Major review reveals that osteoarthritis is a complex disease with new solutions
..., yielding new means of preventing the disease and slowing its progression, as well as new and effective combinations of drug and behavioral treatments," says Dr. Katz, NIAMS director. "People with osteoarthritis and those at risk for the disease should be encouraged that there is much that they and their do...Researchers identify new genetic risk factor for HIV infection
... susceptibility to HIV infection, but subsequently slowing down the disease's progress. "This study offers the first genetic evidence that RANTES affects the risk of HIV transmission," says Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). "It als...Avandia provides new combination option for patients with inadequately controlled type 2 diabetes
.... Yet management of these patients is critical in slowing disease progression and delaying the use of insulin. Now, the launch of Avandia TM provides these patients with new combination regimens. Data presented at the annual conference of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD), by...Drug therapy significantly extends lifespan of worms
... demonstrating the effectiveness of these drugs in slowing the aging process, this work supports his long-held hypothesis that oxygen radicals generated in the mitochondria during metabolism are a major cause of degenerative diseases and aging. As byproducts of energy generation, says Dr. Wallace, oxygen ...Hormone therapy doesn't slow heart disease, despite improvements in cholesterol
...olesterol-lowering medications typically result in slowing of disease progression and fewer heart attacks," said Herrington. "But in this study, improvements in cholesterol with estrogen had no effect on the progression of disease in the heart arteries." Other studies have also confirmed HRT's positive effe...National summit on pain management to discuss new standards for pain assessment and treatment
...vastating physiological and psychological effects, slowing recovery and increasing costs to the health care system. Yet, undertreatment of pain is perpetuated by common misperceptions about pain medication addiction and tolerance. To increase knowledge and stimulate greater collaboration among U.S. health c...Computerized analysis of heart arteries shows no benefits of hormone therapy
... HRT may not be as effective as we once thought in slowing heart disease," said David Herrington, M.D., M.H.S., of Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. "The message for women and their physicians is to make full use of proven therapies, such as cholesterol-lowering drugs, and not assume that HRT is...New drug relieves symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome in females
...nist that has the effect of relaxing the colon and slowing the transit of food residue through the colon. Because of this, patients who reported symptoms of constipation due to IBS were excluded from this study. The drug is not currently available to the public. However, the drug maker, Glaxo Wellcome Inc., ...New book on osteoporosis covers preventing and treating 'The Aging Disease' in consumer language
...ents for the disease focus on reducing boneloss by slowing the change in bone mass. The most common bone fractures of osteoporosis occur in the vertebrae, back,hip, forearm, or wrist. One of the most serious is a hip fracture, whichusually results from a fall. While the fracture can heal normally, the acc...Slowing Excess Weight Gain In Childhood Appears To Reduce Adult Heart Disease Risk
...els and insulinresistance -- might be mitigated by slowing the rate of weight gain duringchildhood and adoles... if an individual is overweight early inchildhood, slowing the rate at which excess pounds are put on may help reducethe risk of heart disease later in life. ...Lo-Cal Diet Slows Prostate Cancer In Animals, New Research Finds
...prostate cancer in animals, new research shows.The slowing of tumor progression occurred whether thecalories ...he most effective ways of slowing prostate tumor growth. Clinton wanted to know how diet would affect tumorgr...Research Explains Lithium's Dual Anti-Manic/Anti-Depressive Effect
...bserved that lithium raised the glutamate level by slowing itsreuptake. The higher the lithium dose, the greater the inhibition, they found. To study the chronic effect of the lithium, the UW team administered it to livemice for two weeks. To their surprise, they saw that glutamate reuptakeincreased. This "...