High blood pressure not well controlled among older men and women
...y years, or spending those years recovering from a debilitating stroke or heart attack." Investigators from the Framingham Heart Study, a landmark epidemiological study that began in 1948, analyzed data from its original cohort of participants, enrolled in 1948-1952, and their offspring, enrolled 1971-1973. In al...GroPep licenses technology to TGR BioSciences
...pment of WGFE as a treatment for oral mucositis, a debilitating side effect of cancer treatments. GroPep will receive royalties of more than 10% on TGR's commercialisation of the technology. Biopharmaceutical company GroPep Limited (ASX: GRO) today announced that it has licensed certain Whey Growth Factor Extrac...Discovery of T-cell 'traffic control' boosts new drug promise
...tructive autoimmune process in patients with MS, a debilitating disease in which the body's T cells attack the myelin coating of nerve cells and disrupt their function. Neither Goetzl nor Rosen is involved in the on-going clinical trials of the new drugs and neither has financial ties to the companies that manuf...Lorenzo's oil shows promise in reducing risk of debilitating disease in genetic disorder
...l (LO) reduced their risk of developing the severe debilitating form of the disease, according to a study in the July issue of Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Individuals with ALD accumulate high levels of saturated very long-chain fatty acids (VLCFA) in their brains. The course of the d...Ten million Africans treated by international disease treatment programme
...le in developing countries. Intestinal worms cause debilitating malnutrition, stunted growth and anaemia. The Schistosomiasis Control Initiative (SCI), supported by a $30 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, was established in 2002 to tackle schistosomiasis in sub-Saharan Africa, where infect...Treatments for prostate cancer may affect employment
...tment may affect short-term employment status, and debilitating effects from the treatment may impede some job-related tasks, reports a new study in the July 6 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. As more organizations recommend screening younger men for prostate cancer, the profile of prost...Brain function in schizophrenia can improve with support, holds promise for cognitive rehabilitation
...ed on powerful drugs to control the disease's most debilitating symptoms -- hallucinations, delusions and paranoia often ignoring seemingly less ominous problems associated with learning, memory, attention and other cognitive functions that are so basic to everyday life. Now, as part of a new wave of research ai...Children in chronic pain need better support, say researchers
... fifty children and adolescents live with severely debilitating and recurrent pain but there is an "embarrassing" lack of data on the best ways to treat them, according to researchers. As many as 15 per cent of children suffer from headaches, abdominal and musculoskeletal pain but two per cent of children have p...New guidelines: Common drugs can calm essential tremor
...apy is ineffective. "Essential tremor can be quite debilitating and cause embarrassment in social situations. For instance, in a restaurant the person may have difficulty eating when they try to pick up a fork or spoon and bring food to their mouths," said lead guideline author Theresa Zesiewicz, MD, an associate...Thyroid-cancer test reveals recurrence early
.... The drug allows Tg testing without the sometimes debilitating side effects of hypothyroidism that otherwise accompany the test when stimulation testing is done. "We were surprised to find that even with relatively low thyroglobulin levels, and even when there is no sign of a tumor, about 80 percent of patients...Only transplant center that developed comprehensive protocol for liver transplants in kids with MSUD
...MSUD). Today, seven children who suffered from the debilitating and life-threatening disease have been transplanted and are now free from symptoms. No other center in the country has experienced as many successful transplants as Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh for MSUD. MSUD is a metabolic disorder that causes...Tight glucose control lowers CVD by about 50 percent in diabetes
...maintained, the better the chances of reducing the debilitating complications of diabetes." The DCCT was a multicenter study that compared intensive management of blood glucose to conventional control in 1,441 people with type 1 diabetes. Patients 13 to 39 years of age were enrolled in the trial between 1983 a...Antibiotic treatment successful against elephantiasis
...ilariasis is a disease characterised by severe and debilitating swelling of the limbs. The search for compounds active against the causative organism, Wuchereria bancrofti adult worms, has so far failed to deliver a radical curative treatment. The antifilarial drugs currently used, diethylcarbamazine and ivermect...New report indicates acupuncture provides relief for sufferers of dry mouth
...nts to relieve or significantly reduce dry mouth's debilitating effects, according to a report in the May/June 2005 issue of General Dentistry, the Academy of General Dentistry's (AGD) clinical, peer-reviewed journal. Dry mouth (also known as xerostomia) is a painful condition caused by a decrease in the amount o...Diabetic retinopathy occurs in pre-diabetes
...and/or use insulin. Diabetes can lead to severely debilitating or fatal complications, such as heart disease, blindness, kidney disease, and amputations. It is the fifth leading cause of death by disease in the United States. Type 2 diabetes, which accounts for up to 95 percent of all diabetes cases, involves ...Research linking obesity and asthma shows weight reduction may provide therapy for asthma sufferers
...ans and patients with a new approach to treat this debilitating disorder. Methodology The relation between eotaxin and obesity was studied in mice fed a high-fat diet and in obese humans. Circulating eotaxin levels were compared in obese vs. lean mice, obese humans vs. lean humans, and obese humans before and...Endocrine Society honors UNC physician for key contributions to hormone research
...nosis of acromegaly. Acromegaly is an uncommon but debilitating hormonal disorder during which the body excessive secretes growth hormone resulting in enlargement of the hands, feet, face, tongue, jaws and internal organs. The cause is usually a benign pituitary tumor. In addition, Clemmons' research laid the gro...Experimental shingles vaccine proves effective in nationwide study
...ne to prevent shingles, one of the most common and debilitating illnesses of aging. And among vaccine recipients who did get shingles, the episodes generally were far milder than they otherwise would have been." "For some people, shingles can result in months or even years of misery," comments study leader Mich...New complicated grief treatment holds promise for millions, Pitt researchers report
...han a million people each year develop a chronic, debilitating condition known as complicated grief that is more intense than normal grief, yet differs from clinical depression. Despite complicated grief being so prevalent, it has been under recognized and under treated. But according to a University of Pittsbur...Delirium in non-ventilated patients predictor of longer hospital stay
...evention and early treatment of delirium, avoiding debilitating after- effects in patients and unnecessary strains on hospital resources....