Drug for cluster headaches may cause heart problems
...ug, but the condition was severe enough to warrant stopping the use of the drug in only four cases. Goadsby noted that 217 people taking the drug were initially supposed to take part in the study, but 42 percent of them did not have the EKGs done to monitor their heart activity. Many of them said either th...New study shows promise in reducing surgical risks associated with surgical bleeding
...y look for new ways to reduce risks in surgery and stopping surgical bleeding safely and effectively is of foremost interest to surgeons. The results from this phase III trial show that we can stop bleeding in 95 percent of patients within 10 minutes and do so without introducing foreign proteins that can car...Women with migraines and visual symptoms may have higher stroke risk
...visual symptoms can reduce their risk of stroke by stopping smoking and finding alternatives to the use of estrogen-containing contraceptives, said Kittner, who is also professor of neurology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and director of the Maryland Stroke Center in Baltimore, Md. As alarm...Vorinostat shows anti-cancer activity in recurrent gliomas
...nes and proteins resulting in tumor cell death and stopping tumor growth. Dr. Galanis says that study findings indicate that vorinostat by itself shows anti-cancer activity in glioblastoma multiforme. Plans are ongoing to combine vorinostat with other drugs in future clinical trials for brain tumor patients...Older motorists improve driving performance with physical conditioning
... tone, rather than focusing on limiting driving or stopping patients from driving....Papillomavirus vaccine could substantially reduce cervical cancer incidence
...ve never had sex, the vaccine was 99% effective in stopping cervical cancer (adenocarcinoma in situ), and pre-cancerous lesions. When data from women who could have been exposed was included, the vaccine efficacy was 44%. The researchers enrolled over 20,000 women aged 15-26 from the Americas, Europe and A...Limiting stroke damage is focus of study
...nderstand this depolarizing event with the goal of stopping it. "We are trying to block this event to save the...a slice of living brain, he can protect neurons by stopping structural and functional damage and promoting recovery. His previous work has shown that cold also ...Syphilis screening, lithium fights neurodegeneration, monoclonal antibodies against avian flu
...eterious effects of the virus in the lungs, and by stopping viral spread out of the lungs. Three of the four antibodies studied also protected mice infected with a H5N1 virus from a different clade. These results indicate that passive immunotherapy with human monoclonal antibodies could help to combat avian...Stem cells provide clues to cancer spread
...d and the development on several new approaches to stopping it."...New breakthrough treatment for spinal cancer patients at Mount Sinai
...obility. "The future of radiation oncology and stopping cancer in its track is now at Mount Sinai. This is the best treatment available for tumors that have spread to the spine with the least risk of damage to surrounding healthy tissue," said Dr. Sheryl Green, Co-Director of The Radiosurgery Program and ...Reducing cardiovascular disease risk factors when discontinuing hormone replacement therapy
...ealth examined whether the increased CVD risk from stopping HRT could be minimized by lifestyle change intervention. Participants were part of the five-year Women On the Move through Activity and Nutrition (WOMAN) study, a randomized clinical trial of CVD prevention. The focus of this investigation was 240 ...Less sun better than using sunscreen
...washing (thereby making them denser) are better at stopping harmful UV rays reaching the skin, while wet or stretched materials, and those that have been bleached, are not so good. Sunscreen of varying SPFs is applied, depending on skin type and personal preference - but what does SPF actually mean? SPF is ...Clinical studies evaluate potential treatments for mouth ulcers
...increased heart rate and nausea. Sixty days after stopping treatment, all patients reported ulcers similar to those they had in the pre-trial phase. "Pentoxifylline did not prevent the ulcer episodes from occurring or result in a long-term cure," the authors conclude. "Thus, given the potential for signif...Diet and lifestyle -- In the cancer fight, eating well is the best revenge
...d risk factor for pancreatic cancer, and "short of stopping tobacco use, it has been difficult to consistently show lifestyle factors that might help protect against this deadly cancer," she says. As part of a larger research project known as The Multiethnic Cohort Study, Kolonel and Nthlings followed the p...Treatment of in-hospital cardiac patients is focus of Jefferson University presentations
...italized, should weigh the benefits of reducing or stopping the beta blocker. Those patients whose initial inpatient beta blocker dose was reduced or stopped had a significantly increased LOS suggesting that it may be detrimental to decrease outpatient beta blocker dosage upon hospitalization for ADHF. Mem...Study describes action of estrogen in protecting bone
...way estradiol helps to maintain bone density is by stopping the activation of an enzyme known as caspase-3. Also called the executioner caspase, caspase-3 is the central player in initiating the process of apoptosis, or programmed cell death of osteoblasts, the bone cells that aid in the growth and developme...Antidepressants improve post-stroke 'thinking outside the box'
...o unexpected detours. This brain function involves stopping ingrained behavior, such as trying to take your usual route home. People with stroke often show impairments in executive function and may not be able to respond well to non-routine situations. This impairment may affect rehabilitation efforts. The...Insulating houses improves health and well-being
...age, which included ceiling insulation and draught stopping around doors and windows. The researchers then used interviews, questionnaires, occupants' self-reported experience, energy usage, house temperature and other environmental characteristics to measure the effects. Insulation led to a significan...Is most published research really false?
...ir findings by providing a new framework for early stopping rules in clinical research (i.e., when should we accept early findings from a clinical trial indicating the benefits as true?). "Obtaining absolute 'truth' in research, say Djulbegovic and Hozo, "is impossible, and so society has to decide when le...Better designed roadway intersections can boost older drivers' performance
...s that allow drivers to merge into traffic without stopping and angle intersections no sharper than 90 degrees all led to better driving performance by older and younger drivers involved in a UF study of roadway intersection design. I think the research shows early support that environmental enhancements ar...