Implanted medical device aims to lower blood pressure
...se II clinical research trial to be conducted by a limited number of medical centers in the United States. Called the Rheos Trial, it is funded by CVRx Inc. of Minneapolis. Karl A. Illig, M.D., chief of the Division of Vascular Surgery, is principal investigator for the Rochester trial site. Cardiologist Joh...Autistic children's abnormal metabolic profile findings
...haracterized by impairment in social interactions, limited language acquisition, repetitive behaviors, and restricted interests. Usually diagnosed before the age of three, the disorder appears to have increased tenfold over the last 15 years, now affecting more than 30 of every 10,000 children in the United ...Study shows light therapy to effectively treat mood disorders, including SAD
...sonal affective disorder. These study groups were limited to adults ages 18 to 65 years who met a criterion-based mood disorder diagnosis. The meta-analysis demonstrated statistically significant treatment effects for SAD, dawn simulation for SAD and bright light treatment of non-seasonal depression, the r...Bone SPECT superior to FDG PET for detecting bone metastases in breast cancer
...d an accuracy of 85%. They also found that PET was limited in its ability to reveal certain types of cancer lesions. "Bone is the most common site of breast cancer metastasis. Up to 90% of patients dying with distant breast cancer have bone metastases. Bone is also the most frequent recurrence site after tre...Depression overtakes back pain for incapacity benefit claims
... managed almost entirely in primary care, but with limited capacity for psychological therapies, waiting times are often long. The United Kingdom also has very poor provision of occupational physicians (one specialist for every 43,000 workers) compared with the rest of Europe. Both employers and patients re...Clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer's may be delayed, says major clinical trial
... delay in progressing to Alzheimer's disease had a limited effect in this case, it comes at an early stage of memory loss, a critically important time for patients and families hoping that the disease can be held at bay," says Neil Buckholtz, Ph.D., chief of the Dementias of Aging Branch at the NIA. As part ...Delay in Alzheimer's disease onset seen for first time
... a drug appears to have a slowing effect -- though limited -- on the progression from mild cognitive impairment to Alzheimer's disease. The findings will be published online in the New England Journal of Medicine on April 14. "Our findings represent an important shift in the field of Alzheimer's disease tre...Stanford gut check shows diversity of intestinal ecosystem
...nities." In contrast, the investigators found very limited diversity within the archaea, microbes that look a... Relman emphasized that the study looked at only a limited number of individuals and examined only one genetic feature of the microbes, so there are many studi...Special physical therapy technique successful for chronic back pain
...r treatments for severe and chronic back pain have limited or no benefit, and the pain rarely goes away on its own," said neurologist Conrado Estol, MD, PhD, of the Neurologic Center for Treatment and Rehabilitation in Buenos Aires, Argentina. "This method is easy for physical therapists to incorporate into ...Alcohol magnifies the rewarding effects of smoking, even for light smokers
...or involved in alcohol/smoking behaviors, there is limited research on alcohol's effects on smoking urge . Research published in the April issue of Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research has found that alcohol can cause a dose-dependent increase in smoking urge, even among light smokers. "Data from...Easing the anxiety of pregnancy after miscarriage
...rything is fine." Since these findings were limited by the study's snapshot" design -- measuring anxiety at one point in the pregnancy -- Ct-Arsenault is following 82 women with a prior loss throughout their current pregnancies. The women are keeping pregnancy calendars to record their emotional ups a...Alternate view for pathology of AD
...alternate view of protein aggregation in AD is not limited to NFTs. Lee, Smith and colleagues also believe that amyloid-beta, another aggregated protein found in AD, could play a key role in protecting neurons and, like NFTs, be an antioxidant. And they are not alone. Recently, it was reported by another ...Annals of Internal Medicine, tip sheet, April 19, 2005
...ticle, p. 601). An editorialist finds the analysis limited because it fails to consider factors such as social panic, disintegration of the medical infrastructure, evacuation and decontamination costs, and the current federal decision to stockpile only 75 million doses of anthrax vaccine nationwide (Editoria...Clinical trial of gefitinib for advanced lung cancer closes early
... growth of cancer cells. Based on a review of the limited data available from the Phase III clinical trial, the Data Monitoring Committee overseeing the trial (known as S0023*) recommended the closure, as the trial would not meet its primary endpoint of improved survival. Detailed results from the study wi...Alcohol-impaired driving on the increase, study shows
...n efforts in the United States are likely to be of limited success unless they are couple with efforts to also reduce the prevalence of binge drinking." They also warn that their approach probably underestimates the magnitude of the problem. Many survey subjects, even though their identity remains confident...Electroshock therapy speeds improvement in schizophrenia patients
...ion group," reviewers found. They also found "very limited data" suggesting that people treated with ECT are less likely to relapse. Further, one trial indicated that the combination of ECT and antipsychotics offered significant advantages that were maintained beyond the short term. Several trials assessed...Pregnant women with epilepsy face dilemma
...ype and syndromes. However, the guidelines offered limited help for physicians in how to council patients con... working towards a world where no persons' life is limited by Epilepsy. Its mission is to provide the highest quality of care and well-being for those afflicte...'Virtual colonoscopy' effective in finding most polyps but may miss small ones
...ccording to a new review of studies. The review -- limited to comparing the traditional procedure to use of computer tomography as a method -- also finds that despite seeming advantage for the person being screened, there is no evidence that availability of the CT scan results in more screenings being done. ...High levels of immunosuppressant may lead to tumor recurrence
...strict selection criteria of patients with HCC has limited their access to transplants, yet the role of immunosuprressants in tumor growth has not been well established. In a previous study, the authors demonstrated a close relationship between the amount of cyclosporine and tumor recurrence in liver transpl...New grants to Georgetown to help build national cancer biomedical informatics grid
...ently, researchers work on projects that are often limited to a single institution or, in the case of testing therapies, may extend to several other centers. When they have finished, they publish the findings a process that can lag for months or even years. While they wait for publication, their findings m...