We conducted a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial to determine whether ventricular
dilatation continues during the late convalescent phase after myocardial infarction and
whether therapy with captopril alters this process. Fifty-nine patients with a first anterior …

Background. Despite the widespread use of percutaneous transluminal coronary
angioplasty (PTCA), only a few prospective trials have assessed its efficacy. We compared
the effects of PTCA with those of medical therapy on angina and exercise tolerance in …

Human Magnesium Deficiency Since the vascular space represents only a fractional portion
of the body involved in magnesium homeostasis it is evident that the determination of serum
magnesium does not always give a true indication of the total body magnesium stores …

Background Smoking prevalence rates among women are declining at a slower rate than
among men. Objective To determine if exercise, a healthful alternative to smoking, enhances
the achievement and maintenance of smoking cessation. Methods Two hundred eighty-one …

Background Epidemiologic, laboratory, animal, and clinical studies suggest that there is an
association between Chlamydia pneumoniae infection and atherogenesis. We evaluated
the efficacy of one year of azithromycin treatment for the secondary prevention of coronary …

This was an open-label randomized Phase III study of 207 patients with either unresectable
or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who were treated with docetaxel plus best
supportive care (BSC) or best supportive care alone. Patients in the chemotherapy arm of …

Erythropoietin prevents in vitro glutamate-induced neuronal death and could play a role in
the central nervous system. We investigated the in vivo effects of recombinant human
erythropoietin after intraperitoneal (ip; 25–100 U) or intracerebroventricular (icv; 0.25–25 U) …

Staphylococcus aureus is considered to be one of the leading causes of food-borne
illnesses. Milk, dairy products and meats are often contaminated with enterotoxigenic strains
of this bacterium. Foodstuff contamination may occur directly from infected food-producing …

IN the continuing search for new and improved methods of treating thromboembolic
diseases, the concept of an agent to dissolve clots has always been attractive. After the
efficacy of heparin in venous thromboembolism was established by Barritt and Jordan, 1 …