Patient with drug-resistant form of HIV identified
... His infection with HIV resulted in progression to symptomatic AIDS in 4-20 months. Martin Markowitz (Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Centre, New York, USA) and colleagues analysed the genetic make-up of the patient's virus and assessed its susceptibility to antiretroviral drugs. Rapid progression to AIDS after infe...The impact of cruciate ligament rupture on osteoarthritis of the knee
... tears among middle-aged and elderly patients with symptomatic OA, as well as the effect of such tears on disease progression and pain. Their findings, published in the March 2005 issue of Arthritis & Rheumatism ( http://www.interscience.wiley.com/journal/arthritis ), indicate anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) r...Mayo Clinic study sets threshold for valve repair surgery
"We know from previous studies that patients with symptomatic mitral regurgitation are at increased risk of death, but for those without symptoms the picture has been murkier," says Maurice Enriquez-Sarano, M.D., the Mayo Clinic cardiologist who led the study. "In this study we followed a large population of as...Cryoablation is effective in treating cancer patients' pain
... not been successful in controlling these areas of symptomatic disease. Each patient underwent CT-guided percutaneous cryoablation. Cryoapplicators were inserted into the tumor area, and the tumor and adjacent areas were frozen. The freezing process kills cancer cells, small sensory nerves cells and inflammator...Influenza vaccination programmes for children in USA and Canada based on little evidence
...ry confirmed case) and effectiveness (reduction in symptomatic cases) on influenza vaccines in healthy children aged 16 years or younger. Vaccines of live viruses with weakened infectivity had 79% efficacy and 38% effectiveness in children older than two years compared with placebo or no immunisation. Inactivat...Penn study will compare heart failure management technologies
... clinical and financial outcomes for patients with symptomatic (NYHA Class II IV) heart failure. The informatio... failure patients. Participants must have had two symptomatic heart failure events within the past year requiring a trip to an emergency room. A primary care phys...Hormone therapy increases risk of urinary incontinence
...with many benefits well beyond the indications for symptomatic relief of hot flashes, night sweats, and vaginal d...women and worsened the characteristics of UI among symptomatic women. Considerations regarding the use of hormone therapy by postmenopausal women for any duration ...Exercise therapy builds strength, mobility in MS patients
...e therapy is considered to be an important part of symptomatic and supportive treatment for these patients," Uitdehaag says. Exercise therapy probably does not affect the disease process itself, according to co-author Dr. Gert Kwakkel. He says exercise may help "patients learn to compensate (for) their existing ...Breast cancer treatment reduces risk of heart disease
...treated with tamoxifen were less likely to develop symptomatic heart disease than those who did not receive tamoxifen. On further analysis current use of tamoxifen was associated with significantly reduced risk of heart disease. Moreover, the reduced heart disease effects were observed in women who had completed...Optimal treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome
... is just as effective as surgery for the long-term symptomatic relief of CTS for a year, at least and actually more effective over the short term. The research effort focused on the results of 163 wrists belonging to 101 patients 93 women, 8 men who ...Survivors who stop taking aspirin increase risk of another stroke
...f compliance with aspirin therapy in patients with symptomatic atherosclerosis, including previous stroke. Patients and physicians should be aware of a possible increased risk of stroke when aspirin is stopped. Researchers selected 309 patients who had a stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA) and were on l...Stroke patients receive better care when hospitals 'get with the guidelines'
...d the use of tPA within 60 minutes, and monitoring symptomatic systemic or intracranial hemorrhage. Data were documented at baseline and for four subsequent quarters. Results showed that GWTGStroke implementation was associated with a dramatic 89 percent improvement in rates of intravenous tPA use in eligible ...Newly discovered virus linked to childhood lung disorders and Kawasaki disease
...the virus to screen respiratory specimens from 895 symptomatic children under age 5 who had tested negative for other viral infections. They found 79 (9 percent) who were positive for the new virus, nine of whom were subsequently found to have evidence of recent infection with another virus as well. Of the remai...New study in NEJM suggests levodopa may slow progression of Parkinson's disease
...e withdrawn, and 2 weeks later, after allowing the symptomatic benefit of levodopa to dissipate, the subjects wer...mpairment than the placebo-treated group after the symptomatic benefit of levodopa had been eliminated through the 2-week washout phase. If levodopa slowed progres...CT helps find cause of puzzling cough in WTC rescue workers
... Although thought to be benign, air trapping is symptomatic causing shortness of breath, dry cough or wheezing and is treated as a variant of asthma, with inhaled steroids and bronchodilators. "We remain attentive to the possibility of other adverse health effects that still may occur," said co-autho...NIH launches new study to compare prostate surgery and drugs
... progression of BPH in a significant percentage of symptomatic men and it helps men at high risk avoid surgery. "It's easy to see why drug therapy, TUNA and TUMT have been embraced by many urologists and patients," said Leroy M. Nyberg Jr., Ph.D., M.D., director of NIDDK's urology trials. "Yet, we don't know...Gastric bypass works for GERD and obesity in patients with prior surgery, says Pitt study
...RD and previous antireflux surgery, who 1) remains symptomatic after the first fundoplication, or 2) qualifies for gastric bypass surgery....Detrol LA combined with standard treatment for enlarged prostate is twice as effective
...r doxazosin for three months. In patients with no symptomatic improvement, DETROL LA was added for an additional three months. Seventy-three percent of men with bladder obstruction and OAB reported an improvement during the combination therapy phase of the study compared to 35 percent reporting improvement in ......he study population consisted of patients who were symptomatic and asymptomatic (48 and 52 percent, respectively). Findings of this study need to be confirmed in a large asymptomatic, average-risk screening population. ...Journal of Alzheimer's disease to publish ISOA Catalyst Conference
...r the neurodegenerative diseases provide effective symptomatic relief, particularly in early stages of disease. However, there are too few, if any therapies that affect the underlying disease processes. Therefore, disease-modifying therapies that halt, slow or reverse disease progression are sorely needed. It ...