FDA approves new labelling for Seroquel in bioplar mania
...ication indicated for the treatment of acute manic episodes associated with bipolar I disorder. The data 1, p...notherapy safety and efficacy data for acute manic episodes associated with bipolar disorder extending beyond three weeks in its label. "For patients with bip...Patients with severe depression improve using guidelines developed by UT Southwestern researchers
... to 30 percent of patients having major depressive episodes that last more than two years. It accounts for up to 60 percent of psychiatric hospitalizations, with 8 percent to 15 percent of those patients committing suicide. "TMAP is a disease-management program that includes algorithms and other support syst...Darifenacin substantially improves quality of life for people with overactive bladder symptoms
...proven to reduce the number of weekly incontinence episodes by up to 77%.6 The main treatment-related effects were noted as being constipation and dry mouth that resulted in low discontinuation rates. Regulatory applications for Enablex/Emselex (darifenacin hydrobromide) have been submitted to the US and Euro...Zengen reports positive phase I/II trial results of its peptide molecule for vaginal yeast infection
...inal candidiasis, which is defined as four or more episodes in a one-year period. About Zengen, Inc. Incorporated in 1999, Zengen, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing innovative products to treat and prevent infection and inflammation through applicat...Studies indicate healthy eating may affect cancer development, improve digestive system
...e daily in fast-food restaurants had more frequent episodes of pain than those who ate fast food only once per week. Eating fresh fruits played a protective role against RAP, even for those children who ate two or fewer servings of fruits per week. "Our study found that abdominal pain is common among school...Clinical trial shows drug may offer a new option to prevent rejection of transplanted kidneys
...was not statistically significant. Acute rejection episodes usually are reversible. In this study, only three percent of the LEA29Y patients and four percent of those receiving standard therapy lost their transplanted kidneys within six months of transplant. At the American Transplant Congress, Vincenti will ...University of Pittsburgh approach has lung recipients taking far fewer drugs
...y and for a longer period of time. Acute rejection episodes have been less in the Campath patients reported on...ive of the 38 Thymoglobulin patients had rejection episodes greater or equal to Grade 2, compared to two of the first10 Campath treated patients. There were no...Emory study finds mental health and heart disease tightly linked
...al health as a "complete state" that looked beyond episodes of mental illness to also incorporate the subjective well-being of people, and how well they are functioning and flourishing in life. The study found that cardiovascular disease was lowest in adults who were the most mentally healthy, and higher amo...Scientists show hippocampus's role in long term memory
...tion is incorporated into our memories of everyday episodes or events." By demystifying the role of the hippocampus in both the acquisition and retrieval of everyday memories, this research forms the necessary first steps towards understanding and developing treatments for devastating memory-related diseases...New darifenacin data released at the American Urological Association (AUA)
... reduction in the frequency of weekly incontinence episodes (up to 77 percent) with Enablex treatment versus p...ant reduction in the number of weekly incontinence episodes and the number of times they awoke each night to urinate," said Vik Khullar, MD, Consultant Uro-gyne...Seroquel: New data show efficacy and tolerablity in bipolar depression
...EROQUEL (quetiapine) as a treatment for depressive episodes in patients with bipolar I and II disorders. The r... to examine SEROQUEL as a treatment for depressive episodes that included both patients with bipolar I and bipolar II disorders. These results are an important ...Attacking bipolar disorder in young adults boosts outcome, says Stanford study
...n adults have bipolar disorder, which is marked by episodes of mania and depression that typically begin in ad...difficult to treat," said Ketter. "If we don't let episodes occur, patients can do exceedingly well." Research has been done on adolescent and adult bipolar dis...One-drug therapy approach to treating bipolar disorder
...proved for the short-term treatment of acute manic episodes in bipolar I disorder and the treatment of schizop...evels of energy and impulsiveness alternating with episodes of major depression), in which researchers specifically studied the drug's impact on the depressive ...NIAID rotavirus vaccine licensed for commercialization
...ruses are estimated to cause more than 135 million episodes of diarrhea each year in infants and children younger than 5 years old, resulting in up to 592,000 deaths annually. Rotaviruses are egalitarian viruses: they readily infect and cause illness in infants and young children in both developed and develop...Insulin pump benefits preschoolers with diabetes
...nd there were no differences between the groups in episodes of high or low blood sugars, suggesting effective diabetes management by both the pump and injections. "Based on this data, the pump is an effective and safe method of managing diabetes in young kids," says Lisa Opipari-Arrigan, Ph.D., clinical assis...Successful therapy for head and neck cancer may lead to long-term circulatory problems
... #1 was a 51 year old female who was evaluated for episodes of presyncope (a sense of near fainting) during st...ce (could not stand for more than few minutes) and episodes of lightheadedness after effort. Thirty-two years before these symptoms began she had been diagnosed...Sacral-nerve stimulation could help counteract incontinence
...tients were asked to keep a record of incontinence episodes and were followed up at various intervals up to 3 ... sacral nerve greatly reduced the number of weekly episodes of incontinence, from around 16 per week at the start of the study to around 3 (after one year of tr...New light shed on atrial fibrillation after bypass surgery
...he most aggressively." The majority of the initial episodes of atrial fibrillation occurred within the first three days after surgery. However, 60 percent of patients with more than one episode had another episode within the first two days. The research team plans to analyze blood samples of more than 1,000 o...Older people recover from disabling events at higher rate than previously thought
... recover, they are at very high risk for recurrent episodes of disability. Future research needs to develop ways to help older people who are newly recovered to maintain their independence," Hardy said. The study, "Recovery from Disability Among Community-Dwelling Older Persons," will appear in the April 7, ...Having emergency contraception at home does not boost rate of unprotected sex among teens
.... "If used following all contraceptive failures or episodes of unprotected sex, emergency contraceptives could prevent up to 50 percent of unintended pregnancies and 60 percent to 70 percent of abortions annually," says Dr. Gold. At one-month interviews, teen-agers who already had packages of emergency contra...