Antiviral drug, valacyclovir, reduces genital herpes transmission
...ission rate. The findings that antiviral therapy reduces HSV-2 transmission add an important option in the management of patients with genital herpes who are sexually active, said Wald, an affiliate member of the Clinical Research Division and medical director of the UW Virology Research Clinic, one of the...Tip sheet for the December 23, 2003 Neurology journal
Atkins diet reduces seizures in some epilepsy patients The Atkins diet may have a role as therapy for young patients with epilepsy by causing ketosis. Ketosis reduced seizures in three of six patients with epilepsy who were started on the diet for the treatment of intr...University of Pittsburgh studies broccoli-derived chemicals to prevent prostate cancer
...tion of vegetables that contain ITCs significantly reduces the risk for prostate cancer. Dr. Singh's laboratory has found that some naturally occurring ITCs are highly effective in suppressing the growth of human prostate cancer cells at concentrations that are achievable through dietary intake of crucifero...Combination therapy significantly delays progression of benign prostatic hyperplasia
...of Medicine demonstrated that the drug finasteride reduces the risk of prostate cancer by 25 percent. BPH is a noncancerous enlargement of the prostate affecting more than half of all men over 60 in the United States. Symptoms can include frequent or urgent need to urinate, slowing of the urinary stream and ...Fitness in young adulthood protects heart health in middle age
Fitness in early adulthood greatly reduces the likelihood of developing high blood pressure a... or "good" cholesterol. Improving fitness greatly reduces by as much as 50 percent risk for diabetes and metabolic syndrome, said lead author Carnethon, ass...Practice-based intervention improves quality of care for young children
...tric practice to parents outside of the office and reduces important barriers to the provision of certain services." "Improving the health, development, and education of young children requires transformations in the health system, such as Healthy Steps has done, but also requires improvements in education, ...Young adult fitness protects heart health in middle age
...f the National Institutes of Health. Fitness also reduces the risk for the metabolic syndrome, a constellation of factors that includes excess abdominal fat, elevated blood pressure and triglycerides, and low levels of the high-density lipoprotein, the "good" cholesterol. Further, improving fitness in healt...Electrical stimulation in patients with paralysis and spinal cord injury
...isorders, minimizes postsurgery complications, and reduces the incidence of failed reconstructive procedures for cervical injuries and degenerative disorders. Home exercise program improves upper-body endurance for wheelchair users, pg# 501 Research determined if a home exercise program would improve cardi...'Duct Busters' team travels to perform newborn heart surgery at regional hospitals
... with transporting a medically fragile newborn and reduces stress for families. The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia team, known informally as Duct Busters, repairs a life-threatening heart defect called patent ductus arteriosus (PDA), in which a major blood vessel fails to close after birth. Most com...Outpatient procedure shrinks benign breast lumps
...painless office-based procedure that significantly reduces benign breast lumps without damaging breast structure, according to a study presented today at the 89th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). "Patients leave the office 30 minutes after the cryoth...Yerkes researchers discover natural brain chemical reduces effects of cocaine
...curs naturally in both the rodent and human brain, reduces some effects of cocaine when additional amounts are administered to the region of the brain that is associated with reward and addiction. These findings, which were presented on November 8 at the Society for Neuroscience meeting in New Orleans, appea...New ultrafast MRI benefits stroke patients
... A new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology reduces brain-imaging time from 20 minutes to three minutes while maintaining accuracy and decreasing patient discomfort, according to early research results presented at the 89th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North Am...Caesarean delivery could increase risk of future stillbirth
...rm is around8.3 per 1000 births. Caesarean section reduces the risk of perinatalmorbidity and mortality associated with vaginal breech birth. The overallexcess risk of stillbirth in a second pregnancy that was associated with aprevious caesarean delivery was below one per 1000, which is unlikely toinfluence ...Lack of sun poses danger in our twilight years
...y, because it increases the risk of falling and it reduces the strength of bone to withstand breaking due to falls. It is estimated that the health care cost of falls in the elderly in the mid-1990s was about $406 million per year. This figure has been increasing over the past few years and is expected to co...Elderly women over-screened for cancers with little measurable benefit
...eting disease increases as well, and overall, this reduces the number of years that can be saved through screening." Ostbye is a professor in the department of community and family medicine at Duke. Although the use of mammography and Pap smears is lower among older women than middle-aged women, the Duke res...Brain's 'daydream' network offers detection for Alzheimer's diagnosis
... brain deactivations, a process by which the brain reduces activity in one region so that resources can be shifted to other areas where more challenging mental tasks are currently being processed. Irregularities in brain deactivation patterns have been noted in other neurological illnesses, including amnesia...PRAECIS PHARMACEUTICALS INC receives FDA approval for Plenaxis
...bation of symptoms in some patients. Plenaxis TM reduces levels of testosterone with no initial surge.The effectiveness of Plenaxis TM in suppressing serum testosterone was studied in two randomized, open-label, active-comparator trials. Patients were not those with advanced symptomatic prostate cancer. ...Most hospitals don't use latest ordering technology
... Medical Information Association (JAMIA). "CPOE reduces medical errors by eliminating illegible orders, improving communication and order tracking, checking for inappropriate orders, and providing reminders to carry out orders," said Joan Ash, Ph.D, M.L.S., M.B.A. "However, its use is not yet widespread b...Sun avoidance will not reduce cancer
...un exposure is the main source of vitamin D, which reduces the risk of colon, breast, prostate, and other cancers, writes Professor Cedric Garland at the University of California. People in the United Kingdom cannot synthesise vitamin D from November to March, so become deficient by December, he says. Theref......ing) An orally active Src kinase inhibitor, which reduces the ability of cancer cells to invade normal tissues, preventing tumors from spreading CDK (cyclin dependent kinase) and Aurora kinase inhibitors, which interfere with crucial steps in cell division and inhibit the proliferation of cancer cells ...