Implanted medical device aims to lower blood pressure
...d off for one month, to ensure there are no health problems associated with the implant. At one month, a graduated scale of stimulation will be applied until the best possible blood pressure response is achieved. Patients will be evaluated on a regular schedule until the device receives FDA approval, and gene...Sucampo submits new drug application for lubiprostone
... syndrome, neurological and systemic disorders and problems with the colon and rectum or intestinal function. Other contributing factors include side effects from medication, particularly pain medications, antidepressants, antacids, antispasmodics and blood pressure medications. Other contributing factors inc...Study shows new antipsychotic drug prevents brain loss in schizophrenia
...in the frontal lobe of the brain, also had greater problems with cognitive functioning, as measured by tests of verbal fluency, verbal learning and memory. Schizophrenia has always been known as a disease that causes progressive worsening of symptoms and deterioration in function, but only in the last 10 year...Study shows light therapy to effectively treat mood disorders, including SAD
...may need lower doses than the elderly. "And if eye problems such as cataracts are more prevalent among the elderly, might light therapy aggravate the problem, even slightly?", Golden added. As to efficacy of light therapy for SAD and other non-seasonal depressive mood disorders, Golden said this study largel...Largest NIH grant for NYU will create research network in dental practices
...t can deliver powerful solutions to the day-to-day problems confronted in dental offices. It bridges the gap that has traditionally existed between practicing dentists and academia, and has the potential to transform the way dentistry is practiced. This award places NYU College of Dentistry in the vanguard of...Pediatricians must confront community-based threats to health
...supplement's editors and contributors. "The health problems that we are confronting in kids today, such as obesity, mental health concerns, drug use and violence, are the result of the conditions in their communities." The supplement focuses on socioeconomic, environmental, and lifestyle impacts on the health...Cognitive therapy works as well as antidepressants, but with lasting effect after therapy ends
...h the tools they need to learn how to manage their problems and emotions," said Robert DeRubeis, professor and chair of Penn's Department of Psychology. "Pharmaceuticals, while effective, offer no long term cure for the symptoms of depression. For many people, cognitive therapy might prove to be the preferr...It takes a village to improve the health of children
... health issues affecting our nation's children are problems which the whole community, not solely the individu...ts for 15 minutes a few times a year to treat such problems as asthma or lead poisoning, but for these illnesses, as for many others, treating the disease is no...ACP guidelines to treat obesity cover diet, exercise, drugs and surgery
...a BMI over 40 who also have obesity-related health problems such as high blood pressure, diabetes, or sleep apnea, ACP guidelines say. People with a body mass index from 25-29.9 are considered overweight. Those with BMI from 30-39.9 are considered obese; people with a BMI over 40 are considered morbidly (or ...Tip sheet Annals of Internal Medicine, April 5, 2005
... BMIs over 40 who also have obesity-related health problems such as high blood pressure, diabetes, or sleep apnea. ACP identifies six drugs that, according to valid clinical studies, aid weight loss, but says that the drugs have potential side effects and do not have long-term studies of effectiveness and saf...Metabolic side effects of antipsychotics are known, but rarely monitored
...ring for weight gain, diabetes and other metabolic problems that may result from use of the newer antipsychoti...l Healthcare in Ohio. However monitoring for these problems including getting baseline data on personal and family health history as well as baseline and regul...Once-a-month injectable medication helps treat alcohol dependence
Because of problems with adherence to a daily oral dose of naltrexone, the effectiveness found in treating alcohol dependence with a once-a-month injection of naltrexone could improve long-term treatment outcomes, according to a study in the April 6 issue of JAMA. Alcoh...Maternal iron deficiency disrupts mother/child interaction
... to correct and could be a big part of post-partum problems with mother/child interactions."...Music improves sleep quality in older adults, researchers find
...vanced Nursing, found that older people with sleep problems reported a 35 percent improvement after they started listening to 45 minutes of soft music before bedtime. Researchers Hui-Ling Lai, director of the Community Health Center at the Buddhist Tzu-Chi General Hospital, an assistant professor at Tzu Chi U...Insomnia, falls in elderly linked
...the new finding has implications for the way sleep problems are addressed -- or not addressed -- in nursing ho...such things as age, sex, health problems, thinking problems and trouble with daily activities all of which affect the risk of falls. Nursing home residents wh...Bacterial infection associated with heart attack in young men
...niae species, though, leads instead to respiratory problems such as pneumonia, bronchitis, and sinus infection and is not sexually transmitted. It is a common illness--by age 30, half of people have evidence of previous C. pneumoniae infection. Researchers in Wisconsin and Maryland conducted a study of young ...UK approval procedures will drive research overseas
... in a letter to this week's BMJ. They describe the problems experienced by a research team that wanted to assess the impact of modernising endoscopy services in 20 NHS trusts in England. Substantial variation occurred in the application procedures. Some trusts gave approval authority to one person while othe...IOM report should end nevirapine controversy, HIVMA says
...ropriately and ethically, although there were some problems with data collection and record keeping. However, IOM said those errors did not bias the results of the study: that single-dose nevirapine cuts the risk of mother-to-child transmission of HIV nearly in half. "The IOM panel was made up of some of t...Competition in health care may not result in better quality
... not automatically solve price and quality-of-care problems as hoped for by legislators, regulators and employers. "Our findings show that less, not more, competition was associated with better health plan performance in several -- though not all--factors," says lead author Dennis Scanlon, associate professor......malaria, tuberculosis, and other concurrent health problems in Uganda. The IOM report finds that the investig...re, the IOM report says. Although there were some problems with full documentation of compliance with all the requirements for the trial, the committee determi...