Researcher: Booze battles heart disease Aug 5, 2008
None of the studies were "randomized controlled trials" -- the gold standard of scientific research, whereby people are randomly assigned to an intervention, such as exercising or consuming alcohol ... "However, we do not consider alcohol a validly tested drug because to do that you would have to randomize people for years with alcohol or not -- and that's not a study that can be done," he said. (Florida Today)
Are Fat Calories More Fattening Than Carbs? Jul 15, 2008
The best way to get to the bottom line is to look at long-term studies where we randomize people to a high-fat/low-carb diet or to a low-fat/high-carb diet and follow them for at least a year or more. That kind of study takes into account the possibility that one kind of diet provides more satiety; so, over the long run you would see more weight loss on that diet. (Time.com)
A rarity: Twins in Orissa born 40 days apart Jun 16, 2008
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St Jude Device Helps Severe Depression For Some - Study May 6, 2008
While the bigger studies will randomize patients in treated and un-treated groups to guard against the placebo effect, patients in the early stage studies for St. Jude and Medtronic were not randomized. But researchers in both cases suggested that because symptoms are so severe for these patients, and because they have failed so many other treatments, that the likelihood of a long-lasting placebo effect is small. (CNNMoney.com)
Down on the Pharm, Again Mar 26, 2008
But what I found preposterous in 2006 and still find preposterous today is the notion that having gotten their hands on drugs, today's users would randomize both their drugs and their dosages. Today's Journal reports that kids "mix the drugs up in a big bowl and eat them like candy" and attributes the detail to the Drug Enforcement Administration. (Slate)
NEWSWEEK POLL: The Stalemate Continues, Hillary Clinton has Battled Back to a Virtual Dead Heat With Barack Obama Mar 8, 2008
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No Difference Found In Treatments For Acute Kidney Failure Feb 21, 2008
"The more complex it gets, the harder it is to randomize patients into a study. Depending on what the patients suffer from, the outcomes are quite variable.". The incidence of acute kidney failure appears to be increasing, the report said, although exact numbers are lacking. (MEDLINEplus)
Answers prove elusive as C-section rate rises Jan 8, 2008
Cost is one reason D'Alton and Kenneth Leveno, chairman of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, want to conduct a randomized trial of first-time mothers comparing planned C-sections with planned vaginal deliveries ... For example, "when do you randomize them? You can't wait until they go into labor," because some doctors say avoiding labor is what might make planned C-sections less risky. (USA Today -- News)
Could Closing A Hole In The Heart Lead To Migraine Headache Relief? Nov 26, 2007
The trial is a prospective, randomized, multi-center, controlled study. The double-blinded trial is designed to randomize approximately 600 migraine patients with a PFO to either PFO closure with the bioabsorbable technology or a control arm. (Science Daily)
Contraceptive risks Nov 10, 2007
It would be very hard to randomize an oral-contraceptive trial, she says. References. (Nature News Service)
Bayer halts drug sales after study links it to risks Nov 7, 2007
The BART trial the acronym stands for Blood conservation using Antifibrinolytics in a Randomized Trial was abruptly halted last month after an interim review of the safety data showed a higher rate of deaths among patients who received Trasylol than those who received the drugs it was being tested against, aminocaproic acid and tranexamic acid ... The trial, led by researchers at the Ottawa Health Research Institute, was designed to randomize 2,973 heart surgery patients to receive one of the... (Toronto Star)
NEWSWEEK Poll: Hillary Clinton Took the Heat at This Week's Democratic Debate and Emerged Undamaged Nov 4, 2007
Both Obama (56 percent) and Edwards (57 percent) draw a majority of the independent vote against the retired senator and "Law ' star. On the other side of the aisle, former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani has also held his lead over his field of competitors with 30 percent of the Republican vote. And Thompson has slipped from a high point of 22 percent support in August to 15 percent today-although he remains ahead of both Sen. John McCain (14 percent) and Mitt Romney (12 percent). The only... (PR Newswire)
Medtronics vast amount of data for Endeavor drug-coated stent raises bar for future stents, FDA panel chairman says Oct 13, 2007
Medtronic plans to enroll 8,800 patients in several countries and randomize them to either Endeavor or Cypher. Currently, the study is only recruiting in countries outside the US where the Endeavor stent has been approved, but will begin recruiting US patients immediately, if the FDA grants approval of Endeavor. (FT.com -- Markets)
Symantec Integrates Altiris Sep 14, 2007
At the same time the Local Security Solution allows customers to randomize administrators' passwords to better lock down access to systems. Read more here about. (eWeek)
Surgery Is More Effective Than Other Treatments For Common Back Problem, Study Shows Jul 3, 2007
The study initially intended to randomize patients into either a surgical or nonsurgical group and then observe and compare the results of the two groups ... The researchers found that 40 percent of patients crossed over from the group into which they were randomized. (Science Daily)
Breaking the Silicon Barrier: Graphene Transistors Demonstrated Mar 3, 2007
(1 Hidden) By on 3/2/07, Rating: 4 By on 3/2/2007 5:46:40 PM , Rating: 4 As I said, a quantum computer can only run stochastic (randomized) algorithms. To perform a 'standard' operation, you need a randomized version of that operation ... By on 3/2/07, Rating: 2 By on 3/2/2007 7:01:31 PM , Rating: 2 Thats why 'current' quantum computers are complimented with a basic cpu to randomize data streams. (DailyTech)
MediciNova Reports 2006 Financial Results Feb 16, 2007
Following positive results in a Phase II asthma study, MediciNova initiated a Phase III trial of MN-001 to randomize approximately 705 subjects with bronchial asthma recruited at up to 90 clinical sites in the United States ... In July 2005, MediciNova initiated a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled multi-center Phase II clinical trial in MS patients in Eastern Europe ... In February 2006, MediciNova completed enrollment in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled multi-center... (Primezone Releases)
In Vioxx's Wake Nov 15, 2006
Too much of what is known about Vioxx's risks comes from so-called observational studies, which don't randomize patients to two different drugs to compare them ... Moreover, he says, based on data from other randomized, controlled trials, he doesn't see big differences between any of the COX-2 drugs. (Forbes)
Two Out of Three Americans See President Bush as Lame Duck; Approval Hits New Low Nov 13, 2006
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Is stent less safe in stroke? Oct 21, 2006
A proper trial would not assign a patient to a procedure, it would randomize the patient to the procedure ... If this is not a randomized trial then we must take the results with a grain of salt. (Monsters and Critics.com)
Mouse Tests Predict Drug Response In Relapsing Pancreatic Cancer Patients Oct 13, 2006
"By scaling up this way, we got enough tumor samples to randomize mice into groups for testing candidate drugs," says Manuel Hidalgo, M.D., Ph. D., associate professor at Hopkins' Kimmel Cancer Center, who says the process currently requires about six months to get information on which drugs work best. (Science Daily)
NEWSWEEK POLL: Majority Of Americans-Including 29 Percent Of Republicans - Believe Dennis Hastert Tried to Cover Up Mark Foley Scandal; Fifty-Three Percent Want Democrats to Take Control of Congress in November Oct 8, 2006
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Paulson's Debut Shows New Voice On the Economy Sep 21, 2006
A closer look shows just how difficult it is to truly randomize information. The Web is awash in competently designed and free browser-based games. (Yahoo News -- U.S. Budget)
NEWSWEEK POLL: Fifty-Four Percent Oppose Banning All Carry-On Luggage on Planes; But 53 Percent 'Definitely Favor' Reducing the Size and Number of Carry-Ons; 52 Percent Willing To Pay Higher Fares To Improve Security Aug 13, 2006
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NEWSWEEK POLL: Fifty-Three Percent of Americans Feel Collecting a Database of U.S.-Based Calls Goes Too Far in Invading Privacy May 14, 2006
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FDA: Green tea doesn't lower heart disease risk May 11, 2006
Hodgson et al. (1999) was an Australian randomized cross-over intervention study of moderate quality in which 13 men and women consumed water and caffeine (control group) or green tea (1,000 milliliters (mL)), each for seven days ... Princen et al. (1998) was a four week randomized single blind, placebo controlled parallel design intervention study of high quality in which Dutch male and female smokers (n=15 per group) consumed 900 mL mineral water (control group) or 900 mL green tea (3 grams... (Food Consumer)
CORRECTED: NEWSWEEK POLL: Fifty Percent of Americans Would Like Democrats to Take Control of Congress Mar 20, 2006
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Recruitment Temporarily Suspended in an International Phase III Trial (AVANT) in Early-Stage Colon Cancer Feb 13, 2006
The study will randomize 3,450 patients to the following three regimens: -- Arm A: FOLFOX: Oxaliplatin, leucovorin and 5-FU (control arm) -- Arm B: FOLFOX/Avastin: Avastin, oxaliplatin, leucovorin and 5-FU (experimental arm) -- Arm C: XELOX/Avastin: Avastin, capecitabine and oxaliplatin (experimental arm) About the NSABP C-08 Study Enrollment continues as planned in a U.S. cooperative group study evaluating Avastin plus FOLFOX as an adjuvant treatment for early-stage colon cancer ... The pivotal... (PR Newswire)
Ritalin, Attention-Deficit Drugs Need Strictest Warning, FDA Panel Says Feb 10, 2006
Starting a new study that would enroll patients and randomize them to different courses of treatment or a placebo take significantly longer, Dal Pan and the panelists said. To contact the reporters on this story: Geraldine Ryerson-Cruz in Gaithersburg and at gryerson@bloomberg. (Bloomberg -- Canada)
People who restrict calories have 'younger' hearts Jan 14, 2006
Rather than try to randomize volunteers to different diets and then hope that they will stick to them for years, the researchers, including first author Timothy E. Meyer, Ph ... "Because our study was not randomized, our cross-sectional study design does not allow us to assign causation, although the observed significant differences on the basis of cross-sectional data are an important first step in elucidating the effects of long-term caloric restriction in humans," they wrote. (EurekAlert!)
