First blood test to diagnose paralyzing, blinding disease
.... Early diagnosis is important because NMO is best treated differently than multiple sclerosis. Treatment requires immune suppressive medications in the first instance, rather than the immune modulatory treatments typically prescribed for MS. Therefore, a patient who has NMO, but is misdiagnosed with MS, may...Stanford study finds new method improves chemotherapy survival in mice
... One week later, researchers found that the mice treated with the cellular boost had significantly more neu...d not received the infusion. More than half of the treated mice survived, while only a third of the ones without it did. The study follows on the heels o...Kinder, gentler procedure gives superior results for stem cell transplants
...or brain damage or sterility in pediatric patients treated with chemotherapy," Shenoy says. "We're trying to provide treatments that protect developing tissues. We've had our first pregnancy and normal delivery in one of our stem cell transplant patients, so we think the protocol offers some hope." Next, Sh...Silent risk of osteoporosis in men with prostate cancer
Men being treated for prostate cancer using hormone therapy maybe un...te cancer. Osteoporosis can be prevented and even treated using a wide range of therapies. Common prevention measures include calcium and vitamin D supplement...Shire receives US FDA approval of EQUETRO (TM) for bipolar disorder
...tients. Additionally, in clinical trials, patients treated with the product demonstrated no clinically significant weight gain or increase in blood glucose levels, thereby creating an effective tolerability profile(+). The unique three-bead extended release delivery system of Equetro provides for convenient ...Long-term data show benefit of DETROL LA as first-line therapy for overactive bladder
...ular system) are reported infrequently in patients treated with DETROL LA. About OAB OAB a medical conditio.... Patients with the following conditions should be treated with caution: renal impairment, bladder outflow obstruction, gastrointestinal obstructive disorders,...Fred Hutchinson receives $9.7 million to lead early detection consortium
... signs of cancer and other diseases so they can be treated as early as possible, when cure rates are highest....s and other diseases so they could be prevented or treated at the earliest possible stage. The strong history of collaboration among the participating institut...Re-analysis of large trials shows greatest benefit of chemotherapy in ER-negative tumors
...tistically significant results. But, patients were treated "irrespective of hormone sensitivities or whether ... of an effect for ER-positive tumors that had been treated with tamoxifen, and none of the trials showed a statistically significant benefit for higher doses o...Reducing anti-rejection meds after transplant shows less complications
...he campath protocol did slightly better than those treated with thymoglobulin. Of the 123 intestinal transplants, 55 involved children, while the other 68 were adult cases. The current success of this novel anti-rejection protocol should allow major improvement in both the long-term efficacy and ...New data sets survival benchmark for Pfizer's ELLENCE
...2% in the FEC 100 only arm. In addition, patients treated with the sequential regimen achieved overall survival of 90.7% and those treated with FEC alone achieved overall survival of 86.7%. This independent study, coordinated by the Fdrati...Strokes: Dental x-rays reveal more than cavities
...blood vessels in the neck. The blockage could be treated in a variety of ways including: lifestyle modification, medications such as blood thinners, surgery or other interventional procedures such as a catheter. Treatable risk factors for stroke High blood pressure Tobacco use Diabetes mellitus Carot...Novel antibiotic shows promise in shortening treatment duration of tuberculosis
...ed the TB epidemic substantially." TB is currently treated with a cocktail of antibiotics, including rifampin, isoniazid, and pyrazinamide, which must be taken for six to nine months. The TB symptoms disappear after several weeks, and patients begin to feel healthy. However, to completely clear the infection...Novel p53 gene-based therapy boosts immune system and reduces tumor size
...omething that has not been seen before in patients treated with only chemotherapy," says Massimo Cristofanilli, M.D., an associate professor in the Department of Breast Medical Oncology. About half of patients with locally advanced breast cancer have mutations in their p53 gene, which plays a critical role i...New study in NEJM suggests levodopa may slow progression of Parkinson's disease
...vodopa accelerated disease progression, then those treated with levodopa would be expected to have more severe impairment than the placebo-treated group after the symptomatic benefit of levodopa had been eliminated through the 2-week washout phase. If levodopa slowed progression, then the levodopa-treated su...Aromatase inhibitors should be first-line treatment for certain type of breast cancer
Women with the type of breast cancer normally treated with tamoxifen could instead benefit from a class of drugs called aromatase inhibitors, conclude authors of a fast-track study published online by THE LANCET. Tamoxifen therapy for five years after surgery is the established treatment for postmenopa...Updated adjuvant data presented at SABCS show 30 percent reduction in recurrence
...postmenopausal breast cancer patients who had been treated with 2-3 years of tamoxifen for early breast cance...740 patients. These findings showed that 193 women treated with exemestane experienced a local or distant recurrence of disease compared with 264 women who con...U of MN researchers set new standard of care for adult cord blood transplant patients
...tment, or other serious co-existing diseases) were treated with a "reduced intensity" regimen involving lower doses of chemotherapy and radiation. These patients were then transplanted with cord blood from either one or two donors. In this study, 89 percent of the patients engrafted successfully overall wi...Bone marrow fat may indicate bone weakening
...udies, increased fat accumulation in bone could be treated with new medications, in an effort to avoid further bone weakening, Dr. Schellinger said....Transplanted bone marrow cells reduce liver fibrosis in mice
...ks. They then divided the mice into two groups and treated one with green fluorescent protein-positive blood marrow cells. They treated the control group with saline. All mice continued to be treated with carbon tetrachloride. After 1, ...Physicians may need to dig deeper when treating HIV-related lymphomas
...y of Southern California. Although physicians have treated all types of lymphomas in HIV/AIDS patients with t... than 350 patients with the AIDS-related lymphomas treated at USC/Norris between 1982 and early 2004; 135 patients had SNC and 227 patients had DLCL. The rese...