Pleconaril fails to prove cure for cold and meningitis
Large scale trials by ViroPharma show pleconaril offers hints of benefit but no conclusive evidence to win FDA approval for common cold or viral meningitis. CEO Claude Nash defends the drug as still promising as two more major studies planned for 2001 aims.
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Ronald Turner
Medical University of South Carolina
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Frederick G. Hayden
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Sleep apnea tied to higher blood pressure study says
In a Journal of the American Medical Association study of 6132 adults aged 40 and up, moderate to severe sleep apnea doubled the risk of hypertension, with risk rising with apnea severity. Johns Hopkins epidemiologist Javier Nieto notes a plausible mechanism and calls findings very important to heart disease risk.
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Journal of the American Medical Association
Javier Nieto
Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health
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Claude Lenfant
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
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