Drugs for Parkinson's disease may ease stroke-related disability
...esses dopamine, the neurotransmitter that drops to low levels in Parkinson's patients. Scientists plan further study of how other types of neglect may be connected to damage to different brain areas. As an example, Sapir notes that when clinicians give recovering stroke patients a simple drawing to cop...Chance of hysterectomy predicted by multi-year study
... while trying other options first and women with a low likelihood of hysterectomy can explore other options with more confidence of their success, Learman said. The study found three independent predictors of a patient's chance of having a hysterectomy: a combination of symptoms, such as pelvic pain an...New drug shows promise for treating epileptic seizures
... patients. The occurrence of side effects was also low compared to other current treatment methods. No age- or gender-related differences were found in the effectiveness of the treatment. "Our study shows that ESL was safe and well tolerated," says Patrcio Soares-da-Silva, co-author of the study. "We b...A new, nanoporous ceramic filter offers hope to kidney-dialysis patients
...is your chronic companion. You may also experience low blood pressure, difficulty eating, muscle cramps and weight loss. And your arms and legs may be marked by numerous "port" sites from which your blood has been drawn. All this you endure, for without dialysis to clean the toxins from your blood as y...Patient adherence for successful tuberculosis treatment
...ever, this efficacy is called into question by the low adherence of patients to treatment, particularly in the most deprived areas, which are often indeed the worst hit by the disease. In spite of the WHO recommendation to administrate the treatment under the direct supervision of health care personnel w...First step in developing heart hormone-based pill to control high blood pressure
...romoting dilation of blood vessels without causing low blood pressure. However, CNP had no effect on increasing kidney filtration. But another peptide, called D-type natriuretic peptide (DNP), did. The Mayo Clinic solution was to synthesize a hybrid between CNP and DNP that preserved DNPs capacity to pro...Disease management programs improve long-term outcomes
... life in not only heart failure patients, but also low risk patients. In the end, we found education to be just as important as drug therapy, or perhaps more improtant. Dr. Bocchi will present this study on Tuesday, March 27, at 12:15 p.m. in Hall A. The Coordinating Study Evaluating Outcomes o...EVEREST data on use of tolvaptan published in JAMA and featured at ACC
...ebo patients. The incidence of kidney failure and low blood pressure were comparable in the two groups. Tolvaptan-treated patients showed no differences from placebo-treated patients with regards to heart rate and blood pressure. In addition, tolvaptan demonstrated no deleterious effects on renal func...Few surgeons routinely refer breast cancer patients for reconstruction, U-M study finds
.... The finding may help explain the consistently low number of women who pursue breast reconstruction a...ure. In the current study, the surgeons attributed low rates of reconstruction to patients not wanting the procedure: 57 percent of surgeons said it was no...Light-based probe 'sees' early cancers in first tests on human tissue
...known as "fa/LCI" (frequency-domain angle-resolved low coherence interferometry), might ultimately enable doctors and their patients to avoid removal of tissue for biopsy, Wax said. In other instances, he added, fa/LCI could help physicians pinpoint suspicious cells during a traditional biopsy procedure,...Long-term aspirin use associated with reduced risk of dying in women
Women who take low to moderate doses of aspirin have a reduced risk o...l of 45,305 women did not use aspirin; 29,132 took low to moderate doses (one to 14 standard 325-milligram tablets of aspirin per week); and 5,002 took mor...Nanoparticles can track cells deep within living organisms
...the lack of interference means we can measure very low amounts of the labeled cells and closely estimate their number by the brightness of the image." The researchers believe that nanoparticle-labeled adult stem cells could be used to evaluate tumors. Under an MRI scan, the presence of the labeled cel...Drug does not reduce risk of death for heart attack patients with refractory shock
...classification. For these shock patients with very low blood pressure, there was a greater early rise in blood pressure in those treated with tilarginine, but resolution and duration of shock were similar. "Tilarginine, at the dose and duration studied, had no effect on mortality in patients with MI c...Drug/intervention combinations offer benefit in severe CVD
...le for a patient to experience excessively high or low blood pressure control during this time would improve clinical outcomes. The ECLIPSE trial (Evaluation of CLevidipine In the Postoperative Treatment of Hypertension Assessing Safety Events), was designed to compare the safety of clevidipine to two st...Low-tech operation could dramatically reduce maternal deaths
...one of the most common causes of maternal death in low income countries is obstructed labor. The availability of relatively low-tech symphysiotomies, says the author, would help to address this dire situation....Loperamide therapy for acute diarrhea in children
...tuations the risks outweighs the benefits, even at low doses. In other children the drug may play a usefu...ir blood and their babies are less likely to be of low birth weight. Citation: Gamble C, Ekwaru PJ, Garner P, ter Kuile FO (2007) Insecticide-treated net...Most first-time offenders for driving while intoxicated need help for more than just alcohol
...tric diagnoses, but they are not sure how and have low confidence in their ability to change, which is reflected in their poorer outcomes." For those with other substance disorders, Larimer added, "results suggest the need to extend the aftercare components of treatment," she said. "Perhaps clinician...Crestor effective at halting early atherosclerosis
... supply blood to the brain, and were considered at low risk for having a heart attack or dying from a hea... study to evaluate Crestor in a group of people at low risk for heart attacks. "Atherosclerosis is often advanced before symptoms appear and it hasn't be...Sutent achieves first line EAU approval for kidney cancer
...evere adverse events (grade 3 and 4)was relatively low in both groups (sunitinib malate vs. IFNα).2 In addition to its full authorization for the treatment of mRCC in the EU, sunitinib malateis indicated for the treatment of unresectable and/or metastatic malignantgastrointestinal stromal tumors (GI......arveau to explore the significance of the constant low level of inflammation present in the healthy periodontium induced by commensual organisms. In 2000, Dr. Darveau was appointed as an Interim Program Officer at the NIHs National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, to assist the Institute ...