Magnetic stimulation treatment for depression helping difficult-to-treat cases at UT Southwestern
...nd more treatment alternatives for depression. Our hope is that this will prove to be another option for people who suffer from this devastating disease." To be eligible for the study, individuals must be 18 to 70 years old, have been diagnosed with major depressive disorder that has failed to respond to...Hyperhidrosis and its treatment becoming better understood
...someone who is affected by this," he says. "I just hope people with this condition seek help, because of the emerging treatment options and high satisfaction rates that can be obtained, even in severe cases." The Food and Drug Administration approval of botulinum toxin type A (Botox) has provided an effec...Penn study shows liver receptor key to diet-dependent differences in blood lipid levels
...powerfully activate LXRs throughout the body." The hope is that these will decrease cholesterol without increasing triglycerides. One of the main questions facing the study of complex metabolic diseases is, if two people eat a high-fat diet, why does one person's cholesterol go up but the other's does no...Researchers prevent post-traumatic brain damage
... others," Faden said. Eventually, the researchers hope to use a drug of this type right after trauma, perhaps through an injection via the nasal passages--an idea Di Giovanni says the group is exploring....New methods offer alternatives for patients undergoing obesity surgery
... the surgery and recovery time is much faster. We hope to use this technology in the future to help bring promise to a larger population of obese patients." The Best Laparoscopic Bariatric Operation for Older Patients: Comparison of Outcome After the Band, Vertical Gastrectomy (VG), Roux-en-Y Gastric By...Statin use associated with reduced risk of pancreatic and esophageal cancers
...h confirmatory research still needs to be done, we hope this will encourage the medical community to further examine statins and their potential benefits in cancer prevention." Pancreatic cancer is considered one of the most deadly forms of cancer; an estimated 27,000 patients are diagnosed each year, wi...New breast shield reduces radiation to female breast during chest CT by up to 73%
...not anticipating significant image degradation. We hope to have the shield available for commercial use in the next several months," said Dr. Parker. Dr. Parker will present the full results of the study on May 16 during the American Roentgen Ray Society Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA. ...New therapy may give options to those with neuroendocrine tumors
...e pathway of action rather than three. Oncologists hope that the more mechanisms a drug uses to inactivate a cancer cell and keep it from doing its malignant work, the harder it is for a cell to escape the drug. Physicians enrolled 105 participants at eight sites. Patients took the drug as a pill once a d...New method of administering anti-cancer drug may be more effective, safer
...nd avoiding extreme highs and lows, Shea said. "We hope this novel delivery method will be safer, and we hope it will allow us to give more total drug, which will do a better job by killing more cancer cells." ...Studies on HRT for breast cancer patients can give false hopes
...ancer itself or because of therapy. HRT offers the hope of overcoming symptoms of the menopause such as hot flushes, mood swings and increased risk of developing osteoporosis. The link between HRT and breast cancer is controversial. The present study highlights the need for extreme caution and critical ju...Disease progression model of pancreatic cancer developed by Penn researchers
...ics disease progression in humans. From this, they hope to develop new treatments for this deadly disease....te and support invasive and metastatic disease, we hope to translate our findings into better therapies," states Hingorani. The study was funded in part b...Stanford bioethicists want stronger protections for women donating eggs for stem cell research
...esearch. By adopting these changes, Magnus and Cho hope that women donating much-needed eggs will make those donations with a clear understanding of the risks and benefits of their decision....Premature use of stem cell therapy could put patients at risk
...son's disease. But is this just hype, and how much hope should patients invest in this technology? These are some of the issues that will be discussed at a public debate in London next week. The lessons of premature application of gene therapy, the devastation caused by HIV transmission to people with hae...Allergies increase risk for corneal transplant rejection, UT Southwestern study shows
... the eye," Dr. Niederkorn said. "The results offer hope for improving the success of corneal transplants in patients with allergic eye diseases." UT Southwestern ophthalmology researchers involved in the study included Dr. Clay Beauregard, postdoctoral research fellow and lead author; Elizabeth Mayhew, re...Arthur Frommer tells America where to stop when they need to go
...ty of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center. "Our hope is that by combining use of effective medication with tools such as Where to Stop & Where to Go to better manage the condition, patients may be able to enjoy some of the things they may have been missing." Enablex is indicated for the treatment of O...Steroid-free regimen with CellCept found comparable to standard therapy in liver transplantation
...g new, low-toxicity regimens with CellCept that we hope will further improve patient outcomes." Roche recently initiated the Liver Spare the Nephron (STN) study, a prospective, open-label randomized trial to evaluate low toxicity regimens including CellCept. The study will take place in more than 35 tran...International medical journals amplify call for registration of drug trials
...ta elements remarkably like ours," said Laine. "We hope that by harmonizing WHO and ICMJE policies, we can move toward a meaningful registration process that is truly global."...Study finds drug works against scleroderma lung disease
...risks." Next, Dr. Tashkin and his co-investigators hope to study a combination of cyclophosphamide and another drug that will fight the effects of scleroderma's lung scarring. "We found favorable effects with cyclophosphamide, but we want to do better," he said.......l needs, end-of-life planning and decision making, hope and gratitude, and legacy. Other patients received what is called "usual care," and received mailings of standard support materials related to their disease, many of which could be found in their doctors offices. "We were able to improve depression s...Psychologist: Make culture part of the new collaborative science
...integrative work cannot tell the whole story -- or hope to create tailored, individualized interventions -- unless researchers pay heed to the broader cultural context of their work. A renowned expert on the psychology of aging, Ryff recently demonstrated that human well-being in the U.S. is directly link...