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Study Shows That Aspirin and Warfarin Are Equally Effective for Stroke Prevention
A study appearing in the November 15, 2001, issue of The New England Journal of Medicine
shows that aspirin works as well as warfarin in helping to prevent recurrent strokes in most patients. The Warfarin versus
Aspirin Recurrent Stroke Study (WARSS) was a 7-year double-blind, randomized clinical trial involving 2,206 patients at 48
participating centers — the largest trial to date comparing aspirin to warfarin for recurrent stroke prevention. The study was
sponsored by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS). more
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FDA Announces Changes To The Risk Management Program To Prevent Birth Defects Caused By
Accutane
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced in late October that it is advising consumers and
health care providers about significant changes to the Accutane risk management program for pregnancy prevention. The new
program is called S.M.A.R.T. (System to Manage Accutane Related Teratogenicity). S.M.A.R.T. was developed in
consultation with FDA by Accutane's manufacturer, Roche Laboratories. The program is designed to enhance the safe and
appropriate use of Accutane by strengthening the existing Accutane Pregnancy Prevention Program (PPP), a comprehensive
patient education program. more
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Update: Investigation Of Bioterrorism-Related Anthrax 2001
This report updates the investigation of bioterrorism-related anthrax and the provision of antimicrobial
prophylaxis to exposed persons and highlights CDC assistance to other countries investigating cases of bioterrorism-related
anthrax. Since November 7, 2001, CDC and state and local public health agencies have identified no new cases of
bioterrorism-related anthrax. As of November 14, a total of 22 cases of anthrax has met the CDC case definition; 10 were
confirmed inhalational anthrax, and 12 (seven confirmed and five suspected) were cutaneous anthrax. Investigation of a case of
inhalational anthrax in a hospital stock room worker aged 61 years in New York City (NYC) found no evidence of anthrax
contamination at the work site or home; the source of exposure is unknown. Environmental clean-up of contaminated facilities
continues, and surveillance for new cases of bioterrorism-related anthrax is ongoing in Delaware (DE), District of Columbia
(DC), Florida (FL), Maryland (MD), New Jersey (NJ), NYC, Pennsylvania (PA), Virginia (VA), and other states. more
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It's As Easy To Lose Weight As It Is To Get Rich
It's about as easy to lose weight as it is to get rich, according to a University of Michigan study that
tracked weight changes among a nationally representative sample of more than 10,000 adults over a 13-year period. According
to the study, conducted by the U-M Institute for Social Research, the world's largest academic survey and research
organization, about 51 percent of adult men in the middle ranges of body mass index in 1986---that's a weight of about 175
pounds at a height 5'10"---were in more or less the same weight category in 1999. Over this 13-year-period, about 27 percent
had gained a substantial amount of weight and 21 percent had lost a substantial amount. more
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Combining Energy Drinks with Alcohol Potentially Dangerous
The newest rage among college students and teens is mixing energy drinks with alcohol, a potentially
dangerous combination, says a Ball State University researcher. Mixing powerful stimulants contained in some energy drinks
with depressants in alcohol could cause cardiopulmonary or cardiovascular failures, said David Pearson, a researcher in the
Human Performance Laboratory. more
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