New recommendation encourages more activist approach to lung cancer screening
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... corticosteroids to reduce airway inflammation and minimize risk of severe asthma attacks and airway scarring that might permanently reduce lung capacity. But the year-long controlled study shows that adult asthma sufferers fare about as well whether they take a steroid drug every day or only during asthma at...Pessimism and depression increase dementia risk
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...l hopefully slow the development of resistance and minimize transmission of resistant parasites. In this month's premier open-access journal PLoS Medicine Colin Sutherland and colleagues from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine report the results of a randomized, controlled trial of 497 child...Giving children access to drug clinical trials is crucial, clofarabine approval shows
...The drug was developed to improve the efficacy and minimize the toxicity of two similar drugs, cladribine and fludarabine. The other author of this paper is Peter Kirkpatrick (Nature Reviews/Drug Discovery)....UCLA researchers find common gastrointestinal condition keeps patients up at night
...recurring. In addition, lifestyle changes that can minimize GERD symptoms include avoiding fatty foods, caffeine, onions, chocolate and alcohol. Losing weight may also help alleviate GERD symptoms. 5 About Digestive Disease Week Digestive Disease Week (DDW) is the largest international gathering of physi...Group-based education improves diabetes self-management, studies find
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... Prescribing should be consistent with the need to minimize the risk of tardive dyskinesia. A rare condition referred to as neuroleptic malignant syndrome has been reported with this class of medications, including SEROQUEL. Hyperglycemia, in some cases extreme and associated with ketoacidosis, hyperosmolar c...Scientists observe infectious prion proteins invade and move within brain cells
...nd TSE diseases and may lead to ways to prevent or minimize their effects. TSE, or prion, diseases include scrapie in sheep and goats; chronic wasting disease in deer and elk; mad cow disease in cattle; and Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease in humans. Under the direction of Byron Caughey, Ph.D., at the Rocky Mountain...Data further examines Seroquel (quetiapine fumarate) treatment for bipolar depression
... Prescribing should be consistent with the need to minimize the risk of tardive dyskinesia. A rare condition referred to as neuroleptic malignant syndrome has been reported with this class of medications, including SEROQUEL. Hyperglycemia, in some cases extreme and associated with ketoacidosis, hyperosmolar c...New data show the efficacy of EQUETRO in patients with Bipolar I Disorder
... therapy at the lowest possible effective dose can minimize adverse events. Aplastic anemia and agranulocytosis have been reported in association with the use of carbamazepine. Reports of transient or persistent decreased platelet or white blood cell count are not uncommon in association with the use of car...Personalized immunosuppression with leading organ transplant therapy may optimize patient care
...ly turn to next-generation treatment regimens that minimize the use of kidney toxic drugs such as calcineurin... study to evaluate TDM strategies. The goal is to minimize toxicity and maximize efficacy of CellCept-containing regimens," said Robert Gordon, M.D., senior me...Doctor 'report cards' may keep some heart patients from getting angioplasties
...ng data and giving doctors guidance on how best to minimize the risks of the procedure for different patients. But a few states have opted to make those kinds of data public, in an effort to help patients assess doctors or hospitals based on their individual volumes and results. In New York, angioplasty and ...Control of TB epidemic requires more effective drugs, better tests, and focus on latent infection
... "Our goals with treatment are to cure patients, minimize the emergence of drug-resistant disease and prevent spread of disease within the community." Dr. Michael Leonard, assistant professor of medicine (infectious diseases) at Emory and medical consultant to the Georgia DHR TB Program was a co-author of ...Treatment helps in preventing TB among those at high risk
...termine how best to use available interventions to minimize TB morbidity in areas where both HIV and TB are highly prevalent," the researchers conclude....Exercise, weight control may help reduce risk of breast cancer, Meharry-Vanderbilt study suggests
...eveloping preventive measures that can effectively minimize excess risk. Our study suggests that the promotion of behavior patterns that optimize energy balance weight control and increased physical activity may be a viable option for breast cancer prevention." She further points out that the anti-cancer e...Key to breast cancer prevention could hang in the balance
...eveloping preventive measures that can effectively minimize excess risk. Our study suggests that the promotion of behavior patterns that optimize energy balance weight control and increased physical activity may be a viable option for breast cancer prevention." She further points out that the anti-cancer e...Mayo collaboration: Discovery blocks breast cancer growth, stimulates immunity
...ancers and other diseases to improve treatment and minimize side effects. The IL-2 immunotoxin used in Dr. Knutson's mouse study is based on a naturally occurring immune-system molecule that has been modified in the laboratory to specifically locate T-reg cells and kill them. The IL-2 immunotoxin is...Increasing the success of liver transplants by managing levels of anti-rejection drugs
...m within a safe range for each patient in order to minimize risks and maximize success. John C. Bucuvalas, MD, and colleagues from Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and Intermountain Health Center employed a method of controlling the blood levels of CNIs to stay within target ranges for individual...