The National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism is watching new human trials of the antiseizure drug topiramate (Topamax) to study the effectiveness of dual treatment for alcohol and cocaine addiction.
Contrary to Forbes' portrayal, the ENHANCE study confirmed the effectiveness of Zetia and Vytorin in significantly reducing LD--or "bad"--cholesterol.
Mr Alan Scott, who headed the Medical Research Council study into the effectiveness of a screening programme, welcomed the move.
The state's governor vetoed it, so the legislature has now called for a study of the effectiveness of capital punishment.
As a result, the Women's Health Initiative (a large, long-term study of the effectiveness of oestrogen in preventing osteoporosis) is now looking at whether the hormone can prevent Alzheimer's as well.
Dr Feher said the results of the large study "demonstrate the effectiveness and safety of chemotherapy in elderly women with metastatic breast cancer".
He mentions a study of the effectiveness of a teledermatology program, for example, that showed it was successfully and correctly identifying the lesions patients were showing to the doctors.
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But the Carnegie Mellon researchers have a study to back up the effectiveness of their label.
Hlatky agreed the study "provides more evidence about the effectiveness of statin therapy in reducing cardiovascular risk, " even among people who don't currently meet the guidelines for this kind of therapy.
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There is a higher-dose version for older people, but it's not clear how widely available it was and the study of vaccine effectiveness was too small to show whether it made a difference.
But nothing in the lone study or in the two reviews cited specifically supports effectiveness of infrared sauna for autism.
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His study focused on the cost-effectiveness and productivity of "comfort control" systems regulating heating, ventilation and air conditioning.
This study attempts to rank the likely effectiveness of various geo-engineering proposals.
Walsh says this was the first efficacy data for Raptiva, and so long as the problem in the rheumatoid-arthritis study was effectiveness, not safety, it shouldn't worry investors focused on Raptiva's near-term approval to treat psoriasis.
To address this concern, the sponsor has agreed to conduct an additional study of people with those backgrounds to further evaluate the safety and effectiveness of Benlysta for this subgroup of lupus patients.
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The study fed doubts concerning Zetia's effectiveness, causing U.S. prescriptions of Vytorin and Zetia to drop by a third.
The study is not definitive, but it raises doubts about Zetia's effectiveness.
They plan an additional 18-month study, starting next year, to explore the drug's long-term effectiveness and safety, as well as risk behavior and pill-taking practices.
But he suggested that before changing any guidelines, more research needs to be done to determine the effectiveness of testing people for hs-CRP levels, something this study was not designed to do.
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On Tuesday, research firm eMarketer released a study showing 84% of executives it recently polled said that social media campaigns had boosted the effectiveness of sales and marketing efforts.
But there has been only one randomized controlled trial studying the effectiveness of taking foods out of so-called elimination diets, Chafen's study said.
He said the effectiveness of the Crusader, which has no prototype, is a topic that has been under study for five or six years.
And a study that was done at the Utah School of Medicine compared these medications with giving people a placebo which had no effectiveness and giving people one of the standard treatments for osteoarthritis.
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