Pain may interfere with depression improvement
...70 percent of depressed patients find only partial relief with their medications. Researchers have long known that pain and depression often go hand in hand, but there are few studies of how pain might affect depression treatment. In the Bair study, more than two-thirds of the patients reported some d...Scientists restore crucial myelin in brains of mice
...oligodendrocyte progenitors might be used to offer relief to patients. "The implantation of oligodendrocyte progenitors could someday be a treatment strategy for these diseases," says Goldman, a neurologist whose research was supported by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and the National Instit...Study shows how well heartburn sufferers follow directions for over-the-counter Prilosec OTC
...rilosec OTC. This proportion of patients who found relief after one course of Prilosec OTC is similar to that in other studies of the drug. Another interesting finding Fendrick notes is the apparent effectiveness of the label's advice that anyone with frequent heartburn should consult a physician. Of the 2...Study finds genital pain more common than believed
...ith this pain, yet the majority of women see great relief with treatment," Reed says. Researchers plan to look further at why symptoms of vulvodynia disappear in some women while pain remains chronic for other women....New drug combination might be more effective pain reliever
...atients to take a lower dose and get the same pain relief with fewer unwanted side effects. Ronald Tallarid...ombined with ibuprofen, the researchers found pain relief was enhanced and therefore synergistic. "The next step will be to study this drug combination in cl...Combination therapy significantly delays progression of benign prostatic hyperplasia
...blocker (doxazosin) clearly contributes to symptom relief and a reduction in symptom worsening, use of finasteride to shrink the prostate and prevent further prostate growth is required to reduce the long-term complications of the disease, like the development of urinary retention or the need for invasive t...Combined drug therapy prevents progression of prostate enlargement
... combined drugs also provided the greatest symptom relief and improvement in urinary flow rate. Doxazosin a...apy offers dramatically greater and longer-lasting relief from symptoms and, over time, the finasteride shrinks the prostate and actually prevents growth so t...When alcohol consumption evolves from a 'social lubricant' into a 'crutch'
...s if alcohol were not available, and the degree of relief attained by drinking alcohol. Participants were a...is not available. Lastly, they experience greater relief from anxiety in social situations than do individuals who are not highly anxious." Thomas added that...Starting dose of Lexapro as effective as optimally dosed Zoloft in the treatment of depression
...logists. "In this study, most patients experienced relief from depressive symptoms. Patients treated with Lexapro received 10 mg throughout the study period, while patients treated with Zoloft received dosages based on depressive symptoms and the development of side effects," said George Alexopoulos, M.D., ...Treatment options expand for patients with neuropathic pain
...ays. "These developments are significant; it makes relief possible for some patients who have never before been able to have their pain reduced. Still, there is a whole lot of room for improvement, and research on improved treatments for neuropathic pain is continuing."...PRAECIS PHARMACEUTICALS INC receives FDA approval for Plenaxis
...et obstruction and a bladder drainage catheter had relief of their obstruction leading to catheter removal by 12 weeks. Eleven of 15 patients with pain due to skeletal metastases were able to reduce the potency, dose and/or frequency of narcotic analgesia at 12 weeks." "Three of 81 patients withdrew from ...After bypass surgery, women have worse quality of life than men
... last as long. Additionally, women experience less relief from angina and breathlessness, have more bedridden days and tend to be taking more cardiac medications than men. "The impaired quality of life we find in our analysis may be related to the generally poorer prognosis for women after bypass surgery," ...FDA approves Climara Pro to treat menopause symptoms
...irst once-a-week, combined hormone therapy for the relief of moderate to severe vasomotor symptoms associated with menopause, such as hot flashes and night sweats. Transdermal (patch) technology allows for continuous delivery of hormones at doses much lower than in pills. Climara Pro delivers 0.015 mg per...Drug holds promise as an alternative for sickle cell patients unable to tolerate standard treatment
...ON, DC, November 17, 2003) -- A new drug may offer relief from sickle cell symptoms for patients who do not respond to the current standard of care, according to the December 1, 2003, issue of Blood , the official journal of the American Society of Hematology. Sickle cell disease is an inherited disorder t...Synthetic marijuana reduces agitation in patients with Alzheimers
...luded that reduced agitation may contribute to the relief of caregiver burden associated with the condition. The findings were presented at the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists' 34th annual meeting. "Our results show dronabinol is an effective treatment for behavioral agitation in patients with A...Medium-firm mattresses best for low back pain
...oncludes: Kovacs and colleagues findings come as a relief for clinicians, who are not only struggling with the day to day management of patients with chronic low-back pain but are also constantly bombarded by the lack of efficacy of therapeutic interventions, which gives them few validated treatment options...Anti-inflammatory drugs speed brain recovery in Stanford animal study
...l type - could replace the lost neurons. But those relief worker cells rarely flourish in their transplanted home. "They are still there, but they can't do their job," Monje said. "Something was wrong in the environment where the stem cells should be making neurons." Monje and Palmer suspected the culprit m...Caregivers for patients with dementia need more support before patient dies, less after
...ior to death, but after death express considerable relief and remarkable emotional resiliency. "One of the i...ported that the death of their loved one came as a relief to them because they believed the death was a relief to the patient. Dr. Schulz and his colleagues f...Book explores how children use imagination to battle chronic illness
...irection or goal, it can bring about community and relief for a family and a child who are coming to grips with illness." The book also has many other examples. "My breathing machine takes ten thousand years. That's how slow it seems to me," said one young asthma sufferer. "Sometimes, I play games when I d......re vulnerable to becoming cigarette smokers is the relief nicotine provides in controlling their ADHD symptoms." The findings raise other questions such as whether drugs that act at nicotinic acetycholine receptors could be used as treatments for ADHD, whether the effects we found are specific to people wi...