Tuberculosis drug combined with virtual reality therapy is effective in treating fear of heights
...ficant reduction in their fear of heights that was maintained for at least three months (the longest time tested) after concluding therapy. The mechanisms governing the fear response, located in a region of the brain called the amygdala, function abnormally in an acrophobic's brain. DCS binds to neurotransmitt...Heavy, lifetime alcohol users may be toasting metabolic syndrome
...le from northwestern New York state, developed and maintained by University of Buffalo researchers. The databas...hose who have initiated drinking later in life and maintained a low moderate level through life," said Fan. The early group peaked drinking at about age 2030; th...Proposed addiction treatment successful, safe in second small trial
...oses to a maximum of three grams per day, and then maintained on that dose for 28 days before tapering back to zero over the final three weeks. They were treated as outpatients, returning each day to their normal home environments, subject to all the environmental "triggers" for their addictive behavior. Twice ...Gastric bypass works for GERD and obesity in patients with prior surgery, says Pitt study
...llowing the laparoscopic gastric bypass, which was maintained during follow-up," said Ioannis Raftopoulos, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of surgery in the division of thoracic & foregut surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and principal author of the study. In addition, 70 percent of a...Pain relief could be easy with a simple injection
...provement were considered to have "sympathetically maintained pain" (SMP) and were also more likely to experience greater long-term improvement as well. Cases in which patients did not have significant improvement were considered to have "sympathetically independent pain" (SIP) and no further treatment was giv...New data sets survival benchmark for Pfizer's ELLENCE
...arm. In addition, the relative dose intensity was maintained in 96% of the FEC 100 arm and 98% in the FEC 100 plus docetaxel arm. At a median follow-up of 60 months, data show the FEC 100 followed by docetaxel arm delivered superior disease-free and overall survival compared to the FEC 100 arm. In patients ...Daily social/physical activity improves sleep and cognition in the elderly
...t the beginning and end of the study. Participants maintained daily sleep diaries in which bedtime, wake-up time, estimated total sleep time, naps, etc., were recorded. Daily activity recordings were obtained via wrist monitors to verify sleep periods. Results of the study showed that participation in a short...ESA presents space solutions at post-Kyoto climate summit
...e of the Parties that ESA has attended. The Agency maintained a dedicated stand throughout the event. ESA also participated in a wide range of different COP-10 side events, hosted by the Group on Earth Observations Initiative (GEO), the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS), the UK Met Office and the Arctic C...Home-based treatment as effective as hospital-based treatment for hand eczema
...rovement) at the end of treatment. This effect was maintained during an eight-week follow-up period after completion of the treatment," the authors write. "In addition, patients treating themselves at home had substantially lower travel costs and substantially less time off work." ...Maintaining physical activity linked to less cognitive decline in older men
... was 2.6 times greater than the decline in men who maintained their activity. Men who performed their daily phys...ater had a 3.6 times stronger decline than men who maintained the intensity level. Men who engaged in activities of the lowest intensity had up to 3.5 times great...Social development program in childhood aids in positive functioning as an adult
...n a more positive developmental trajectory that is maintained into early adulthood."...Workers with carpal tunnel find relief with night-time splinting
...s were fitted with a custom wrist-hand splint that maintained the wrist in a neutral posture overnight and were instructed to wear the splint at night for a period of six weeks. This group, along with the remaining 49 participants, also viewed a 20-minute video on carpal tunnel syndrome and how to reduce ergono...Children at risk from unexploded military material
...injuries due to unexploded ordnance and landmines, maintained by the United Nations Mine Action Center for Afghanistan. They point out that in 2000-2, Afghanistan had the highest number of reported casualties due to landmines and unexploded munitions in the world. The researchers suggest that factors such as hi...First new treatment for alcoholism in ten years, now available Campral(R) (acamprosate calcium)
...the patient has achieved abstinence, and should be maintained if the patient relapses. (1) Campral was developed by Merck Sante s.a.s., subsidiary of Merck KGaA of Darmstadt, Germany, and licensed to Forest Laboratories for the United States. Interested parties can get more information on Campral and obtain...New theory chalenges current view of how brain stores long-term memory
...arning event. These modifications are, in turn, maintained via positive feedback between cells (dialog), which are regulated by synaptic excitation (e.g., via the neurotransmitter glutamate) or inhibition (e.g., via the neurotransmitter GABA). Thus, the self-sustaining positive feedback system also carries...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for January 2005 (second issue)
...nce to the bud/form combination since results were maintained over 12 months. The research appears in the second issue for January 2005 of the American Thoracic Society's peer-reviewed American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine . U.S.-BORN MEXICAN AMERICANS HAVE A HIGHER ASTHMA RATE U.S.-bor...Clinical trial of Etanercept for Wegener's disease shows no benefit
...erall, fewer than 50% of the patients achieved and maintained remissions for the duration of the study. There were also no differences between groups in the numbers of patients who experienced severe or limited disease flares. Twenty-three patients in the etanercept group suffered severe flares during the tri...Obesity and weight gain associated with poorer breast cancer survival
... disease or to die during follow-up than women who maintained their weight (within 0.5 kg/m2 of their original weight). "Combining smokers and non-smokers in analyses may mask the true relationship between weight and survival after a breast cancer diagnosis, since smoking is generally related to both lower l...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for February 2005 (first issue)
... after the study patients arrived at altitude, and maintained for 6 days. The investigators said that the men's systolic pulmonary artery pressure increased at altitude before treatment. It normalized in the sildenafil group, but remained elevated in the placebo subjects. Acute altitude induced hypoxemia lea...Induction at 32 weeks possible action for expectant moms with premature membrane rupture
...conducted their study by analyzing a prospectively maintained obstetric database for spontaneous membrane rupture between 24 and 31 weeks gestation between January 1992 and December 2003. They found 408 cases. The investigators examined the experiences of women with premature membrane rupture who were induced a...