Implanted medical device aims to lower blood pressure
... hospital. The device initially will be tested for effect in the operating room and then turned off for one month, to ensure there are no health problems associated with the implant. At one month, a graduated scale of stimulation will be applied until the best possible blood pressure response is achieved. P...Sucampo submits new drug application for lubiprostone
...er, results from the RW study indicated no rebound effect after treatment discontinuation. "We are pleased with this NDA submission by our partner Sucampo, as it surely will support the realization of our ongoing commitment to providing new and innovative options to physicians and their patients," said Yasu...Study finds radiation therapy for prostate cancer nearly doubles risk for rectal cancer
...gy and End Results (SEER) Registry to evaluate the effect of radiation on development of cancer in the rectum. More than 85,000 men, age 18 to 80, were included in this retrospective, population-based study. These men were diagnosed with prostate cancer from Jan. 1, 1973 to Dec. 31, 1994. A total of 30,552 ...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for April 2005 (first issue)
...graft acceptance. The investigators note that the effect of graft ischemic time on the relative risk of death seemed to peak in the first year after transplantation, and to wear off quickly thereafter. During the study period, from January 1987 to December 1998, patient survival at the seven French transp...Radiation therapy for prostate cancer nearly doubles the risk of rectal cancer
...gy and End Results (SEER) Registry to evaluate the effect of radiation on development of cancer in the rectum. More than 85,000 men, age 18 to 80, were included in this retrospective, population-based study. Radiation therapy for prostate cancer has been associated with an increased rate of pelvic maligna...Last call for Annual World of Children award nominations
...ing individuals who have had a profoundly positive effect on the well-being of children across the globe. World of Children, Inc. has become the most prestigious global award program promoting child advocacy. Their mission is to honor, illuminate and inspire on behalf of children. AWARD DETAILS: Deadli...Study shows light therapy to effectively treat mood disorders, including SAD
...of non-seasonal depression, the report said. "The effect size of the light therapy intervention in our meta-analysis was comparable to what has been described in the clinical literature for conventional medications to treat depression," Golden said. "The findings are as strong or as striking." More researc...Pediatric use of complementary and alternative medicine
...AM is whether an adult in the family used CAM. The effect of this covariate on the likelihood of a child's use dwarfed all others. This fact may guide professionals obtaining medical histories in the pediatric setting." "Insured pediatric patients used CAM professional services, but this use was a small par...Study shows that a kidney transplant can reverse heart failure
... with end-stage renal disease that have an adverse effect on the muscles of the heart. It may be that some of those toxins are not totally eliminated during the process of dialysis and that long-term exposure to those toxins increases the risk of death from cardiac causes. In an editorial accompanying the a...Onion compound may help fight osteoporosis
...eded to determine whether GPCS will have a similar effect in people, how much onion or GPCS is needed for a positive effect on bone health, and to determine the mechanism of action of GPCS on bone cells, the researchers say....Exercise, stress management show physiological benefits for heart patients
...nd exercise together have an even greater positive effect on these markers of cardiovascular health. The researchers also said further investigation is needed to reveal the biological mechanisms behind the improvements seen. Other Duke members of the team were Andrew Sherwood, Ph.D., Michael Babyak, Ph.D., ...Less cognitive impairment seen in women taking drug for osteoporosis
...ion responsible for their finding, and whether the effect was due to the drug acting like an estrogen or an ...s most likely that raloxifene has an estrogen-like effect on the central nervous system. According to Yaffe, it is probable that because the preventive effect...Study: Level I trauma centers boost head injury survival
...re in danger of closing, despite having a positive effect on head-injured patients. That is, for me, one of the take-home messages." Study co-author Craig Newgard, M.D., assistant professor of emergency medicine, OHSU School of Medicine, agreed. "Our results suggest that some of the operational and philosop...'Promiscuous' area of brain could explain role of antidepressants
... offers an alternative explanation for the delayed effect of most antidepressants. "Some scientists thought that you had to take an antidepressant for weeks because as serotonin is elevated, some of its receptors had to turn off and become desensitized rather than be stimulated," Dani said. "That didn't mak...Competition in health care may not result in better quality
...ence additional research is needed to identify the effect of changes in competition over time. Scanlon notes, "While our study offers some insight into the association between competition and quality, policymakers, regulators and plan purchasers such as employers need better evidence to understand and eval...OHSU scientist helping explain basis of psychotic behavior
...he receptor from high-to low-affinity or otherwise effect its ability to signal efficiently by some drug treatment." While supersensitivity is only determined by observing behavioral changes, and the high-affinity D2 is verified pharmacologically, "what we're showing is a very strong correlation between the...News briefs from the journal CHEST, April 2005
...creased a patient's late mortality rate but had no effect on early mortality. Other factors that significantly influenced the mortality rate in this population were pneumonia severity of illness score, site of care, and consultation by a respirologist or infectious disease physician. The study appears in ...Adverse outcomes from blood clot therapy may be due to patient characteristics, not dosing errors
...th, thereby limiting inference about the cause and effect relationship of incorrect dosing and adverse outco...ns, may be due to confounding rather than a direct effect of the error itself." "Thus, while medication errors need to be minimized, caution should be used in...Heart valve ring reverses damage from congestive heart failure, easing symptoms
...ipsoid, shape from a rounded shape." He likens the effect to turning a basketball shape into a football shape. Bolling notes that many surgeons are now repairing the mitral valves of heart failure patients, to help reduce the regurgitation of blood back into the lungs. "For patients having mitral valve repa......w instead of heat , we can induce the shape-memory effect in polymers with light," said Lendlein. Key to the work: "molecular switches," or photosensitive groups that are grafted onto a permanent polymer network. The resulting photosensitive polymer film is then stretched with an external stress, and illumi...