Promising treatments for Huntington's disease identified in UCI study
...lower doses of drugs can be used in order to avoid undesirable side effects caused by high-drug concentrations that might be used if a single drug was employed. In addition, combinations of drugs that each provide some relief from symptoms might be expected to provide even greater relief when in combination. Com...New guidelines conclude all aerosol therapy devices equally effective
...ations of drugs to the airway without creating the undesirable side effects that might result from systemic administration," said Myron J. Zitt, MD, President of the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. "Nonetheless, the caregiver is in a quandary as to which aerosol delivery system is best for his ...New study in NEJM suggests levodopa may slow progression of Parkinson's disease
...gh dose required for the best effect produced more undesirable side effects, such as abnormal involuntary movements, which is another reason patients have delayed starting levodopa." About Parkinson's Disease Parkinson's disease is a progressive neurological disorder that affects approximately 1.5 million Am...Blacks and poor more likely to donate than receive many types of transplant organs
...e organs. Disparities that are both avoidable and undesirable are more concerning. For example, lack of health insurance may act as a barrier to transplantation among blacks and the poor....Humble Planaria worm offers ideal model for drug withdrawal research
... to multiply the pleasurable effects or manage the undesirable effects-for instance, using alcohol with cocaine. Because each type of drug affects the body differently, withdrawal is more complicated when more than one is involved. It would be impossible to conduct controlled scientific research on human subject...Imaging study finds a structural difference in the brains of cocaine addicts
...alerting other brain regions of the possibility of undesirable events or bad outcomes, since drug addicts commonly have difficulty evaluating the long-term consequences of their actions. "Until now, those of us who study addictions have been focusing on the excessive rewards addicts receive from substance abuse...Panel offers recommendations for monitoring adverse events from dietary supplements
...ts now exists. Rather, adverse event reporting (an undesirable health-related sign or symptom that is detected in an exposed individual after using the product) is based on the concept of postmarket (after product introduction) surveillance. Postmarket surveillance programs are similar across a variety of produc...Dopamine key to learning likes and dislikes, says Colorado U. team
...y showed that current Parkinson's medications have undesirable side effects on learning and decision making," Frank said. Other researchers have documented a sudden onset of gambling episodes associated with patients taking these medications. These episodes may have been caused by the increased sensitivity to ...OHSU study: Testosterone deprivation makes men forget
... and to develop therapies that do not produce such undesirable effects," said Tomasz Beer, M.D., associate professor of medicine and director of the OHSU Cancer Institute Prostate Cancer Research Program. Beer was a co-investigator in the effort ...Lower risk of death for patients who see the same doctor after hospital treatment
...affect quality of patient recovery and can prevent undesirable results. Factors preventing quality follow-up for patients included inadequate transfer of patient information or records to their primary care physician and also a doctor's unfamiliarity with hospitals' post-patient discharge therapies or procedures...GPs' beliefs about patients influences treatment
...ts with chronic fatigue syndrome as having certain undesirable traits. Patients with chronic fatigue syndrome were seen as failing to conform to the work ethic and lacking in stoicism. In contrast, patients with irritable bowel syndrome "seem to battle through it" and were rarely "debilitated to such an extent t......ated earlier. However, such programs can also have undesirable consequences: they can be very costly; they might detect conditions which would never become a problem, they can lead to an array of unnecessary further testing and treatment; and lastly, diagnosis of certain conditions could lead to stigmatization o...Obesity reversed in mice by destroying blood vessels that service fat cells
...ss of body fat in animals is often associated with undesirable side effects such as fat accumulation in the liver and in blood," says Chan. "So we were pleasantly surprised that the treatment totally reversed the obesity without producing any of the usual complications."...Making smart drugs that deliver the right kind of punch
...hy cells as cancer cells---a habit that makes them undesirable for cancer therapy---but that uncharged dendrimers don't invade cells at all unless they have cancer-detecting targeting agents attached. "We can show that, with the targeting molecule attached, an uncharged dendrimer goes into cancer cells---and onl...Conservation treatment or mastectomy for DCIS?
...the risk of local recurrence, but mastectomy is an undesirable option for many women who are willing to accept a higher risk of local recurrence as long as it does not place them at a higher risk of death," said Prof Holmes....Mayo Clinic discovers important clue to new treatments for lymphoma, breast and colon cancers
...indirect upstream effects from happening, then the undesirable downstream events will not occur," he says. From this finding, the Mayo Clinic cancer researchers conclude that a cooperative relationship exists between the loss of CBP and depressed levels of p27Kip1 to produce cancer....Stem cell and other new biological therapies are target of major NIH contract to U of MN
..." stated Wagner. If the cancer-killing cells cause undesirable effects, the cells can be destroyed by activating the 'suicide' gene with an antibiotic. This important research is being led by Paul Orchard, M.D. "Overall, a key aspect of this multi-million dollar contract is the collaboration it will facilitate,...New drug-and-psychotherapy program for bipolar disorder in children
...ed on cognitive behavioral therapy, which modifies undesirable emotions and behaviors by working on the thoughts that motivate them. RAINBOW is an acronym to help families recall strategies for coping with the symptoms of the disease. Its letters stand for Routine; Affect (or emotional) regulation; "I can do it...Are UK consent rules too restrictive?
...e for the good of everyone and has other ethically undesirable consequences, says Professor Peter Furness, in this week's BMJ. Recording the wishes of all patients whenever samples are taken would resolve this problem but this has major resource implications, he writes. So is implied consent - asking the few who...Antiepileptic drug developed at Hebrew University to undergo phase three clinical trials
...pre-designed elimination pathway in order to avoid undesirable side effects which may be caused by toxic metabolic substances (metabolites). The new drug, valrocemide, is a combination of a known antiepileptic drug, valproic acid, and a glycine derivative, glycinamide. Valrocemide has been shown to be one of ...