeneca Receives FDA Approval For Faslodex - A New Type Of Breast Cancer Treatment For Tamoxifen Resistant Breast Cancer |
| FDA Approves First Prescription Drug Using Penwest's PROSOLV®; MOVA To Market Thyroid Treatment Formulation |
| FDA Grants Marketing Approval For Benicar (Olmesartan Medoxomil) For Treatment Of Hypertension |
| Long-Term Survival Results Favor Chemotherapy Before Surgery For Locally Advanced Breast Cancer |
| Smoking Cessation Success Rates Equally Good With Over-The-Counter or Prescription Use of Nicotine Replacement Therapy - Removing NRT Prescription Status Safe for Patients |
| The Journal Of Clinical Psychiatry Reports Escitalopram Effective And Well Tolerated |
| 04/25/2002 | |
| ACS: Cancer Patients' Loss Of Taste, Smell Can Compromise Treatment Success |
| Europe Approves Desloratadine Syrup And Rapidly Disintegrating Tablets For Seasonal Allergies In Adults And Children |
| ICED: Bone Density Results May Influence Adolescents With Anorexia |
| Radiosurgery Effective Alternative To Surgery For Non-Vestibular Schwannomas |
| 04/24/2002 | |
| AAN: Lyme Disease Study Finds No Long-Term Cognitive Deficits In Children |
| Calcium Citrate May Also Lower Cholesterol In Women |
| 04/23/2002 | |
| Stanford Team Prevents Kidney Transplant Rejection Without Drugs |
| Study Confirms Recommended Dialysis Dose |
| UK Approves Xalatan (Latanoprost) as First Line Therapy For Open-Angle Glaucoma, Ocular Hypertension |
| United Kingdom Approves Symbicort Turbohaler (Budesonide/Eformoterol) for Asthma in Adolescents Twelve and Older |
| 04/22/2002 | |
| ACOEM: Include Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome in Differential Diagnosis of Upper Limb Swelling |
| Anthrax Drugs Used To Treat Adults Can Be Used For Children |
| APS: Anticonvulsant Drugs Impact On Epileptic Children’s Ability To Recall Information |
| APS: Lower Cardiovagal Baroreflex Linked To Higher Levels Of Abdominal Visceral Fat in Men |
| APS: Pilot Study May Offer Promise Of Marker For Ovarian Cancer |
| CNM: Darbepoetin Alfa Effective Even When Given at Four-Week Intervals |
| CNM: Ferric Gluconate can be Safely Administered in Single Infusion |
| CNM: No Evidence that ACE Inhibitors, Aspirin Reduce Mortality in Dialysis Patients |
| CP-HIV: Higher Dose Of Fortovase (Saquinavir) With Lower Dose Invirase (Ritonavir) Maintains Viral Suppression In HIV |
| 04/19/2002 | |
| AAN: Antibodies to Botulinum toxin Type Rare in Treatment of Post-Stroke Spasticity |
| AAN: Avonex (Interferon Beta-1a) Provides Long-Term Efficacy in Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis |
| AAN: Entacapone May Help Prolong Levodopa's Effect On Parkinson's Disease |
| AAN: Myobloc (Botulinum Toxin Type B) Shows Potential for Post-Whiplash Headaches |
| AAN: Quetiapine May Help Prevent Migraines |
| AAN: Quetiapine, Clozapine May Benefit Patients with Parkinson’s Disease and Hallucinations |
| AAN: Viagra (Sildenafil) Effective for Erectile Dysfunction in Men with Multiple Sclerosis |
| AAN: Vocal Tremor May be Calmed with Injections of Botox (Botulinum Toxin Type A) |
| AAN: Zomig (Zolmitriptan) Can Relieve Menstrual Migraines Quickly In Some Women |
| At-Home Dialysis Therapy May Benefit A Greater Range of Patients |
| CNM: Amlodipine/Benazepril Provides Faster, More Effective Blood Pressure Control than Enalapril in Diabetic Patients |
| EASL: Adefovir Dipivoxil Promising In Treatment Of Chronic Hepatitis B |
| Paxil (Paroxetine) Controlled Release Now Available In US For Treatment Of Depression |
| 04/18/2002 | |
| AAN: Botox (Botulinum Toxin Type A) Shows Promise In Treating Severe Headaches |
| AAN: Copaxone (Glatiramer) Shows Significant, Long-Term Benefit in Multiple Sclerosis |
| AAN: Galantamine Shows Lasting Benefits in Alzheimer’s Disease Patients |
| AAN: Lack of Patient Awareness of Acute Stroke Symptoms/Treatment Options Contributes to Underutilization of Thrombolytic Therapy |
| AAN: Low Potassium Levels Soon After a Stroke Linked to Poor Outcome |
| AAN: Neuropsychiatric Symptoms Common in Head Injury Patients |
| AAN: Post-Stroke Patients with Spasticity Maintain Long-term Improvement with Botulinum Toxin Injections |
| AAN: Potential Link Found Between Low Testosterone and Non-Motor Parkinson's Disease Symptoms in Men |
| AAN: Reducing Antiepileptic Drugs Used with Vagus Nerve Stimulation Does Not Cause Increase in Seizure Rates |
| AAN: Retinal Cell Implantation Shows Promise in Advanced Parkinson’s Disease |
| AAN: Speedy Transport to Hospital Appears to Reap Few tPA-Eligible Stroke Patients |
| AAN: Statins Provide no Neurological Protection during Bypass Surgery |
| AAN: Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Epilepsy More Effective When Used Early |
| AAN: Zolmitriptan Effectively Treats Menstrual Migraines |
| EASL: Pegasys (Peginterferon Alfa-2a) Breaks Sustained Virological Response Barriers in Hepatitis C |
| 04/17/2002 | |
| AAN: Aricept (Donepezil) Improves Cognition/Function in Vascular Dementia Caused by Stroke |
| AAN: Dialysis May Alter Cognitive Function |
| AAN: GPI 1485 May Retard Progression of Parkinson's Disease |
| AAN: Induction Therapy with Mitoxantrone Reduces Relapses in Multiple Sclerosis |
| AAN: Lidoderm (Lidocaine Patch 5%) Effective for Neuropathic Pain |
| AAN: Mirapex (Pramipexole) May Slow Loss of Dopamine Cells in Parkinson’s Disease Patients |
| AAN: Mirapex (Pramipexole) Shows Promise as Initial Treatment for Parkinson’s Disease |
| AAN: Oral Fampridine-SR Shows Promise in Some Patients with Spinal Cord Injury |
| AAN: Pulsatility Index May Help Predict Outcome in Liver Disease Patients |
| AAN: Rebif (Interferon Beta-1a) Appears to Prevent Relapse Better than Avonex (Interferon Beta-1a) in Multiple Sclerosis |
| AAN: Underappreciation of Psychiatric Conditions by Neurologists |
| Angioplasty Beats Clot-busting Drugs for Most Heart Attack Patients |
| Cocaine-Exposed Babies Show Deficit in Cognitive but not Motor Development |
| High Levels of Sex Hormones Raise Breast Cancer Risk in Older Women |
| Metadate CD, for ADHD, Produces Higher Plasma Levels of Methylphenidate than Concerta |
| Neither Tamoxifen nor Estrogen has Negative Effect on Brain |
| 04/16/2002 | |
| AAN: Amifostine Does Not Decrease Peripheral Neuropathy After High-Dose Paclitaxel |
| AAN: Deep Vein Thrombosis Remains Long-term Risk for Brain Cancer Surgery Patients |
| AAN: Electrostimulation May Help Improve Speech In Parkinson's Disease |
| AAN: Ropinirole May Retard Disease Progression in Parkinson’s Disease Patients |
| AAN: Routine Overnight EEG Monitoring Not Warranted in Autistic Children |
| AAN: Statins May Help Prevent Alzheimer’s Disease |
| AAN: Temozolomide May be Second Line Treatment for Brain Cancer |
| AAN: Tizanidine May Help Prevent Chronic Daily Headaches |
| ACP-ASIM: ACE-inhibitors Reduce Ventricular Depolarization in Congestive Heart Failure Patients |
| ACP-ASIM: Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Linked to Cardiovascular Complications |
| ACP-ASIM: Difficulty with Bowel Evacuation in Patients with Spinal Cord Injury Related to Decreased Colonic Motility |
| ACP-ASIM: Gen-Probe Amplified Mycobactium Tuberculosis Direct Test is Both Accurate and Fast |
| Acute Measles Infection Suppresses HIV Replication |
| Adult Children of Alcoholics Display Less Acute Response to Environmental Cues |
| Amaryl (Glimepiride) Now Available in Canada for Type II Diabetes |
| Canada Approves Plavix (Clopidogrel) for Prevention of Cardiovascular Events in Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients |
| Implantable Defibrillators Cost-Effective for Preventing Sudden Death |
| Japan Approves Allegra (Fexofenadine) for Itching Associated with Common Dermatological Diseases |
| Researchers Link Alcoholism and Suicide |