Grandparents, older adults encouraged to seek help for a sleep disorder
...heart disease, and cognitive problems. Snoring, a symptom of OSA, is a very common condition affecting nearly 40 percent of adults, and is more common among older people. Restless legs syndrome, where one experiences uncomfortable feelings in the legs, affects more than 20 percent of people 80 years an...Rochester spreads knowledge of cancer-related fatigue
...ue upon diagnosis, a sign that fatigue is an early symptom of malignancy as well as a consequence of treatment. -- Underlying causes. Cancer fatigue disrupts several interrelated systems: physiological, biochemical, psychological. The effect varies among individuals and also during different phases of treat...Borderline personality disorder shows improvements with intensive psychotherapy
... carefully assessed on a wide range of psychiatric symptom and functioning domains, such as depression, anger, social functioning, suicidal behaviors, impulsivity, social adjustment, and various forms of irritability and aggression. At the end of the year of treatment, a detailed examination of the change ...Nonhormonal drug reduces hot flashes in men treated for prostate cancer
...me of which can actually fuel their cancer. So any symptom relief these men get comes with worry about new cancer growth. "To my knowledge, this is the first nonhormonal treatment of hot flashes in men, where results from a placebo-controlled trial are positive enough to support that a nonhormonal medicat...E/Tablet technology may provide benefits to patients, researchers
...easier for them to remember their symptoms. "The symptom assessment tool provided on the E//Tablet is tailored specifically to cancer patients," Abernethy said. "The focused prompts are designed to help patients facing life-and-death issues to also remember important quality-of-life concerns they have had,...Journal Sleep: Advanced cancer patients have less quality sleep
... importance, since in cancer, an initial sign of a symptom may hint the underlying cause of that symptom and, thus, indicating the need of a more effective symptom management," said Mystakidou. "Poor slee...Mayo researchers discover overdiagnosis of long QT heart syndrome
...ely 5 percent to 10 percent of the time, its first symptom is sudden death, often related to physical exertion or auditory triggers such as an alarm clock. However, most cases can be diagnosed following warning signs that suggest its potential presence and from objective data derived from an electrocardiogra...TV ads may spur more stroke victims to get help sooner
...r of visits, how many came in within five hours of symptom onset, how many came in within two-and-a-half hour... of victims arrived within two-and-a-half hours of symptom onset and 48.1 percent (6,024) arrived within five hours. Of the total visits, 24.3 percent (3,040)...Exercise test may help predict mortality risk in heart failure patients
...550,000 new cases diagnosed each year. The primary symptom is shortness of breath. The goal of the study was to evaluate a test that measures the lungs' efficiency at consuming oxygen and expiring carbon dioxide. The test has been shown to predict future hospitalizations in patients with systolic heart fai...New system for reporting toxicity burden of cancer treatment
...dating clinically meaningful events that have high symptom burden or that might compromise the delivery of treatment. TAME values are presented in a way that makes it easier to directly compare overall safety among treatment options. Patients have a growing number or choices in cancer treatment, and many wan...Focused ultrasound relieves fibroid symptoms in women
...r. Tempany said. The findings showed significant symptom relief at three months and sustained relief at one...eated with the optimized protocol reported greater symptom relief and quality of life improvement than those treated with the original protocol. No serious adv...Experimental gene therapy 'abolishes' arthritis pain and lessens joint damage
...tributed to the emerging theory that pain is not a symptom of osteoarthritis, but is instead part of the disease. According to this new paradigm, pain is composed of nerve messages that over time cause permanent chemical changes in the pathways they travel along, making them more sensitive to pain and encour...What exactly is repetitive strain injury?
...shown exercise to be beneficial both for providing symptom relief and improving the activities of daily living. Other treatments such as massage or use of ergonomic keyboards at workstations are also regularly prescribed; however three separate studies into these non-proven techniques did not reduce sick ...12-month study demonstrated tolerability and efficacy of Daytrana
...6 to 12 years, provided significant improvement in symptom control and tolerability, according to results of a 12-month open-label study presented at the American Psychiatric Association (APA) annual meeting in San Diego. "We documented that children with ADHD experienced effective ADHD treatment with us...New guideline for treating Lyme disease
...that persist after treatment for Lyme disease, the symptom complex will remain problematic until we can better understand the cause of these symptoms and find appropriate treatments," said Halperin....Efficacy and safety of Aripiprazole as adjunctive therapy in major depressive disorder
... major depressive disorder do not achieve adequate symptom response, said study investigator Arif Khan, M.D., Medical Director, Northwest Clinical Research Center, Bellevue, Wash., and Adjunct Professor, Psychiatry, Duke University, Durham, N.C. The findings from this study contribute more information about...New study demonstrates that Lubiprostone may improve symptom relief rates in adults with IBS-C
...ubiprostone), given 8 mcg twice a day, may improve symptom relief rates in adults with irritable bowel syndrome with constipation (IBS-C). These results were presented as a late-breaker at Digestive Disease Week 2007, the largest annual international meeting of digestive disease specialists. "In this stud...Full-term, low-birth-weight babies at significantly greater risk for early respiratory symptoms
... By age 2, cough was the most frequently reported symptom among the children. Between the ages of 4 and 7, a...f the cohort had reported at least one respiratory symptom at some point in the first 7 years of life," said Dr. de Jongste. A child born at a low birth weig...FDA approves Dey, L.P.'s Perforomist inhalation solution for maintenance treatment of COPD
...tion favored by many patients may provide improved symptom control and a better quality of life for the millions of Americans who live with COPD." Mel Engle, President and CEO at DEY, noted, "As the US leader in nebulized respiratory products, we are thrilled to bring Perforomist Inhalation Solution, a n......ted during coronary angiography. The most common symptom of broken heart syndrome was chest pain, in 70 percent of patients, followed by shortness of breath in 33 percent. All patients had ECG changes suggestive of an acute coronary syndrome, a term that encompasses both heart attack and unstable angina. T...