More effective reporting needed on spinal manipulation in children
...ch as hemorrhage or paraplegia, two cases reported moderate adverse events requiring medical attention such as severe headache and three involved minor adverse events such as mid-back soreness. The research team is now collaborating with professionals that use spinal manipulation--chiropractors, physiothera...Desvenlafaxine data show significant improvement in symptoms of depression in adults vs. placebo
... these adverse events in both studies were mild or moderate in severity. Abstract: Double-blind, Placebo- and Moxifloxacin-controlled Crossover Study of the Effects of Desvenlafaxine Succinate on QT Interval in Healthy Adult Female Subjects To help determine whether desvenlafaxine succinate had effects on ...Women who drink alcohol during pregnancy
... FAS is not widespread, and is not associated with moderate drinking. Furthermore, it is important that women who drank lightly or even moderately before they understood they were pregnant, but who immediately cut down or quit altogether once they find out they are pregnant, not feel guilty or become over-co...Young adults are fastest growing group of uninsured
... help offset the costs for students from lower and moderate income families. The authors note that in the absence of federal action to expand coverage, many states--including Colorado, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Mexico, South Dakota, Texas, and Utah--have passed legislation to raise the age of dependency...Many cleaners, air fresheners may pose health risks when used indoors
...o stays in the kitchen for two hours after using a moderate amount of one of the terpene-containing products would breathe in about one quarter of the total daily guideline value for particulate matter. Multi-house cleaning by a professional home cleaner. Under this scenario, a person who cleans four houses...New analysis showed UC patients in clinical remission had higher rates of employment
...e safety and efficacy of REMICADE in patients with moderate to severely active UC. In each trial, 364 patien...olled. Patients in ACT 1 and ACT 2 had evidence of moderate or severe UC (total Mayo score of 6 to 12 and an endoscopy score >2). In both trials, patients w...NRP104 significantly reduced symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children
... Parent (CPRS). Most adverse events were mild to moderate and occurred in the first week. The most common adverse events were decreased appetite, insomnia, headache and upper abdominal pain. Phase II Study Results of NRP104 In a phase II three-way double-blind cross-over analog classroom study, investig...Organ-recipients' deaths prompt call for suppliers of pet rodents to screen for LCMV disease
...ost human infections with LCMV result in a mild to moderate viral meningitis, but in immuno-suppressed patients such as those receiving kidney transplants it causes a severe disease that resembles a related arenavirus disease from Africa called Lassa fever. Thousands of cases of Lassa fever occur every year ...Virtual colon screenings examined
... as critical (requiring therapeutic intervention), moderate (requiring additional diagnostic intervention) or ... classified as incidental, another 33 percent were moderate and 15 percent were critical. "Significant abnormalities requiring further action accounted for ne...New compounds fight chronic symptoms of bowel disorders
... achieving remission and response in patients with moderate or severe Crohn's disease. Half of the teduglutid...tide was safe and effective to induce remission of moderate to severe Crohn's disease as early as two weeks into therapy," said Alan Buchman, M.D., MSPH, Feinbe...Nighttime breathing mask decreases blood pressure in people with sleep apnea
...ep apnea. The researchers studied 46 patients with moderate to severe sleep apnea. They were randomly assigned to receive either CPAP treatment, fake CPAP or supplemental nighttime oxygen through a face mask. All patients were hooked up to a 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitor, which consists of a small...Biologic therapies lead evolution of Crohn's treatments
...rapies are successfully demonstrating remission of moderate to severe Crohn's disease, which is often unrespon...e studies below assess therapies for patients with moderate to severe Crohn's disease, which is measured as scores on the Crohn's Disease Activity Index (CDAI) ...Alcohol consumption habits may threaten GI health
...al adenomas (polyps) and found that, surprisingly, moderate amounts of alcohol may have a protective effect ag...y to have an adenoma. "Consuming alcohol within a moderate limit may be beneficial to the colon, but we cannot assume that the rate of alcohol consumption is t...Novel therapy combinations gain ground in treating hepatitis
... with acute viral hepatitis, particularly those of moderate severity, to reduce these bad outcomes from a relatively benign disease."...News briefs from Heart Rhythm 2006
...udy involved 10 patients with permanent AF who did moderate exercise such as 60 minutes of walking or jogging twice a week for four months. Regular physical activity also increased the patients' capacity to exercise while helping control their heartbeat during exertion. Jurgita Plisiene, MD, cardiologist and ...Study shows schizophrenia limits understanding of body language
...le with schizophrenia, even those who have mild to moderate symptoms and take medications, are not fluent in u...phrenia who were taking medication and had mild to moderate symptoms. "Unfortunately, standard treatment for schizophrenia does not appear to be capable of imp...Moderate stress during pregnancy does not harm child development
...opkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. "Mild to moderate stress has been proposed to be important to successful adaptation to the environment after birth and necessary for optimal brain development." She notes, however, that study participants were well-nourished, financially stable women who were not rece...Mild maternal stress may actually help children mature
Contrary to popular belief, mild to moderate levels of maternal psychological stress during pregnancy may actually enhance fetal maturation, according to researchers from the Johns Hopkins University and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. The findings are contrary to ...Children's emotional distress after hurricane linked with parents' stress levels
...e hurricane, nearly 40 percent of parents reported moderate or high levels of post-traumatic stress (PTS) symptoms, including fear, anxiety, anger and depression. The majority of children (78 percent) reported at least one symptom of PTS. Children whose parents experienced a high level of PTS symptoms as......d that genetic susceptibility made only a small to moderate contribution to the incidence of cancer. Studies that have shown links between common genes and cancer may be due to bias. But, even if susceptibility genes were identified, showing clinical benefit would still be difficult, and further large trials ...