Cancer patients' loss of taste, smell compromises treatment
... of them like steroids carry their own risks and unwanted side effects. The Duke study was designed to measure the impact of taste and smell deficits on patients, and then to investigate a non-drug alternative for making food more appealing. In the study of 33 lung cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy,...Radiation rids arteries of re-narrowing for up to five years
...ny beads of radioactive iridium. We didnt see any unwanted swelling of the arteries, any holes in the arteries, or any other unwanted effects of the radiation therapy, says Teirstein, who is director of interventional cardiology at th...Skin patch technology may increase women's libido
...long-term effects and correct dosing, we often see unwanted side effects such as excessive hair growth and acne," said Dr. Roy. "What makes our results so exciting is they indicate that HRT, when administered via a patch, allows a woman?s body to better utilize the androgens, including testosterone, she alre...Electroacupuncture trial is NCCAM's first intramural study
...ocorticoids, a type of steroids, which can lead to unwanted side effects, such as weight gain, retarding of growth, or susceptibility to infection. It also appears that delayed nausea may contribute to stress in patients and the negative effects that stress can induce. Therefore, finding an effective alternat...Teacher-led sex education of limited benefit
...me aims to reduce unsafe sexual behaviours, reduce unwanted pregnancies, and improve the quality of sexual relationships. Twenty-five secondary schools and 5,854 pupils took part in the evaluation at follow-up. In comparison with conventional sex education, the SHARE programme was evaluated more positively by...With cues from nature, scientists develop new method to purify drugs
... this mixture also may contain tens or hundreds of unwanted and potentially harmful molecules or materials, sometimes including the bacteria themselves. As a result, the drug has to be separated from the mixture, or purified, a slow and expensive process. The workhorse technology now used for purifying drugs...Interpersonal psychotherapy effective in treating binge-eating disorder
...d therapy for treating BED and focuses on changing unwanted behaviors and the thoughts that are associated with them. CBT requires that the patient complete a considerable amount of homework, such as practicing behavior changing techniques and writing assignments. IPT is a brief, structured psychotherapy tha...Possible new cancer therapy shrinks tumors in melanoma patients, Science authors report
...lity to deliver a specially targeted assault on an unwanted invader, and helps boost that assault by multiplying the number of immune cells involved inside the patient's body. This approach may also work for treating other cancer type, as well as infectious diseases, such as AIDS, according to the researchers...New drug may reverse bone loss without estrogens side effects, Science study says
...efits, however, estrogen supplements can also have unwanted effects in the body's reproductive tissues, according to Manolagas. For example, they can modestly increase the risk of breast and uterine cancer. Several months ago, a major clinical study on the long-term use of estrogen plus progesterone found tha...New $9.5 million grant to support Male Contraception Research Center
...on of the condom hundreds of years ago. To prevent unwanted pregnancies and the resultant health risks and social consequences of abortion and unwanted children, new easily usable contraceptive techniques must be made available. "Nearly one-third o...Simple, easy acts in pregnancy and childbirth might protect against incontinence
...ally can increase a woman's risk of suffering from unwanted urine loss. About 10 million women 25 and older suffer from urinary incontinence, according to the American Urological Association. It's an embarrassing condition that can lead to social isolation and depression, said Carolyn Sampselle, associate dea...New study estimates 85 newborn killed or left to die per year by parents, usually their mother
...d "Safe Haven" laws that allow parents to transfer unwanted newborns to hospitals or health workers anonymously without being charged with infant abandonment, researchers conclude. As of 2002, 42 states had passed such laws, but money to advertise them was scarce. Led by principal investigator Dr. Marcia Herm...Moores UCSD Cancer Center launches human trial for prostate cancer vaccine
...is less concern that this approach will create any unwanted or unanticipated side effects. Another deliberate part of the design is the selection of B cells to do the work of genetic vaccination. "The B lymphocytes are powerful machines for making antibodies. That is their role in life," said Zanetti. "It is ......of the aqueous media, and can result in wanted and unwanted chemical and biological effects including irreversible damage via denaturing proteins, tearing tissues and killing living cells. *Targeting cancer* In this symposium, Dr. Charles Lin, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard University, discusses...JCI table of contents, 1 August 2003
...nstrate a critical role of Ahsg as an inhibitor of unwanted mineralization and provide novel therapeutic targets for preventing ectopic calcification in degenerative diseases. TITLE: The serum protein alpha2Heremans-Schmid glycoprotein/fetuin-A is a systemically acting inhibitor of ectopic calcification AUTHO...Common drug, given promptly, reduces incidence of post-traumatic stress disorder, small study finds
...g a person's patterns of thinking in order to curb unwanted thoughts and feelings. But the longer PTSD persists, the more difficult it is to treat. Without the benefit of skilled intervention, about a third of those people who have PTSD for a year or longer will suffer from it for many years or even decades....Hearing aid research gets federal boost
...rocessing so that we can minimize the influence of unwanted sounds," Miles said. "Research shows that hearing ...earing aids, enhancing their ability to filter out unwanted noise and producing microphones that create less self-noise will mean major enhancements to speech i...Understanding how lymph nodes respond to infection may redefine how immune system functions
...get infectious agents and aid the host in clearing unwanted pathogens." Abraham said the discovery that mast cells can initiate the activation and swelling of nodes through release of specific signaling molecules points to the possible use of mast cell products for the development of vaccines designed to boos...Tiny nanotube antennas may yield better signals in cell phones, televisions
...alled "stochastic resonance" that claims noise, or unwanted signals, can actually improve the detection of faint electrical signals. Kosko set out to show that the theory was applicable at the nano scale. Under controlled laboratory conditions, Kosko's graduate student, Ian Lee, generated a sequence of faint ...Urgent action required to prevent 500k deaths/yr worldwide from pregnancy-related causes
...irst place. If we empower women worldwide to avoid unwanted pregnancies, the number of abortions will plummet." Solutions and priorities for maternal health are discussed by Vivien Davis Tsu (8) on behalf of a team of public-health experts who discussed future priorities at a conference in July 2003. Low-co...