Drug-free therapy gives patients reprieve from panic disorder
...ants to control panic disorder completed 12 weekly CBT treatments. Patients were put into two groups - one group (11 patients) stopped taking their medication by the eighth session, while the other group (eight patients) stayed on ......ates. The HIFU outpatient procedure can usually be completed within three hours, and the patient can go home after the anesthetic wears off. For cancer that is confined to the prostate, surgery and radiation are the common treatment options. Complete removal of the prostate can cause incontinence and impotence...Brief exercise improves mental performance in people with chronic lung disease
...parated by one week. Subjects completed an assessment of cognitive performance immediately before and after each session. The assessment evaluated aspects of cognitive functioning that are thought to be responsive to exercise, suc...Women more likely to get regular cancer screening if primary care is well-organized, study finds
...-income neighborhoods in the District of Columbia, completed a telephone survey lasting about 25 minutes. The researchers focused on whether the women followed screening recommendations for cervical, breast and colorectal cancers, because low-income African American women have been shown in other studies to di...Medical education lacks emphasis on adverse drug reactions, Georgetown research finds
...ng an adverse drug reaction. Each program director completed a two-page survey that asked questions about the percentage of their institutions curriculum dedicated to adverse drug reactions or interactions. They were also asked whether they felt that these topics should be added to the curriculum if not alread...Police officers who experience panic during traumatic event have greatest risk of PTSD
...ic stress. The study consisted of questionnaires completed by 741 police officers, and 332 control subjects who had a similar background but were not police officers. Roughly two-thirds of the police surveyed were from the New York Police Department; the others were from police departments in Oakland and Sa...Mayo Clinic study finds radioactive drug samarium hopeful new treatment for osteosarcoma
...y is the first known American research study to be completed on the use of samarium for treatment of osteosarcoma. The findings are published in the current edition of the Journal of Clinical Oncology. Samarium is an interesting radioactive drug thats similar to isotopes that have been used for years by radiol...Stress causes heart-damaging fats to stay in blood longer
...the restful session than in the session where they completed the stressful tests, Stoney said. Overall, triglyceride levels declined an average of 2.8 percent a minute in the stress-inducing test session, compared to a quicker 3.2 percent per minute i...Nicotine withdrawal woes shown to be similar to inflammatory response
.... The same groups of smokers and non-smokers also completed questionnaires to gauge their fatigue, depression, muscle aches and appetite. Analysis of the symptom self-reports showed that depression, muscle aches and appetite all increased in smokers during nicotine withdrawal. Although fatigue did not incr...Restrained and unrestrained eating behaviors affect risk for adult-onset obesity
...adult-onset obesity. The 638 subjects in the study completed questionnaires providing information on current height and weight and changes in body weight and food intake over a series of 10-year intervals, beginning at the age of 20. Since early adulthood, 87% of the women had gained weight, 8% had lost weight...Moderate alcohol consumption reduces cardiovascular risk in postmenopausal women
...e. In a random crossover design, all of the women completed 3 dietary periods of 8 weeks each, consuming a typical American diet that was prepared and served each day at the USDA Human Nutrition Research Center in Beltsville, MD. A control diet provided no alcohol, whereas a proportionate amount of energy in...Study shows weight loss with an antidepressant medicine in combination with lifestyle intervention
...t) participated in the investigation; 227 patients completed the initial 24 weeks and 192 completed the full 48 weeks. Exclusion criteria included history of Bupropion SR use in past 12 months, predi...First-of-its-kind study of vascular dementia patients taking ARICEPT presented at AAGP meeting
...rmal dreams. Overall, 491 patients (79.7 percent) completed the study and 125 (20.3 percent) discontinued, including 73 (11.9 percent) who discontinued due to an adverse event. No deaths were considered to be related to ARICEPT. Information About ARICEPT Treatment in Alzheimers Disease While there is no cure...Research links level of spina bifida defect and need for shunt after newborn surgery
...ers at The Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia have completed the first study comparing the location on the spine of the birth defect spina bifida with the rate of shunting the surgical placement of a drainage tube. The research showed that infants with spina bifida are more likely to require a shunt when the ...Nausea sometimes a red flag for anxiety and depression
...Overall, 48 percent of 62,000 people in Norway who completed surveys indicated they had suffered from one or several gastrointestinal complaints, including nausea, heartburn, diarrhea and constipation, during a one-year period. Nearly 13 percent had experienced nausea during the year. In our study population...Common cold no more frequent in people with asthma - but symptoms are more severe
... atopic asthma and the other did not. Participants completed daily diary cards of upper-respiratory-tract (URT) and lower-respiratory-tract (LRT) symptoms. They also measured their peak expiratory flow from the lungs twice daily. Nasal secretions were examined for rhinovirus every two weeks. 753 nasal sample...Patients who need cardiac resynchronization therapy may be eligible for Cedars-Sinai clinical trials
... as they would in a normal heart. Based on already completed clinical trial data showing improvement in heart failure status and activity level, CRT has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration for patients with advanced heart failure and delayed impulse conduction. Cardiac resynchronization therapy m...Eye drops to treat childhood eye disorder work as well as patching the eye
...d 95 percent of the assigned to the atropine group completed the study. The minimal patching time was six hours...rcent, and poor in one percent. On a questionnaire completed by the childs parent or guardian, the acceptability of the atropine treatment was judged to be bette...Cholesterol bad for brain too, UCSF study says
...r time and tests of cognitive function. The women completed tasks that measured their abilities in memory, attention, language, orientation, and visual-spatial skills. Women with the highest LDL-cholesterol levels, and those with the highest total cholesterol levels, had significantly poorer test scores, eve...Husbands of fibromylagia sufferers in slightly poorer health, more depressed than other men
...the same Southern California HMO. All of the men completed questionnaires revealing details of their physical and emotional health. The men whose wives suffered from fibromyalgia also indicated how much the illness had affected their lives. A review of each mans medical records revealed how extensively he ha...