Novel colorectal cancer trial seeking patient volunteers at leading U.S. cancer centers
...as chemotherapy. The cancer vaccine under study is delivered via a live recombinant canarypox virus vector engineered to elicit specific immune responses for cancer immunotherapy. Alvac is a variant of the canarypox virus that produces a self-limiting infection that does not cause any harm or symptoms in huma...Concerta approved for ADHD in first European market
...er drug-delivery system called OROS. Medication is delivered into the bloodstream at a controlled rate, ensuring smooth therapeutic blood levels throughout the day, thus minimising the fluctuations associated with conventional, immediate-release methylphenidate products such as Ritalin.* Concerta was developed...School-based program effective in lowering teens' HIV risk
...ompared with a peer intervention in which students delivered similar education to their friends. Although the peer intervention produced substantial increases in HIV-preventive behaviors among participants during the first three months, condom-use rates dropped back to starting levels a year later. In contrast...People suffering from epilepsy continue to lack a good quality of life
...ffective for people with epilepsy. VNS Therapy is delivered via a small pacemaker-like device, implanted just under the skin in the left chest pocket, which sends mild electrical stimulation to the brain via the left vagus nerve. VNS Therapy has been proven to decrease or sometimes eliminate seizures and impr......absorbed through the skin-hormone therapy is often delivered via patches. Long-term exposure to these doses could cause premature puberty, Tiwary believes. And his studies are not the only ones hinting at a possible effect. Anecdotal reports in scientific papers going back to 1982 describe early puberty in ch...Simple blood test may be able to predict risk of preeclampsia
...s reviewed information from study participants who delivered single children in their first pregnancy and identified 45 cases of preeclampsia. They compared data on those women with information from 90 study participants randomly selected from those who had normal pregnancies, with particular attention to fac...Reducing antiepileptics in VNS (TM) patients does not impair seizure control
...ffective for people with epilepsy. VNS Therapy is delivered via a small pacemaker-like device, implanted just under the skin in the left chest pocket, which sends mild electrical stimulation to the brain via the left vagus nerve. VNS Therapy has been proven to decrease or sometimes eliminate seizures and may ...Vagus Nerve Stimulation Therapy (TM) more effective in epilepsy patients when used earlier
...ffective for people with epilepsy. VNS Therapy is delivered via a small pacemaker-like device, implanted just under the skin in the left chest pocket, which sends mild electrical stimulation to the brain via the left vagus nerve. VNS Therapy has been proven to decrease or sometimes eliminate seizures and may ...UIC tests prostate cancer vaccine
... compound known to stimulate the immune system, or delivered intravenously, after being loaded onto dendritic cells. A type of white blood cell, dendritic cells activate the immune system by scavenging antigens, like PSA, and presenting them to T-cells, one of the body's most important defense mechanisms. All...Restorative rather than usual home care for elderly patients enhances their function and well being
..., bedridden, or requiring total care. The care was delivered by one of the largest home care agencies in Connecticut. The following areas were evaluated: functional status, likelihood of remaining home, duration and intensity of the home care episode, emergency visits to a physician, emergency department visit...Mayo Clinic researchers develop 'cancer snitch'
...look at what happens inside the body after we have delivered our oncolytic measles viruses. Though research is still early, the laboratory results are promising and will likely lead to carefully controlled tests on patients. The dream is that trackable oncolytic viruses will be routinely used for cancer treatm...Blocking gene may reduce lung scarring caused by radiation therapy
...prove patients quality of life." Radiation therapy delivered to the chest is often a component of treatment for patients with breast, lung, esophageal and other cancers. Virtually all these patients develop some level of lung inflammation, known as pneumonitis, which typically gets better in a matter of weeks,...New breast cancer therapy trials show dramatic results
...remain unheated, so the drug is not preferentially delivered there. Hence, the drugs slowly leak out into normal tissues over a period of three or four weeks long enough for the liver and spleen to blunt its toxic side effects. In several cases, the treatment has remarkably destroyed all visible signs of the...New treatment reduces liver tumors and improves quality of life for cancer patients
...t that emits beta rays via microscopic glass beads delivered by catheter directly into the liver through the he...t lasts from 30 to 40 minutes. The glass beads are delivered by catheter into the femoral artery up through the hepatic artery and into the liver. Once the cath...Study: ER docs can give stroke clot-busters safely, but patients need to get to ER faster
...of patients eligible for tPA, which should only be delivered in the first three hours after a stroke occurs. More education of both the public and ER teams could help reduce delays and increase the chance that patients will get tPA. These findings, from a four-hospital retrospective study of tPA treatment for ...Value of community treatment orders in doubt
...ment and whether therapeutic gains could be better delivered by enhancing the quality and assertiveness of community treatment for high risk patients, they conclude....NIAID expands vaccine testing network
...ine delivery systems, such as an influenza vaccine delivered via a nasal spray, have been extensively tested through the network. "For 40 years, the VTEUs have provided an important mechanism for conducting vaccine clinical trials in a variety of populations, including infants, children, adults, and specific ...Teacher-led sex education of limited benefit
...pecially designed sex education programme (SHARE), delivered by teachers to 13-15 year olds in Scotland between...nventional sex education, particularly when it was delivered to a whole year group. At follow-up, only one third reported they had had sexual intercourse. To cla...New screening methods for Down's syndrome questioned
... 1999. During these six years, 155,501 babies were delivered 335 cases of Down's syndrome were identified. Across the region, seven different screening policies were used, in three principal groups: serum screening screening by maternal age plus serum or nuchal screening screening by maternal age (35 years ...Nasal spray flu vaccine developed at U-M needs no additional clinical trials, says FDA
...onsiders approval of FluMist, an influenza vaccine delivered as a nasal spray. FluMist was invented by Hunein "John" Maassab after more than four decades of research at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. Gaithersburg, Md.-based MedImmune has licensed the rights to FluMist from U-M, and has a ...