Changing medication packages could help patients follow prescriptions, study suggests
...(48) of the participants were randomly assigned to receive a 28-day supply of medication in the blister package, while the rest of the patients (40) received a traditional bottle of loose tablets. The study lasted nearly two years, and participants were enrolled for 12 months each. During their time in the s...Biologic therapies for bowel disease show promise in clinical trials
... from active ulcerative colitis were randomized to receive infliximab at 5mg/kg and 10 mg/kg or placebo at weeks zero, two and six, then every eight weeks for 46 weeks (ACT I) or 22 weeks (ACT II). Patients in both studies were assessed for clinical response (defined as a decrease in Mayo score of =30 and =...Randomized trial of two therapies for acute lymphocytic leukemia finds survival advantage
...le to participate in the trial, were randomized to receive either a standard regimen (L-20) of vincristine, prednisone, cyclophosphamide, and doxorubicin or the ALL-2 regimen of cytarabine with high-dose mitoxantrone. After 24 months of treatment, 83 percent of the 78 patients who received the ALL-2 regimen ...Researchers find way to streamline new non-Hodgkin's lymphoma treatment
...r on the ASCO presentation. He noted that patients receive injections on an outpatient basis and have an overall high level of satisfaction with the procedure. So researchers from the Keck School of Medicine and San Diego-based Biogen Idec Inc. studied about 400 patients who had received Zevalin, a type of r...Jefferson researcher's results show promise for metastatic eye melanoma
... When it spreads to the liver, patients who do not receive treatment live on average about 6 months. The treatment Dr. Sato is testing is used for patients who are not eligible for surgery. While the trial results show the two-pronged treatment is safe and feasible as well as providing promising responses t...Patients with suspicious axillary breast lymph nodes should undergo fine-needle aspiration
...asound-guided fine-needle aspiration, patients can receive a more precise treatment," said Dr. Zanon. Dr. Zanon will present the full results of the study on May 17 during the American Roentgen Ray Society Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA....Infants with rare genetic disease saved by cord blood stem cells
...aved and their brain development preserved if they receive stem cells from umbilical cord blood before sympto...ilizes about 2 to 4 months earlier in patients who receive cord blood compared to those who receive adult bone marrow, and huge developmental milestones occur ...Don't skip chest CT in the ER just because x-ray checks out okay, warns study
...e researchers, multiple trauma patients also first receive portable chest X-rays upon entry into the emergency department. "A doctor would get the chest X-ray done, and then order a CT, but tell the radiologist to omit the chest part of the CT because the X-ray was already performed and showed no problems fo...Discovery of a 'drug anticipation' brain signal
... continued to occur, even after the rats ceased to receive cocaine. This signal, concluded the researchers, could reflect the motivation to obtain the drug. However, another dopamine signal that occurred immediately after the lever press declined rapidly after the cocaine ceased. This signal could encode the...Long-term outcomes studied for stem cell transplant recipients
...ng-term outcomes for the thousands of patients who receive stem cell transplants every year," said Smita Bhatia, M.D., M.P.H., a staff physician at the City of Hope Cancer Center and lead author of the study. "This sets the stage for the study of interventions that could decrease patient deaths years after t...Stanford bioethicists want stronger protections for women donating eggs for stem cell research
...ional Academies of Science both require that women receive no compensation so they aren't coerced into donati...sarily have a benefit. If the women risk death and receive no benefit, what's the incentive for donation? Magnus argues that the women who donate eggs should b...World Bank and IMF preventing transfer of foreign aid to HIV/AIDS programmes
... outside investment in their health programmes. To receive debt relief countries must provide the IMF and World Bank with a poverty reduction strategy. Most strategies include spending targets or ceilings for various sectors of government activity. These ceilings exist because of concerns that rapid inflows ...Allergies increase risk for corneal transplant rejection, UT Southwestern study shows
...n managing the allergic patient who is destined to receive a corneal transplant." The immune system is programmed to react to organ transplants by producing a specific pattern of proteins that promote a destructive immune response, which culminates in graft rejection. The immune system responds in a markedly...'Virtual' asthma clinic helps patients manage disease online
...s are graphed over a two-week period, and patients receive recommendations about whether they should change their therapy. "The asthma educator provides human oversight to these recommendations," Dr. Mayers said. "It's a dynamic asthma management program." While this study did not examine whether the patient...New national effort seeks a more rational organ allocation system for kidney transplants
... possibly fall 2005. The UNOS board is expected to receive any kidney allocation guideline changes in November 2005 or June 2006. Open Process Helps Identify Solutions to Tough Questions Hearings to date have addressed many difficult issues involved in kidney transplantation. Among them are: ethical issue...University of Pittsburgh study shows using expanded critera donors is safe
... recurrence is similar to that of HCV patients who receive HCV negative livers. "These findings substantiate ..., long-term results are comparable to patients who receive livers from HBV- or HCV-negative donors. The use of these livers significantly increases the number ...Studies suggest that donation criteria can be expanded
...ore importantly, patients are waiting less time to receive a life-saving kidney transplant and become dialysis-free," said Stratta....Personalized immunosuppression with leading organ transplant therapy may optimize patient care
... of 137 kidney transplant recipients randomized to receive cyclosporine, basiliximab and steroids with either...ept blood concentrations. Study participants will receive CellCept in combination with other drugs, including full-dose or reduced-dose calcineurin inhibitors...A warning for women on HRT don't skip your next mammogram
...or breast cancer." "Most importantly, women should receive information about the effects of HRT on mammography before they make decisions about whether or not to start on HRT." Chief Executive Officer of BreastScreen Victoria, Ms Onella Stagoll, called on all women over 50, and particularly those on HRT, to ...Study shows even limited training improves communication with patients from other cultures
... participants, called a control group, who did not receive any training. Only 27 used objective evaluations, such as a written test, while most studies used unreliable self-evaluations to gather results. Excluding unusuable or biased data is common in research, but must always be explained, yet only 14 stu...