Off-label use of migraine drug gives children relief, study says
...arly 100 percent of the children in these families continued using the drug. But sumatriptan isn't approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for use in children. The participants in this study were prescribed sumatriptan on an off-label basis, a common practice in which a medication is used to treat a ......pment of age related macular degeneration, whereas continued smoking can affect the long term response to treatments such as laser therapy. A sustained public health campaign in the UK is warranted to raise awareness of the link between smoking and blindness, say the authors. This should include offering smoki...Studies highlight impact of Sept. 11, Iraq war on adolescents
...tes of Health and American Heart Association, have continued to show the benefit of meditation on lowering bloo...lescents with deployed family members. "Given the continued presence of U.S. soldiers in Iraq and mounting casualties, further research is warranted to determin...Vaccinating children protects adults as well
... today from the second year of surveillance show a continued reduction in IPD rates in children for whom the vaccine is recommended. The rate of IPD in children 2 to 23 months of age from pneumococcal strains that the vaccine protects against was 94% lower in 2002 than it was in 2001. There was also a decli...Mayo Clinic study helps patients with pancreatic cancer experience significantly less pain
...plexus block (NCPB), the type of nerve block used, continued to provide sustained pain relief over several months. This benefit may allow some patients with advanced pancreatic cancer to live more comfortably for the duration of their lives. The Mayo Clinic study is the largest research study to date on managi...NIH asks participants in women's health initiative estrogen-alone study to stop study pills
...ults would not likely change if the estrogen trial continued to its planned completion in 2005. Furthermore, enough data have been obtained to assess the overall risks and benefits of the use of estrogen in this trial. WHI researchers have begun a detailed analysis of the data from the estrogen-alone study a...Studies focus on vascular spasm as a common cause of cardiomyopathy
...but not in heart muscle had no effect. Those mice continued to show evidence of vascular spasm as well as progressive heart disease, demonstrating that vascular spasm arises from a process that begins in the heart muscle cells. "Once we were convinced that even slight damage to the heart could cause vascular ...Activism prompts teen smokers to cut back on cigarettes, Stanford study finds
... found even more encouraging was that the decrease continued six months later - a rarity in the efforts to reduce cigarette use among teens. "The real, sustained change we saw is different from most other studies on teenage smoking. In past studies where smoking behaviors changed, the effect was very ...Long-term use of antibiotics possibly linked with increased risk of breast cancer
...e conducted, the results of this study support the continued need for prudent long-term use of antibiotics and the need for further studies of the association between antibiotic use and cancer risk." (JAMA. 2004;291:827-835. Available post-embargo at JAMA.com )...Demolition tests aim to improve emergency communications
...ion, the team found that 10 of the 14 transmitters continued broadcasting. The researchers hope their work eventually leads to the development of technology that allows emergency personnel to lock on to cell phone or radio signals within collapsed buildings to help in locating and perhaps communicating with su...Nevirapine plus zidovudine to prevent perinatal HIV in Thailand
...to all women enrolled in the study. The trial was continued in order to determine if, in addition to giving one dose of NVP to the mother, it was also necessary to give one dose to the child. Among women who delivered before interim analysis, the transmission rate in the group where both mother and infant rec...New study demonstrates key benefits of RISPERDAL(R) CONSTA(R) in young adults with schizophrenia
...toms of schizophrenia improved after one month and continued to improve during the six months of treatment with...re found to significantly improve at one month and continued to decline throughout the six month treatment period. Risperdal Consta is the first and only newer-g...Two new sets of guidelines intended to improve patient safety
...els of responsibility for decision-making, ensures continued training in the practical aspects of care, and provides training and experience in the administrative and management functions of the Intensive care unit," declared the task force authors....MPRI opens its doors to cancer patients
...e, IUCF administrators recognized the laboratory's continued life depended on finding a new use for its equipment and skilled people. To that end, IUCF Director John Cameron provided crucial support for the creation of a medical facility that would continue the use of the facility's high-quality proton beam....A little stress may go a long way toward boosting skin's immunity
...ar said. "And the stressed animals' immune systems continued to stay strong, too, as shown by the later tests."...mately gave the stressed animals' immune systems a continued immune advantage months later," Dhabhar said. Memory cells "remember" a specific antigen a substanc...Cooling helmets may provide innovative stroke treatment
...hed to the head and neck. The cooling of the head continued non-stop for three to seven days without anesthesi... body temperature significantly. Then, the helmet continued cooling the brain, while cooling body temperature at a much slower rate. Researchers were able to u...New report shows stomach cancer rates declining fast in Europe
...ve in Lausanne, Switzerland, said that if the fall continued as predicted there would be up to 15,000 fewer deaths from stomach cancer this decade. "We are seeing a steady and persistent fall in rates across various major geographical areas of the continent and there is little systematic indication of it leve...Pharmacists play role in cholesterol control
... of cholesterol would have been even greater if we continued the study for a longer period," Tsuyuki said. An average person sees their pharmacist between five and eight times more often than they see their doctor, Tsuyuki said, adding the major difficulty in treating high cholesterol is that it does not sh...Women are displacing men in healthcare services in New Zealand
...of the female-dominated professions in 1971, women continued to lead in 2001, outnumbering men heavily in most of them. The researchers argue that given the high quality of data, plus similar trends shown in studies from other developed countries, these results may be common elsewhere....Pediatricians and parents key to improving quality of children's health care
...the quality of children's health care will require continued commitment by the nation's pediatricians and parents to demand effective as well as affordable pediatric care from legislators, insurers and providers of care, said Lisa Simpson, MB, BCH*, MPH, a University of South Florida pediatrician who holds the...