Using coxibs and NSAIDs to treat osteoarthritis
...ricans are afflicted with OA, and that number will rise to 40 million by the year 2020. Controversy now exists as to the safest and most efficacious way of treating the disease, particularly with respect to use of NSAIDs, both non-selective and selective (so-called COX-2 selective agents or coxibs). Adve...Disability payments may spur drug abuse
... monthly arrival of disability checks with a sharp rise in drug related hospitalizations and deaths. The findings by researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz and Texas A&M University suggests that spreading out aid payments over several weeks could be a way to relieve some of the stress on ...Investigators uncover intriguing clues to why persistent acid reflux sometimes turns into cancer
...w cells may then come and take their place, giving rise to the intestinal cells instead of the normal, skin-like cells. Further research will be needed to confirm that hypothesis, Dr. Souza said. Its an interesting series of experiments, she said. None of them absolutely prove that this is whats going...Stanford researchers find culprit in aging muscles that heal poorly
...he garbled instructions, they were actually giving rise to daughter cells that turned into the wrong thing. The consequence of muscle stem cells producing fewer muscle cells (myoblasts) and more fibroblasts is that the healing muscle had more scar tissue, also known as fibrosis. "That says something abo...Long heat waves boost hospital admissions
...ther must last four or more days before admissions rise significantly. Giuseppe Mastrangelo and his team from the University of Padova, Italy, examined hospital discharge records for patients aged 75 or over during five heat waves which hit the Veneto Region in Northeast Italy between 2002 and 2003. ...Controlling prescription drug expenditures: a case report of success
...ce. The studys authors wrote that preventing the rise of prescription drug costs allowed the health plan to invest in new initiatives to improve the health outcomes of patients with chronic disease, such as reducing the co-payments for insulin and diabetic testing supplies to encourage medication adhere...Fat is the new normal, FSU researcher says
...l force that we are trying to document because the rise in obesity has occurred so rapidly over the past 3...iland. Biological forces also play a role in the rise of obesity. An additional pound of body weight is more likely to be fat, which does not metabolize c...Happier hospitals means healthier patients
...oductivity in hospitals has not kept pace with the rise in spending. It can be difficult for doctors and managers to get on, said Becky Malby, Director of the Universitys Centre for Innovation in Health Management, which published the research. But our study shows that where the two sides work togethe...Many heart attack patients still not getting emergency clot-busting treatment
...e of the benefit of emergency angioplasty, and the rise in the availability of the treatment at American h...h May 2000, and June 2000 through May 2003. The rise in emergency angioplasty was fastest from the first time period to the second; the rate of increase ...Heat-related deaths in middle, high school football players spikes in 2006
... than normal, Mueller said. When body temperatures rise to 103 or 104, the brains hypothalamus loses its ability to regulate the heat. The heart beats faster to increase blood flow to the skin to aid in evaporation, leaving less blood in the heart and other muscles. Brain death begins around 106 degrees, ...Trials underway for 'essential' new TB vaccine
...isease in many parts of the world, including a 10% rise in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and the em...y room for improvement," explains Dr McShane. "The rise in the number of cases of multi-drug resistant forms of TB plus the increasing number of cases of TB...From UF and IBM, a blueprint for 'smart' health care
...s. The number of people 85 and over is expected to rise from 4.2 million in 2000 to 6.1 million in 2010 and 9.6 million by 2030, according to federal government statistics. Meanwhile, the percentage of older Americans living alone will either remain high or continue to grow: About half of women and nearly...Scaling up HIV prevention programs is cost effective
... expand beyond a certain point, costs can start to rise an effect noted in 2 types of HIV prevention interventions in India. As more PANCEA-type data becomes available, researchers will be better able to predict these changes. The global HIV prevention effort is rapidly increasing, with literally bill...Speeding up CT scans with cellphone technology, ultrasound warning signal for breast cancer
...ics.unc.edu), the cost of these machines would not rise significantly, as new technology enables hundreds of x-ray cathodes to be fabricated on a single silicon wafer. (Monday, July 26, 2007, 5:12 PM, Paper MO-E-L100J-7) III. INNOVATIVE PHYSICS DEVICE MAY REVOLUTIONIZE PROTON THERAPY Using innovativ...Rising skin cancer rates are more likely to affect wealthy people, says 12-year review
... over the 12-year study period, with a 48 per cent rise in patients and a 71 per cent rise in samples. Squamous cell caricoma patients rose by 28 per cent, with a 57 per cent rise in samples,...Experts call for urgent research into anti-epileptic drugs given to children
... list down to three drugs that have seen a massive rise in UK prescribing since 1993 lamotrigine, topiramate and levetiracetam. The uptake of these drugs has been rapid, yet their long-term safety has not been established and further research must now be seen as a priority. Worldwide concern has been e...Study outlines how stroke, head injury can increase risk of Alzheimer's disease
...o help transport BACE to lysosomes, levels of BACE rise and lead to increased amyloid-beta production. Amyloid-beta itself is toxic to brain cells, so it may cause further apoptosis, leading to a vicious cycle of continued cell death and amyloid-beta production. The importance of GGA3s control of BACE...Metabolic syndrome points to heart health
...re cardiac structural and functional abnormalities rise progressively with increasing degree of metabolic syndrome, regardless of symptoms. This association was independent of the 10-year predicted risk of coronary heart disease by Framingham risk score for indirect indices of diastolic dysfunction, but n...Low-carb diets' effects linked to rise in newly identified 'starvation hormone'
...n the liver," added Maratos-Flier, noting that the rise in obesity has contributed to a growing epidemic of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Although the physiology remained uncertain, pharmacological studies of mice and diabetic monkeys had previously shown promise for FGF21 therapy as a means to lower ......Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University A rise in a patients Body Mass Index (BMI) is one of the most important health issues facing health care professionals today, Dr. Berger noted. Higher BMI can lead to a greater risk of a patient developing diabetes and heart disease, as well as esophageal a...