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New study shows patients more willing to consider self-injectable HIV therapy than many physicians anticipate

Initial results from the OpenMind study, the largest behavioural study to look at both patients' and physicians' perceptions of HIV care in treatment-experienced patients, were revealed today at EACS. The study's findings are anticipated to help physicians implement improved care to HIV patients and help pave the way for better acceptance and integration of other new innovative drugs such as mono...

Quitting smoking improves lung function considerably

For smokers with asthma, quitting smoking can improve lung function test scores by more than 15 percent in less than two months. Neil C. Thomson, M.D., of the Departments of Respiratory Medicine and Immunology at the...
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General Considerations for Successful Transfection Experiments

Keep an eye on your cells; ensure they are in good condition and set a suitable plating protocol for optimal cell density from the beginning to the end of transfection....

Real-Time PCR: General Considerations, Rev A

Faye Boeckman, Marni Brisson, and Larissa Tan, Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.,Hercules CA 94547 USA The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) has proven to be a versatile tool in molecular biology. The use of this technique has generated unprecedented advances in gene discovery, diagnostics...

Location, location, location: Spots to consider for online ads

In recent months, popular search engines have undergone significant changes: Google allows marketers to target specific ad positions within...

Waukesha considers wireless bids from three firms

Three firms want to build the infrastructure on city property such as light poles, then wholesale bandwidth to Internet service providers. After waiting several years for the winning company to recoup some costs, the city would start to receive royalties....

Six things to consider before a major software implementation

Many companies treat the purchase of computer systems like the purchase of a commodity. That can be a big mistake. The software company you are dealing with is not like your other vendors. If you treat the transaction like you're buying supplies, and focus only on price and delivery, you may very well set the stage for failure. The stakes can be very high, as failed...

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Apollo Hospitals to consider listing on US Bourses in 2003

Health care major Apollo Hospitals announced on Thursday that plans are afoot to consider listing on US bourses in 2003. "We would consider listing on the US bourses after 2002," Pratap C Reddy, chairman of the Apollo Hospitals group said, adding it was a part of the business plan for the post-2002 period. Though further details are not available at the moment, Dr. Reddy added that plans...

Menopause considerations

Women with a family history of early menopause who put off children until their thirties are risking their chances of childbearing, according to a new study. A team of Dutch researchers has found that a woman with one or more first-degree relatives with a history of early menopause is liable to experience earlier menopause herself. Led by Dr Jan-Peter de Bruin at the University Medical...

Physicians Consider Self-Prescribing Ethical

Most physicians consider writing a prescription for themselves "ethical," but only about half see it as "healthy," and few consider it "necessary". Medical student Robert Wroblewski and others at the University of Minnesota, Duluth, surveyed 300 urban and rural physicians to determine general attitudes towards self-prescription. An earlier study had indicated that about half of all residents pres...

Chemists Discover Cation Considered Too Unstable To Exist

Organic chemistry textbooks will need to be revised to recognize a chemical species that chemists have discovered. The species - pentamethylcyclopentadienyl cation (a positively charged ion) - was thought not to exist for long because theory said it was unstable. // "I’ve said this molecule is unstable and doesn’t exist dozens of times in organic chemistry class, but, as it turns out,...

FDA considers nicotine lollipops illegal

The Food and Drug Administration cracked down on Internet distributors of nicotine-laced lollipops and lip balm, declaring them illegal and ordering that 4 pharmacies stop sales immediately. The lollipops in particular pose a risk to children because they look like regular candy, the FDA warned. "The quantity of nicotine could be potentially dangerous to a small child," said FDA attorney David Ho...

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Pegasys Study Authors Conclude that Patients Successfully Treated for Hepatitis C Can be Considered ''Cured''

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 21, 2007 - Results from a newstudy, presented at the 38th annual Digestive Disease Week (DDW)conference, showed that more than 99 percent of patients withchronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection who were treatedsuccessfully with PEGASYS(R) (peginterferon alfa-2a) had nodetectable virus up to seven years later - validating the use ofthe word "cured" to descr...

New Analysis of Data from WHI Provides Reassurance With Respect to Coronary Heart Disease For Newly Menopausal Women Considering Hormone Therapy

COLLEGEVILLE, Pa., April 03, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, a division of Wyeth , provides comment on are- analysis of pooled data from both hormone therapy arms of theWomen's Health Initiative (WHI) Study published today in theJournal of the American Medical Association. The pooled analysisshowed no apparent increase in coronary heart disease for women whoinitiate...
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