American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for May 2004 (first issue)
...atients to investigate the degree of and potential relief from dyspnea during exercise. According to the authors, dyspnea is a hallmark symptom of COPD and represents a major cause of patient disability and anxiety. It also is the reason most patients with COPD seek medical attention. (COPD patients have...Pain resource nurses at Fox Chase Cancer Center seen as educators and advocates for a change
...atients rated their satisfaction with current pain relief treatment within 99 percent. Kathleen MacDonald, RN, BSN, OCN, contributes such high scores to the role of the pain resource nurse (PRN) and shares her expertise at the 29th Annual Oncology Nursing Society Congress. "Pain resource nurses at Fox Chas...Univeristy of Utah anesthesiologists on front lines in battle against post-operative pain
...er milliliter. The amount needed for adequate pain relief averaged 7.07 nanograms per milliliter. Both measu...ioid-tolerant. The fentanyl dose required for pain relief among the individual patients varied from 2.1 nanograms per milliliter to 22.3 nanograms per millili...Adding menthol to topical creams for osteoarthritis provides significant pain relief
...rates that the addition of menthol adds a new pain relief component to the treatment and its effectiveness for osteoarthritis of the knee, elbow and wrist....Ethics of boosting brainpower debated by researchers
... is a classic example. Where it was once a welcome relief to those rare parents with hard-to-manage kids, the drug is now widely prescribed and is even taken by college students needing help focusing before exams. In addition to drugs, Illes said that modern brain imaging techniques may reveal aspects of pe...Low-dose transdermal estrogen viable short-term treatment for menopausal women
...rmulations of the transdermal estradiol (E2) offer relief of such menopausal symptoms as hot flashes, night ...men with the metabolic syndrome require HT for the relief of their vasomotor symptoms, transdermal E2 can provide the additional benefit of decreasing both LD...Animal model, new grant, propel UB researchers forward in search for tinnitus treatment
... finding a treatment for tinnitus and to providing relief to the millions who suffer from it. "The neural mechanisms that give rise to the phantom sound of tinnitus are not well understood because of the limited number of animal models available to work with," continued Salvi, professor in the Department o...Excess body weight linked to formation of uric acid kidney stones, UT Southwestern researchers find
...nd/or sensitization to insulin would bring about a relief of stone formation." Other UT Southwestern researchers contributing to the current study were Beverley Adams-Huet, mineral metabolism faculty associate, and Dr. Naim M. Maalouf, postdoctoral trainee in mineral metabolism. Dr. Frederic L. Coe and Joan...Long-lasting medication shows promise for treatment of heroin addiction
...e sustained-release form of buprenorphine provided relief of withdrawal symptoms and reduced the effects of the test opioid for 6 weeks. WHAT IT MEANS: The findings from the current study, the first to test this new formulation of buprenorphine in humans, may lead to more treatment options for individuals...Off-label use of migraine drug gives children relief, study says
...hronic migraine headaches, those children may find relief with a drug traditionally prescribed to adults. Ar...e families in the study reported good to excellent relief of their child's headaches after using the spray, and nearly 100 percent of the children in these fa...Painkiller linked to rise in overdose deaths
DOCTORS prescribing methadone for pain relief may inadvertently be the cause of an alarming rise in deaths related to the drug in the US. Forensic science experts fear that a huge increase in methadone prescriptions is feeding the black market and encouraging abuse. In 2001, the Food and Drug ...Northwestern Memorial researchers study role of botanicals in management of menopausal symptoms
...y. "Many women already use these products for the relief of menopausal symptoms; however, studies have not ... as the first line of treatment for the short-term relief of hot flashes," explains Cate Stika, M.D., chief of the division of obstetrics and gynecology, Nort...Mayo Clinic study helps patients with pancreatic cancer experience significantly less pain
...ve block used, continued to provide sustained pain relief over several months. This benefit may allow some p... percent reduction in their pain, almost twice the relief that patients who received only the pain-relieving medications got," says Dr. Wong. "Equally as impo...NIH asks participants in women's health initiative estrogen-alone study to stop study pills
...icians. These products are approved therapies for relief from moderate to severe hot flashes and symptoms of vulvar and vaginal atrophy. Although hormone therapy is effective for the prevention of postmenopausal osteoporosis, therapy should only be considered for women at significant risk of osteoporosis ...Combination drug therapy could substantially improve symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis
...ty score (DAS). ACR scores were better for symptom relief after 6 months for patients given combination treatment than for patients receiving individual drug therapy, and remission after one year (defined from DAS scores) occurred in 35% of patients given combination treatment compared with 16% of patients ...What are the benefits and harms of HRT?
... symptoms should not use HRT, but it can help with relief of symptoms, according to a study in this week's BMJ. Researchers at Leicester University carried out a clinical decision analysis on the benefits and harms of HRT, based on the best currently available evidence. The study population was white wome...Climara Pro (TM) helps alleviate menopausal hot flashes and night sweats
... at Berlex. "Climara Pro offers effective symptom relief with one-twentieth of the estradiol dose of standard oral hormone therapy products and is the first HT to use the trusted progestin, levonorgestrel." The transdermal technology of Climara Pro allows for continuous delivery of the hormones estradio...U of MN research indicates why radiation therapy reduces bone cancer pain
.... "Perhaps the greatest obstacle to improving pain relief following radiation of bone cancer is our limited ...or burden. Treated mice demonstrated greater pain relief and had significantly less bone destruction and tumor burden than untreated mice. Recent studies ha...Virtual reality helps breast cancer patients cope with chemotherapy
...treatment, but we attributed this to the patient's relief about the treatment being over," said Schneider. "However, one added benefit was that the virtual reality seemed to make patients feel as though time was moving faster. For example, on average, a chemotherapy treatment might last 67 minutes, but pati...How the cellular 'garbage disposal' grinds to a halt to cause Batten disease
...le to offer these children and their families some relief from this terrible illness." ...