Advocates ask fashion industry to support braille clothing tags; talking Web site
...e labels on their garments. They will also request initial donations of clothing and accessories to stock the Web site store they plan to debut in fall 2009. The Fashion for Good Roundtable is sponsored by Alta Roma, the fashion association in Rome. The biannual roundtable, formed in 2002, brings together...Split the difference: Pill-splitting study looks at cost-saving step that could be used by millions
...n. Two hundred eligible patients completed the initial survey regarding their perception on pill splitting, Of them, 111 patients agreed to participate in a 6-month trial of pill splitting in which half were randomized to receive a financial incentive of 50 percent reduction in their co-payment per refil...Low doses of ecstasy associated with decline in verbal memory
...e likely to try it soon. Within three years of the initial evaluations, which took place between April 2002 a...m immediately and again 20 minutes later. At the initial examination, there were no statistically significant differences in any of the neuropsychological te...Blocking stress protein decreases Alzheimer's peptide in mice
...t of Neurology. "But we didn't know based on those initial experiments if it was a chronic effect or a much more immediate effect. If it was more immediate, we thought we might be able to identify some of the brain molecules involved in increasing the levels." Lead author Jea-Eun Kang, a graduate student in ...Adding radioimmunotherapy to chemo may help patients with lymphoma
... 16 patients who had a positive PET scan after the initial chemotherapy phase of treatment relapsed. Of the 34 patients whose early PET scans were negative, none have relapsed to-date. We were surprised to find that PET was a useful tool in determining those patients who were at highest risk for their dis...Exploring better ways to determine when to change the course of treatment
....5 mL of blood) was defined as "unfavorable" in an initial analysis. Patients with fewer than 3 CTC were considered favorable. Before initiation of the first treatment (baseline), 53 percent of patients had no detectable CTC. These patients had superior median survival times compared with those patients ...GSK's Pazopanib shows positive results in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma
...have advanced or metastatic disease at the time of initial presentation. RCC is generally resistant to standard chemotherapy, and immunotherapeutic regimens using recombinant human interleukin-2 (IL-2) and recombinant human interferon -2b (IFN-), either alone or in combination, have been widely used i...GSK's Pazopanib shows positive results in patients with advanced RCC and ovarian cancer
...have advanced or metastatic disease at the time of initial presentation. RCC is generally resistant to s...n cancer will have advanced disease at the time of initial diagnosis. Typically, these patients are managed with surgery followed by combination chemotherapy. ...OHSU Cancer Institute shows findings of immunotherapy vaccine in prostate cancer patients
..., which occurred an average of 21 months following initial treatment with the immune stimulating agent. Following a booster infusion of sipuleucel-T, patients demonstrated an immune response approximately 10- to 100-fold higher than measured in placebo arm patients. Sipuleucel-T is manufactured by Dendreo...Adding medication improves recovery for elderly with depression, says Pitt School of Medicine study
...s over the age of 70 who either did not respond to initial treatment with the antidepressant paroxetine and i...al psychotherapy, or to those who responded to the initial treatment but quickly relapsed, caused the likelihood of recovery to rise from 40 percent to 60 perc...GlaxoSmithKline honors cancer research pioneer Gianni Bonadonna with new ASCO Award and Fellowship
...od of time (30 years). Without Gianni Bonadonnas initial work in demonstrating the activity of chemotherapy, we would not be where we are today in terms of the management and the cure of breast cancer, said Gabriel Hortobagyi, president of ASCO. Bonadonnas legacy is one of focus, persistence, passion, inn...Journal Sleep: Advanced cancer patients have less quality sleep
...uld be of clinical importance, since in cancer, an initial sign of a symptom may hint the underlying cause of that symptom and, thus, indicating the need of a more effective symptom management," said Mystakidou. "Poor sleep quality must be taken into account when treating cancer patients. Clinicians must a...Susan G. Komen for the Cure and American Society of Clinical Oncology partner in national initiative
... deaths every year. The funding builds on Komens initial investment in ASCOs National Initiative on Cancer Care Quality (NICCQ) study, a five-year study that analyzed the care and treatment of people with cancer in the United States. The study results, released in 2005, served as a catalyst establishing be...Men worry more about penile size than women, says 60-year-old research review
...o consider a number of treatment approaches. The initial approach should be a thorough urological, psychosexual, psychological and psychiatric assessment, possibly with more than one clinician involved say the authors. Conservative approaches to therapy, based on education and self-awareness, as well as ...New biodegradable magnesium stents for coronary arteries
... of permanent metallic implants." They add: "The initial patients treated with these devices will need to be followed up closely and for a long time. Whether bioabsorbable stents signal the threshold of a new era for percutaneous coronary intervention is yet to unfold."...Scripps Research awarded $17 million for adult stem cell use to treat eye diseases
...eatment with these stem cells. Up Next While initial results have been promising, much work remains to be done before the adult stem cell therapy is ready to test in humans-and thats where the new NEI grant comes in. One critical detail the team will be working out is the development of procedures f...Huge waves from 1 storm slam coasts some 6000 km apart
...reach at least two times the mean average of their initial wave height. For instance, a 5-metre significant wave height system can hit the coast with the height of 10 metres. Today, the ASAR Wave Mode acquires 10 by 5 km small images, or 'imagettes', of the sea surface every 100 km along the satellite orb...Researchers use MRI to predict recovery after spinal cord injury
...or 44 percent of these injuries in the U.S. An initial MRI examination is typically performed on patients with SCI to determine the degree of neurological damage, as well as a possible prognosis. MRI findings may include cord hemorrhage, swelling, soft tissue and ligament injury, blood clots or herniated...Policy changes have direct effect on nursing home care
...journal "Health Services Research." The study's initial objective was to examine the relationship between Medicaid reimbursement rates, which many states have reduced under their cost-containment efforts, and nurse staffing levels in US nursing homes, according to Charlene Harrington, PhD, RN, UCSF profes......tor Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. "If the success of this initial study is confirmed through further laboratory and clinical trials, human monoclonal antibodies could prove to be valuable therapeutic and prophylactic public health interventions for pandemic influenza." The research, to be published May 29 in PLoS...