Therapy, medication combination superior for children with obsessive-compulsive disorder
...orm repetitious actions or rituals in a compulsive manner as a way of dealing with those thoughts. Compulsive hand washing or cleaning, counting to certain numbers or the repetitious checking of household items or belongings are examples of symptoms that might manifest in children and adults with this disor...New way of controlling cholesterol may help treat Alzheimer's
...able pellets that release the compound in a steady manner and found that the inhibitor significantly reduced the number of cholesterol droplets in brain cells of normal mice. They then implanted inhibitor pellets in mice with a human gene that leads to amyloid plaque formation. Examination of brain tis...Postpartum home nurse visits improve infant health, reduce costs
... Home nurse visits also may occur in a more timely manner than scheduled outpatient physician visits. Therefore a home visit one to two days after hospital discharge could, in theory, result in earlier recognition of problems like jaundice and dehydration. Although home nurse visits are available in the Uni...Extra Medicare payments for private health plans to total $2.75 billion in 2004
...ble. Beneficiaries who lose their coverage in this manner often face disruption in their care as they seek coverage through another plan or Medigap--or pay more out of pocket with Medicare-only coverage," said Commonwealth Fund President Karen Davis. "The policy of increasing payments to private managed car...Clinical trial shows drug may offer a new option to prevent rejection of transplanted kidneys
...acking the transplanted kidney in a more selective manner than traditional anti-rejection drugs. It blocks one of the two signals needed to activate T-cells, once they recognize the transplanted organ as foreign, but leaves the T-cells intact to fight off infections. More than 20 transplant centers in the U...... eyes and a speaker for a mouth. It "walks," in a manner of speaking, on three roller balls, talks, and most importantly, "listens." "We were somewhat surprised to see the extent to which patients appreciated the potential for the robot to increase patient-physician contact and create new venues for infor...American Academy of Neurology guidelines for treating of epilepsy
...gs have been analyzed in an objective and rigorous manner and are being used in an appropriate way," said Dr. Kanner. "There is a real concern in the media today that too much of the information reaching doctors about new drugs may come only from the pharmaceutical industry. These guidelines provide the cli...Bone implants could aid healing after tooth removal
...of releasing these healing factors in a controlled manner so that the proper amounts are released over the right time period at the site of interest. The implant will enable healing by stabilizing the gap and offering a welcome environment for the body's own bone cells. The implant will break down over time...American Academy of Neurology and American Epilepsy Society guidelines for treating of epilepsy
...gs have been analyzed in an objective and rigorous manner and are being used in an appropriate way," said Dr. Kanner. "There is a real concern in the media today that too much of the information reaching doctors about new drugs may come only from the pharmaceutical industry. These guidelines provide the cli...Animal model, new grant, propel UB researchers forward in search for tinnitus treatment
...earchers to study this debilitating condition in a manner never before possible and to test potential treatments has been developed by researchers with the University at Buffalo's Center for Hearing & Deafness. Center researchers, who have been studying tinnitus for more than a decade, will use this animal...Has cricket helped to unite South Asia?
... galvanised the emotions of these two nations in a manner unparalleled in sport. Overall, Pakistan was more likely to win after Miandad's six. Factors such as venue, winning the toss, and batting first were not associated with outcome. These data suggest that in one day matches, Miandad's six inspired an im...Existing therapies applied to new use in broader spectrum of cancer care
...mitter-inhibiting amino acid. Nembutal acts in the manner of a GABA receptor agonist. GABA acts through cell surface receptors, and GABA receptor membrane proteins are present not only in the brain, but on colon and ovarian cancer cells as well. Premal Thaker, M.D., and colleague...Study examines why new lung cancer treatment is effective for some patients but not others
...tent and uniform, allowing us to revisit data in a manner that would not be possible in a multi-center trial," explained Robert Heelan, MD, a radiologist and senior author of the study. Mark Kris, MD, lead investigator of the Phase II, multi-center trial of gefitinib and chief of thoracic oncology at MS...Combining surgery with novel treatment may improve survival rates
...ug distribution. Delivering chemotherapy in this manner has the benefit of getting higher concentrations of the drug directly to the site of the tumor while minimizing toxicity to the rest of the body. Experimental evidence suggests that tumor tissue is more sensitive to heat than normal tissue and has ...Computer-aided detection system for mammography does not change recall, detection rates
...ammography; digital mammography refers only to the manner in which the mammogram itself is acquired, and computer-aided detection systems refer to software programs designed to identify suspicious areas on either film or digital mammograms.) Computer-aided detection systems were approved based mainly on res...Probiotics beneficial even when inactive, according to UCSD study
...al colitis in mice, indicating that it worked in a manner similar to probiotics. According to the study's first author, Daniel Rachmilewitz, M.D., Division of Medicine, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, evaluation of the immunostimulatory activities of probiotics may also provide an easy screening system for the...Evidence that memories are consolidated during sleep
...se reverberations occur in a much more distributed manner over the forebrain, and for a very long time period. Importantly, emphasized Nicolelis, the latest findings provide further evidence that the brain behaves as an integrated whole in processing information. "The brain cannot be seen as just a mosaic o...AGA launches Obesity and Nutrition Education Initiative
... described as the "closest thing to a good bedside manner on the Web" when it was recognized in Forbes Magazine's "Best of the Web" issue. Healthology distributes its original content through relationships with consumer distribution partners via co-branding, re-branding, and licensing arrangements. For more...Standardized blood pressure measurement could improve hypertension prevention, care in the Americas
... issue notes that without a uniform and consistent manner to measure blood pressure, "research results and program plans may not be transferable or applicable to other groups or nations. In addition, some research data cannot be compared or the results pooled, thus losing important opportunities for evidenc...Study reviews discussion of medical errors at hospital conferences
...he observers discovered several differences in the manner in which cases were treated at the two kinds of co...adverse events. The differences between the manner in which the groups discussed errors was also notable. In surgery conferences, when an error had cau...