Diet may play role in IBS and dyspepsia
...s (such as abdominal pain, bloating, and diarrhea) declined significantly (P<0.05) from their reported symptoms before the diet modification. Also, the prevalence of IBS in this group declined. For the group that did not comply with the diet modification, bowel symptoms stayed the same over the study pe...Report 13 in RERF study of mortality of A-bomb survivors extends coverage through 1997
...d throughout the study period, relative risks have declined with increasing attained age. As noted in previous reports, the relative risks are highest for those exposed as children. No significant difference between cities (Hiroshima and Nagasaki) has been found for either the relative or absolute excess soli...Common drug, given promptly, reduces incidence of post-traumatic stress disorder, small study finds
...agnosis of PTSD, while three of eight patients who declined the drug were diagnosed with the disorder. Propranolol is one of a class of drugs known as beta-adrenergic antagonists that can control many of the physical symptoms of panic attacks, such as trembling, sweating, tachycardia and heart palpitations. T...Cosmetic surgery satisfaction declines with time, Stanford research finds
...ent of patients who felt it met their expectations declined over the 30 months," Batra said. Within three months of the procedure, 23 patients (85 percent of the study group) said it met their expectations. By 30 months, however, only 13 patients (54 percent) said they felt this was still the case. Laser res...PET scan predicts Alzheimer's more accurately
... patients in this group who had negative PET scans declined by an average of only two points. This UCLA study is the first to follow a large number of clinical patients with early cognitive complaints through PET and several years of clinical monitoring, and to measure the accuracy added to clinical evaluat...Immune memory from smallpox vaccination lasts more 50 years, according to Emory research
...found that virus-specific memory B cells initially declined after smallpox immunization, but then reached a pl...ells, and found that although the level of T cells declined gradually over time, the cells still were present even decades after immunization in most study subj...Heal thyself: Patients' bone marrow cells restore failing hearts
...nts agreed to accept the stem cells; 20 others who declined the experimental procedure comprised the control group. All patients had angiography and a similar imaging examination called left ventriculography to assess their heart's geometry. These exams were given before enrollment and three months later. Fo...Nicotine metabolite may improve memory, protect against disease
... control animals. "Whether performance improved or declined is probably less important than the demonstration that nicotine does produce long-lasting changes in the animals' performance, presumably reflecting long-lasting effects on brain development," says Robert Smith, PhD. Although this research was done ...Nov/Dec 2003 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
... years) among women 50 to 64 years of age but then declined to around 40 percent among women who were 85 to 90 years of age. For Pap tests, there was a decline from 75 percent among women 50 to 54 years of age to 25 percent in those 85 to 90 years of age. Higher education, being married, higher income, not s...A new technique detects earliest signs of Alzheimer's in healthy people
... repeated two years later. Thirteen of the people declined mentally over the course of the study, and six declined after the second MRI scan. Among those who declined, the rate of atrophy in the medial-temporal lobe...Moderate alcohol use may be associated with brain shrinkage
.... After excluding those not eligible or those who declined to participate, 1,909 middle-aged adults (22 percent white men, 18 percent black men, 29 percent white women and 32 percent black women) underwent a brain MRI. Neuroradiologists then identified the presence of infarction, the extent of white matter ...The evolving management of migraine
...ve therapy showed dramatic results. "Office visits declined by more than one half, emergency department visits decreased by 82%, CT scans decreased by 75%, MRI scans decreased by 88% and medication costs decreased by $48 - $138/month/patient. Dr. Silberstein commented that topiramate, a drug previously used f...Distress-prone people more likely to develop Alzheimer's disease
... with Alzheimer's disease. Episodic memory ability declined 10 times faster in those high in distress proneness than in those low in distress proneness. The researchers also evaluated the participants on their level of symptoms of depression. Because symptoms of depression are manifestations of psychological ...Novel 'metal-chelation' therapy may be helpful in patients with Alzheimer disease
...researchers found that "plasma beta-amyloid levels declined in the clioquinol group and increased in the placebo group." Patients taking clioquinol also had better scores on tests of cognitive ability. "The findings support a proof of concept in humans that a drug targeting metal-beta-amyloid interactions...Drug company fees for FDA reviews havent accelerated approvals, study finds
...DUFA was enacted. In fact, approval times may have declined less rapidly for firms with larger sales, even as FDA staff resources grew." While the source of the funding for additional staff doesn't appear to affect the speed of the review process, some critics have faulted the industry fee program for allege...SARS outbreak in Beijing spread rapidly, was controlled fairly quickly
..., the number of new cases dropped steeply and then declined steadily during the next few weeks, with the onset of the last probable case on May 29, 2003. The onset of the last case occurred only 6 weeks after the peak of the outbreak. Xinghuo Pang, M.D., of the Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Contr...Trials on hormone therapy and hypertension treatment change practice, medication usage of patients
...esults in July 2002, hormone therapy prescriptions declined in successive months. Relative to January-June 2002, prescriptions from January-June 2003 declined by 66 percent for Prempro and 33 percent for Premarin. Small increases were observed in vaginal form...Drop in hormone therapy use shows physicians heed clinical trial findings, Stanford researchers say
...e fourth quarter of 1999 at nearly 4.4 million and declined to 4.2 million in the first quarter of 2000 when the clinical trial results were announced. Prescriptions continued to decline, reaching a low of 3.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2002. Although there was a 54 percent decline in alpha-blocker use ...Beta blockers cost effective to society for heart failure treatment
...study showed. However, while the costs to Medicare declined by $6,064 per patient, the cost to the individual patient increased by $2,113 over five years because Medicare currently does not cover the cost of prescription medications. Congress enacted a Medicare prescription drug benefit in November 2003, but ...New drug improves outcomes when added to existing therapy for Alzheimer's disease
...e Cooperative Activities of Daily Living Inventory declined 2 points in the memantine group versus 3.4 in the placebo group. In conclusion the authors write, "Although the specific mechanisms and interactions between these therapies have not yet been defined, this and other studies demonstrate that memantin...