Study shows light therapy to effectively treat mood disorders, including SAD
...ll School of Medicine has found that light therapy effectively treats mood disorders, including seasonal affective disorder (SAD) and other depressive disorders. A report of the study, which appeared April 1 in the American Journal of Psychiatry, also finds that the effects of light therapy, also known as photo...Metabolic side effects of antipsychotics are known, but rarely monitored
...ey are ill, he says. The newer class of drugs work effectively to silence the over-communication in the brain that causes hallucinations, the hallmark of schizophrenia, by dampening the action of the neurotransmitter dopamine. Somehow in that process of altering brain chemistry, they also make people hungrier an...Asthmatics naturally deficient in antiviral immunity, report scientists
...of healthy and asthmatic volunteers, measuring how effectively a cold virus (Rhinovirus) was able to replicate in them. Rhinoviruses are the major trigger of acute asthma exacerbations and asthma sufferers are more susceptible to them. They found that the replication levels of rhinovirus-infected cells was incr...Insomnia, falls in elderly linked
...our findings suggest that people whose insomnia is effectively treated are less likely to fall than untreated insomniacs." Hypnotic drugs are sleep-aiding medications that include many older, long-lasting drugs such as benzodiazepines and barbiturates, as well as newer, shorter lasting and commonly advertised dr...OHSU researchers demonstrate how Alzheimer's disease impacts important brain cell function
...e mitochondria in Alzheimer's neurons may not move effectively and may not supply adequate levels of Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP). ATP is an important cellular chemical that bonds at nerve terminals for normal neural communication. The low levels of cellular ATP at nerve terminals may lead to the loss of synap...The right to live gives us a right to die
... both involve the decision to end life, and so are effectively the same, argues Professor Grayling. Any distinction between the two is fictitious, he concludes....Institute of Medicine news: Review of HIVNET 012 study
...the HIVNET 012 study, which showed that nevirapine effectively prevents many infants from contracting HIV from their infected mothers, are sound and reliable," said James Ware, chair of the committee that wrote the report, and professor of biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston. "None of the sho...Older children may benefit from treatment for lazy eye
...sion and/or poor muscle control of one eye, can be effectively treated in children younger than six, it has generally been believed that older children were unlikely to benefit from treatment, according to background information in the article. The upper limit for successful treatment response has been believed ...Study challenges current treatment for mild asthma
...to work closely with the participants to help them effectively manage their asthma symptoms," said Audrey Plough, RN, the nurse coordinator for the UCSF site of the study. After one year, the three groups not only showed similar lung function and severity of symptoms, but also similar "quality of life" scores --...Study shows symptom-driven therapy may be ok for some adults with mild persistent asthma
...to work closely with the participants to help them effectively manage their asthma," noted Boushey. "Patients need to know how to recognize asthma symptoms, what to do when symptoms begin, and -- perhaps most essential -- they must have at hand the means to treat their symptoms quickly." Clinical centers for th...Prostate cancer therapy - study suggests new molecular screening theory
...nefit. More importantly, we may one day be able to effectively target each individual patient with the therapy-type best for him."...Measuring enzymes at end of cancer pathway predicts outcome of Tarceva, Taxol
...va and the widely used chemotherapy drug Taxol are effectively killing tumor cells. They say that with further re...ding - then the chemotherapy drug Taxol appears to effectively kill breast cancer cells. Taxol, used to treat a wide spectrum of cancers, works by interrupting the...Mesotherapy not proven as a safe alternative to liposuction
...the only method that has been proven to safely and effectively remove fat. According to ASPS statistics, liposuction was the most popular cosmetic surgical procedure in 2004, with more than 325,000 procedures performed. "Without data to support claims that mesotherapy works, the procedure appears to be a mystic ...More evidence suggests statins help cut risk for advanced prostate cancer
...ght contribute to delaying the cancer process more effectively than non-statins. "Additional large studies may help confirm these results, but we also have some very important questions lingering as to which biochemical processes may link statins and reduced prostate cancer development," says Platz. "Instead of...American Dietetic Association statement on new 'MyPyramid'
...on and adequacy. If MyPyramid can assist people in effectively adopting the recommendations of the Dietary Guidelines, it will be a great success. As the American Dietetic Association recommended to the USDA last year, the iconic and widely known shape of the Food Guide Pyramid has been retained as the governmen...CML found to wield 'death factor' that kills normal blood marrow cells
...ia chromosome-positive cells can overcome and grow effectively in a crowded marrow environment," Arlinghaus says. "The disease may begin with a single translocation, but with the death factor helping to continuously clear the way, the leukemia cells can take over the entire marrow," he says. "And when you block ...Researchers determine two arthritis medications are safe and effective for children
...ethotrexate and leflunomide can be used safely and effectively in children. In fact, in our study both drugs had a higher response rate in children than the response rate reported in studies in adults," said Dr. Silverman, the study's lead author, a rheumatologist and senior associate scientist at Sick Kids, and...Trusts perform better on chemical incidents but protective suits and tents still imperfect
...ning package and dogma seem to have been delivered effectively to hospitals, the current suit and inflatable shelter pose a number of considerable ergonomic and functional difficulties.'...Anti-malaria drug combination could help address treatment crisis in Africa
...cial real-world condition in a research trial. How effectively such trials can show the effectiveness of antimalarial drugs in Africa is still an open question."......liver cancer-fighting drugs to malignant tumors as effectively as they carry the imaging materials that spotlight cancerous growth. "One of the best advantages of the particles is that we designed them to detect tumors using the same MRI equipment that is in standard use for heart or brain scans," says senior au...