Integrated chemical-dependency and mental-health treatment best for adolescents
...for those who go to treatment sooner and it often takes three or more episodes of treatment before they can sustain recovery. This does not mean it is hopeless. What it means is that the sooner we intervene, the more effective the earlier treatment, and the more we proactively monitor and re-intervene i...Study compares stomach acid control of three proton pump inhibitors in chronic NSAID users
...ty for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (SSAT), DDW takes place May 14-19, 2005 in Chicago. The meeting showcases approximately 5,000 abstracts and hundreds of lectures on the latest advances in GI research, medicine and technology. NEXIUM (esomeprazole magnesium) delayed-release capsules NEXIUM is indica...UCLA researchers find common gastrointestinal condition keeps patients up at night
...ty for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (SSAT), DDW takes place May 14-19, 2005 in Chicago. The meeting showcases approximately 5,000 abstracts and hundreds of lectures on the latest advances in GI research, medicine and technology....Over-feeding in infancy might set the stage for childhood obesity
...his might explain why investigators report that it takes up to two years before a noticeable gain of body fat is observed in young children," say the authors. They add, "all these data suggest that maternal influences on infant body composition may not appear initially as obvious physical differences duri...Mayo researchers seek methods to make new cancer therapies available more quickly
...s, he said. "We were dissatisfied with how long it takes to complete trials and make promising new therapies available to help patients," says Dr. Sargent. "Our goal was to see if there was a better and more efficient way to conduct the trials." Dr. Sargent says the research is not perfect, and some therap...Zevalin safe and effective for non-Hogdkin's lymphoma patients with advanced disease
...jor potential benefit to Zevalin is that treatment takes approximately eight days compared to six months of standard therapy. "Patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma who have failed standard chemotherapy and have received stem cell transplantation have few treatment options available," said Samuel Jacobs, M....Whole-body MRI takes less than 20 min to scan a patient's entire body for cancer spread to bone
...of the body) in a single imaging scan--and it only takes between 15 and 18 minutes, say two different European studies. For one study, researchers from the Clinica Girona in Catalonia, Spain, performed whole-body MRI on 42 patients with known malignant tumors and a suspicion of bone lesions. Upon analyzing...Nature as important as nurture in developing ability for flexible self-control
...tional information about why the prefrontal cortex takes so long to mature. "Since the prefrontal cortex imposes control on other brain areas, those other areas must stabilize before the prefrontal cortex can learn how to control them," Noelle said. "Our computer simulation results show the simulated prefr...Infants with rare genetic disease saved by cord blood stem cells
... within a week, whereas a matching adult donor can takes months to locate and obtain if available at all, said Kurtzberg. Similar benefits of cord blood were seen in an earlier Duke study of children with Hurler Syndrome, results of which were published in the May 6, 2004, issue of the New England Journal ...Don't skip chest CT in the ER just because x-ray checks out okay, warns study
...lline, MD, senior author of the study. "Today this takes about three to five minutes--10 years ago it would take two hours, but the newest generation of CT scanners, called multidetector CT (or MDCT) has revolutionized the imaging of multiple trauma patients," he added. However, say the researchers, multip...Group-based education improves diabetes self-management, studies find
... is very important," Deakin says. "One-on-one this takes time, but spending time with individuals in a group format and having the peer support makes it work in more than one way." Other challenges inherent in such programs include finding ways to reach communities and ensuring that patients return for fol...Women rising to the challenge of weightlessness
...'s a huge responsibility". Beata, a young mother, takes a broader view, saying, "Space research, expeditions to Mars: these are really fascinating and important things. I know I'll never go into space but at least I'll know I've done all I could for research, for astronauts and for the future and I'm happ...Physiotherapists cure incontinence
...ly lives is the key to long-term success. Exercise takes very little time and can be done at times that suit participants, and as part of their everyday activities. "There's new evidence showing that if women train the pelvic floor muscles for strength, the muscles actually improve in their tone and form a...Students who get drunk weekly have higher risk of injuries
...dications and other variables," she said. "What it takes to make someone drunk varies from individual to individual." The overall goal of the $3.2 million Study to Prevent Alcohol-Related Consequences (SPARC) is to reduce the availability of alcohol to students and to help change campus cultures that promo...Duke engineers develop new 3-D cardiac imaging probe
...reates a picture of the whole heart in the time it takes for current ultrasound technology to image a single heart cross section. The new probe has considerable potential not only for evaluating the condition of the heart, but also for use in guiding therapeutic treatment devices, the researchers said. The...Mayo Clinic Proceedings studies risk factors for blood clots
...on of anesthesia is usually related to how long it takes the orthopedic surgeon to perform a major joint replacement. It makes sense that this raises the risk of blood clots in the veins because the patient is supine and blood pools in the areas. "Our findings may apply to other types of surgical procedure...Researchers demonstrate use of gold nanoparticles for cancer detection
...w the results, as other techniques require. All it takes is a relatively simple, inexpensive microscope and white light. Another benefit is that the results are instantaneous. "If you take cells from a cancer stricken tissue and spray them with these gold nanoparticles that have this antibody, you can see ...Doctor 'report cards' may keep some heart patients from getting angioplasties
... that there is an apples-to-apples comparison that takes into account a patient's risk as well as his or her outcome." In the last decade, angioplasties have become a common, minimally invasive way to open the arteries that surround the heart, without surgery. Millions of people with coronary artery diseas...Johns Hopkins AIDS expert says global strategy needed to combat 'feminization' of HIV/AIDS
...mselves and a gender-specific vaccine program that takes into account the different immune responses between women and men." Also needed, he says, are cultural programs for reshaping gender roles, such as educating more women about safe-sex practices, use of condoms, lessons on negotiating safe sex, and aw...Research results from the 'Era of Hope' Department of Defense breast cancer research program meeting
...urrent TC assay is great for research labs, but it takes two days. We're now trying to develop a lower-cost, faster, and easier assay that will be practical in a clinical setting, to help identify women at high risk for disease progression," Mr. Heaphy said. "In roughly 30% of women with breast cancer, m...