New study reveals postcode lottery for rheumatoid arthritis treatment
...erent financial limits. Waiting lists were also a means of controlling access to treatment, with some patients waiting as long as 156 weeks." For PsA, for which anti-TNF therapy received NICE approval in June 2006 after the survey had been completed, and AS, for which NICE is expected to issue guidance ...Tipsheet: Focus on gait training, pain relief, pressure ulcers and hearing aid training
...uring walking, pg. 509 We developed a noncontact means of measuring position of the residual-limb surface relative to the distal prosthetic socket during walking in a transtibial amputee so the amount of slip, or pistoning, between a limb and socket with different suspension systems for different activit...Daily weighing and quick action keeps pounds off
... information to change your behavior, whether that means eating less or walking more. Paying attention to weight and taking quick action if it creeps up seems to be the secret to success." "We know that losing weight and keeping weight off is very tough for many people," said Robert J. Kuczmarski, Dr. P....New evidence finds an association between periodontal disease and stroke
...to support periodontal treatment intervention as a means of controlling systemic inflammation. Based on findings from another study in this JOP issue, CRP levels may now be reduced by periodontal treatment such as scaling and root planing in patients with severe periodontal disease. "Studies evaluating add...Study of NYC transit system noise levels finds daily rides can result in hearing loss
...for a gunblast. The logarithmic nature of decibels means that every 10 dBA equals a 10 fold increase in intensity. Thus a 90 dBA sound is 10 times as intense as an 80 dBA sound. "Several factors have the potential to contribute to hearing loss, including years of ridership, frequency of ridership, and ...Exercise helps breast cancer patients avoid anemia
...ed circulating red blood cells and hemoglobin, the means of oxygen transport in the body. Studies have shown that physical rehabilitation following the completion of therapy effectively resolves the fatigue and anemia. However, to date there have been no studies investigating the effect of exercise on re...New technology to speed up research into Huntington's disease
...eveloped by Cambridge scientists provides a simple means of assessing cognition, in a way that requires min...ching its nose to the touch-sensitive screen. This means that the HD mice can complete the task, despite motor problems. Other benefits are that it is les...Drug prevents postpartum hemorrhage in resource poor settings
...ostol provides a safe, convenient, and inexpensive means to prevent postpartum hemorrhage, a major killer o...men misoprostol after birth is a safe, inexpensive means to prevent postpartum hemorrhage from occurring," said NIH Director Dr. Elias A. Zerhouni. "This ad...Blood cells linked to heart attacks, other inflammatory diseases
...niversity of Utah and University of South Carolina means scientists may be able to develop drugs to prevent or lessen the severity of inflammatory diseases, such as atherosclerosis and heart attack. Discovery of the signaling mechanism will be invaluable in sorting out the roles Cox-2 plays in those diseas......whether they were drinking real or fake tea. This means that any differences were due to the biological ingredients of tea, and not to the relaxing situations in which people might drink tea, whether they were familiar with the taste and liked it, and so on. "We do not know what ingredients of tea were ...New prostate cancer marker helps identify men whose cancer is likely to spread
...creased risk of developing metastatic cancer. This means two things: that these men could benefit from more aggressive treatment such as radiotherapy or chemotherapy around the time of surgery when they still have potentially curable cancer; and that patients with a low risk of developing metastatic diseas...Technique to arrest urinary incontinence
...jection of myoblasts (adult stem cells obtained by means of a biopsy of the patient). The trials will be undertaken with 15 women with urinary incontinence. The project is to recruit the sufferers over a six-month period and to carry out the project jointly between the Cellular Therapy Area and the Departm...$83.5 million NIH grant to Pitt establishes Clinical and Translational Research Institute
...be more readily available to patients. The award means that Pitt will receive a total of $83.5 million over five years to establish the Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI), which will foster the development of clinical and translational research as a distinct field and promote the applica...Three molecular triggers threaten leukemia patients
...on't work. "AML is more complicated, with multiple means of activation," Kornblau says. The research team looked at activation of three components, one from each pathway, in the leukemic blasts found in newly diagnosed patients. Activation of each component - PKCa, pERK2 and pAKT - had an adverse effect...Researchers estimate significant fatty liver disease in children
...chwimmer said an autopsy study design was the only means the group had to assess NAFLD in the general population. The group chose to study autopsy reports in San Diego County because of its size as the fourth largest county in the United States and its significant racial and ethnic diversity. The racial an...How low should we go? Researchers find no clear evidence for ultra-low cholesterol targets
...ipoprotein for some high-risk people -- even if it means they had to take multiple medications to get there. Not so fast, says a team of researchers from the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System and the University of Michigan Health System in a new paper in the October Annals of Internal Medicine. After per...Drug used for advanced cancer could cause exposed bone in jaw
...ven successful for osteonecrosis of the jaw, which means for now the focus is on prevention or alleviating symptoms once it develops. We do not know how to predict who will develop ONJ or who is most at risk," says Van Poznak, a breast oncologist at the U-M Comprehensive Cancer Center who treats patients w...New studies in the journal Sleep focus on helping children, women sleep better
...nowing that behavioral treatments are an effective means for resolving a child's bedtime problems and night wakings. The study, conducted by Jodi A. Mindell, PhD, of St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia, is based on a review of 52 treatment studies, participated by 2,500 infants and toddlers, by a tas...Rochester study shows ethnic disparities in medicare claims
...ties. Insurance claims may represent a less biased means for national tracking of ethnic disparities. And perhaps most importantly, the study helps to shed light on vexing questions such as why black women are dying from breast cancer in higher numbers than white women, despite national data suggesting...Hold the Hookah: Researcher warns against trendy tobacco use
...stance of the water pathway," Loffredo said. "That means the tobacco smoke can be penetrating deeper in a person's respiratory tract than cigarette smoke does. The damage could be even worse than seen in cigarette smokers, but we haven't done studies long enough to quantify the true cancer risk." Even so...