Nutritional supplement reduces need for traditional ulcerative colitis treatment
...er and antioxidants is safer and causes fewer side effects than many of the medications currently available t...on, osteoporosis and other adverse events. Adverse effects of corticosteroid use are a concern to physicians and lead to discontinuation of the therapy by many...A possible new phase for rheumatoid arthritis treatment
... now a strong biological rationale for testing the effects of potent anti-inflammatory therapies during the first few months of clinically apparent disease. "The pathologically distinct nature of the very early phase of clinically apparent rheumatoid arthritis suggests that this phase may represent a therape...People can learn motor skills by watching
...hat they saw on the video. However, the beneficial effects of observing were significantly reduced when the subjects were asked to perform unrelated arm movements during observation. "These findings broaden the scope of theories linking observation and action by demonstrating that by watching another individ...PSA screening for prostate cancer to be debated at annual meeting forum
...one unnecessary treatments, with debilitating side effects such as infertility, incontinence and impotence. For others, a normal PSA has also be misleading. In these cases, undetected prostate cancer has grown and spread to other parts of the body, sometimes resulting in death. Nevertheless, if caught early...Lupus and the role of Epstein-Barr virus
...at conducts and funds basic research on the health effects of exposure to environmental agents....Liver may be source of 'good' cholesterol
...roduction of HDL. Like all genes, ABCA1 exerts its effects through a protein that it manufactures. The ABCA1 .... They are also starting a project to compare the effects of the HDL produced in the liver with the HDL produced in the walls of blood vessels. "We will look ...About 70 percent of older adults use alternative medicine
...e 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 people are using and how often they are using them. "Alternative medicine pro...Two drugs combined more cost-effective safer for managing arthritis in high-risk patients
...recent controversy and confusion over serious side effects from pain medications, a new UCLA and Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System study demonstrates that for arthritis sufferers at high risk for gastrointestinal problems who traditionally may have used a drug like Vioxx, the most cost-e...Exercise may not be good enough to reduce mild hypertension in older people, Hopkins experts say
...lines' effectiveness and gender differences in the effects of exercise, with nearly an equal number of men and women enrolled. Moreover, its participants were not taking any drugs to reduce high blood pressure. For a six-month period, the Hopkins researchers analyzed blood pressure in 104 men and women a...Few women at risk for breast cancer willing to use drug to prevent the disease
...ety, reports that concerns over the drug's adverse effects were the primary reason for refusal. Tamoxifen, a... actual breast cancer risk. Concerns about adverse effects or low self-perceived breast cancer risk were significant reasons for not using tamoxifen. Women fro...Grandmothers' smoking linked to grandchildren's asthma decades later
...l Chest, the study suggests that tobacco's harmful effects on the lungs can be passed down through generation...ere is much more we need to know about the harmful effects of in utero exposure to tobacco products and demonstrate how important smoking cessation is for both...University of Kentucky physician publishes fibromyalgia study in Arthritis & Rheumatism journal
...tic migraine treatment. The two most common side effects reported by Lyrica-treated patients were mild-to-moderate dizziness and sleepiness, and tended to be dose-related. Few patients discontinued the trial due to these side effects. About 80 percent of patients from all treatment groups entered the ope...Chemical present in clear plastics can impair learning and cause disease
...ffect human hippocampal development, with longterm effects on children's learning ability. Also, when the ability to make estrogen is impaired, as in old age, exposure to BPA could adversely affect hippocampal function and contribute to agerelated neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, in wh...Evaluating virtual reality therapy for treating acute post traumatic stress disorder
...cern to the U.S. Department of Defense because its effects can be debilitating. It develops after very traumatic or life-threatening events and can cause flashbacks, sleep problems and nightmares, as well as feelings of isolation and guilt. James Spira of the Naval Medical Center San Diego will work with Ken...Rats with migraines provide Jefferson scientists insights to improved drug strategy
...s pathway in the brain is a model for studying the effects of migraine drugs. Dr. Oshinsky treated animals wi...ty of the neurons in the brain, he can monitor the effects of medication on the induced headache. He found that pretreating with DHE, and treating with DHE at ...'Nanoshells' simultaneously detect and destroy cancerous cells
...hat is commercializing the technology, with no ill effects found, according to Drezek. Drezek and West have successfully tested the separate imaging and therapy aspects of the nanoshells in animals and are now evaluating the combined imaging/therapy nanoshells in a mouse tumor model, which they expect to com...Tamoxifen can reduce breast pain in prostate cancer patients
...Breast enlargement and breast pain are common side effects of bicalutamide therapy, and can cause some patients to withdraw from treatment. Because early withdrawal from treatment may compromise outcome, effective management strategies for breast enlargement and breast pain are needed. Currently, the most co...University of Chicago receives grant to study connections between religious beliefs and health
...belief, like social support, could have beneficial effects on people's health, scholars contend. Because the...f social and environmental influences. Measurable effects of strong spirituality, regardless of religion, are improved physiological functioning, health and w...Heart valve ring reverses damage from congestive heart failure, easing symptoms
...egain lost heart function, reversing the disease's effects on heart structure in two ways and easing their disabling symptoms, researchers reported here today at the 85th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery. A prospective study of the first 25 patients who had surgery to install ...Bugs in the gut could help doctors develop individualised healthcare
...owing realisation that the gut microflora may have effects that cannot be predicted from the patients genome alone adds an extra layer of complexity to the way in which we carry out drug discovery. At the moment, when developing a new drug we take very little account of factors such as the microflora and thi...