Nonhormonal drug reduces hot flashes in men treated for prostate cancer
...y) tablet of gabapentin, a third group received an escalating dose of gabapentin that reached 600 mg/d, and the fourth groups dose reached 900 mg/d. The study was blinded: physicians and patients did not know which pills contained the active agent. Using a scale from 1 to 4, patients recorded the daily numbe...Once-fatal metabolic disorders treatable, says Stanford/Packard researcher
...h occurs in the liver, but the result is the same: escalating levels of blood nitrogen cause irreversible brain damage, coma and death. If a diagnosis is made quickly enough, dialysis can help to cleanse the blood of excess nitrogen during an episode and prevent brain damage. Traditional treatments included...Investigational nonstimulant Guanfacine XR significantly improved child, adolescent ADHD symptoms
...t three weeks, patients started at 1 mg with doses escalating in once-weekly 1 mg increments to achieve their randomized dose at week three. Then, participants maintained their assigned dose for three weeks, followed by three weeks of decreased dosing, so that all participants were taking 1 mg doses during wee...Costs of treating arthritis on the rise nationwide, study finds
...rformed in response to a growing concern about the escalating costs of arthritis care as the U.S. population ages, according to Ed Yelin, PhD, a professor of rheumatology in the UCSF School of Medicine and lead author of the study. "Arthritis can be a highly debilitating disease that, as this study shows, pre...Chance of hysterectomy predicted by multi-year study
...s with a combination of these predictors showed an escalating risk of hysterectomy with each additional risk factor. This study was the first part of an ongoing UCSF research project on hysterectomies, called the Study of Pelvic Problems, Hysterectomy and Intervention Alternatives, or SOPHIA. The project is t...Cost control measures limit patient and physician choice in psychotropic medications
...sts that private health plans increasingly rely on escalating copayments to manage drug costs, as opposed to administrative controls. This makes treatment more expensive in many cases for patients, and may affect adherence to treatment, said lead author Dominic Hodgkin, associate professor at the Schneider Inst...'Moral clarity' espoused in debate over health-care reform
...policies can and must follow," says Robison. The escalating costs of health care force companies to cut benefits and transfer costs to employees to remain profitable or, paradoxically, to move abroad to countries with a national health care system--all decisions that compromise individuals' and the nation's e...Drug prescribed for migraines and seizures increases risk of kidney stones
... largely unknown previously. "The wide-spread and escalating use of topiramate emphasizes the importance of considering the long-term impact of this drug on kidney-stone formation," said Dr. Khashayar Sakhaee, senior author of the study and chief of mineral metabolism at UT Southwestern. More than 29 million...Study calls for 39 percent more family physicians
...ase in the number of family physicians to meet the escalating health care needs of the American people. The study was conducted by consultants from the University of Utah School of Medicine and the Utah Medical Education Council. The report, titled "Family Physician Workforce Reform: Recommendations of the A...Identifying risk for obesity in early childhood
...e. Nader stated that if parents can prevent the escalating rate of weight gain as the child grows taller, parents will be able to keep the child in the lower normal BMI ranges, which will greatly decrease the chances of becoming obese in adolescence and possibly later in life. "Parents should demand that ...Alzheimer's medication shows promise in treating nerve agent and pesticide poisoning
...urther terrorist attacks with nerve agents and the escalating use of organophosphorus insecticides underscore the urgent need to develop effective and safe antidotes against poisoning with these compounds." The study found that galantamine, a drug originally extracted from snowdrop flowers currently approve...Israel/Lebanon conflict should not overshadow crisis in Gaza
...ation in Gaza as they turn their attentions to the escalating conflict between Israel and the militant group Hizbollah, states an Editorial in this week's issue of The Lancet. In February, 2006, the situation in Gaza deteriorated rapidly when major international donors cut direct aid in protest at the newly e...Hopkins scientists show hallucinogen in mushrooms creates universal 'mystical' experience
...onditions, it's not hard to imagine those emotions escalating to panic and dangerous behavior." The researchers' message isn't just that psilocybin can produce mystical experiences. "I had a healthy skepticism going into this," says Griffiths, "and that finding alone was a surprise." But, as important, he say...Higher levels of obesity associated with greater health risks
...ve important clinical and policy implications. The escalating prevalence of extreme obesity may exacerbate the health effects and health-related expenditures resulting from the U.S. obesity epidemic. Calculating the weight-related risks of morbidity and mortality based on findings in earlier population samples,...Study reveals high rate of diabetes in rural India
... pre-diabetes. Prior studies have highlighted the escalating problem of diabetes in urban India however, high quality information about health in rural areas is scarce. While the villages enrolled in this study are more developed than many rural regions, these results clearly indicate the new health problems t...Mayo Clinic studies find association between acid reflux and esophageal cancer
...heir disease course, to ultimately prevent it from escalating into esophageal cancer."...HHS report indicates two thirds of ICU patients receive suboptimal care
...id growth in our nation's aging population and the escalating demand for critical care services. Because intensivists are more likely to provide care in large hospitals, the shortage is likely to be worse in areas or for populations that already have limited access to physicians....Best settings for biphasic automated defibrillators investigated
... 2006 in San Francisco investigated both fixed and escalating biphasic energy regimes for out-of-hospital cardia...ls of 150-150-150 joules (FIXED) and 107 receiving escalating levels of 200-300-360 joules (ESC). The energy being delivered was unknown to the firefighters. Th...Tanning ads commonly seen in high school newspapers
...f the advertisements featured these options. "The escalating cost of treating skin cancers mandates a public health policy response," the authors conclude. "The banning of youth-directed advertising of other carcinogens, namely tobacco, provides a model for public policy response. Further advocacy of legisla...Nation sees downward trend in primary care: Press Briefing Teleconference
...r practices open at a time when practice costs are escalating and excessive paperwork requirements take time away from patients. This decline is the result of the current dysfunctional payment system for physicians' services. According to the ACP, primary care medicine is the backbone of the health care syste...