Rockefeller University researchers are changing the face of drug addiction treatment
...y and a co-author of this paper, began to test the effectiveness of this theory and intervention method on patients addicted to drugs. "There was a debate between the scientific and the traditional worlds of drug treatment," says Kellogg. "At first, the traditionalists were not able to take in a behavioral perspe...Cognitive therapy works as well as antidepressants, but with lasting effect after therapy ends
...o establishing any form of treatment is rating its effectiveness in comparison to treatments currently in use, and this study has shown cognitive therapy to be a viable alternative."...In treatment of depression, cognitive therapy and medication both effective
...ding to background information in the article. The effectiveness of antidepressant medications has been upheld in randomized placebo-controlled trials, especially in individuals with more severe depression. Cognitive therapy has also shown potential in treating major depressive disorder. Robert J. DeRubeis, Ph.D....Tip sheet Annals of Internal Medicine, April 5, 2005
... side effects and do not have long-term studies of effectiveness and safety. Moreover, the average weight loss at one year is small to moderate. ACP discusses several types of obesity (bariatric) surgical procedures and cautions that none have randomized, controlled trials comparing surgery with non-surgical cont...ALLHAT study findings for racial sub-groups show diuretics work better for high blood pressure
... analysis by race confirms earlier findings on the effectiveness of diuretics and emphasizes that diuretics should be preferred as a first therapy for most patients with high blood pressure. Findings of the analysis by race of the "Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering Treatment to Prevent Heart Attack Trial," or AL...Once-a-month injectable medication helps treat alcohol dependence
... adherence to a daily oral dose of naltrexone, the effectiveness found in treating alcohol dependence with a once-a-month injection of naltrexone could improve long-term treatment outcomes, according to a study in the April 6 issue of JAMA. Alcohol dependence is a major public health problem, which worldwide is th...Less cognitive impairment seen in women taking drug for osteoporosis
.... A secondary objective was to evaluate the drug's effectiveness in preventing cognitive impairment. The 5,386 women who were screened for dementia completed the 15-item Geriatric Depression scale and six cognitive tests at the beginning of the trial and once a year during the trial. Their scores at the end were c...Vaccine against cervical cancer and genital warts shows promise
...azil) and colleagues undertook a trial to test the effectiveness of a vaccine targeting the HPV types associated with 70% of cervical cancers (types 16 and 18) and 90% of genital warts (types 6 an 11). The investigators recruited 1158 healthy women aged 16-23 onto the study from Brazil, Europe and the USA. The par...PSA screening for prostate cancer to be debated at annual meeting forum
...versy. Questions continue about the test's overall effectiveness and its ability to actually save men's lives. For example, elevated PSA levels don't necessarily equate with clinically significant prostate cancer. Some men faced with high test results, however, may have undergone unnecessary treatments, with debi...Institute of Medicine news: Review of HIVNET 012 study
... of participants remained in the study so that the effectiveness and safety of the drug could be thoroughly assessed." Previous evaluations of HIVNET 012 left lingering uncertainties about the trial's results, suggesting the need for a definitive, objective review. The IOM focused on the scientific validity of th...About 70 percent of older adults use alternative medicine
...tific research is needed to examine the safety and effectiveness of alternative medicines, especially about possible interaction effects when they are used along with prescription drugs." Hong and her colleagues are working on a new study that will take a more comprehensive look at what alternative medicines peopl...Older children may benefit from treatment for lazy eye
...age. The current study is designed to evaluate the effectiveness of treatment of amblyopia in children aged seven to 17 years. Mitchell M. Scheiman, O.D., Richard W. Hertle, M.D., and colleagues in the Pediatric Eye Disease Investigator Group (PEDIG), conducted a randomized treatment trial of 507 older children wi...National trial shows older children benefit from treatment for childhood's most common eye disorder
...a. Dr. Hertle and colleagues have demonstrated the effectiveness of treatment in a population previously thought to be untreatable." It is not known, say the study authors, whether vision improvement will be sustained in these children once treatment is discontinued. The NEI is supporting a one-year follow-up stud...Exercise may not be good enough to reduce mild hypertension in older people, Hopkins experts say
...l Medicine online April 11, call into question the effectiveness of national guidelines on exercise for lowering bl... the first detailed examination of the guidelines' effectiveness and gender differences in the effects of exercise, with nearly an equal number of men and women enro...Technology helps Stanford shed new light on coronary bypass surgery
...onwide clinical trial to systematically assess the effectiveness of SPY as well as compare it with the other ways of assessing blood flow during surgery. The research team will also track and report on how often grafts are not optimal on the first try. Beyond the FDA-approved use in visualizing cardiac by...Evaluating virtual reality therapy for treating acute post traumatic stress disorder
...izzo as well as other experts on PTSD to study the effectiveness of virtual reality for treating acute PTSD in non-...ipler Army Medical Center in Hawaii to examine the effectiveness of using a virtual reality based cognitive behavioral treatment for U.S. warfighters suffering from ...Bad outcomes related to, but not caused by, misdosing of clotbusters in heart attack patients
...acy of a New Thrombolytic). The trial compared the effectiveness of tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) and TNK, a newer genetically altered version of t-PA. t-PA works by dissolving blood clots and is most effective when administered within hours of heart attack symptoms. Using the data collected from ASSENT-2, t...Rats with migraines provide Jefferson scientists insights to improved drug strategy
...ks against allodynia. Dr. Oshinsky looked at DHE's effectiveness on halting or lessening this secondary effect. According to Dr. Oshinsky, putting various chemicals "inflammatory mediators" such as bradykinins and prostaglandins on the dura, the outside covering of the brain, causes local inflammation and activa...Tamoxifen can reduce breast pain in prostate cancer patients
...eagues undertook a randomised trial to compare the effectiveness of tamoxifen with that of electron-beam radiotherapy for the prevention and treatment of breast enlargement and breast pain caused by bicalutamide therapy for prostate cancer. They recruited 151 men who had received primary treatment for prostate can...Bugs in the gut could help doctors develop individualised healthcare
... microbes in the gut may lead to variations in the effectiveness of drugs between individuals and populations. Professor Jeremy Nicholson, from Imperial College London, and an author of the paper comments: "The discovery that these gut microbes play such an important role means we could have made the first step to...