Cognitive therapy works as well as antidepressants, but with lasting effect after therapy ends
...tive therapy was more effective than medication at preventing relapses after the end of treatment. "We believe that cognitive therapy might have more lasting effects because it equips patients with the tools they need to learn how to manage their problems and emotions," said Robert DeRubeis, professor and cha...ALLHAT findings are 'color blind' in showing diuretics work better for high blood pressure
...in lowering blood pressure, in tolerability and in preventing the major complications from high blood pressure. ...o ACE inhibitors, diuretics were more effective in preventing cardiovascular disease, especially heart failure, for all participants and significantly more effect...ALLHAT study findings for racial sub-groups show diuretics work better for high blood pressure
...n lowering blood pressure, in tolerability, and in preventing the major complications from high blood pressure. ...h ACE inhibitors, diuretics were more effective in preventing cardiovascular disease, especially heart failure, for all participants and significantly more effect...Diuretics best initial therapy for both black and nonblack patients in treating high blood pressure
... more effective than the thiazide-type diuretic in preventing the primary outcome of myocardial infarction or fatal CHD or any other major cardiovascular or renal outcome, and diuretic-based treatment was superior to ACE inhibitors and CCBs in reducing HF incidence."...Less cognitive impairment seen in women taking drug for osteoporosis
...ective was to evaluate the drug's effectiveness in preventing cognitive impairment. The 5,386 women who were screened for dementia completed the 15-item Geriatric Depression scale and six cognitive tests at the beginning of the trial and once a year during the trial. Their scores at the end were compared to the...Asthmatics naturally deficient in antiviral immunity, report scientists
...ry because it identifies a new way of treating and preventing bad attacks of asthma associated with the common cold.'" The team examined the interferon responses of cells taken from the lungs of healthy and asthmatic volunteers, measuring how effectively a cold virus (Rhinovirus) was able to replicate in them. ...Institute of Medicine news: Review of HIVNET 012 study
...IDS medication nevirapine is effective and safe in preventing HIV transmission from mother to unborn child during birth were well-supported, according to a new, independent analysis by the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. The IOM's analysis of the design and methodology of the 1997 drug study i...OHSU scientist helping explain basis of psychotic behavior
... closer we'll be to better treating and maybe even preventing the development of psychoses," Grandy said....Few women at risk for breast cancer willing to use drug to prevent the disease
...e risks fuel public debate about the drug's use in preventing breast cancer, even among high-risk women. Understanding reasons why women decline to take tamoxifen even after education provides substantial opportunities for tailoring patient education to specific groups and developing new classes of cancer prev...Breakthrough findings by Ume researchers link obesity to diabetes
... these receptors are prime candidates as drugs for preventing or curing diabetes and other complications of obesity....Tamoxifen can reduce breast pain in prostate cancer patients
Tamoxifen is more effective than radiotherapy at preventing breast enlargement and breast pain in men with prostate cancer, concludes a randomised trial published online today by THE LANCET ONCOLOGY. A drug called bicalutamide has been licensed in some European countries as an additional therapy to the main t...Study challenges current treatment for mild asthma
...led corticosteroid treatment might not be good for preventing airway 'scarring' and progressive loss of pulmonary function in the long run. What we can say is that the patients in our study, who all had mild asthma, did not have many severe attacks, and did not seem to be losing pulmonary function rapidly." The...New treatment for hereditary breast cancer
...s in England, discovered a new way of treating and preventing hereditary breast cancer. The article, published in Nature, describes how the use of a chemical inhibitor can specifically kill tumour cells, which have a defect in the gene causing hereditary breast cancer. This new treatment targets only the tumour...Northwestern's cancer genetics program finds gene variants that greatly increase breast cancer risk
...le to cancer, and we'll have many more options for preventing those cancers," says Dr. Pasche. Northwestern's Cancer Genetics Program is a comprehensive cancer genetics program that provides cancer predictive gene testing and genetic counseling. TGFBR1*6A testing is currently only offered at Northwestern as pa...Tea may help prevent diabetes and cataracts
...sts that tea may be a simple, inexpensive means of preventing diabetes and its ensuing complications, including cataracts. The report, scheduled to appear in the May 4 print issue of the American Chemical Society's Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry , was published March 31 on the journal's Web site....Melbourne researchers develop safer and more effective 'aspirin'
... that appears to be more effective than aspirin at preventing disease-causing blood clots and has fewer side eff...ti-clotting drug , however it is only effective at preventing fatal heart attack and stroke for about one in four patients," Dr Jackson said. "There is a major ne...Newborn's first week may be critical period for developing obesity in adulthood
...ndings also point toward new potential targets for preventing obesity," he added. "If these results are confirmed by other studies, they may lead to interventions in newborns to help prevent long-term development of obesity." Dr. Stettler explained, however, that such interventions have not yet been developed, ...Anthrax treatments' cost effectiveness shown in Stanford study
... and antibiotics was the most effective option for preventing death and disease and was least costly. The combin...to vaccination alone. "The savings associated with preventing cases of inhalational anthrax offset the cost of using both vaccination and antibiotics," said lead ...More evidence suggests statins help cut risk for advanced prostate cancer
...tate cancer development," says Platz. "Instead of preventing cancer, statins might work by stalling a tumor already in the prostate, helping to ensure that it doesn't get worse." Platz noted that "when cholesterol-lowering drugs first came onto the market almost 20 years ago, there was even concern that they m...Spice it up or just veg out, either way you may be helping to defend against cancer
...ay provide a cancer-fighting benefit by slowing or preventing the growth of cancerous tumor cells. The findings, being presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research held April 16 to 20 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, Calif., looked at the effect of these dietary ag...