Community MRSA is re-emergence of 1950's pandemic
...ed to treat these infections. Now researchers have shown that one of the key clones of community acquired M...of Bath (UK) who is leading the research. "We have shown that 80/81 and its souped-up community acquired MRSA descendent share many of the same features, whi...Sucampo submits new drug application for lubiprostone
... adults. Administered orally, the agent has been shown to work locally in the GI tract by activating specific chloride channels (a protein that carries chloride) on cells lining the small intestine, increasing intestinal fluid secretion. This increased fluid level softens the stool, promotes spontaneous...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for April 2005 (first issue)
...rugs, which a recent randomized clinical trial has shown to be "distinctly inferior to the 6-month regimen with rifampin throughout." The article about the remarkable history of tuberculosis treatment appears in the first issue for April 2005 of the American Thoracic Society's peer-reviewed American Jour...Study: obesity impairs immune response of mice, boosts chances of dying from influenza infection
...eplication by killing infected cells and have been shown to be important in the development of the T cell response to influenza." Natural killer cells in the obese animals had a 50 percent reduction in their killing capacity compared to lean animals, Beck said. Co-authors of the paper were medical student ...Pezcoller Foundation-AACR International Award for Cancer Research
...dylinositol. Although prior work in the 1950s had shown that phosphatidylinositol was phosphorylated in human tissues, Cantley's laboratory discovered an enzyme that could phosphorylate a unique position on phosphatidylinositol (the 3 position of the inositol moiety), revealing a new lipid not previously ...Cognitive therapy works as well as antidepressants, but with lasting effect after therapy ends
...antidepressant medication treatment. Studies have shown that antidepressant medication dosages are still l...to treatments currently in use, and this study has shown cognitive therapy to be a viable alternative."...Teens believe oral sex is safer, more acceptable to peers
...l risks. In previous research, Halpern-Felsher has shown that teenagers are highly aware of risks, and that time and experience lead to changes in their perception of the danger to themselves. Participants in the study were students at two California high schools, who completed a questionnaire during class...Brain region recovery possible in former methamphetamine users
...MA/Archives journals. Methamphetamine use has been shown to cause abnormalities in brain regions associated with selective attention and regions associated with memory, according to background information in the article. Recent animal and human studies suggest that neuronal changes associated with long-ter...In treatment of depression, cognitive therapy and medication both effective
...more severe depression. Cognitive therapy has also shown potential in treating major depressive disorder. Robert J. DeRubeis, Ph.D., from the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, and colleagues compared the efficacy of antidepressant medications with cognitive therapy in 240 moderately to severely de...Angiogenesis factor may help tumors prepare the way for spread to lymph nodes
... mice. In addition, the new lymphatic vessels were shown to carry the receptor molecule known to interact with VEGF-A. Examination of sentinel lymph nodes those most adjacent to the tumors showed increased spread of malignant cells to the nodes of transgenic mice. Those cells expressed the green fluore...Injectable drug, combined with counseling, shows promise in treating alcohol dependence
...ol dependence. Although many clinical trials have shown that oral naltrexone can be effective in treating alcohol dependence, its use in clinical practice has been limited, in part because the drug was given as a pill that patients have to take daily. "Alcoholism is a serious disease that destroys lives....Exercise, stress management show physiological benefits for heart patients
...late surges in blood pressure. "While studies have shown that psychosocial factors such as depression, stre...hat abnormally low baroreflex sensitivity has been shown to be associated with worse outcomes for patients with heart disease--improvement may produce clinic...Once-a-month injectable medication helps treat alcohol dependence
...eventable deaths per year. The drug naltrexone has shown efficacy for treatment of alcohol dependence. However, adherence to daily oral doses can be problematic, and clinical acceptance and utility of oral naltrexone have been limited. James C. Garbutt, M.D., of the University of North Carolina at Chapel H...Maternal iron deficiency disrupts mother/child interaction
...tate who led the study says, "Earlier research had shown that anemic women may experience post-partum depression and that women with moderate iron deficiency have a slow down in thinking and memory. Our new results suggest that the effects of mild iron deficiency -- which are easily correctable with suppl...Less cognitive impairment seen in women taking drug for osteoporosis
...However, they wrote, given that other studies have shown that estrogen reduces the risk of Alzheimer's disease and cognitive impairment, it is most likely that raloxifene has an estrogen-like effect on the central nervous system. According to Yaffe, it is probable that because the preventive effect involve...US service academies to collaborate with UNC, Andrews Air Force Base, Duke in knee injury study
...t physical contact between athletes. Studies have shown that the injury rate to the knee's ACL is up to eight times higher for women than it is for men, particularly in sports requiring stopping and jumping tasks, as in basketball, soccer and volleyball. Such injuries often require surgery and prolonged r...Hormonal birth control, bacterial infections in women linked to increased shedding of type-2 herpes
...rpes said. "I believe that treatment of BV will be shown to be an effective therapy to reduce the risk of HSV-2 shedding, but, again, further work is required." Vaginal GBS becomes problematic when bacterial colonization is heavy; in pregnant women, GBS can result in infants with low birthweight or even se...Nutritional supplement reduces need for traditional ulcerative colitis treatment
...elapse of symptoms. Previous smaller studies have shown that fish oil is effective in reducing the need for corticosteroids in ulcerative colitis patients. The current study combines fish oil with soluble fiber to diminish the inflammation associated with ulcerative colitis symptoms and positively affect...Insomnia, falls in elderly linked
...therapy, whether one-on-one or in groups, has been shown to work as well as or better than medication. And almost everyone with insomnia would benefit from better "sleep hygiene" -- including quiet, dark bedrooms and pre-bedtime habits such as low-key activity and abstaining from caffeine, alcohol or exerc......hem as well," wrote the researchers. "Here we have shown that by observing another individual learning to move accurately in a novel mechanical environment, observers move more accurately themselves," concluded the researchers. "Subjects can acquire neural representations of novel force environments on the...