Losing consciousness can stop you getting posttraumatic stress disorder
...patients who had experienced loss of consciousness sustained more severe injuries. Since this group was less likely to develop posttraumatic stress disorder, the severity of the injury did not prove to be a contributing factor." As the size of this study was relatively small, the researchers stress that a stud......rm response to treatments such as laser therapy. A sustained public health campaign in the UK is warranted to raise awareness of the link between smoking and blindness, say the authors. This should include offering smoking cessation support to people attending eye clinics and more novel, varied, and specific p...Mayo Clinic study helps patients with pancreatic cancer experience significantly less pain
...the type of nerve block used, continued to provide sustained pain relief over several months. This benefit may allow some patients with advanced pancreatic cancer to live more comfortably for the duration of their lives. The Mayo Clinic study is the largest research study to date on managing pain in patients w...Activism prompts teen smokers to cut back on cigarettes, Stanford study finds
...uce cigarette use among teens. "The real, sustained change we saw is different from most other studies...lum made a significant decrease in their usage and sustained that behavior for another six months is very encouraging." The goal of the advocacy program wa...Study shows drug can heal, reduce recurrence of fistulas in Crohn's disease
... suppress part of the immune response, patients on sustained therapy should be followed closely for evidence of infection or other serious side effects. Additional authors of the NEJM paper include senior author Sander van Deventer, MD, PhD, of Academisch Medisch Centrum, Amsterdam; Frank Anderson, MD, Vancou...New data suggests Seroquel improves quality of life in first episode schizophrenia
...eks of treatment, and that these improvements were sustained over one year. Improvements were also noted in quality of life and reported side effects were negligible. Dr Lyn Pilowsky, lead investigator of the (F1RST) study, based at the Institute of Psychiatry, London commented, "The onset of first episode psy...Study findings offer new hope for the estimated 300,000 Americans infected with HIV and Hepatitis C
...feron and ribavirin. Efficacy was measured as the sustained virological response (SVR) rate, which is defined by the absence of detectable HCV RNA in the serum for at least six months after treatment. The study results were presented at the meeting by Dr. Douglas Dieterich, Professor of Medicine, Mount Sinai ...Manual techniques may ease tough deliveries without need for episiotomy
...ecords from legal cases nationwide in which babies sustained permanent brachial plexus damage. They compared outcomes for both mother and baby when physicians used either episiotomies (cutting a wider opening) without manual techniques or manual techniques without episiotomy to finish delivering the baby. ...Popular drug for chest pain may promote blood vessel damage
...lycerin tolerance, patients receiving the drug for sustained periods sometimes become unresponsive to other heart drugs as well, the team reported. Rats treated with nitroglycerin for a period of three days demonstrated tolerance to the drug, as indicated by a failure of nitroglycerin to decrease blood pressur...Behavior patterns of some nursing home residents may provoke other residents, resulting in injuries
...ursing home residents included in the analysis, 39 sustained fractures, six had dislocations, 105 had bruises o...that it is possible that some of the residents who sustained injuries may have provoked the attacks," the authors write. "Wandering was strongly associated with...Experimental treatment yields new hope for children battling cerebral palsy
...m; six months after therapy the children still had sustained benefits. CP affects at least two in 1,000 children in the United States, and approximately one million children under the age of 21 in the industrialized world. According to The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there are many possible ...First US tuberculosis vaccine trial in 60 years begins
...onderful example of advances made possible through sustained support and creative use of resources in NIAID's TB program." NIAID initially funded Corixa scientists, under the direction of Steven Reed, Ph.D., in their identification of the most promising TB proteins for use in a vaccine. Versions of the candida...Brain reverberations during sleep
...ow-wave sleep. Because neuronal reverberations are sustained for long periods, this may support a mechanism to recall and amplify memories until they are effectively stored. On the basis of differences observed between REM and slow-wave sleep in this and previous studies, the authors propose that the two phase...'Ding' concussions require removal from the game
...egon and Maine. Their concussions under study were sustained during the 2000-2001 school year. Other investigators in this study include: Grant Iverson, Ph.D., University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada; Karen Johnston, M.D., Ph.D., McGill University, Montreal, Canada; and James Bradley, M.D., UPMC...Anti-eosinophil therapy shown to be effective in treating hypereosinophilic syndrome
...oid therapy. This decline in eosinophil counts was sustained for at least 12 weeks after the last dose of Anti-IL-5. Anti-IL-5 therapy improved the quality of life in all four patients. One patient, who was unable to eat solid foods for several years due to the disease narrowing his esophagus, was able to be...One-shot addiction treatment shows promise
...radually disintegrate they provide a long-duration sustained release of buprenorphine. A tablet form of buprenorphine that is taken by holding it under the tongue is already used in the U.S. and around the world as an analgesic and as a treatment for opioid dependence; the tablet normally needs to be taken ev...Family members say dying patients need better end-of-life emotional and medical support
...esults call for a public health approach that uses sustained and multifaceted interventions to improve end-of-life care in the United States." ...American Lung Association calls on governors and legislatures to stand up for public health
... Programs in Nebraska, New Hampshire and Florida sustained huge funding cuts. Only six states Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine and Mississippi received an "A" for committing significant funds toward tobacco prevention and cessation. Arkansas, Maine and Mississippi received top marks for the sec...Use of rubella vaccine is growing worldwide, but more work remains
...f coverage for at least 80% of all children can be sustained on a long-term basis. If fewer children are vaccinated, that can pose risks to unvaccinated women who are now of childbearing age and also to other unvaccinated females in the future as they reach childbearing age. To prevent an increase in the numbe......y that benefits all people will not emerge without sustained commitment and investment." The WSIS, organised by the International Telecommunication Union and held under the patronage of the UN Secretary-General, will take place in two stages. Last week's meeting addressed a broad range of themes concerning th...