AIDS Treatments Seek To Eradicate Virus, Restore Immunity
...r somefundamental questions about the viability of bone marrow transplantationin AIDS therapy. The team plans to treat about a dozen HIV-infected patients with lymphoma-- patients for whom traditional chemotherapy has failed, and no other treatmentis possible. These patients will receive the sam...Study Says Machine Sensors Applicable To Human Ills
...flaws in the bone. Although anx-ray can now detect bone flaws, it can also cause radiation-linked sideeffe...ques will be coupled with better identification of bone failure precursorsto enable physicians to identify when patients need more aggressive treatmentto pr...Testosterone May Affect Learning Skills; May Be Put In Tablet Form
...herapy may improve men's muscle mass and strength, bone density, cholesterol level, sense of well-being, cognitive function and balance. "Compared to estrogen research, we're 15 years behind in investigating the benefits of testosterone," says Dobs. Testosterone replacement therapy has been shown to imp...Routine Dental X-ray May Be A Valuable Tool In Stroke Prevention
...the initial condition of the teeth and surrounding bone and at periodic intervals thereafter as needed. The article prompted little follow-up outside of military veteran populations. The UB investigation involved reviewing the screening panoramic radiographs of 2,752 new patients at the UB dental ...Stress: It's Not Just All In Your Head; Scientists Map The Wear And Tear Of Daily Life
...n to infection and infectious diseases), aswell as bone loss, muscular weakening, atherosclerosis and increased insulinlevels that cause higher levels of fat deposition in the body, especiallyaround the abdomen. "People end up with that 'apple' body shape that researchers haveshown over and over again p......es for women undergoing high-dose chemotherapy and bone marrowtransplantation (BMT) for breast cancer. ...o avoid killing immunecells, physicians remove the bone marrow that produces them before beginningtreatment. After the course of chemotherapy is ...X-Rays: How Big A Risk To Kids? UF Researchers Seek Answers
...th chemical compounds to mimic soft organ,lung and bone tissue under an X-ray. "They absorb X-rays just like the real tissues would," said DavidHintenlang, Kathleen Hintenlang's husband and a professor in the nuclearand radiological engineering department and specialist in biomedicalengineering an......f kidney toxicity (cisplatin), nausea andvomiting, bone marrow suppression, neurotoxicity and other toxici...rotect against cisplatin-induced renal, emesis and bone marrowtoxicities and can increase cisplatin's antitumor activity. It also showed, forexample, compl...Anti-Clotting Drug May Cause Potentially Fatal Platelet Disorder
...st 3 percent ofpatients developed life-threatening bone marrow failure within the first threemonths of beginning therapy. Consequently, it has been recommended that bloodtests be performed every two weeks for three months after starting onticlopidine to identify this side effect early, before lethal compl...Researchers Identify Candidate Immunosuppressant With Fewer Side Effects
...dFK506, prevent the rejection of foreign organs or bone marrow by disrupting thesignaling pathway that activates T cells. But both drugs can cause kidney andnervous system damage, making them unsuitable for wider clinical application.The newly identified peptide prevents a single, specific step in the imm......ihood ofprogression of the disease, as measured by bone scan, CAT scan or an increase inpain. At week six...eiving narcotic analgesicsto treat the significant bone pain resulting from the spread of the cancer tothe bones. Patients who had received radiation withi......oclastsfunction in the breakdown and resorption of bone tissue. It is a marker of boneresorption. These ... to determine whether NTx might act as amarker for bone metastases in advanced prostate cancer. They took sera from 39men with prostate cancer and a posit...New Study Designed To Improve Outcomes In Women With Metastatic Breast Cancer
...ors of all blood cells. Stem cellswill regenerate bone marrow function in the patient after high-dosechem... high-dose chemotherapy will destroy the patient's bone marrow, stemcells are collected after a small dose of chemotherapy and growth factors. Thepurified ...UCSF Study Finds Popular Blood Thinner Does Not Weaken Bones
...new UCSF study is different because it tracked the bone density and number offractures in women over two y...s from weakening - most older women are at risk of bone loss andfractures, she said. In fact, one in ten white, post-menopausal women willfracture their hip...DFG To Fund Four New Research Units
...rials for implants which bond more firmly to human bone than has been possible so far. The researchers will try to gain a better understanding of the interactions of animate and inanimate matter and expect to come up with fundamental findings to be used in designing biologised implant surfaces. If form...Studies Indicate An Effective Treatment For Steroid-Induced Osteoporosis
...d to calcium andVitamin D, significantly increased bone mineral density (BMD) -- the mostimportant predictor of fracture risk -- at the spine and hip in men and womentaking steroids compared with placebo (calcium and vitamin D). The results wereconsistent, regardless of the patient's age, gender, underly...Repairing Cranio-Facial Deformities From The Inside Out
... distraction process, which makes room for the new bone to grow,takes from five to nine days. After that ...eft in forapproximately six weeks to allow the new bone to fill in the gap before beingremoved. Besides correcting facial deformities, DynaForm can ......y to evaluate theeffect of daily Evista therapy on bone mineral density (BMD) and spinalfractures in women...ent of osteoporosis," said Ettinger. "If a woman's bone massdeteriorates to the point where she has one fracture, she has a very high riskfor sustaining ano......d primarily toevaluate the effect of raloxifene on bone mineral density (BMD) and spinalfractures in women...ere also shown to havea 2 to 3 percent increase in bone density at the hip and spine after 24 months. During the MORE trial, 7705 osteoporatic postmenopausa......mon. However, this group did achieve increases in bone mineral density. In a previous arm of FIT,...herconditions the women may have had, nor by their bone mineral density uponentering FIT. "These new data from FIT shed light on the serious conse...