New treatment -- first in years -- demonstrated for dangerous staph infections
...f gentamicin in the study group, given that drug's potent renal toxicity. Patients receiving daptomycin experienced fewer adverse events that caused kidney impairment (6.7 percent versus 18.1 percent). Daptomycin also affected kidney performance less than standard therapy, as measured by the organ's ability...Scientists learn more about how roughage keeps you 'regular'
...roduce cell injuries. "Dr. Miyake developed a very potent cutting edge technology involving the two photon laser that allowed us to blast small holes in cells, mimicking what happens in the living animal. It also allowed us to assess in those living cells whether they could reseal, repair the damage and how...Yale helps organize conference to identify new treatments for Tourette Syndrome
...effective medications are antipsychotic drugs with potent dopamine blocking properties. These medications, however, may be associated with sedation, weight gain, and neurological effects. Other types of medications have been used with variable results. "Clearly, it is time for recent findings from cutting e...Hopkins scientists link immune response to 'ghost' parasites and severely congested sinuses
..., when turned on by so-called ghost parasites, the potent inflammatory response is medically very difficult to control. Researchers say that although chitin, a rigid chemical compound common to fungi, insects and roundworms, is not naturally found in the human body, the presence of its corresponding enzym...Therapeutic role found for carbon monoxide
...splant surgery or balloon angioplasty, CO provides potent protective effects against organ rejection or blockage of the carotid arteries. But, with these latest findings, explains senior author Leo Otterbein, PhD, it now appears that carbon monoxide can also be used to treat and reverse existing disease. ...Short-term topical corticosteroid use may offer relief for patients with acute form of psoriasis
...opical corticosteroids and maintenance with a less potent agent for patients with intertriginous psoriasis (IP), according to a study published in the September issue of Archives of Dermatology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Psoriasis is an inflammatory skin disease. In a subset of patients, psorias...AIDS study challenges conventional treatment guidelines for HIV patients
... credited with saving millions of lives. However, potent side effects and issues of drug resistance, often cause doctors and patients to defer starting the medications, until it becomes medically necessary. In addition to the clinical ramifications, the findings suggest that HIV-associated CD4 depletio...Long-term outcomes for prostate cancer show IMRT Curative: 89 percent disease-free 8 years later
...erage period of eight years. Of those men who were potent prior to IMRT, erectile dysfunction developed in 49 percent. "This study confirms that we can improve patients' quality of life by reducing the side effects of radiotherapy while maintaining disease-free survival," said Dr. Zelefsky. "However, ther...Cancer drug may be remedy for rheumatoid arthritis, Stanford study finds
STANFORD, Calif. -- The potent cancer drug Gleevec, used to combat leukemia and s...affiliation with Novartis. "We have taken a very potent kinase inhibitor and discovered that it works very well for an autoimmune disease," said Robinson. "...Study defines effective microbicide design for HIV/AIDS prevention
...said. "Our findings demonstrate the need to pair potent active ingredients with well-engineered delivery vehicles, and they highlight the importance of the dosage form -- especially its ability to restrict viral diffusion and remain in place -- in microbicide effectiveness," Katz added. More than 20 mic...Scientists stop colon cancer growth in mice by blocking just one enzyme
...exas researchers have discovered what may become a potent new weapon in the fight against colon cancer. In cell culture experiments, scientists from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB) and the University of Texas at Arlington determined that stopping the activity of a single enzyme ...Gladstone investigators identify a new protective action for the powerful anti-HIV factor, APOBEC3G
... CD4 T cell activation, we could both preserve the potent anti-HIV effect of the small form of A3G and the protective function of the large A3G complex against select mobile genetic elements," Greene said. Gladstone scientists are now exploring various ways to achieve this desired balance....Making headway against hepatitis C: SLU study shows new drug combo effective in nonresponders
...hat a cocktail of ribavirin and Infergen, a highly potent Interferon, is nearly twice as effective at contro...ined in this ongoing study. Infergen is a highly potent type of interferon currently used for adult patients with chronic hepatitis C three times a week, Ba...Edible food wrap kills deadly E. coli bacteria
... in laboratory studies of becoming a long-lasting, potent alternative to conventional produce washes, according to a team of scientists from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the University of Lleida in Spain. The study comes on the heels of the recent deadly E. coli outbreak in spinach and a...Postpartum depression is a major public health problem that requires more resources
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 5 -- Childbearing is a potent event in the lives of women, a particularly vulnerable time for developing or exacerbating psychiatric illness, say University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers in an editorial published in the Dec. 6 edition of the Journal of the American...Statin users risk heart attacks by dropping treatment or taking low doses
...ve a high equipotent dose by using the new, highly potent statins. But, the new statins have considerable ec...treatment, persistent drug use and the use of new, potent statins, should be encouraged." he concluded....Pro-vitamin E shown to be active against breast cancer cells
...cers. "Alpha-TOS has already shown promise as a potent anticancer agent in diseases such as colon cancer and mesothelioma. It induces controlled cell death or apoptosis in tumour cells." Transgenic mice with high HER2 breast cancers were treated over a three week period and tumour size was monitored e...Mayo Clinic Cancer Center collaborating to find new tools to fight leukemia
...at knowledge and their understanding of the highly potent chemotherapeutic antibiotic pentostatin to try to develop an even better treatment option. The investigators initiated a trial of three weeks (one cycle) of combined chemotherapy drugs pentostatin (P), cyclophosphamide (C) and rituximab (R) repeated...Clinical study results using Aldagen's product to isolate cord blood stem cells presented at ASH
...available cell sorting systems to isolate a highly potent population of stem and progenitor cells from human bone marrow, peripheral blood and cord blood. The unique chemistry incorporated into the ALDESORT product allows the isolation of stem and progenitor cells based on the elevated expression of an int...Antibiotic ear drops favored over popular oral antibiotics for ear infections
...s . "With the use of ear drops, you can put more potent medicine just where you need it," said Dr. Peter Roland, chairman of otolaryngology at UT Southwestern and one of the studys authors. The latest study looked at children ages 6 months to 12 years who had ear tubes, middle ear infections, and visibl...