VA should revise its methods for evaluating and rating PTSD in veterans
...ter exposure to trauma. It also can manifest as a relapsing condition or flare up after being suppressed and undiagnosed. Aging, loss of mental acuity, the death of friends or spouses, and other factors can trigger or exacerbate symptoms as well. Standardized tests can be a useful part of an assessment, but...MS drug helps reduce vision loss
... found to also reduce vision loss in patients with relapsing MS. Vision loss is one of the most common and debi...L studies, which involved 2,138 men and women with relapsing multiple sclerosis from clinics in Europe, North American, Australia, and New Zealand. More than ha...Penn researchers find treatment for MS also reduces vision loss in MS patients
...is (MS) also reduces vision loss in patients with relapsing MS. Vision loss is one of the most common and dis...revent the worsening of vision loss in people with relapsing MS, but it is also associated with significant reductions in the likelihood of sustained vision loss...Early drinking linked to higher lifetime alcoholism risk
...ly and at younger ages, and of developing chronic, relapsing dependence. Among all respondents who developed alcoholism at some point, almost half (47 percent) met the diagnostic criteria for alcohol dependence (alcoholism) by age 21. The associations between early drinking and later problems held even a...Smokers invite to test vaccine against nicotine addiction
...lp people abstain from smoking and help them avoid relapsing within the next 12 months. Participation is free and requires a one-year commitment to come to San Francisco for injections and follow-up visits. The study also includes five behavioral counseling sessions. Participants will be paid for each visit a...Early treatment favored for multiple sclerosis
... future disease activity for many individuals with relapsing forms of MS, including those with secondary progre...ssible following a definite diagnosis of MS with a relapsing course, and for selected patients with a first attack who are at high risk for MS. Some clinicians d...Mount Sinai launches combination therapy trial to treat Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis
...x) or glatiramer acetate daily (Copaxone) to treat relapsing forms of MS. However, because these agents provide only a partial amelioration of the risk for additional attacks and development of disability, there is a major and continuing need for better therapies. As yet, there is no cure for MS. CombiRx wil...Study recommends treatment change for pre-leukemia disease
...assessed the efficacy of decitabine retreatment on relapsing high-risk MDS patients who received initial treatment with decitabine. The researchers found that retreatment with a median of three courses of decitabine resulted in 10 patients out of 22 (45 percent) achieving any response. Three of the patients a...Concern over fast tracking of new drugs
...US Food and Drug Administration in 2004 for use in relapsing multiple sclerosis on the basis of short term results from two unpublished trials. The FDA granted approval before final trial and cumulative safety data were available. Natalizumab was predicted to be the leading drug for multiple sclerosis, with es...UCSF research pinpoints brain molecule's role in developing addiction
...gests its promise in preventing cured addicts from relapsing to their drug habit, he adds. "We now know that orexin strengthens neural communication in the VTA and is important for the development of addictive behaviors," said Stephanie Borgland, PhD, lead author of the paper and associate research scientist ...Genetics plays role in relapse of illicit drug-seeking behavior
...or put in jail. The real work is keeping them from relapsing when they are out of such restricted environs, he says. "Something happens, either they see an old colleague they have used with, they go into an old environment, they have a huge stressor in life and they start to want the drug. They have drug hunge...Alcohol-deterrent drugs help patients achieve high rates of long-term abstinence
...inical experience that alcoholism is a chronic and relapsing disease similar to other chronic conditions such ...renreich, "that severe alcoholism is a chronic and relapsing disease. Only long-term treatment, followed by life-long attending of check-up sessions and self-he...U of MN study shows nicotine vaccine has promise for helping smokers quit
...accine can be used to prevent people who quit from relapsing and starting to smoke again. "Our findings add to scientific information about nicotine vaccine and provide the basis for additional research to answer those questions," Hatsukami said....Health experts urge counseling patients about dangers of second-hand smoke
...re visits, especially because smoking is a chronic relapsing problem). The authors also discuss psychological research into family dynamics that may help doctors to help patients quit smoking or minimize their SHS exposure....Novartis MS drug shows promising results
...ral medication, for the treatment of patients with relapsing multiple sclerosis (MS). The data, presented at t...and optic nerves. MS typically presents itself in relapsing forms. The relapsing-remitting (RRMS) course is the most common form of the disease. Patients suffer...Preliminary data update from Betaseron 16 yr. long-term follow-up study in patients with MS
...n treatment on long-term outcomes in patients with relapsing forms of MS. The study constitutes the longest follow-up for any disease-modifying therapy in MS....UT Southwestern lead site for study of a new multiple sclerosis drug
...h other, more common forms of the disease, such as relapsing and remitting MS. Because of this, many people with primary progressive MS have higher incidences of debilitating physical side effects. Many need walkers or wheelchairs. "Rituxan works on a component of the immune system called B-cells," Dr. Hawker ...