Making headway against hepatitis C: SLU study shows new drug combo effective in nonresponders
...urteen percent of patients taking 9mcg of Infergen daily and 20 percent taking 15 mcg were virus negative after six months. A quarter of the non-cirrhotic patients receiving Infergen were also virus negative after 24 weeks. The optimal response to antiviral therapy is for the hepatitis C viral RNA to bec...Lisdexamfetamine dimesylate in ADHD phase 3 data presented
... the first week. Investigators titrated patients' daily dosage by 20 mg at weekly intervals during subsequ...ve optimal efficacy and tolerability. The maximum daily dose was 70 mg. In this study of 269 children with ADHD, six months of treatment with lisdexamfetam...In case of pandemic flu majority of Americans willing to make major changes in their lives
...one month they curtail various activities of their daily lives, such as using public transportation, going to the mall, and going to church (Figure 1). More than nine in ten (94%) say they would stay at home away from other people for seven to ten days if they had pandemic flu (Figure 2). In addition, 85% ...... consecutive polysomnograms. Measurements, such as daily caffeine intake, height, weight, blood pressure, and neck circumference were gathered from prior examinations. Researchers defined OSA as an obstructive apnea-hyponea index greater than one. In all, 106 patients had OSA, 113 had PSD, and 90 had norma...Mayo Clinic researchers recommend embryo transfer delay for at-risk women
...on to stimulate the ovaries that is normally given daily was withheld for a day); all embryos of 32 patients were frozen, delaying transfer to the mother's uterus until the symptoms of risk subsided; and in the remaining 135 patients, with no other risk factors for ovarian hyperstimulation, physicians did ...Significant amount of binge eating occurs in restaurants
...ed female binge eaters and dieters to record their daily food intake. The study showed that, not only did both groups consume more calories and fat on days they ate out, it also revealed that about 30% of binges occurred at restaurants. Binge eaters were likely to perceive their restaurant eating as uncont...Researchers use novel three-dimensional imaging technique
...racterized by memory decline but that leaves other daily living activities unimpaired, and which immediately precedes Alzheimer's. IMPACT: The technique is significant because it makes it possible to track the progression of Alzheimer's disease in live patients. This will be crucial in evaluating the eff...Soot from wood stoves in developing world impacts global warming more than expected
...e stoves, fueled by wood or crop residue, are used daily for cooking and heating by more than 2 billion people worldwide, according to the study's lead authors, Tami Bond, Ph.D., and doctoral candidate Chris Roden of the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. In a field test in Honduras, the researchers...New research effort to translate basic science into faster bone healing
...r recycles and replaces old bone (remodels). Thus, daily wear and tear causes unrepaired microfractures to accumulate in large dead bone transplants (allografts), and more that 50 percent fail within 10 years. Schwarz's lab has developed a gene therapy with the potential to trick the body into revasculariz...Stress triggers relapse in meth abuse, OHSU study finds
...s of meth to themselves by pressing a lever during daily four-hour sessions over three weeks. "We structured the drug availability for the mice to be relative to the model that we commonly see meth addicts following," Mark said. "This is an animal model for drug-seeking behavior. We found that getting t...Asthma linked to soot from diesel trucks in Bronx
...ording to the study, among all of the children the daily average exposure to tiny particulate matter smalle...on, the Environmental Protection Agency's proposed daily limit of 35 micrograms per cubic meter was exceeded on about one-third of the study days. Only about...Tipsheet: Focus on gait training, pain relief, pressure ulcers and hearing aid training
... depression, insomnia, and stress). We studied how daily 1-hour active CES or sham CES treatment for 21 day... group reported significantly greater decreases in daily pain intensity than the sham CES group. Our results suggest that CES can effectively treat chronic p...Daily weighing and quick action keeps pounds off
...unds, participants were taught to weigh themselves daily and to use the information from the scale to deter...eight loss. "If you want to keep lost pounds off, daily weighing is critical," Wing said. "But stepping on the scale isn't enough. You have to use that info...USC-led study suggests little benefit from antipsychotics in Alzheimer's
...ions, aggression or agitation that disrupted their daily functioning. "The findings here look at the time to discontinuation for the antipsychotics versus the placebo, and that time difference reflects the overall effectiveness of the medication. By that measure, the medications were not better than pla...Mets have 60 percent chance of winning league championship series, says Bukiet at NJIT
...all season. His picks posted on his website update daily the chances of each team winning the Division Series, the Championship Series and the World Series. Such postings have led to positive results for five of the past six years....Innovative surgery corrects vision in kids with neurological disorders
... poor vision interfered with every aspect of their daily lives. Having cerebral palsy herself and wanting to help reverse the isolation that many of these children endure because of their poor vision, she approached pediatric ophthalmologist Lawrence Tychsen, M.D., to help devise some solutions. He did. ...New hope for an 'untreatable' mental illness
...jection, have regular outbursts of anger, and live daily with extreme emotional pain. They often self-muti...nt focuses on the relationship with the therapist, daily life outside of therapy, and the traumatic childhood experiences that are common in this disorder. ...Drug may help women stop smoking
...uccess was defined as "not smoking (even one puff) daily for one week and not smoking even a puff at least one day in each of two consecutive weeks at any point in the trial." A more stringent criterion of prolonged abstinence, not smoking even one puff after the first week of quitting, was also used and ...Insurance companies deny medically necessary breast reductions based on random, unproven criteria
SAN FRANCISCO What if you couldn't perform daily activities, such as exercising or running with your children, because of overly large breasts that caused unending pain? Despite existing scientific studies that outline the medical necessity for breast reduction, many insurance companies are denying......ge group of molecules that play vital roles in the daily activities of cells. The new technique for collecting and identifying IUPs is important because although scientists have been aware of the existence of flexible proteins for many years, they have only recently realized that these molecules play ma...