Anti-HIV drugs save vision, improve outlook for AIDS patients
.... Of these, 46 patients (64 eyes) had substantial improvement in their immunity, while 47 (62 eyes) did not. Th... not receive the therapy, especially those who had improvement of their immunity. In the second study, a report from the Longitudinal Study of Ocular Complication...Reduced daily eye patching effectively treats 'lazy eye'
...atched. Children in both groups showed significant improvement in the vision of the eye with amblyopia, the resea...r, it remains unclear if the same amount of visual improvement would occur with patching alone. "We are planning a clinical trial to address the importance of near...Clinical study reports findings of combination therapy with DOXIL
...r response, defined as a decrease in bone pain, an improvement of performance status by one grade, and a reductio...cal benefit resulting from this treatment, such as improvement in disease-related symptoms or increased survival. How DOXIL Works DOXIL is an advanced form of do...Roads pave the way for weed invasions
...ravel) or paved. They found that each step of road improvement converted an increasingarea of natural habitat to roadside habitat, from which non-nativeweeds spread into adjacent natural ecosystems. Compared to 4-wheel-drive tracks, paved roads had much wider roadsideverges (totals of 6 feet vs. 46 feet) and far...Roads pave the way for weed invasions
...ravel) or paved. They found that each step of road improvement converted an increasing area of natural habitat to roadside habitat, from which non-native weeds spread into adjacent natural ecosystems. Compared to 4-wheel-drive tracks, paved roads had much wider roadside verges (totals of 6 feet vs. 46 feet) and ...Nitric oxide-like drug could revive a failing heart
...ur study, a single infusion produced a substantial improvement in both the contraction and relaxation components of heart function and this was particularly notable in failing hearts. There did not appear to be any toxicity associated with these effects. This could prove to be a useful alternative to traditio......nd colleagues holds promising implications for the improvement of cold tolerance in agriculturally important crop...y be two-fold: It is likely useful for the genetic improvement of plant freezing tolerance, and the identification of ICE1 takes us one step closer to address the ...Stanford researchers review efficacy and safety of low-carbohydrate diets
... She also said losing weight typically leads to an improvement in some of these levels, so this could have had an impact on the numbers. While Bravata is pleased to be able to provide her patients with the most current evidence on these diets, she and the researchers concluded that there is insufficient evidenc...Transgenic trees hold promise for pulp and paper industries
...d will have dramatic impacts on the future genetic improvement of forest trees for pulp and paper production. "The improved tree growth and high cellulose content will increase pulp-yield production, while the reduced lignin content will reduce the pulping cost and energy consumption in the pulping process," he ...VEGF gene transfer fails to help peripheral arterial disease patients
... The trial concluded without showing a significant improvement in the walking ability of any study participants. In the multi-center, double-blind, randomized, controlled Phase II trial, participants received either placebo or a one-time intramuscular injection of an inactivated cold virus (adenovirus) containi...Stem cells contribute to tissue regeneration in mice with ALS
...f ALS, with modest effects. None have demonstrated improvement in either ALS progression or symptom management. Researchers from the University of Milan found that bone marrow stem cells from healthy mice, transplanted into mice genetically altered with an animal version of ALS, contribute to the regeneration of...West Nile Virus can cause polio-like symptoms
...sick and when they died, and they had been showing improvement before they died, so it's possible that the virus was gone from their bodies," Fratkin said. "Another possibility is that our tests are not sensitive enough to detect the virus." Fratkin noted that West Nile virus can survive in some blood products. ...Growth factor shows promise in Parkinson's patients
...dopamine-producing cells reside. The result was an improvement in clinical symptoms and daily quality of life of ...easure daily living activities showed a 61 percent improvement in patients given GDNF. Underscoring improved muscle control, PET scans performed by David Brooks an...Paving roads can increase weed invasions
...d help keep out invasive weeds. "Each step of road improvement would appear to convert an increasing area of natu... the plants along 42 roads with varying degrees of improvement (paved, improved surface such as gravel, graded and 4-wheel-drive track) in and around southern Utah...Phase III study results with Raptiva in the treatment of psoriasis presented at Annual AAD meeting
...age of patients who achieved 75 percent or greater improvement in PASI scores (PASI 75) after 12 weeks of Raptiva...age of patients who achieved 50 percent or greater improvement in PASI scores (PASI 50); the Overall Lesion Severity scale (OLS), which is a static measure of glob...Results from open-label Raptiva study suggest continued benefit with long-term treatment
... patients (140/339) achieved 75 percent or greater improvement in Psoriasis Area and Severity Index (PASI) scores...d 82 percent (278/339) achieved PASI 50 or greater improvement after 12 weeks of 2 mg/kg/week Raptiva therapy. Patients who achieved a PASI 50 score or OLS (Overa...Six-week, six-shot regimen fights hayfever for more than one season
.... These patients were followed for their clinical improvement throughout the 2001 and 2002 ragweed seasons without additional injections of the vaccine. The follow-up phase of the study showed that patients given the vaccine had improved hayfever symptoms, quality of life measurements, and less need for relief...Dyslexic children`s brains operate more like those of normal readers following training
...ort of treatment, and how that is coupled with the improvement they have in reading and language ability,`` he said. ``We`re hoping that this becomes an additional tool to understand how educational remediation programs alter children`s abilities, as they must do, by changing the way their brains process informa...Birth control pill may provide relief for PMS
...of menstrual-related symptoms led to a significant improvement in women's health-related quality of life and over...rticipating in our study reported multiple symptom improvement leading to a significant, positive impact on their lives." Reduced behavioral, emotional and physic...Meeting the nitrogen management challenge: Arresting the nitrogen cascade
...es into the environment. While there has been an improvement in nitrogen fertilizer management, much could still be done to improve the amount of nitrogen that is taken up by crop plants. This effort will require target research and educational programs, Fixen added. Kenneth Cassman, University of Nebraska, a...