Magnetic probe successfully tracks implanted cells in cancer patients
...t to advance to clinical trials, the research team switched from the experimental magnetic tags to formulations of iron oxide already approved for clinical use in Europe (as Endorem) and the United States (as Feridex). Because immature dendritic cells naturally take up materials around them, they simply absor...UNC, Shaw research shows continuity of care, not race, key to better blood pressure control
...he race of their doctors. "Those who lacked or had switched physicians received fewer hypertension diagnoses and, if diagnosed, took fewer medications compared with those keeping the same physician," Konrad said. "Rates of detection of high blood pressure in people changing doctors tended to be midway between...Taking an alternative approach to HIV vaccination
...mmune response. Dendritic cells in which SOCS1 was switched off were able to induce a good memory immune respo...ed by co-immunization with an interfering RNA that switched off SOCS1. The authors suggest that this SOCS1 silencing strategy could help enhance therapeutic an...Soy diet worsens heart disease
... cardiac growth and function when the animals were switched to a soy-free diet. The new data provide a strong link between soy diet and the progression of cardiac disease, in mice....Memantine appears effective and safe in moderate to severe Alzheimer's disease
...n observed when patients treated with placebo were switched to memantine treatment in the open extension," they write. "For the patients who were randomized to memantine treatment during the double-blind phase, these clinically relevant benefits also appeared to be maintained in sum." The completion rate fo...Follow-up study shows drug slows severe Alzheimer's symptoms for one year
...functional abilities, and behavior. Those who were switched from the placebo to Namenda showed a significantly slower rate of decline in a test of their ability to perform daily activities and in a test designed to measure their cognition, compared with the rate of decline previously. They also showed a signi...Soaring UK rates of Chlamydia infection partly caused by more sensitive tests
... between 1992 and 2003. But after 1998, tests were switched from cultures to the more sensitive nucleic acid amplification testing, or NAAT as it is known. Using the culture tests, just over 6 per cent of women and just over 7 per cent of men tested positive. But almost 10 per cent of women and just over 11 p...JRRD special issue on hearing and hearing loss
...h understanding in noise. Hearing aids that can be switched between directional and omnidirectional mode are advocated for many hearing aid candidates. Hearing aid outcomes What to measure? , pg 157 Investigators discuss the complex nature of measuring outcomes in audiology. While outcome measurement is cr...Moderately heavy models may actually lower women's self-esteem
...ng self-esteem. Some companies, such as Dove, have switched to using more realistic-looking models in conjunction with empowering messages. However, an important new study in the March 2006 issue of the Journal of Consumer Research reveals that, contrary to many assumptions, looking at moderately heavy models...Medication shows modest benefit in reducing weight, improving HDL, triglyceride levels
... lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol. Patients who were switched from the 20 mg of rimonabant group to the placebo group during year 2 experienced weight regain while those who continued to receive 20 mg of rimonabant maintained their weight loss and favorable changes in cardiometabolic risk factors. Rimonabant wa...Genes affecting blood pressure change as children become adults
... 18," says Dr. Snieder. "There are new genes being switched on that are involved in blood pressure and factors underlying blood pressure. I think that is the most interesting finding: the large amount of new genes that come into play." Even though the genes responsible for blood pressure regulation remain unk...Drug that switches on genes improves myelodysplastic syndrome treatment
...bine, is designed to turn on genes that cancer had switched off, and in this study, patients who were treated with it achieved a significantly higher overall response rate, compared to patients receiving supportive care, which includes transfusions of red blood cells and platelets. Results of the randomized P...Early treatment with blood pressure meds may reduce hypertension
...ques. After two years, the drug-treated group was switched to placebo, and all continued on placebo for the remaining two years. Of the enrolled patients, 448 developed hypertension. The study endpoints measured for the frequency of diagnosed hypertension in the patients and the time to that diagnosis. H...New strategies help depressed patients become symptom-free
...lleagues found that 25 percent of the patients who switched to a new medication became symptom-free within 14 ...tudy shows that all three medications the patients switched to, despite having different mechanisms of action, appear to be useful options for treating depressi...New scientific review shows vegetarian diets cause major weight loss
...ey of Oxford University found that meat-eaters who switched to a plant-based diet gained less weight over a period of five years. Papers reviewed by Drs. Berkow and Barnard include several published by Dr. Key and his colleagues, as well as a recent study of more than 55,000 Swedish women showing that meat-ea...Cinnamon, cloves improve insulin function, lower risk factors for diabetes, cardiovascular disease
...ecline in total cholesterol occurred only after he switched from sprinkling cinnamon on his breakfast cereal to taking it in a capsule. Saliva contains a chemical harmful to cinnamon....Sustained blood pressure treatment lowers dementia risk in elderly
...lood pressure medications used. Many men had been switched from one type of medication to another during the lengthy study. Co-authors are Lon White, M.D., M.P.H.; Kamal Masaki, M.D.; Helen Petrovitch, M.D.; and Lenore J. Launer, Ph.D. Researchers were from the NIA, the Pacific Health Research Institute, an...World Hypertension League calls for urgent action to get more hypertensive patients to goal
... than 20% of uncontrolled monotherapy patients are switched to combination therapy during follow-up visits5,6. Additionally, whilst the vast majority of physicians (96%) recognised hypertension is one of the most important cardiovascular conditions, only 54% cited it as one of the most challenging cardiovascu...M. D. Anderson: Setting the benchmark in brain tumor treatment
...udied to determine the genes and proteins that are switched on at the time the biopsy was taken. Such information will help identify the molecular pathways that cancer cells use to override normal growth controls. In the United States, all samples will be sent to Ken Aldape, M.D., at the Brain Tumor ...Study investigates Nexium benefits patients with Zollinger-Ellison syndrome
...reated with a PPI for ZES (n=19) or IGH (n=2) were switched to NEXIUM 40 mg twice daily (n=19) or NEXIUM 80 mg twice daily (n=2). At baseline and day 10, patients received a gastric analysis (i.e., basal AO test) to measure the amount of acid secreted by the stomach. Patients with controlled AO at day 10 rem...