Study shows interruption of antiretroviral therapy increases risk of disease and death
...at may enhance patients' quality of life and limit adverse drug effects. The strategies evaluated in the SMART Study compared the recommended continuous use of antiretroviral therapy (anti-HIV medicines) with use of antiretroviral therapy in an episodic (interrupted) manner. The study found that the use of e...Chemotherapy temporarily affects the structures of the human brain
...is also linked to significant short- and long-term adverse effects. Gastrointestinal complaints, immunosuppression, and painful mucositis, for example, are the immediate risks of the treatment. Patients receiving chemotherapy have also long complained of problems with memory, problem-solving and other cog...Pure carbon nanotubes pass first in vivo test
...dstream of research lab animals cause no immediate adverse health effects and circulate for more than one hour before they are removed by the liver. The findings are from the first in vivo animal study of chemically unmodified carbon nanotubes, a revolutionary nanomaterial that many researchers hope will p...Pilot study successful in taming allergic reactions to food
...children could tolerate two scrambled eggs with no adverse reactions. The researchers now are conducting two follow-up food allergy desensitization studies, Burks said. In one study, subjects receive higher doses of egg to see if this will further reduce their sensitivity or even neutralize the allergy alt...Shorter post-operative recovery stay following outpatient tonsillectomy is safe, cost-efficient
...surgical condition and to monitor for any signs of adverse reaction to general anesthesia or other unexpected problems. Patients are typically cleared for discharge once they are alert, their vital signs are stable and they have fully woken up from the anesthesia. "However, despite this encouraging data,...Fosrenol data show evidence of trends towards improved bone formation in CKD stage 5 patients
...of 3 g per day, without a dose-related increase in adverse events. "This study demonstrates that higher doses of FOSRENOL may help patients with difficult to control serum phosphorus levels reach K/DOQI targets," said Rajnish Mehrotra, M.D., Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Los Angeles Biomedical Re...Vaccine for brain tumors shows promising results
...d overall survival. According to investigators, no adverse events or toxicity identified were considered attributable to the vaccine. Based on these preliminary findings, a larger phase 2 study is planned for 2007. Rosalind Hekkala, a 66-year-old woman from Reno, Nev., who was enrolled in the first study gro...Ultrasound mammography, volcano monitoring for aircraft safety
...(in which surgery is no longer viable) without any adverse effects. The researchers are currently performing a double-blind clinical study to further confirm the usefulness and safety of their technique. (2aBB1) NOISE HAZARDS FROM POWER TOOLS COULD BE UNDERESTIMATED New data suggest the risk of hearing lo...Diabetes drug may reduce cardiovascular risks
...ed cardiovascular clinical events. There were four adverse events in the pioglitazone treated group, includin...required coronary revascularization. There were 10 adverse events in the glimepiride treated group, including eight who required coronary revascularization. "...Enbrel provides sustained clinical improvements for ankylosing spondylitis for up to 3 years
...nd ongoing surveillance to assess the incidence of adverse events. The study is a 96-week open-label, multinational, phase 4 extension study in 59 patients with AS who completed each of two earlier trials, a 12-week randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study and a 96-week open-label study. The data...New study indicates Invirase results in similar levels of viral suppression to lopinavir
...nt quality of life such as high cholesterol and GI adverse events are considered. "These early results sugg...nts (p=0.009) Also, fewer gastro-intestinal (GI) adverse events were seen in the Invirase 500/r arm (14% vs. 23%) with lower incidences of nausea and diarrho...Sunscreens with benzophenone-3 unsuitable for children
...eczema, but there is limited knowledge about other adverse effects. Helena Gonzalez carried out a study in which 26 people applied sunscreen containing 4% benzophenone-3 to the complete skin morning and evening for five days. These people supplied a urine specimen every day. "We designed the study such...Health professionals should be trained to be wary of pharmaceutical promotion
... had ever been done. In the hope of reducing the adverse influence of pharmaceutical promotion on health professionals, the organizations recommend that health professionals should be: Educated explicitly about decision making and evaluation of evidence and promotion. Helped to understand that there is...Healthier preemies and parents, thanks to a new early intervention program
...dence suggests low-birth-weight infants experience adverse physical, mental and behavioral outcomes that persist beyond school age," says the study's lead author, Bernadette Melnyk, RN, FAAN, dean and Distinguished Foundation Professor in Nursing at Arizona State University's College of Nursing & Healthcare ...The Journal of Clinical Pharmacology looks at effects of smoking cessation drug, varenicline
...bo. Those receiving varenicline reported just mild adverse reactions, such as nausea, but since the reactions were so mild, no one withdrew from the study. "It is important to evaluate the tolerability of a potential treatment for smoking cessation," write the authors. "The normal physiologic processes ass...Smoking cessation therapy may be harmful for ICU patients
...mmon smoking cessation therapy used to help reduce adverse events associated with nicotine withdrawal may act...of the coronary arteries. Although these potential adverse effects of NRT have not been shown to worsen the prognosis of healthy volunteers and patients with s......ercent or more. Chest pain was also reported as an adverse effect, possibly resulting from airway reactivity following the inhalation of iloprost. Researchers suggest pulmonary function testing be performed on all children with PAH before and after inhaled prostacyclin therapy is initiated. Inhaled Ilopr...New study shows the benefits of eating fish greatly outweigh the risks
...xample, following an industrial accident, can have adverse health effects. However, the effects of low-level exposure (i.e. from eating fish) are less well-established. The researchers found no definite evidence that low-level mercury exposure from seafood consumption had harmful effects on health in adults,...Asthma linked to soot from diesel trucks in Bronx
...ortion that was most closely related to children's adverse health effects. Particles smaller than 2.5 microns (a human hair is 100 microns thick) have been mostly closely linked to lung and heart disease. The EPA has regulated PM2.5 since 1997, limiting each person's average exposure per year to no more th...Antipsychotic medications used to treat Alzheimer's patients found lacking
...appear to be no more effective than a placebo when adverse side effects are considered, according to the firs...o placebo, but their tendency to cause intolerable adverse side effects in this vulnerable population offsets their benefits," concluded Schneider. Those w...