Brain blood flow gives clues to treating depression
...ow, according to whether patients are treated with medication or electroconvulsive treatment, he noted. We found that antidepressant medicines normalized decreased brain blood flow usually seen in patients with depression, while electroconvulsive treatment was associated with additional decreases in blood flow,...American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- Aug. 1, 2007
... advance toward the long-sought ability to deliver medication directly to diseased tissue, while minimizing side effects and damage to healthy parts of the body, scientists are reporting development of a new dosing system that is controlled by light. The study is scheduled for the August 15 issue of the Journa...Success or failure of antidepressant citalopram predicted by gene variation
...ople with depression more likely to respond to the medication citalopram (Celexa) than are people without the va...t antidepressant they attempt, but many dont. Each medication takes weeks to exert its full effects, and patients depression may worsen while they search for a me...New data reveal pregnancies exposed to accutane despite risk management program
...pregnant women from being exposed to the anti-acne medication Accutane and similar medications containing isotretinoin (a known teratogen or birth defect-causing agent), 122 pregnancies were exposed during the first year of the program, known as iPledge, a report revealed. The March of Dimes Foundation said i...Scratch no more: Gene for itch sensation discovered
...t may be a distinct advantage to have an anti-itch medication that doesn't compromise our pain-sensing capability. GRPR had been fairly well studied before, but no one could provide a compelling link between GRPR and itching before now. "Scientists have been studying this receptor for more than a decade," Chen...Faster-acting antidepressants closer to becoming a reality
A new study has revealed more about how the medication ketamine, when used experimentally for depression,...y, said Zarate. Ketamine probably cant become the medication of choice, but this research is leading to some very real possibilities for a whole new generation o...High blood pressure medication strategy proves effective in Hispanic women
...hen treated with either of two commonly prescribed medication strategies, Hispanic women achieved greater blood pressure control and were half as likely as white women to suffer adverse outcomes such as heart attack, stroke or death from any cause. The findings provide new data on a population of ethnic women w...Pumpkin: A fairytale end to insulin injections?
...e exciting thing is that this may be a source of a medication that could be taken by mouth. The protective effect of pumpkin is thought to be due to both antioxidants and D-chiro-inositol, a molecule that mediates insulin activity. Boosting insulin levels has the effect of lowering blood sugar levels, which r...Antibody linked to MS significantly higher in spinal fluid of blacks
...often more serious. "Lower access to care and to medication may contribute to this effect, but apart from those potential contributing factors, African Americans with MS still seem to have more aggressive forms and suffer more disability," Cross says....Tick-related disease thrives on cholesterol, study suggests
..., lowering cholesterol levels through diet or with medication may help decrease the chance of developing HGA, or at least reduce the severity of its symptoms....New genetic test developed at Emory advances detection and diagnosis of muscular dystrophy
...s are in development, including testing of an oral medication intended to circumvent mutations in the dystrophin gene and increase normal gene expression. According to Dr. Hegde, about 13 percent of mutations in the dystrophin gene are nonsense mutations--point mutations in a sequence of DNA that can result i...American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- June 20, 2007
... motion sickness or cancer chemotherapy; and a new medication for the barking and other undesirable behavior of separation anxiety, which can occur when dogs are left home alone. Just as drug companies are shifting some human health focus to geriatric medications, their animal health divisions are working on ...Lancet study shows gene therapy for Parkinson's disease is safe and some patients benefit
...uscle rigidity and problems with balance. The main medication used in Parkinson's is L-dopa, which replaces dopa...e cell death is so massive that the effects of the medication disappear....New amfAR research grants to optimize HIV treatment
...mont, MA $124,000 Impulsivity, drug abuse, and HIV medication adherence an fMRI study: While it is well known that drug abusers tend not to adhere as well to antiretroviral therapy as those who do not use drugs, the cognitive and biological mechanisms linking drug abuse with poor adherence are not completely u...New multiple myeloma treatment induced total remission in 33 percent of patients
...ls in order to reduce the total number of previous medication cycles. A change like this in the therapeutic guidelines would not only anticipate transplantation but would also result in reduction of both economical costs and medication. Last but not least, the observed good treatment tolerance and the ample r...Exercise reverses aging in human skeletal muscle
...d in terms of diet and exercise; none of them took medication or had diseases that can alter mitochondrial function. Tissue samples were taken from the thigh muscle. The six month resistance training was done on standard gym equipment. The twice-weekly sessions ran an hour in length and involved 30 contraction...Coarse particulate matter in air may harm hearts of asthma sufferers, UNC study finds
...nship between coarse particulate matter and rescue medication use, asthma symptoms, lung function or airway infl...the study were taking anti-inflammatory controller medication for their disease, and nine of the 12 had mild disease. It is possible that anti-inflammatory treatm...Genetic roots of bipolar disorder revealed by first genome-wide study of illness
...ariations could help scientists develop additional medication options that take these differences into account. One of the genes the researchers correlated with the disorder, DGKH, is active in a biochemical pathway through which lithium is thought to exert its therapeutic effects. The gene produces an enzym...BEMA Fentanyl demonstrates substantial transmucosal delivery
... episodes of severe pain which "break through" the medication already in use to control the persistent pain). Dr. Andrew Finn, Executive Vice President of Product Development for BDSI, stated "The results of this study confirm, and are an expansion of, the information obtained in our 2006 pharmacokinetic stud...Kent State University and Summa Health System receive NIH grant to study prehypertension
... hypertension, they generally are not treated with medication at this stage. Each year, more and more Americans are diagnosed with high blood pressure, says Summa Study Investigator and Kent State Assistant Professor of Psychology Joel Hughes, Ph.D. The goal of the SMiLE Study is to identify treatment optio...