Advanced prostate cancer previously considered inoperable may be operable, curable
...py is necessary for patients whose prostate cancer affects the lymph nodes. Surgery alone may be sufficient treatment for those without lymph node involvement. Approximately 50 percent of the cases of cT3 prostate cancer do not involve the lymph nodes. The study also found that 25 percent of the patients we...Sucampo submits new drug application for lubiprostone
...he most common disorders suffered by Americans. It affects between two to 27 percent of the population in Western countries. In the United States, it results in more than 2.5 million visits to physicians and 92,000 hospitalizations annually. Factors contributing to the development of constipation include no...West Africa: meningitis epidemics driven by the wind
...a Neisseria meningitidis, is highly contagious and affects 25 000 to 200 000 people per year, particularly children. Outbreaks occur every year between February and May. Their geographical distribution is contained within what is called the Meningitis Belt circumscribed between 10 and 15 of latitude North. S...Onion compound may help fight osteoporosis
...ss and osteoporosis, a disease which predominately affects older women. The disease results in an estimated $17 billion in medical costs in the United States. Their study, scheduled to appear in the May 4 print issue of the American Chemical Societys Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry , was publis...ALLHAT study findings for racial sub-groups show diuretics work better for high blood pressure
...r Analyst and study co-author. High blood pressure affects about 65 million Americans, or one in four adults, and its prevalence increases with age -- more than half of those over age 60 have hypertension. High blood pressure is a risk factor for heart disease and the chief risk factor for heart failure and ...Study examines effectiveness of anti-anemia drug in treatment of cancer patients
...n cancer patients, but evidence that the treatment affects survival is inconclusive, according to a new study in the April 6 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Anemia is a common complication among cancer patients. Not only can it cause physical symptoms and diminish a patient's quality...Maternal iron deficiency disrupts mother/child interaction
... be aware of their iron status which, we know now, affects the child as well as the mother. Iron deficiency is easy to correct and could be a big part of post-partum problems with mother/child interactions."...Less cognitive impairment seen in women taking drug for osteoporosis
...nal of Psychiatry. Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) affects more than one-third of women and one-fifth of men aged 65 and older. It reduces short-term memory and is associated with a significantly increased risk of Alzheimer's disease. "No other intervention has been proven to reduce the risk of mild cognitiv...Hormonal birth control, bacterial infections in women linked to increased shedding of type-2 herpes
...irth control pills versus injectable Depo-Provera) affects shedding frequency. The novel finding that some vaginal bacterial infections are also linked to a higher frequency of HSV-2 shedding could be important in controlling the spread of HSV-2. "BV is an infection that is readily treatable, and treatment f...Nutritional supplement reduces need for traditional ulcerative colitis treatment
... becomes inflamed and ulcerated, and most commonly affects people between 15 and 40 years of age. Ulcerative colitis can be attributed to an immune disorder or heredity, among other things, and is characterized by abdominal cramps, bloody diarrhea and fever. Treatments for the disease, including corticost...Insomnia, falls in elderly linked
...leep, frequent night-time waking and early waking, affects more than 40 percent of adults over age 50 and half of adults over age 70, compared to 30 percent of adults in their 40s, and less than 20 percent of teens and young adults. About one in every five adults over 65 has persistent insomnia, and many stu...'Promiscuous' area of brain could explain role of antidepressants
...sorbed in the striatum, an area of the brain which affects motivation and reward-based learning. Dani's findings indicate that these systems may be less selective and more "promiscuous" than previously believed. "There has been a fundamental principal in neuroscience that a neuron releases one neurotransmitt...Lupus and the role of Epstein-Barr virus
...ly debilitating autoimmune disease that more often affects women and is also more common in African Americans. Although the specific cause of lupus is not yet known, both genetic and environmental triggers are likely to be involved. To determine if there is an association between Epstein-Barr virus and lupu...OHSU scientist helping explain basis of psychotic behavior
...chostimulants. Supersensitivity to dopamine, which affects some 70 percent of individuals with schizophrenia, can take the form of a low tolerance to antipsychotics, amphetamines and other drugs, including drugs of abuse, that trigger dopamine's release in the brain. The latest discovery could someday lead t...Painless test using teardrops may speed diagnosis of Sjgren's syndrome
...entifying the disease, the scientists say. Sjgrens affects between 1 million and 4 million Americans, primarily women over age 40. April is Sjgrens Syndrome Awareness Month. The study will be described in the June 13 print issue of the American Chemical Societys Journal of Proteome Research , a peer-revie...Location of body fat associated with cardiovascular risk even at normal body weight
...vels), insulin resistance and high blood pressure, affects 22 percent of adults in the U.S. and an even higher (42) percent of older men and women, according to background information in the article. In addition to overweight and obesity, patterns of fat distribution in middle-aged adults may confer addition...National trial shows older children benefit from treatment for childhood's most common eye disorder
...tism, farsightedness or nearsightedness. Amblyopia affects as many as three percent of children in the U.S. "This study shows how important it is to screen children of all ages for amblyopia." said Dr. Hertle. "Previously, patients were told there was nothing that could be done to help them. Now, there is s...Grandmothers' smoking linked to grandchildren's asthma decades later
...nd says. "We speculate that the damage that occurs affects the child's immune system and increases her susceptibility to asthma, which is then passed down to her children." Researchers suggest that when a pregnant woman smokes, chemicals from the tobacco may biologically damage her fetus. They hypothesize t...Columbia research suggests need to rethink causes of heart failure
...aking into account that this disease predominantly affects elderly women, who have smaller hearts. "By accurately measuring patient heart size and comparing it to the hearts of healthy elderly women, we showed for the first time that not only were the heart failure hearts not smaller, but in many cases they ......ransport Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT), which affects the peripheral nerves, comes in several forms and is due to mutation in a variety of genes. Autosomal dominant CMT of the so-called intermediate form has previously been linked to chromosome 19. In this study, an international team of researchers ide...