Once-a-year drug reduces fractures from osteoporosis
A treatment for osteoporosis delivered once a year is as effective as current monthly or weekl...re currently available and most commonly used as a once per week or once per month pill. "For the first time, women could have the option of being treated...Monthly interpersonal psychotherapy prevents relapse of depression in many women
...lone. In fact, women who received prophylactic IPT once a month were no more likely to have a recurrence o...venting future depressive episodes at intervals of once per week, twice per month or once per month over the course of two years, or until they had a subseq...Gender, ethnic differences may hamper eating disorder diagnosis
...half (46.7 percent) had been hospitalized at least once as a result of their disordered eating, a criteria shared by fewer than one in five Caucasians (13.2 percent), and they reported a longer duration of disease than the other groups. "We were surprised and intrigued by these preliminary results," sai...New data shows once a day LAMICTAL XR is effective in patients with partial epilepsy
...logy (AAN) meeting suggest that an investigational once daily extended release formulation of Lamictal (la...f Lamictal reduces the frequency of seizures. The once daily dosing regimen may also provide a more convenient treatment option for patients," said Dean Na...Acrux completes enrollment in key phase 2 trial
...a precise dose of quick-drying lotion to thearmpit once daily, via a convenient and ergonomic "no-touch" applicator. The leading gel is applied each day as a 5 gram dose by hand to the shoulders, upperarms and/or abdomen. It takes longer to dry and patients are advised to wearprotective clothing after app...Government fails sleepy Judge Dodd
...gated, the media appears to adopt the concept that once 'unfit for duty' always unfit for duty. "Yet, if we had a system that enabled rapid assessment and treatment of judicial sleepiness it would prevent situations where multiple defendants seek compensation or continued media coverage results in judg...Infection takes high toll in young children
...the Aboriginal children were hospitalised at least once due to an infection by the time they reached two y...ropriate strategies to manage this high risk group once admitted, but we also need to acknowledge and act on the serious economic disparity, living conditio...Iyengar yoga can promote well-being in women breast cancer survivors
...en were given a home instruction sheet to practice once a week at home a week at home for a total of three yoga sessions per week. A survey of the subjects demands of illness and a blood sample to determine lymphocyte NF-?B activation were collected prior to and following the intervention. Results ...Study puts us one step closer to understanding the function of sleep
...electrical activity wash across the brain, roughly once a second, 1,000 times a night. In a paper being pu...ved person has larger and more numerous slow waves once asleep. And as sleep proceeds, Tononi adds, the slow waves weaken, which may signal that the need fo...Green tea compound suppresses factors causing cartilage, bone destruction in arthritis
... presented at Experimental Biology, the scientists once again isolated synovial fibroblasts taken from the joints of patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis and incubated these cells with the green tea compound. When untreated cells were stimulated with IL-1, a sequence of molecular events occurred t...UN engages banks to light up rural India; Solar loans, energy access transform life for poor
...iated with Canara and Syndicate. Solar vendors, once qualified, could direct any interested customer to their local Canara, Syndicate or Grameen bank branch for financing. Five solar vendors achieved qualification to take part in the programme, therefore there were plenty of competitive products. Vendo...SNM's 54th Annual Meeting speakers address state of molecular imaging/nuclear medicine technologies
... at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md., will once again discuss whats on the horizon for the molecular imaging/nuclear medicine profession during his annual Highlights Lecture from 11:30 a.m.1 p.m. on Wednesday, June 6. In the Highlights Lecture, a 30-year tradition, Wagner summarizes current trends...Are higher doses of cholesterol drugs worth the extra money? Only sometimes, study says
...well-tolerated, and my clinical experience is that once patients decide the drugs are hard to tolerate, they often wont even take the lower dose drugs, which are enormously beneficial," Vijan adds. The team based its analysis on data from four very large clinical trials those whose results led to recom...Tennessee researcher earns Komen grant to study depression and breast cancer
...lot of effort to get it moving slowly forward, but once it starts rolling, it builds momentum and is just as hard to stop," said Hopko. "By giving patients a plan to get moving, they build momentum and eventually gain confidence, feelings of achievement and success, and less depression." Hopko's approac...Sex and prenatal hormone exposure affect cognitive performance, Yerkes scientists find
...disorders, said Herman. All animals were studied once they reached adulthood. Researchers observed as the monkeys navigated an open area to locate highly valued food items in goal boxes. The researchers varied the consistency of the food locations (spatial information) and the presence of colored marker...Study finds drug helps PTSD nightmares
...emphasized Raskind. "It does not induce sleep. But once you are asleep, you sleep longer and better." And better sleep can make a big difference. "This drug changes lives," Raskind said. "Nothing else works like prazosin." Trauma nightmares appear to arise during light sleep or disruption in REM slee...Row over study puts Korea's scientific community under scrutiny again
...utting Korea's scientific community under scrutiny once again. The dispute has pitted a young Korean doctor, Jeong Hwan Kim, against Kwang Yul Cha, a fertility specialist and one of the most powerful players in the country's struggle for biotech supremacy, writes journalist Jonathan Gornall. It is also ...Washington University surgeon develops treatment for foot deformity
...eformity that causes them to have a rigid flatfoot once faced extensive surgery to fully correct the problem. A treatment developed by a pediatric orthopaedic surgeon at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has shown early success in correcting congenital vertical talus with minimal surge...Study finds lack of health insurance may be associated with increased rates of stroke
...nd that those who reported being uninsured at leas once were more often female and non-white with lower education levels and family incomes. People with insurance were more often male and white with family incomes greater than $25,000 and having at least a high school education. The study found a signific...A new, nanoporous ceramic filter offers hope to kidney-dialysis patients
...o clean the toxins from your blood as your kidneys once did, you would not live more than a few days. Today, however, hope is on the horizon if not for a reprieve from dialysis, then at least for relief from its onerous side-effects. William Van Geertruyden, who holds three degrees in materials scien...