Exercise, stress management show physiological benefits for heart patients
... largest improvements in such measures as exercise duration and aerobic capacity. For the psychosocial tests, the researchers found that exercise and stress management had reduced general distress and depression compared to usual care controls. Future studies are planned to determine if stress management and ...Data show cyclosporine inhalation solution improves long-term survival in lung-transplant patients
...onal 10 months of follow-up show that the survival duration for CyIS-treated patients remained significantly higher versus placebo-treated patients (log-rank p=.017). Estimated four-year survival was 84 percent in CyIS-treated subjects compared to 56 percent in placebo-treated subjects. The estimated hazard r...Two drugs combined more cost-effective safer for managing arthritis in high-risk patients
...ount health-related quality of life as well as the duration of survival....University of Kentucky physician publishes fibromyalgia study in Arthritis & Rheumatism journal
...o had a long history of fibromyalgia, with average duration nine years, and had experienced moderate to severe pain and diminished quality of life. Prior to the trial, study participants discontinued all medications for pain and sleep disorders except for acetaminophen, aspirin or symptomatic migraine treatm...Study shows symptom-driven therapy may be ok for some adults with mild persistent asthma
...use these treatments depending on the severity and duration of the individual's symptoms. After one year, changes in lung function and the number of severe attacks did not significantly differ among the three groups. In addition, participants scored similarly on quality-of-life tests regardless of treatment g...Exercise variety - not intensity - appears to reduce some Alzheimer's disease risk
...o fill out a questionnaire about the frequency and duration of the 15 most common types of physical activity in older adults, including walking, household chores, mowing, raking, gardening, hiking, jogging, biking, exercise cycling, dancing, aerobics, bowling, golfing, general exercise and swimming. The rese...Gastric bypass patients fare better as surgical programs' experience increases
...ions also decreased after the first 100 cases. The duration of the operation also decreased. Overall mean operating time was 138 minutes, with a range of from 65 to 310 minutes. It decreased from an average of 212 minutes for the first 100 cases to 132 for the next 650 and 105 minutes (with a range of 65-200 ...No improvement in overall survival with lymph node removal in treatment of advanced ovarian cancer
...o had only enlarged nodes removed (21.6%), and the duration of progression-free survival was also longer in th...rall survival rate and the median overall survival duration were similar in both groups. In addition, compared with the group that did not have lymphadenectomy,...Breakthrough for kids with epilepsy
...pilepsy surgery shows that children with a shorter duration of epilepsy, more localized etiologies, and a seizure-free outcome have the best chance for improving their cognitive function 2-3 years after a successful operation," adds Tuxhorn. "The question [now] is to provide data to determine ideal timing of ...Prevalence of concussion effects linked to 'pot of gold' lawsuits, researcher says
..."Many of the researchers found that the extent and duration of injuries in the United States, where compensati... is misleading at best. It compares the extent and duration of symptoms in the United States to those in Lithuania. No offense to Lithuania, but is the quality ...HIV treatment not affected by hormonal birth control
...lso no relationship between those outcomes and the duration of hormonal contraception use before HAART initiation. The study results also reinforce the strong effects of HAART on HIV disease progression. The researchers found that women who used HAART continuously were almost 3 times more likely to experience...Treating children with chronic hepatitis C
...conclude. Other studies "should focus on treatment duration for genotype 2 and 3 patients and particularly on vertically infected children with genotype 1."...Study reveals new data on how lyme disease is spread
...d that, "The high rate, early onset, and prolonged duration of risk for blood stream invasion probably explain why untreated patients with erythema migrans often develop complications distant from the tick bite location. Older patients without a past episode of Lyme disease are at particular risk."...Attention full-time workers: Get off the computer and out to exercise in your free time!
...culated the MET-hours per day, based on frequency, duration and intensity of activities. When the researchers looked at all 2,353 participants who reported any leisure-time physical activity, the analysis showed no statistically significant association between the amount of time spent in sedentary leisure ac...Other highlights in the May 4 JNCI
...rvival were similar in the two arms. The treatment duration was shorter in the dose-dense arm than in the standard arm, but this difference was not statistically significant. Contact: Alicia Custis, Communications Manager, Christie Hospital, alicia.custis@christie-tr.nwest.nhs.uk , 44-0161-446-3706 Hormon...NIAID awards first $27 million using new bioshield authorities
.... These first grants and contracts, which range in duration from 12 to 18 months, respond to a key objective of the NIAID biodefense research agenda that emphasizes the development of new and improved medical products against "Category A" agents--those biological agents considered by the Centers for Disease C...Three-fold risk of sudden cardiac death from some non-cardiac drugs
...QTc interval in the heart. The QTc interval is the duration (as measured by electrocardiogram) of the electrical activity controlling contraction of the cells of the heart muscle. It is the measure of how long it takes to repolarize the myocardial cells in the heart, a process that is necessary before the hea...Tamoxifen shows no benefit, risk for breast cancer survivors' heart health
...of heart attack, either overall or when grouped by duration of use, dose of the drug, or how recently the drug was used. Breast cancer survivors who smoked, had diabetes or had high blood pressure requiring medication all had higher risk of heart attack. Radiation, too, was associated with higher heart attack...New kidney cancer drug response rate is more than double that of standard treatment
...tients who achieved a partial response, the median duration of partial response was 10 plus months. Eight of the patients remain progression-free, including two whose tumors became operable as a result of the treatment. The median time to progression was 8.7 months; the median survival was 16 months; six pati...Statin use associated with reduced risk of pancreatic and esophageal cancers
...smoking, alcohol use and diabetes. However, dose, duration and the nature of particular medications were not factored into either analysis. Researchers involved in the study note that these results should be interpreted with caution given the limitations of the population, the database and the retroactive d...