UK childhood blindness more common than previously thought
...re necessary to address the largely insurmountable burden of blinding eye disease in the industrialised world. Their development will require integration of ongoing clinical, epidemiological, and basic scientific research. The fruits of this labour will have an effect worldwide, since the trends in childhoo...FDA approves new HIV protease inhibitor, Lexiva (TM)
...with no food or water restrictions, and a low pill burden demonstrate GSK's ongoing commitment to providing flexible anti-HIV therapies for patients," said Doug Manion, M.D., vice president of clinical development and medical affairs at GSK. More than 1,200 people both ART-nave and PI-experienced patients...Effective treatment for diabetes depends on the underlying cause
... therapy. Type 2 diabetes is an increasing health burden with over 150,000,000 people affected worldwide. Control of blood glucose is the main therapeutic goal for people with type 2 (non-insulin dependent) diabetes. Most patients on drug treatment receive sulphonylurea drugs, or metformin, or both. Guidel...Pfizer's ZYVOX(TM) more effective than vancomycin in treating complicated SSTIs caused by MRSA
... for Disease Control and Prevention, the financial burden of treating hospital-acquired infections caused by common forms of resistant bacteria, like MRSA, is estimated to be more than $1 billion annually. Each year nearly two million patients in the United States acquire infections in hospitals. In ad...Air pollution may increase stroke risk
...re could considerably reduce the associated health burden independent of behavior change, he said....Caregivers refuse Alzheimers medications when patients quality of life threatened
...egiver's characteristics mental health, financial burden and race also drove their decision to decline a t...epression which can be a result of the stress and burden of caregiving were more likely to decline a treatment. Financial burden and race were also factors...CRESTOR (TM) improves apolipoprotein and lipid ratios - markers of cardiovascular disease risk
... patients' lipid ratios to successfully reduce the burden of cardiovascular disease." The STELLAR and MERCURY I studies form part of AstraZeneca's comprehensive GALAXY ProgrammeTM. CRESTOR has now received regulatory approvals across three continents; America, including the USA, Europe and Asia, and has be...Novel technology to monitor 'hidden depths' of silent killer
...) of this particular agent can actually reduce the burden of coronary atherosclerosis during two years of treatment." "By using non-invasive MRI in ORION we will be able to measure the exact shape, size and distribution of atherosclerosis in blood vessels which may enable us to better evaluate the vascular ...Study: Racial, ethnic disparities seen in all types of pain
...at its cause, pain of any kind can place a serious burden on a person's ability to work, play and live life. But this burden of pain is heavier for some than for others and a new research paper finds that members of racial a...Health of independent clinical trials in danger, scientist warns
...to 4, researchers estimate, and the administrative burden will at least be doubled. Critics of the directive say that it was drawn up by the commission's enterprise directorate, responsible for the pharmaceutical industry, and was designed with that industry in mind, thus ignoring the needs of academics run...Differences in cancer screening rates reported
...ry step to save lives in California and reduce the burden of late-stage cancer care on the state's health care system," said author Susan H. Babey, a researcher at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. "Improving the health of California's diverse communities is dependent on this critical information ...Interim analysis comparing TDF to EFV in combination with 3TC + ABC
...tions that provide flexibility while reducing pill burden and dosing frequency," said Doug Manion, M.D., vice president of clinical development, GSK. "The study arm using the investigational co-formulation of ABC/3TC with EFV showed good virologic responses and it is continuing unchanged. GSK is committed...Nevirapine sustains advantage over AZT during breastfeeding period
...of NIAID. "Indeed, the potential for lessening the burden of HIV/AIDS with this NVP regimen makes this work a very important public health breakthrough." This study, named HIVNET 012, has tracked the efficacy over time of a single dose of NVP to a mother and her infant in comparison with a more complicated ...Progress shown in death rates from four leading cancers decline in overall mortality has slowed
...ws that we have made some progress in reducing the burden of cancer in the United States, but much still nee...will help states understand and address the cancer burden in their communities." The death rate from lung cancer, the leading cancer killer, continues to dec...New model predicts likelihood of prostate cancer prior to biopsy
...atient discomfort, bleeding and infection, and can burden the health care system with extra costs. This new model -- a nomogram -- predicts the detection of prostate cancer in men with a prostate specific antigen (PSA) level of less than or equal to 10 ng/ml. Prostate cancer screening using a PSA test ha...Physicians and patients rarely discuss costs
...istent concern to the public, creating enough of a burden that many patients forgo prescribed medications. "...-of-pocket costs made physicians more aware of the burden on patients and may have enabled them to seek less expensive alternatives. Patients should be enco...St. Jude Medical announces publication of results of its ADOPT-A trial
...Suppression(tm) algorithm decreases symptomatic AF burden significantly in the group of patients with sick s...l include a 25 percent reduction in symptomatic AF burden in patients in the AF Suppression(tm) algorithm "ON" group vs. the AF Suppression(tm) algorithm "OFF...Nursing homes not burden to system, says researcher
...lly the oldest and sickest people--are the biggest burden to the health-care system. Not only are long-term care residents the least expensive senior group, but their hospital visits decline once they are admitted into nursing homes. Dr. Donna Wilson from the University of Alberta's Faculty of Nursing stud...Many low income Medicare beneficiaries will still face high drug bills under proposals in Congress
...The bills now being debated in Congress will still burden many of these couples with large shares of their incomes devoted to paying for drugs." Beneficiaries living on $10,000 to $20,000 annually are less likely than those in either lower or higher income groups to have prescription drug coverage; they al......association between cognitive status and the viral burden at baseline," Strandberg says. At baseline, partic...o fewer than three. MMSE scores declined as viral burden increased: average MMSE was 26.9 for those showing infection by zero or one virus; 26.5 for those wi...