Stroke news tips for Friday, Feb. 6, 2004
...lps some stroke patients. Japanese doctors report promising results from experimentally combining clot-busting therapy with brain balloon angioplasty in patients with acute ischemic stroke leading to total blockage of the internal carotid artery. Sixteen patients received treatment with intra-arterial fibrin...Scientists identify a human antibody that blocks SARS virus infection
...ibody is an effective viral entry inhibitor, looks promising in animal tests and could be commercially developed for testing in clinical trials. "It would be very satisfying to see this go into humans and do good," says Marasco, who is also an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. He belie...Jan/Feb 2004 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...ngs provide initial support for the TLC model as a promising framework for better meeting the palliative care needs of older patients. The TLC Model of Palliative Care in the Elderly: Preliminary Application in the Assisted Living Setting By Anthony F. Jerant, M.D., et al Implementation of Medicaid Ma...First US tuberculosis vaccine trial in 60 years begins
...n Reed, Ph.D., in their identification of the most promising TB proteins for use in a vaccine. Versions of the ...llowed the researchers to further advance the most promising vaccine-adjuvant combinations into animal models, including non-human primates, and to prepare and p...Scientists grow neurons using nanostructures
... synthetic molecules that promote neuron growth, a promising development that could lead to the reversal of paralysis due to spinal cord injury. "We have created new materials that because of their chemical structure interact with cells of the central nervous system in ways that may help prevent the formation...New vaccine for herpes in final trial phase
.... The Herpevac Trial for Women is investigating a promising vaccine to protect women against genital herpes. This vaccine does not contain live virus and cannot cause herpes infection. It has passed preliminary testing for safety and effectiveness and is now in its final phase of clinical trials. For this stu...University of Pittsburgh imaging agent study suggests breakthrough in Alzheimer's research
...ession of the disease and speed the development of promising new therapies aimed at halting the build-up of amyloid in the brain." Alzheimer's disease, like stroke, is a significant cause of dementia in people over the age of 65. But unlike stroke, which begins with a single event, there is no way for doctors ...Drug prevents diabetes recurrence after islet cell transplantation
...Pancreatic islet cell transplantation has become a promising treatment for type 1 diabetes in humans in recent years. But without several powerful immunosuppressive drugs, the body's immune system would destroy the engrafted islet cells in transplant patients leading to insulin deficiency, an excess of glucose...Leading AIDS experts criticize US-sponsored HIV vaccine trial in Thailand
...c community must do a better job of bringing truly promising vaccine candidates to this stage of development," said Lederman, "otherwise we risk eroding public confidence in the research." The authors of the paper are from many of the leading medical schools and research institutions in the nation, including C...Healthcare watchdog calls for government rethink on public role in NHS decision-making
...rt Patient Programme are tentative but have proved promising and popular, say the authors....One-shot addiction treatment shows promise
... depot buprenorphine treatment. The results were promising both for prevention of the opioid withdrawal syndrome and for blockade of the opioid high from the hydromorphone challenge injections. No significant withdrawal syndrome occurred and no patient required additional medications. In addition, the effe...Promising drug fails to thwart fatal lung disease in large trial
...er, that further study is required to confirm this promising finding. "We had anticipated that the drug would affect disease progression as had been observed in an earlier, smaller study," Schwartz said. "Therefore, we were very surprised to see that disease progression was unchanged in patients receiving the...Tiny nanotube antennas may yield better signals in cell phones, televisions
... devices. The finding adds to a growing number of promising electronic components that are nanotube-based, including logic gates for computers and diodes for light displays. The study appears in the December issue of Nano Letters , a monthly peer-reviewed publication of the American Chemical Society, the wor...UB, military collaborate on design, testing of first drug to prevent noise-induced hearing loss
... said Henderson, "but SRC-inhibitors are even more promising for noise-induced hearing loss. What is equally exciting, other drugs we are interested in may stop the progression of age-related hearing loss as well." SRC-inhibitors play a direct role in preventing cell death. The center researchers are testing ...Practice-based intervention improves quality of care for young children
...neighborhoods in which children grow up. Given the promising results of the Healthy Steps evaluation and the emergence of other complementary interventions and approaches to improvement, it is important to consider a more integrated and population-based strategy to improving early childhood health," the editor...Medication provides effective treatment for moderate to severe psoriasis
...he new treatments including efalizumab represent a promising step in the development of effective and safe treatments for psoriasis. "Given the lower clinical response rates, higher cost, and unknown long-term risks relative to established therapies, these new agents are best reserved for patients with severe...Gleevec shows promise in treating another form of leukemia
...rofessor in the Department of Leukemia. "This is a promising treatment that has provided very durable responses, but we need to accrue more patients with a longer follow-up before we can recommend the treatment universally," she says. Both CML and this type of ALL are caused by a break in the so-called "Philad...Low-dose interferon fails to improve survival in high-risk melanoma patients
...the study did not find low-dose interferon to be a promising treatment for high-risk melanoma, it does provide insight into the available treatment options and implications for the design of future clinical trials. "This study confirms that optimal care for patients with high-risk melanoma is still not clear...Urologist to study herbal remedies for prostate and urinary diseases
...r. Nickel's group plans to look at two of the most promising herbal remedies for this disease: serenoa repens (also called saw palmetto, which is extracted from the leaves of the American dwarf palm tree), and pygeum africanum (extracted from inner bark of the African pygeum tree). Prostatitis and Inters...... with either treatment arm. "These results offer a promising new treatment option for reducing the risk of recu...s dedicated to the global strategic development of promising new therapies for women with breast cancer. The goal of BCIRG is to identify and select the best co...