| HBPR: Diabetics Likely to Need More than ACE Inhibitors to Prevent Vascular Remodeling |
| HBPR: Pharmacogenetics May Improve Blood-Pressure Control |
| HFSA: African Americans Have Better Heart-Failure Outcomes |
| HFSA: Canadian Registry Highlights Responders to Resynchronization |
| HFSA: Candesartan More Effective than ACE Inhibition Postmyocardial Infarction |
| HFSA: Class II Heart-Failure Patients Benefit from Resynchronisation |
| HFSA: Death Risk Higher if Anaemia Accompanies Heart Failure |
| HFSA: Home Telemetry Helps Patients With Heart Failure |
| HFSA: Hospice Not Embraced Early Enough Among Heart-Failure Patients |
| HFSA: Losartan Reduces Hospitalizations in Diabetic Heart-Failure Patients |
| HFSA: Nesiritide Evaluation Demonstrates Quality of Life Improvement |
| HFSA: Treatment Can Succeed, Despite Cachexia of Heart Failure |
| IHC: Two Triptans Appear Effective in Reducing Incidence of Menstrually Associated Migraine |
| NAMS: Alendronate Beneficial for Women with Both Natural and Surgical Menopause |
| TCT: ABT-578-Eluting Stent Demonstrates "Robust" Results |
| TCT: Anterior Infarcts Most Likely to Benefit From Cooling Therapy |
| TCT: Case Strengthened for Carotid Stenting Versus Endarterectomy |
| TCT: Everolimus-Eluting Stent Shows Significant Benefit at Six Months |
| TCT: Six-Month Results Confirm Non-Inferiority of Bivalirudin (Angiomax®) to Heparin Plus Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Blockers |
| 09/26/2003 | |
| ASBMR: Risedronate Reduces Vertebral Fractures in Men With Osteoporosis |
| HFSA: Assist Devices May Improve Left-Ventricular Function, But Not Enough for Heart-Failure Patients |
| HFSA: Enalapril May Reduce Hospitalisations in Patients With Ventricular Dysfunction |
| HFSA: Eplerenone May Cut Mortality in Patients With Heart Failure |
| HFSA: Study Shows Link Between Clots and Mortality in Patients With Dilated Cardiomyopathy |
| IHC: Effervescent Acetylsalicylic Acid as Effective as Sumatriptan and Ibuprofen for Acute Migraine Attacks |
| 09/25/2003 | |
| ASBMR: Alendronate Helps Maintain Bone Mass In Patients With Asymptomatic Primary Hyperparathyroidism |
| ASBMR: Consistent Effect of Raloxifene on Reduction of Vertebral Fracture Risk in Postmenopausal Women |
| FDA Advisory Committee Recommends Approval for Namenda (Memantine HCl) For Moderate to Severe Alzheimer's Disease |
| FDA Approves Prescription Strength Pepcid AC (famotidine 20 mg) for Over-The-Counter Treatment of Heartburn |
| HFSA: Heart Failure Portends Poor Outcome After Stents |
| HFSA: Nesiritide Safe, Beneficial Emergency Room Treatment for Heart Failure |
| HFSA: Nesiritide Safe, Effective As Outpatient Treatment for Heart Failure |
| HFSA: Revised Guidelines Will Address Prevention of Heart Failure |
| HFSA: Sildenafil Effective, Well-Tolerated Treatment for Erectile Dysfunction among Congestive Heart Failure Patients |
| IHC: Medication-Overuse Seen as Epidemic, First Management Guidelines Issued |
| IHC: Migraine and Risk of Ischaemic Stroke in Women of Childbearing Age |
| IHC: Migraine Attacks Cleared Up After Closure of Atrial Septal Defect |
| IHC: Persistence of Adolescent Migraine Linked to Family History |
| IHC: Survey Shows Japan May Have Much Lower Incidence of Migraine |
| NAMS: Methyltestosterone/Oestrogen Therapy Improves Sexual Interest in Surgically Menopausal Women |
| NAMS: Postmenopausal Women Find New Vaginal Ring Delivery System Easy to Use |
| 09/24/2003 | |
| ASBMR: Estrogen Increases Bone Density Equally Regardless of Age or Race |
| ASBMR: Higher Bone Mineral Density Maintained by Continuing Alendronate |
| ASBMR: Parathyroid Hormone More Effective Alone than When Combined with Alendronate for Osteoporosis |
| ECCO: Adding Paclitaxel to Platinum Regimens Improves Outcomes in Relapsed Ovarian Cancer |
| ECCO: Boosted Capecitabine Shows Promise in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer |
| ECCO: Cisplatin-Based Adjuvant Therapy Benefits Resected Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Patients |
| ECNP: Naltrexone Reduces Cravings in Smokers Trying to Quit |
| FDA Grants Orphan Drug Designation to IDN-6556 for Organ Transplantation |
| HFSA: Blood Urea Nitrogen is Best Predictor for Mortality Risk in Heart Failure Patients |
| HFSA: Failing Diabetic Hearts Can Be Mended |
| HFSA: Retrospective Look Shows No Reduction in Shocks Using Amiodarone |
| HFSA: Revised Heart Failure Guidelines Address Beta Blockers, Resynchronization |
| ICAAC: Clarithromycin Appears To Defeat Bacterial Infections In Wheezing Children |
| ICAAC: Routine Flu Shots for Healthy Children Backed |
| ICAAC: Voriconazole Clears Aspergillosis Infections With Less Overall Expense than Amphotericin |
| IHC: Botox (botulinum toxin type A) Appears Effective Against Disabling Chronic Migraine, Tension Headache, and Pain of Cervical Dystonia |
| IHC: Fast, Accurate Screening Test for Migraine in Primary Care |
| IHC: Hypothalamic Deep Brain Stimulation Shows Promise in Intractable Chronic Cluster Headache |
| LSBCS: Some High-Risk Women Less Likely to Be Offered Tamoxifen Breast Cancer Chemoprevention |
| NAMS: Postmenopausal Women Who Underwent Bilateral Salpingo-Oophorectomy Have Decreased Risk of Coronary Artery Disease |
| NAMS: Postmenopausal Women with Fracture are Under-Treated |
| NAMS: Race/Ethnicity Affects Hormone Levels and the Prevalence of Menopausal Symptoms |
| NAMS: Researchers Study Effects of Raloxifene on Markers of Cardiovascular Risk in Non-Caucasian Postmenopausal Women with Osteoporosis |
| NAMS: Risk Factors for Acute Coronary Artery Event in Women Entering Menopause |
| NAMS: Testosterone Measurements in Postmenopausal Women Should Include Both Free Testosterone and SHBG Levels |
| 09/23/2003 | |
| Aspirin Lowers Risk of a First Heart Attack by One-Third |
| ECCO: Combination Gemcitabine-Capecitabine Used to Treat Advanced Biliary Cancers |
| ECCO: Docetaxel Outperforms Paclitaxel in First Head-to-Head Study |
| ECCO: Fulvestrant Shows Clinical Activity in Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients Who Fail Other Hormonal Therapies |
| ECCO: Hormone Therapy Cutting Death Rate from Prostate and Breast Cancer in Europe |
| ECCO: Pemetrexed as Effective as Docetaxel, but Less Toxic, as Second-Line Therapy in Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer |
| HFSA: Heart-Failure Patients Uneducated About Prescribed Sodium-Restricted Diets |
| HFSA: Nesiritide Edges Nitroglycerin for Heart Failure |
| ICAAC: Canadian SARS Experience Offers Tips for Prevention |
| ICAAC: PCR Test of Little Utility for Children with SARS |
| ICAAC: Polymerase Chain Reaction Beats Out Traditional Tests During SARS Outbreak |
| ICAAC: Tumor Necrosis Factor Alfa Blockers Increase Risk of Opportunistic Infections |
| ICAAC: West Nile to Strike 500,000 Americans This Year |
| NAMS: Oestrogen/Progestin Combination Does Not Improve Post-Menopausal Cognitive Function |
| NAMS: Possible Decreased Risk of Breast Cancer Mortality Among Users of Oestrogen Alone |
| NAMS: Soy For Prevention of Memory Decline Still Under Investigation |
| 09/22/2003 | |
| AIDS-VACCINE: Lack of Education a Major Risk for HIV Transmission |
| AIDS-VACCINE: Risk Reduction Counseling Falls Short of Expectations |
| ECCO: Docetaxel Improves Time to Progression and Overall Survival in Patients with Advanced Metastatic Gastric Cancer |
| ECCO: Heat Shock Protein Vaccine Could Show Promise in Treating Pancreatic Cancer |
| ECCO: Non-Platinum Combination Can Be Used in Inoperable Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer |
| ECCO: Oral Capecitabine Plus Irinotecan Lowers Burden on Health Care Workers and Patients with Advanced Metastatic Colorectal Cancer |
| ECCO: Platinum Sensitivity Predicts Response to Liposomal Doxorubicin in Women with Recurrent Ovarian Cancer |
| ECCO: Triple Regimen "Very Active" in Advanced Ovarian Cancer |
| ECTRIMS: New Study Shows Long-Term Effect Of Avonex (Interferon beta-1a) On Multiple Sclerosis |
| European Union Approves Ventavis (Iloprost) for Treatment of Primary Pulmonary Hypertension |
| FDA Grants Fast Track Designation for Anticancer Drug Candidate Satraplatin |
| ICAAC: Addition of Intrathecal to Intramuscular Tetanus Antitoxin Improves Outcome |
| ICAAC: Co-morbid Conditions Can Affect Antibiotic Safety |
| ICAAC: Does Choice of Initial HAART Regimen Make a Difference? |
| ICAAC: Highly Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Found In Patients With HIV Infection |
| ICAAC: Newly Discovered Virus Causes Respiratory Ills |
| ICAAC: Outcome Not Affected by Incorrect Choice of Initial Therapy for Methicillin-Resistant Bacteremia |
| ICAAC: Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Reduces Antibiotic-Resistant Infections |
| ICAAC: Tigecycline Effective for Complicated Infections in Hospitalized Patients |
| ICAAC: Traditional Guidelines for Community-Acquired Pneumonia Lead to Over-Treatment |
| ICAAC: Use of Procalcitonin Levels Helps Avoid Unnecessary Antibiotic Use in Acute Respiratory Infection |
| IHC: Allodynia Prevalent in Migraine Patients |
| IHC: Fertility Monitor Helps Women Prevent True Menstrual Migraine Attacks |
| NAMS: Testosterone Patches Treat Low Sexual Desire in Surgically Menopausal Women |
| People With Chronic Eye Diseases in US Not Getting Recommended Eye Exams |
| 09/19/2003 | |
| AUGS: Identification of Risk Factors Associated With Postpartum Urinary Incontinence |
| ICAAC: Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia Commonly Caused by Resistance to Gram-Negative Bacteria |
| ICAAC: Patient-Collected Vaginal Swabs Effective for Detection of Sexually Transmitted Diseases |
| ICAAC: Short Questionnaire Screens for Herpes Simplex Virus-2 |
| ICAAC: "Hidden" Clindamycin Resistance in Erythromycin-Resistant Staphylococci |
| NAMS: Hormone Therapy May Need to be Used Cautiously in Patients Taking Rosiglitazone |
| NAMS: Increased Risk of Dementia in Postmenopausal Women on Hormone Therapy |
| 09/18/2003 | |
| ICAAC: Amoxicillin Remains Treatment of Choice in Children with Middle Ear Infections |
| ICAAC: Cell Phones Harbor Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria |
| ICAAC: Deep Injury Increases Risk of Hepatitis C Transmission to Health-Care Workers |
| ICAAC: Renal Outcomes Similar With Tenofovir or Stavudine in HIV Patients |
| 09/17/2003 | |
| AUGS: Failed Vaginal-Repair Surgery Predictive of Unsuccessful Pessary Fitting |
| AUGS: Greater Cure Rate for Younger Women Treated for Urge Incontinence With Sacral Neuromodulation |
| AUGS: Trospium Chloride Safe and Effective Treatment for Overactive Bladder |
| FDA Grants Fast Track Designation to Advexin, Treatment for Head and Neck Cancer |
| FDA Grants Priority Review to Eloxatin (Oxaliplatin) for First-Line Treatment of Metastatic Colorectal Cancer |
| ICAAC: Antiretroviral Treatment in Early Pregnancy May Have Little or No Impact on Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission |
| ICAAC: Bladder Infections Can Be Managed by Telephone Communication with Patients |
| ICAAC: Boosted Double Protease Inhibitor Regimen is HIV Salvage Therapy When Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors Fail |
| ICAAC: Effective In-Hospital Hand Hygiene Remains Difficult to Achieve |
| ICAAC: Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy Less Effective in Treating HIV-2 |
| ICAAC: Prior Fluoroquinolone Use Linked to Ciprofloxacin-Resistant Urinary-Tract Infections |
| IHC: Registry Suggests Migraine Drug Sumatriptan May Be Safe During Pregnancy |
| 09/16/2003 | |
| AUGS: Duloxetine Treatment Causes Women With Severe Stress Urinary Incontinence to Reconsider Surgery |
| AUGS: Extended-Release Oxybutynin and Tolterodine Both Effective and Tolerable for Overactive Bladder |
| AUGS: Greater Improvement of Exacerbated Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms After Spontaneous Delivery Than Forceps Delivery |
| AUGS: Q-Tip Test Unnecessary Supplement to Most Pelvic Organ Prolapse-Quantification Examinations |
| AUGS: Standardized 1-Hour Pad Test Unmasks Stress Urinary Incontinence |
| AUGS: Transdermal Oxybutynin Highly Effective in Clinical Treatment of Overactive Bladder |
| Crestor (Rosuvastatin Calcium) Available in US For Treatment of Elevated Cholesterol |
| FDA Approves Expanded Label for Synagis (Palivizumab) Use In Children with Congenital Heart Disease |
| ICAAC: Amoxicillin/Clavulanate May Be Better than Azithromycin for Acute Otitis Media in Children |
| ICAAC: "Old" Antibiotic Polymyxin B Effective in Treating Drug-Resistant Gram-Negative Infections |
| IHC: Established Cutaneous Allodynia Thwarts Triptans Ability to Abort Migraine Headaches |
| 09/15/2003 | |
| AUGS: Anal Sphincter Injury During Childbirth May Cause Anal Incontinence |
| AUGS: Duloxetine Achieves Short- and Long-Term Improvement of Stress Urinary Incontinence |
| AUGS: Goretex Grafts Placed During Hysterectomy Are Prone to Infection |
| AUGS: Higher Prevalence of Urinary Incontinence in Patients With Diabetes |
| AUGS: Reusable Tension-Free Vaginal Tape Reduces High Cost of Procedure |
| AUGS: URYX Comparable to Contigen in the Treatment of Stress Urinary Incontinence |
| AUGS: Vaginal-Cuff Excision Effective in Repair of Vesicovaginal Fistulas |
| FDA Approves Cubicin (Daptomycin), First In New Class Of Antibiotics |
| ICAAC: Augmentin ES-600 (Amoxicillin/Clavulanate) More Effective Than Zithromax (Azithromycin) for Treatment Of Acute Otitis Media in Children |
| ICAAC: Fluoroquinolone Resistance 'Rampant' in Nursing Homes |
| ICAAC: Interrupted Treatment for HIV Patients May Allow Long-Term Off-Medication Intervals |
| ICAAC: Legionnaires' Disease Traced to Home Hot Water Systems |
| Men At Greater Risk Of Developing Prostate Cancer When A Brother Has The Disease |
| Nevirapine Sustains Advantage Over AZT During Breastfeeding Period |
| Valcyte Approved for the Prevention of CMV in High-Risk Kidney, Kidney-Pancreas and Heart Transplant Patients |
| 09/12/2003 | |
| AUGS: Age and Disease Severity Are Risk Factors for Recurrence of Pelvic Organ Prolapse |
| AUGS: Home Pad Testing Effective for Urinary Incontinence Assessment |
| AUGS: Macrobid (Nitrofurantoin Monohydrate/Macrocrystals) May Be Effective in Treatment of Urinary Tract Infections After Surgery |
| AUGS: MRI-Based 3D Color Mapping Technique for the Quantification of Levator Muscle Thickness in Patients With Stress Urinary Incontinence or Prolapse |
| AUGS: Postpartum Pelvic Dysfunction Common After Vaginal Delivery in Low-Risk Women |
| AUGS: Prevalence of Pelvic Organ Prolapse in Relation to Job Description and Socioeconomic Status: A Multi-Center, Cross-Sectional Study |
| AUGS: Randomized Comparison of Total or Supracervical Hysterectomy Finds No Difference in 2-Year Urinary Symptom Outcomes |
| AUGS: Sexual Dysfunction Prevalent After Surgery for Stress Urinary Incontinence and Pelvic Organ Prolapse |
| AUGS: Tension-Free Vaginal Tape Procedure May Prove More Effective Than Laparoscopic BurchColposuspension in Clinical Trial |
| ESC: Bleeding Risk Outweighs Benefit Of Anticoagulation For Direct Current Cardioversion Of Atrial Fibrillation Patients |
| 09/11/2003 | |
| FDA Approves Darvocet A500 (Propoxyphene Napsylate And Acetaminophen) For Mild To Moderate Pain |
| ISBTS: Changes in Standard Intravenous Formula Can Reverse Neurological Problems Seen In Patients Needing Intestine Transplants |
| SRS: Bracing Less Effective In Overweight Teens With Scoliosis |
| 09/10/2003 | |
| European Union Approves Humira (Adalimumab) For Treatment Of Adult Rheumatoid Arthritis |
| FDA Advisory Committee Unanimously Recommends Approval For Raptiva (Efalizumab) As Potential Treatment For Moderate-To-Severe Plaque Psoriasis |
| Nocturnal Asthma Worsened by Melatonin |
| Once-Daily Depakote ER (Divalproex Sodium Extended- Release) Receives FDA Approval for Pediatric Use |
| 09/09/2003 | |
| 18F-FLT More Accurate Than 18F-FDG For Differentiating Unclear Lung Lesions With Positron Emission Tomography |
| Canada Approves Avonex (Interferon Beta-1a), Delays Onset of Multiple Sclerosis |
| ESC: Brain Natriuretic Peptide Changes Are Predictive of Valsartan Treatment Success in Heart Failure |
| FDA Approves Abilify (Aripiprazole) Supplemental New Drug Application for Maintaining Stability in Patients With Schizophrenia |
| One-Step HIV Test May Be Cheaper, Faster, Less Wasteful |
| Pioglitazone And Rosiglitazone May Cause Heart Failure And Fluid Build-Up |
| 09/08/2003 | |
| Adults With Asthma Fail To Follow Flu Vaccine Guidelines |
| Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Treatment Helps Both, Sleep Apnea Patients And Their Partners |
| ESC: Biventricular pacing fails to demonstrate benefit over LV pacing |
| ESC: Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Risky for Sickest Heart-Failure Patients |
| ESC: Clinical Outcome for CRT in Heart Failure Patients Not Dependent on Left Ventricular Lead Position |
| ESC: Side Effects of Antiarrhythmic Drugs Contribute to Failure of Rhythm Control |
| ESC: Upgrade from Right-Ventricular to Biventricular Pacing Improves Exercise Tolerance and Reduces Morbidity in Congestive Heart Failure Patients |