Study yields new clues on bodys rejection of transplanted organs
...ry T cells and underscores the need to develop new medications that block memory T cell function after transplantation."...Other highlights in the May 1 issue of JNCI
...d data from published studies of adherence to oral medications in general as well as adherence to anticancer drugs in adults and children. The reviewers found that patient adherence to oral chemotherapy regimens is variable and hard to predict. Adherence rates ranged from less than 20% to 100% and certain popul...Filtering patient's blood before kidney transplant allows transplant from any donor
...on. Like all transplant patients, they take daily medications after transplant to suppress rejection. One kidney failed after transplant because the patient stopped taking these medications. "Many of these patients have repeatedly been told there is no hope of ever receiving a kidney transplant," says Robert...Researchers identify cell, genetic environment behind nerve-tissue tumors that lead to cancer
...mine if some Food and Drug Administration-approved medications can create a restrictive environment. The next step is to determine whether the permissive/restrictive condition applies to humans. If our ideas about how tumors form in neurofibromatosis hold true, we can envision strategies to prevent them, said Pa...University of South Florida team conducts trial for HIV vaccine
...ness depends on patients' ability to take the oral medications correctly. "As many as 50 percent of HIV-infected patients we treat are unable to fully comply with their combination drug therapy," Dr. Nadler said. "This is a pivotal study," he said. "We must make sure the vaccine is safe and stimulates the appro...Implantable pain pumps improve cancer patients' quality of life
...d to either receive an implantable pump delivering medications directly into the spinal fluid or to continue taking pain medicine by mouth. Results of the study, presented May 21 at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology in Orlando, Fla., revealed that at the end of the six-month study,...Prof. Shmuel Ben-Sasson wins first prize in Kaye Awards
...y responses. The formula can be applied to produce medications for many other illnesses and problems, he said. Pr...x biotechnology company was established to develop medications based on Prof. Ben-Sasson's method. The first medication should be ready for pre-clinical trials soo...Hebrew University student develops method to check if AIDS patients developed resistance to drugs
...disease progresses and often becomes immune to the medications being used against it. However, the existing tests to check if a medicine is no longer effective because the virus is immune to it take three to four weeks to conduct and cost thousands of dollars, beyond the means of most AIDS patients. More importa...Treating bacterial infections can help asthmatics
...er asthma patients continued their standard asthma medications and a placebo instead of the antibiotic treatment....se for asthma. When properly used, standard asthma medications can control symptoms in the vast majority of asthma patients. Overuse of antibiotics in general has ...New data shows weight loss with Xenical provides benefits for type 2 diabetes patients
...alorie diet and were on a variety of anti-diabetic medications (metformin, sulfonylureas and/or insulin). All subjects were randomised to receive Xenical 120 mg or placebo three times per day. "This collection of data provides strong support for the use of Xenical plus diet in conjunction with diabetes treatme...Society for Women's Health Research News Service to provide series on women and pharmacology
...omens-health.org . "There is much confusion over medications in general, particularly for women," said Phyllis Greenberger, MSW, president and CEO of the Society for Women's Health Research. "We hope this series on pharmacology will provide valuable information to the public, especially life-saving informatio...Gene may bias amygdala response to frightful faces
...ake inhibitors (SSRIs), the most widely prescribed medications for anxiety and depression, act by blocking the transporter. The two common genetic variations occur in a region of the gene that acts like a dimmer switch, controlling the level of the gene's turning on and off. This leads to transporter proteins t...Extended-release niacin effective in low doses for diabetics, say UT Southwestern researchers
...g during the trial, and 81 percent continued their medications for diabetes. In the 1,500 mg/d group, HDL increased as much as 24 percent, triglycerides decreased as much as 36 percent, and the "bad" cholesterol, low-density lipoproteins (LDL), decreased by 7 percent. In the 1,000 mg/d group HDL increased by 19 ...Genetic markers key to identifying schizophrenic patients who can benefit from clozapine
Orlando, FL -- Individual variation in response to medications remains a major problem within the healthcare syst... The metabolic relationship between antipsychotic medications Haloperidol, Ziprasidone, Risperidone, Olanzapine, Quetiapine, Sertindole, and Clozapine to enzymes ...New clinical trials explore treatment to restore sexual desire
...t at MacDonald Women's Hospital at UHC. "Since no medications currently are approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of diminished sexual desire, these clinical studies are an important step in the development of new therapeutic options to help many women and their partners regain a s...Genes, maltreatment, and the cycle of violence
...station through the protracted use of psychotropic medications in as-of-yet undiagnosed teens. Of course, medicating young people based on family history, vague genetic factors, and the perception by parents that their adolescent's behavior is abnormal in some poorly defined way raises a host of ethical questio...Gene variant increases risk of cardiac arrhythmia for African-Americans
...seek testing are people whose medical condition or medications might make them vulnerable to arrhythmias. "It is worth knowing if you have the variant because there are simple things you can do to prevent arrhythmias," he said. According to Keating, these steps include avoiding any of a broad range of drugs, inc...Twenty years of monkey research boosts AIDS knowledge
... inside cells in the body -- in individuals taking medications to fight the virus. Finally, they are testing the ability of microbicides to prevent sexual transmission of SIV/HIV. "The monkey disease is a remarkably accurate facsimile of the human disease," said Gardner. An authority on retroviruses and the int...New drug that enhances glutamate transmission in the brain being evaluated for fragile X
...ing problems associated with the disease, although medications for anxiety and ADHD are used to treat behavioral symptoms. Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center is the only clinical site for care of fragile X patients in the Chicago area. Autism is a complex developmental disability that typically appears ...Genetic mutation, most common in Ashkenazi Jews, more than doubles cancer risk
...Understanding the role of diet, physical activity, medications and other lifestyle factors will help us learn how to modify the risk of developing the disease. While their results provide new insight into the complex causes of colorectal cancer, Rennert and Gruber stressed that it wont change how the disease is ...