Breakthrough therapies treat Crohn's disease
...ieved by the previous study. ENACT-2 studied 339 adult subjects with Crohns disease (CD) from ENACT-1 who had achieved a response on the drug (* 70-point reduction in CDAI) and/or remission (CDAI score of less than 150) and had a CDAI score of less than 220 after receiving three infusions of natalizumab....Celebrities are root cause of rush to dentist
...ain and Australia, which included an element where adult participants aged 18 and over reported their perceptions of the health of their teeth and gums and the impact on their daily life in a questionnaire. Participants were asked 14 questions, such as 'how often during the past year have you had painful ...National Academies news: vaccines and autism
...pound that is still used as a preservative in some adult vaccines. It began to be removed from vaccines for children in 1999, and as of mid-2000, vaccines that are recommended for universal use in infants and young children are available in forms that have no or only trace amounts of thimerosal. This stud...Cutting-edge science offers improved care for liver diseases
...e of the immaturity of newborn cells compared with adult cells. To identify the benefit, the team collecte...titis, or NASH, and divided it into two types; the adult pattern or Type 1, and the pediatric pattern or Type 2. The researchers found that Type 2 NASH was ...Protein marker predicts possible heart damage after chemotherapy
...es. "Our study is the first to clearly show, in an adult population, that the risk of cardiac events in cancer patients can be predicted by evaluating the TNI release pattern after chemotherapy," Cardinale said. In cancer patients who have had chemotherapy, physicians usually use extensive testing and ex...GI health affected by consumption of coffee and carbonated drinks
..., population-based study was conducted among 5,944 adult participants of the third U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III) who were at high risk for liver injury (due to excessive alcohol consumption, hepatitis B or C, iron overload, obesity, or impaired glucose metabolism). Par...CellCept(R) registry data demonstrated superior long-term organ transplant outcomes
...urvival. Investigators analyzed data from 11,670 adult primary liver transplant recipients 18 80 years o... + CSA therapy vs. MMF + CSA and graft survival in adult primary renal Tx patients. The study used 2003 SRTR data and evaluated 21,017 MMF + CSA and 1,999 R...Regional review boards improve liver transplant allocation
...her accelerated listing was approved or denied for adult or pediatric cases. Secondly, the researchers examined whether or not referring physicians predicted death better than the MPS. They found that the physicians had poor predictive capacity and added no additional information to the risk assessment of ...New compound may act to keep thyroid activity in check
...sequently in the brains, heart, liver and blood of adult mice. The prediction and ultimate discovery of T1 amine followed on the heels of a previous discovery made in the Grandy laboratory. "For us, when we find a new receptor that is made by the body, it means there must be a naturally occurring molecule,...Even health-conscious women going without colonoscopy
...vention, says Fendrick. From bone density scans to adult vaccines, he notes, "If we have a test that's at 80 percent adherence and another that's at 20, we should go to the 80 percent to encourage them to have that other test."...Study suggests breastfeeding reduces cardiovascular risk later in life
...osclerosis-and therefore cardiovascular disease-in adult life, suggest authors of a UK study in this week's issue of THE LANCET. There are known to be many benefits from breastfeeding, although several previous studies associating breastfeeding with reduced cardiovascular disease in adulthood have been li...Better research needed to assess psychological and social effects of cannabis
...n adolescents and young adults, and no responsible adult would want young people to take drugs. There is no question that this issue is an important candidate for education and prevention, but there is a fierce debate on the place repressive measures should have in this context. There is little reason to b...Prevalence of chlamydia high among young adults in U.S.
...ng for chlamydia is widely recommended among young adult women, little information is available regarding t...ial and gonococcal infections in the general young adult population. William C. Miller, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hi...New UNC research finds high rate of chlamydia in U.S. young adults
...e prevalence was 2.13 percent. "Asymptomatic young adult men clearly account for a large reservoir of infection in the general population, but screening recommendations have largely excluded men," said lead author Dr. William C. Miller, assistant professor of medicine and epidemiology. "The marked differen...New study: Small, frequent doses of caffeine best strategy for staying awake
... Chronic insomnia afflicts more than 10 percent of adult Americans, who regularly experience difficulty falling or staying asleep at night. Another 250,000 Americans have narcolepsy, a genetically heritable neurological sleep-wake disorder characterized by uncontrolled sleep attacks. Due to limited awarene...$5 million NIH contract to fund development of pediatric heart assist device
...ilable in the United States, or are adaptations of adult technology, which are not useful for very small ch...ate 1980s, there have been numerous successes with adult heart assist devices such as the Arrow LionHeart TM ," Weiss said. "That has sparked renewed interes...Most household cleaners remove peanut allergens, Hopkins study shows
...anut butter to the hands of 19 peanut allergy-free adult volunteers. Participants then washed their hands with various cleaning agents, plain water and an antibacterial hand sanitizer. Hand wipes, liquid soap and bar soap all removed the peanut allergen. Water left residual Ara h 1 on 3 of 12 hands, and...New data shows Seroquel achieves remission in bipolar mania
...tal illness that affects approximately 3-4% of the adult population and is the sixth leading cause of disability in the world. 3,4,5,6 More than half of those with bipolar disorder stop taking their medication at some point during their illness, subjecting themselves to a high risk of relapse and an incre...American Academy of Neurology sums up scientific highlights from 56th Annual Meeting
...o studies examined the potential for repairing the adult nervous system after disease or injury. Mayo Clini...d the medical potential of stem cells derived from adult human bone marrow. These stem cells can be converted into neural stem cells, and may be useful for t...Seroquel: New data show efficacy and tolerablity in bipolar depression
...tal illness that affects approximately 3-4% of the adult population and is the sixth leading cause of disability in the world. 3,4,5,6 More than half of those with bipolar disorder stop taking their medication at some point during their illness, subjecting themselves to a high risk of relapse and an incre...