More evidence of cannabis-induced psychosis
...king cannabis-based therapeutic drugs as part of a controlled trial, which had been approved by an ethics board ...nabis. These findings, highly unexpected in such a controlled environment, are published today in the peer-reviewed, Open Access journal BMC Psychiatry. Dr Berna...First head-to-head study to compare lidoderm patch and Celebrex in treating pain
...sults need to be confirmed with further randomized controlled trials, the potential of Lidoderm to treat osteoarthritis knee pain is promising," added Dr. Kivitz. "Lidoderm has been used since 1999 to treat the pain of post-herpetic neuralgia and, because it is a non-systemic patch, has demonstrated a minimal r...Study shows patch therapy may be as effective as oral medications
...efore need to be confirmed with further randomized controlled trials. "This is the first clinical study that compares a prescription topical patch with a COX-2 inhibitor," said Dr. Kivitz. "The results are encouraging and establish the foundation for further studies into non-systemic options for the treatment ...Study shows soy is well accepted in school lunches
...Asking whether a product is liked or disliked in a controlled situation does not always translate into acceptance in normal eating conditions," Klein said. "In our study, we used plate waste or the percentage of a product that was consumed during the usual lunch programs as a proxy for acceptance. If students c...Geodon effective in psychiatric emergencies; Sharply reduces time in restraints
...d that this observational study was not a blinded, controlled design, because it is difficult to obtain consent from severely agitated patients, and called the work a "naturalistic" study, which reflects actual clinical practices....Corrected metabolism leads to health benefits and weight loss
... They are then given individually-designed portion controlled eating plans based on an analysis of these tests and each person's medical history and food preferences. Dr. Claude Morin, twice president of the General Practice division, British Columbia Medical Association, screens the initial blood tests. ...African-American women with endometrial cancer have more aggressive cancer than Caucasian women
... with the same diagnosis, even in the setting of a controlled clinical trial. Based on the clinical data from the GOG study, the investigators hypothesized that there may be biologic differences in endometrial cancers in African-American women compared to Caucasian women that lead to more aggressive tumors. ...Use of inhaled corticosteroid led to fewer hospitalizations for young children with asthma
... to moderate asthma that most children have can be controlled by treatment at home or in the doctor's office. 4 Common symptoms of childhood asthma include coughing either constant or intermittent; wheezing or a whistling sound audible when your child exhales; shortness of breath or rapid breathing, which may ...Boston University team finds link between high cholesterol and better cognitive performance
...ctors such as smoking and alcohol consumption were controlled for statistically. Cholesterol is important for brain development in infants and plays a role in how neurons work in adults. High blood cholesterol level is still considered a risk factor for stroke and heart disease, however, and physicians may de...Men with severe sleep breathing disorder have higher risk of heart problems
..."The results of this large, long-term, prospective controlled study suggest that in untreated men with severe obstructive sleep apnoea-hypopnoea, the risk of fatal and non-fatal cardiovascular events is increased. There is a relation between the severity of this disease and cardiovascular risk, but effective tr...Community care tops medical care at preventing heart disease in black Americans
...tudy. (On average, only 30 percent of blacks have controlled blood pressure.) For cholesterol levels, the community group had 50 percent control, compared with more than 20 percent of the primary group; the average control rates for adult black Americans is 10 percent. Among community group participants, 8 ...Study of obese diabetics explains why low-carb diets produce fast results
...Atkins diet to have been conducted in the strictly controlled environment of a clinical research center where every calorie eaten and spent was measured. After a week of typical eating, ten obese patients with type 2 diabetes followed the Atkins diet for two weeks, with carbohydrates limited to 20 grams per d...Depression may explain higher risk of heart attack associated with antidepressants
...a before and after the heart attack (known as self controlled analysis). The authors also failed to find any link with specific antidepressants or with the class of drug, leading them to conclude that any increase in heart attack risk is more likely to be linked to the underlying depression rather than the dru...New study shows how very low-carb diets take off the pounds
...ound that during the two-week period on a strictly controlled very-low carbohydrate diet, participants lost an average of 3.6 pounds, voluntarily reduced their calorie intake from 3,111 calories per day to 2,164 calories per day, and did not eat more of the readily available fat and protein to make up for the l...Drug abuse treatment slashes HIV-related sex behaviors in urban meth addicts
...d sexual risk behaviors. FINDINGS: A randomized, controlled study evaluated the effectiveness of four behavioral drug abuse treatments in reducing methamphetamine use and HIV-related sexual risk behaviors among 162 gay and bisexual methamphetamine addicts in Los Angeles County. Treatment produced immediate, t...Two years after gene therapy treatments, severe angina patients showed prolonged clinical benefit
...y significant, double blinded, randomized, placebo controlled trial. If the early findings are repeated in the GENASIS trial, VEGF-2 treatment may result in a new class of therapeutics for the treatment of refractory angina." Richard E. Otto, President and CEO of Corautus, stated, "The long-term findings being...Current daily smoking may be associated with increased risk for suicidal thoughts and attempts
... may result in part from smoking and should not be controlled in analysis of this relationship. However, it's also been reported that symptoms of depression in adolescents predicts their starting smoking and that major depression leads to an increased risk for regular smoking and dependence; therefore, a histor...Cognitive behavioral therapy and medication is effective in the treatment of panic disorder
...round information in the article. This randomized, controlled trial assesses the extent to which the benefits of evidence-based, specialist-delivered, panic disorder interventions can be generalized to primary care settings with non-specialist therapists and more diverse patient populations. Peter P. Roy-Bryne,...Study finds drug eluting stents as effective as vascular brachytherapy in preventing restenosis
...ill be addressed by ongoing prospective randomized controlled multi-center studies. We should have those results in about six months," he notes. Dr. Block disclosed a commercial relationship with Cordis-Johnson & Johnson....Study says rare allergic reactions to drug-eluting stents may raise risk for heart attack
...h the research needs to be confirmed by randomized controlled prospective trials, the observations indicate that careful monitoring for allergic reactions should follow deployment of drug-eluting stents, according to Dr. Alameddine. "The bottom line is that these reactions are very rare (about 1.8 percent). How...