Asthma patients' immune systems respond differently with allergies
... these forms of allergy, with the same symptoms of frequent sneezing, itchy eyes, runny nose and nasal stuffiness. In people with and without asthma, the body's response to allergens is based in the leukocytes, or white blood cells, that rush to defend the body against foreign agents. The leukocytes produce ...Top anti-arthritis drugs cause skin disease
...atologist during the same period of time. The most frequent conditions that patients on therapy suffered from were: skin infections - 33 infections were recorded; eczema, which was diagnosed 20 times; and drug eruptions, which occurred mainly at the beginning of the treatment and were important enough for 7 p...Bone SPECT superior to FDG PET for detecting bone metastases in breast cancer
...cancer have bone metastases. Bone is also the most frequent recurrence site after treatment for primary breast cancer," said Takayoshi Uematsu, MD, lead author of the study. Figuring out which imaging method is the best for a particular disease is crucial in patient treatment, say the study authors. "Early di...Insomnia, falls in elderly linked
...es trouble falling asleep, trouble staying asleep, frequent night-time waking and early waking, affects more than 40 percent of adults over age 50 and half of adults over age 70, compared to 30 percent of adults in their 40s, and less than 20 percent of teens and young adults. About one in every five adults o...Study shows symptom-driven therapy may be ok for some adults with mild persistent asthma
... addition, they do not apply to patients with more frequent symptoms or more severe asthma. The results are published in the April 14 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. "This study provides evidence of another possible way to treat adults with long-standing mild persistent asthma," stated Elizabeth...Public leadership in neurology award honors Leeza Gibbons for Alzheimer's awareness efforts
... dementia on her daily talk show, Gibbons become a frequent and respected speaker about the topic on radio and television. In 2002 Gibbons formed the nonprofit Memory Foundation. The foundation's signature program is Leeza's Place, a series of community-based locations that offer comfort, education, and care ...Drug can reduce bodyweight and cardiovascular risk factors in obese people
...rrhoea, headache, dizziness, and anxiety were more frequent in the rimonabant 20mg group than in other groups. Serious adverse events did not occur more frequently in patients treated with the drug than in those on placebo. Professor Van Gaal concludes: "In this study, treatment with rimonabant over 1 year le...Bright arctic light can lead to migraine
...percent) of those with migraine with aura had more frequent attacks during the light season, compared to 17 percent of those without aura. "This supports the theory that, in people with migraine, the neurons in the occipital lobe of the brain, which is the part that is the primary site for vision, are hyperex...Trusts perform better on chemical incidents but protective suits and tents still imperfect
... each other even when shouting there were frequent battery failures the suits had inadequate flexibility at the knees, shoulders and elbows when lifting some suits leaked in the foot area At both hospitals, the process of assembling the shelter took approximately four minutes but ...Report reveals need to improve physical health of people with schizophrenia
...e with schizophrenia should start with regular and frequent weight monitoring and address exercise, and lifestyle advice. Switching of antipsychotic medication to one with less-tendency for weight gain and the use of specific anti-obesity drugs could also help combat obesity in patients. However, in Glasgow m...OHSU study finds ginkgo beneficial for MS symptoms
...sease relapsing-remitting MS is characterized by frequent symptom flare-ups. Ginkgo "is not only given to someone like me with MS. There's benefit to anyone taking it." Findings by scientists in the Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine's Department of Neurology and the OHSU MS Center of Ore...Medical-errors gap widens between best and worst hospitals: Healthgrades study
...atients at the bottom 10% hospitals. Important and frequent contributors to this notable difference were significantly lower rates of hospital-acquired infections and post-operative metabolic derangements. If the bottom 10% hospitals improved only their hospital-acquired infection rates to the level of top ...Routine procedure during childbirth provides no benefits, study review finds
...ackage." Other aspects of that "package," such as frequent use of general anesthesia and routine use of forceps during delivery, have since fallen out of favor due to advances in scientific understanding. However, Thorp said, many clinicians in practice today, who were trained to perform routine episiotomies...Drug safety in the doctor's office: Nearly half of patients have lapses in monitoring
...tests to monitor drug side effects. Annual or more frequent lab testing is recommended in patients who use certain medications on an ongoing basis so that drug complications can be avoided. However, these tests to monitor the safety of chronic medications are not performed as frequently as they should be. Pri...A candidate biomarker to improve treatment of lupus patients
...of SLE patients who have more severe disease, with frequent kidney involvement, and more active disease, as measured by complement activation, suggesting that determination of IFIG expression may prove a useful approach to selection of patients for clinical studies," states Dr. Kirou. "Our next challenge will...Obese workers' pay lower due to health costs, Stanford study finds
...that obese workers may be getting smaller and less frequent raises. Aside from providing insight into the costs of obesity among workers, the study provides perhaps the strongest evidence to date that the costs of employer-sponsored health insurance are, in fact, passed on to workers through lower wages. By i...PENN researchers use robotic surgery
... with cancer of the mouth and throat, surgery is a frequent course of treatment, often leading to speech and swallowing dysfunction and external scarring. Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine's Department of Otorhinolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, have completed two studies t...Mayo Clinic researchers report on effectiveness of treatments for hot flashes
...women with varying frequency and severity, causing frequent sleep interruptions that can affect a woman's mood or overall health. Certain surgical or medical treatments for cancer can cause menopause to begin earlier and more suddenly than it would normally occur; so, many women undergoing treatment for cance...An alternative to prevent UC-associated colon cancer
...ent standard of care in colon cancer prevention is frequent colonoscopic surveillance and random biopsies ever... cost, chemotherapy may be the best alternative to frequent colonoscopy in patients with ulcerative colitis." In addition to Rubenstein and Higgins, the study w...Study concludes primary IGF-1 deficiency is a frequent cause of short stature
...th factor-1 (IGF-1) deficiency (Primary IGFD) is a frequent cause of short stature among patients currently cl...ormone deficient Primary IGFD was approximately as frequent as growth hormone deficiency itself. This relative prevalence suggests that approximately 30,000 chi...