MCG gets technology to help optimize medicine dosage
...with the lowest dose we think will work because it reduces the risk of side effects. The problem is, if you give somebody who has depression an antidepressant and you give them too low a dose, it's not going to benefit them and they still have the risk of side effects." For many of the drugs he prescribes, ...Medication plus beta-blocker helps prevent shocks from implantable cardioverter defibrillator
.... The implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) reduces death in patients at risk for sustained ventricula...ore a first shock occurs? By delaying therapy, one reduces the risk of drug-related adverse effects; however, this needs to be balanced against the adverse exp...Cancer patients put at risk by shortage of radiotherapy staff
...r instance, a longer waiting time for radiotherapy reduces the chance of the patient's survival. And for head and neck cancer, patients waiting more than six weeks for post-operative radiotherapy are three times as likely to have the cancer recur. For breast cancer, patients are at a 60% increased risk of th...New cervical screening technique no better than conventional smear test
...as the opportunity for concurrent HPV DNA testing, reduces reading times, or is more economical than conventional cytology."...Caffeine limits blood flow to heart muscle during exercise
...o exercise, and the results indicate that caffeine reduces the body's ability to boost blood flow to the muscle of the heart on demand. The ratio of exercise blood flow to resting blood flow, called the myocardial flow reserve, was 22 percent lower in the group at normal air pressure after ingesting caffeine...Exercise associated with reduced risk of dementia in older people
...e study did not demonstrate directly that exercise reduces risk of dementia, but it joins a growing body of o...derson says, should help sort out whether exercise reduces risk of cognitive decline or whether other factors related to exercise, such as increased social int...The science of tickling (ourselves) is no laughing matter, Queen's psychologist says
...ng our own touch for example in tickling oneself reduces its impact, says Queen's psychologist Dr. Randy Fl...ely predictable, we do 'sensory attenuation' which reduces our touch perception." Because people continually receive a barrage of sensory information, it's nec...An alternative therapy against brucellosis
...development of a new treatment which significantly reduces infections in mice, as opposed to the traditional treatment with "free" (unencapsulated) antibiotics with short treatment times. Despite the fact that brucellosis is highly susceptible to the majority of antibiotics, the indices of relapse in humans ...Aspirin reduces the risk of cardiovascular events, though effects differ between men and women
...tudies indicates that use of aspirin significantly reduces the risk of cardiovascular events in women and in men, due to reducing the risk of stroke in women and reducing the risk of heart attack in men, according to a study in the January 18 issue of JAMA. Although the benefits of aspirin therapy for reduci...Pitt researchers develop less risky treatment for depression, seizures
... to the neck region and an external battery, which reduces the need for subsequent surgeries and further lowers the risk of infection. The next step for the researchers is to license the technology to a company, which would then need to obtain FDA approval....Low-level heat wrap therapy safely reduces low back pain and improves mobility in the workplace
...s low-level heat wrap therapy (CLHT) significantly reduces acute low back pain and related disability and improves occupational performance of employees in physically demanding jobs suffering from acute low back pain, according to a Johns Hopkins study published in the December 2005 issue of The Journal of O...Stem cell study seeks to prevent heart failure
... patch the wound, but also leaves scar tissue that reduces the organ's performance. More than half a million Americans each year have their first heart attack, a sudden blockage of an artery that deprives heart muscle of blood and oxygen. The resulting injury and scarring often contribute to a gradual loss...Women with endometriosis undergoing IVF benefit from treatment with GnRH agonists
... the womb. The condition causes menstrual pain and reduces a woman's fertility. Women who use IVF or intra cytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) to circumvent sub-fertility are less likely to become pregnant if they have endometriosis, compared with women whose subfertility is due to problems with their fallopi...Older drugs may be good stopgap treatment for malaria in Africa
...Reducing the parasite load is important because it reduces the spread of the disease, the reviewers say. Bukirwa and Critchley stress that the Fansidar-amodiaquine combination should be considered useful and safe only in areas where resistance to both drugs is low. They warn that resistance may have increase...Fluoride varnish helps prevent tooth decay in very young children
Fluoride varnish, a dental preventive treatment, reduces the incidence of early childhood tooth decay in combination with dental health counseling for parents, according to a study by investigators at the UCSF School of Dentistry. The investigators examined cavity-free infants and young children, primarily...Free HIV tests cheaper than charging when goal is preventing AIDS
...Research has shown that HIV testing and counseling reduces high-risk sexual behavior and prevents HIV transmission, Thielman said. Testing also gives people access to services such as antiretroviral therapy, treatment for sexually-transmitted diseases and prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission....Using mobile phones reduces error rate in hospital care
Using mobile telephones in hospitals reduces the error rate in medical care because of more timely communication and rarely causes electronic magnetic interference, Yale School of Medicine researchers report this month. The study published in February's Anesthesia & Analgesia is believed to be ...Weight loss improves bladder control in women with prediabetes
...gh dietary changes and increased physical activity reduces the occurrence of urinary incontinence (UI) in women with prediabetes, a condition in which blood glucose levels are higher than normal but not yet diabetic. This finding comes from a new study, published in the February issue of Diabetes Care, of w...Regular use of selective COX-2 inhibitors decreases risk of breast cancer
...ar use of selective COX-2 inhibitors significantly reduces the risk of breast cancer. A case-control study published today in the open access journal BMC Cancer observed that daily use of selective COX-2 inhibitors, including celecoxib (Celebrex) and rofecoxib (Vioxx), was associated with a 71% reduction in ...UNC nutrition researchers dispute claims that obesity problem is exaggerated
...dence to support that adoption of a lifestyle that reduces excess weight by means of a healthy diet and increased physical activity will improve health." Two keys points to keep in mind, she said, were that the global population is getting heavier and that being obese causes serious health consequences. "......