Patient adherence for successful tuberculosis treatment
... months to 2 years still only a few years ago has proved efficient in 95 % of cases. However, this efficacy is called into question by the low adherence of patients to treatment, particularly in the most deprived areas, which are often indeed the worst hit by the disease. In spite of the WHO recommendation...New class of HIV drug attacks previously untargeted enzyme
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...abilitation using intense free weight training has proved objective, measurable, and successful in patient satisfaction, return to work, and cost benefit." The researchers now hope to test the model in a larger prospective trial of workers at varying levels of injury in order to demonstrate increased outc...New therapeutic targets for neurodegenerative diseases
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...n the mid- 1990s a large, respected clinical trial proved that surgery was superior to medical therapy. Later, bare metal stents failed to gain footing as an alternative to surgery after several studies showed unacceptable rates of death and repeat procedures. Drug-eluting stents (DES) have markedly chan......f the interventions, both print and Internet-based proved effective. The authors cite that overall, participants exhibited a 5.2 percent improvement in fitness from baseline to six months, and 5.9 percent improvement from baseline to12 months. The most commonly reported type of activity was walking. In ad...Bali bomb lessons helped shape Australia's mental health response to terrorism and trauma
...h response to mass trauma was established and this proved particularly useful to the Royal Darwin Hospital, .... The early intervention by mental health nurses proved invaluable for many of the patients. In a short period many changed from providing limited verbal ...Sleep apnea increases risk of heart attack or death by 30 percent
...he patient sleeps, keeping the airway open. It has proved successful in many cases in providing a good nights sleep, preventing daytime accidents due to sleepiness and improving quality of life. The study included 1,123 patients referred for sleep apnea evaluation. They underwent an overnight sleep study t...Study finds 'wake up and breathe' strategy allows patients to come off ventilator sooner
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...certainty that the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) proved that women should not use estrogen because it causes breast cancer and has no benefits for cardiovascular disease. Today, researchers understand that the WHI was not designed to address younger women entering menopause. "There has been a tremendo...Endoscopic procedures advance physician knowledge and patient care
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...d and tested conventional drugs. Newer AEDs have proved popular, mainly because they are less likely to react with other prescribed drugs. However, these newer AEDs are subject to fewer licensing restrictions because there is more evidence about their benefits, gathered from controlled trials, than thei...