OHSU scientists test medication to treat involuntary weight loss
...earch medication that both stimulates appetite and reduces metabolic rate in preclinical trials. Neurocrine, which developed the test medication for this research, is now developing a related medication that will likely be tested in patients suffering from a common, disease-related form of malnutrition and i...Aloe vera: Natural, home remedy treats canker and cold sores
...e alternative." Aloe vera accelerates healing and reduces pain associated with canker sores, which are blisters on the lips or mouth. Aloe vera does not have a bad taste or sting when applied. The journal article, written by Richard L. Wynn, PhD, mentions a study done on a patient with lichen planus, a dise...Men with severe sleep breathing disorder have higher risk of heart problems
... effective treatment with nasal CPAP significantly reduces the cardiovascular outcomes associated with this medical condition. Simple snoring is not a significant cardiovascular risk factor."...HIV and ID doctors oppose ideologically driven STI prevention policies
...d of Directors. "The evidence shows using condoms reduces the risk of STIs. The evidence just doesn't support abstinence-only education." The two organizations have approved a policy statement, available online at www.idsociety.org and www.hivma.org , calling for science-based government policies on pre...US life expectancy about to decline, researchers say
...icine. The study determines that obesity currently reduces life expectancy by approximately four to nine months. "The magnitude of that effect may sound trivial to some, but in fact it's greater than the negative effect of all accidental mortality, such as car accidents, suicides and homicides combined," sai...Explosion of child obesity predicted to shorten us life expectancy
...Chicago, and colleagues concludes that obesity now reduces average life expectancy by about 4 to 9 months, a conservative estimate. More ominously, the researchers further conclude that if the current epidemic of child and adolescent obesity continues unabated, life expectancy could be shortened by two to fi...Drug therapy may be comparable to invasive cardiac procedures for elderly patients with heart attack
...l as thrombolysis [therapy to reduce blood clots], reduces mortality (death) following AMI." Therese A. Stukel, Ph.D., from Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, N.H., and colleagues analyzed data from 158,831 elderly Medicare patients hospitalized with a first episode of confirmed AMI in 1994 1995, followed u...Put culture in your life and reduce bad breath: Eat yogurt!
Baltimore, MarylandEating traditional yoghurt reduces the bacteria that cause bad breath. Reporting today at the 83rd General Session of the International Association for Dental Research, convening at the Baltimore Convention Center, investigators from Tsurumi University (Yokohama, Japan) presented resu...Aircraft cabin ventilation influences the transmission of diseases in-flight
...gens. Proper ventilation within any confined space reduces the concentration of airborne organisms, with one air exchange removing 63% of airborne organisms suspended in that particular space. Computer models of data from an in-flight tuberculosis investigation reveal that doubling ventilation rate in the ca...Computerized order entry systems can increase risk of medication errors
...costs. Published studies have indicated that CPOE reduces medication errors up to 81 percent. Few researchers, however, have focused on the existence or types of medication errors facilitated by CPOE. Ross Koppel, Ph.D., of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, and colleagues cond...Statement on the findings of the Women's Health Study
... Although studies have shown that low-dose aspirin reduces the risk of a first heart attack in men, there have been few such studies in women. The study was supported by the National Institutes of Health's National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and the National Cancer Institute. The Women's Health Study ...Other highlights in the March 2 JNCI
...enerally accepted that colorectal cancer screening reduces the incidence of and mortality from the disease. Strategies for population-based screening programs are being evaluated in several European countries, including Italy. Comparative data about rates of detection and participation and economic costs are...Diabetes a bigger heart disease risk for women than for men
...cose control combined with blood pressure lowering reduces cardiovascular mortality in people with Type 2 diabetes. The trial, which will follow participants for 4 years on average, will end in 2006....How often should women get mammograms?
...when breast cancer risk is low rather than at 50, reduces overall risk of death by five percent because the incidence of cancer in the younger women is very low. However, Zelen said he believes screening women between 40 and 50 has merit because their breast cancers are more aggressive. If women underwen...Medication helps alcoholics control drinking
...e based on "high-quality evidence" that naltrexone reduces by 36 percent the risk of an alcoholic relapsing to heavy drinking in the first three months of recovery. "Short-term treatment of NTX for alcoholism gives a meaningful benefit in preventing a relapse," the review said, citing an 18 percent lower lik...Immediate access to antibiotics stems spread of sexually transmitted diseases
...ntibiotics for partners of newly infected patients reduces re-infection rates and spread of sexually transmitted diseases, such as gonorrhea and Chlamydia, compared to standard practice. In the study, treatment was accelerated by providing packets of antibiotics or mailing medication directly to partners fro...An implanted nerve stimulator helps drop foot sufferers walk faster and better
...unsafe gait, and suffer from fatigue which further reduces their speed and the distance they can walk. The current approaches for dropped foot correction have significant drawbacks. "Either the ankle joint is fixed by a brace, or electrical stimulation is applied to a nerve in the leg through electrodes atta...Flu vaccination impact on elderly deaths may be over-estimated
...al studies which report that influenza vaccination reduces winter mortality risk among the elderly by 50 percent may substantially overestimate the vaccination benefit, according to the February 14 issue of The Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Accurate determination of the im...14-year study finds that quitting smoking adds years to life
...ong enough to truly test whether smoking cessation reduces all-cause mortality. Previous studies linking smoking to death from specific diseases, such as lung cancer and heart disease, were based on observation rather than on experiment. These new findings "prove that smoking causes increased risk for death...Herb used to treat diabetes works like modern-day prescription drugs, study suggests
...t of studies show that lowering blood sugar levels reduces the risk for all kinds of diabetes-related complications, such as kidney disease and nerve and eye damage," Hertzler said. "We want to see if this herb has this kind of effect." Salacia oblonga is still relatively difficult to find in the United Stat...