New treatments for common vaginal infection being studied
...ng to see improvement, says Dr. Eileen D. Dickman, clinical researcher, coordinator of the Gynecologic Cancer Prevention Center and a co-investigator. Bacterial vaginosis is the most common type of vaginal condition that women experience and yet its etiology is poorly understood, says Dr. Ferris. Basically ...Physical pain aggravates majority of Americans, according to poll
...general," Gaeta said. "I'm hoping for not only the clinical care to improve, but for the science to catch up and for us to make some dramatic breakthroughs in pain treatment." Pollsters queried 1,204 adults by phone, April 13-19, 2005. The results have a three-point error margin. Poll results and analysis are...Marijuana withdrawal reported by teens seeking treatment
...to address this and other questions related to the clinical importance of marijuana withdrawal and more generally to develop and test more effective methods for helping those who seek to stop using marijuana....Combination treatment improves survival for pancreatic cancer
...ad to a 1-year overall survival of only 17--28% in clinical trials. Various attempts have been made to improve the effectiveness of gemcitabine, by the addition of new or existing drugs, but they have not shown a survival advantage. Michele Reni (S Raffaele H Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy) and colleagues...End-of-life care involves a more holistic approach
...tice of a teaching ward. "We hope that by 2010 the clinical experience of every medical student and medical re...per care at end-of-life as a normative part of the clinical learning experience," he added. Each faculty of medicine, together with their hosting academic hospi...BMI just part of ischemic heart disease risk picture
.... In a related commentary, Janssen points out the clinical importance of identifying high-risk patients with insulin resistance syndrome and the need to treat the syndrome aggressively in all patients....Atorvastatin shows promise in small trial for the treatment of mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease
...sterol-lowering drug, had some positive effects on clinical measures of cognitive and psychiatric symptoms in patients with Alzheimer's disease in a small trial, according to a study in the May issue of Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. A link between the pathology of Alzheimer's disea...Older adults with diabetes in managed care networks have higher rates of untreated eye disease
...n American Academy of Ophthalmology guidelines and clinical judgment. Three-hundred-eleven patients with mana...vice health insurance completed the interviews and clinical examinations. The researchers found high rates of untreated eye disease in individuals with both typ...US Latinos may develop Alzheimer's disease symptoms at earlier age than white, non-Latinos
...ge at symptom onset for 366 Latino patients with a clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer's was 68.8 years compared with 73.5 years for 2,823 Anglo patients and was consistent for the east coast centers (individuals of predominately Caribbean origin) and the west coast centers (individuals of predominately Mexican o...Untreated low-grade ductal carcinoma in situ poses long-term risk
... and extent. However, important differences in the clinical course of low- and high-grade disease have not always been appreciated. In addition, the distinction between low-grade and DCIS and the histologically similar but lesser lesions of atypical ductal hyperplasia (ADH) is critical as ADH lesions pose onl...Digestive Disease Week 2005 spotlights breakthrough research in digestive health
...el technical approaches and highlight a variety of clinical studies. Research presented at DDW 2005 promises to address hot topics in GI health, including: Better diagnostics, stronger therapies and more effective procedures for colorectal cancer Positive and negative impact of lifestyle choices on dige...Genetic testing divides families
...s on family connections. The data could influence clinical practice regarding genetic testing and what or how to discuss findings with family members....Nurses receive new tool to help patients quit smoking
...of Health and Human Services (DHHS) unveiled a new clinical tool on May 10th designed to help nurses help their patients stop smoking. Called Helping Smokers Quit: A Guide for Nurses, the pocket guide encourages nurses to follow the Five A's to cessation intervention: Ask, Advise, Assess, Assist and Arran...New Medicare policy allows seniors access to Crystalens
...e need for glasses following cataract surgery. In clinical trials, nearly three-times the number of patients (85 percent) who received the crystalens could see at all distances compared to a standard IOL. "This ruling greatly expands the market opportunity for crystalens now that doctors can offer a presb...Breast CT reaches clinical testing: May improve on mammography
...Davis, the machine is the first breast CT to reach clinical testing in a generation. An early prototype was te...thology at UC Davis and a volunteer in preliminary clinical testing of the breast scanner. "But the more important advance will be if breast CT does detect tumo...Magnetic stimulation treatment for depression helping difficult-to-treat cases at UT Southwestern
... States, Australia and Canada participating in the clinical trial for TMS. It is being evaluated for treating moderate, chronic and recurring depression, particularly in people who have responded poorly to antidepressant medications. "Neural stimulation has been shown to be effective for treating depression,...Liverpool placenta study could save lives
...y following childbirth." The study is a randomised clinical study designed to evaluate a new technique for treating retained placenta patients will be allocated to a treatment 'by chance'. The new technique being evaluated is the injection of oxytocin through the umbilical cord directly into the placenta. Pa...Is the vaccine industry ailing?
...national foundation that funded research and large clinical trials, and culminated in the eradication of polio in the United States. "The technology is in hand to prevent many infections that routinely hospitalize and kill people in the United States and the world," he concludes. What is needed, he says, are ...Three-fold risk of sudden cardiac death from some non-cardiac drugs
...g effects and the authorities have to evaluate the clinical significance of QTc prolongation observed in relatively small clinical trials where there were no cases of sudden cardiac death." (ends)...Fragile US vaccine system needs improvement despite dramatic gains in health over past century
...tee took from two to twenty-one years from Phase I clinical trials to licensing. Safety concerns, such as the problem with the rotavirus vaccine in 1998 as well as unfounded and unproven concerns about other vaccines threaten to lead to decreased vaccine coverage and outbreaks of vaccine-preventable infectiou...