Late-breaking science presented at 57th AAN Annual Meeting
...scientific abstracts that will be presented during the American Academy of Neurology 57th Annual Meeting ...ients with treatment-resistant LGS received either the novel drug rufinamide or placebo for 12 weeks. Rufinamide reduced monthly seizure frequency by 33 pe...Combination vaccine produces lower immune response than vaccines administered separately
A combination vaccine developed to reduce the number of vaccines infants receive appears to provide less immunity than the vaccines administered individually, according to a study in the April 13 issue of JAMA. The developm...Rats with migraines provide Jefferson scientists insights to improved drug strategy
...w migraine treatments work. In recent experiments, the animals provided evidence showing that DHE, a stan...to treat acute migraine pain can also work against the onset of a phenomenon called "central sensitization," or "allodynia," which involves, as most migrai...Adverse outcomes from blood clot therapy may be due to patient characteristics, not dosing errors
...tcomes, not dosing errors, according to a study in the April 13 issue of JAMA. Several studies have repor...ng) agents, according to background information in the article. However, several patient factors identified as related to risk of incorrect dosing are also...Study shows statin use before or after stroke improves recovery
...e, according to research that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology 57th Annual Meeting ...to patients never exposed to statins, according to the study. Those on statins after a stroke were 2.6 times more likely to have a favorable outcome than t...To boost efficiency, hospitals borrow principles from factory floor
...spitals borrow principles from production lines on the factory floor, according to researchers in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at the University at Buffalo. At UB's Center of Ex...The world's leading researchers in clinical immunology to gather for FOCIS 2005
...nology will gather in Boston, May 12-16, 2005, for the 5th Annual Meeting of the Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies (FOCIS 2005). FOCIS 2005 will serve as a forum for scien......rica (AAFA), a not-for-profit organization, and is the leading patient organization for people with asthma and allergies Spokesperson can discuss the following: Current guidelines recommend inhaled corticosteroids as safe, effective and preferred ...'Nanoshells' simultaneously detect and destroy cancerous cells
...nd destroy cancerous cells. The report appears in the April 13 issue of the American Chemical Society's journal Nano Letters . ACS is the world's largest scientific society. C...Too much water may be as dangerous as too little during long-distance athletic events
...ping hyponatremia, a condition marked by a loss in the body's sodium content that can result in physical ...respiratory distress. In a perspectives article in the current issue of The New England Journal of Medicine, Dr. Benjamin Levine, professor of internal med...2005 Wistar Institute Science Journalism award winner announced
PHILADELPHIA - The winner of the 2005 Wistar Institute Science Journalism Award is ... writer Stephen S. Hall. He won for his article in the May 2004 issue of Discover magazine titled "The Good Egg," an investigation of the biological events...Tamoxifen can reduce breast pain in prostate cancer patients
...ome European countries as an additional therapy to the main treatment (removal of the prostate or radiotherapy) for early prostate cancer. Breast enlargement and breast pain are common s...Being too clean could be hazardous to your health and the environment
... Researchers at Virginia Tech have discovered that the use of antimicrobial soaps and other products may ...l engineering, has shown in his research that when the chemical triclosan, present in many antimicrobial soaps, reacts with chlorine in tap water, chlorofo...University of Chicago receives grant to study connections between religious beliefs and health
...niversity of Chicago researchers who are launching the first comprehensive study to examine the relationship between religious attitudes and health. Among the researchers' initial discoveries is ...Heart valve ring reverses damage from congestive heart failure, easing symptoms
...ure patients regain lost heart function, reversing the disease's effects on heart structure in two ways a...bling symptoms, researchers reported here today at the 85th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery. A prospective study of the fi...Will cancer vaccine get to all women?
... prevented by soon-to-be-approved vaccines against the virus that causes most cases of cervical cancer- but there are signs that opposition to the vaccines might lead to many preventable deaths. The trouble is that the human papilloma virus (HPV) ...Bugs in the gut could help doctors develop individualised healthcare
...inges on a better understanding of how microbes in the gut interact with different medicines report scien...ovide medical treatment tailored more precisely to the individual, maximising efficacy while reducing the risk of an adverse reaction. According to an arti...Smoking doubles risk of degenerative eye condition
... of macular degeneration increases with age and is the most common cause of blindness in the UK, affecting around 200,000 elderly people. The findings are based on a representative sample of o...British Asian women have lower risk of breast cancer than all other women
Furthermore, when they do develop the disease, they live longer than other women, the research shows. South Asians comprise the largest ethnic group in the UK, making up almost 3% of the...Prenatal sonography has no effect on the intellectual capacity of the developing child
...new study, which is to be published on 13 April in the scientific journal Epidemiology, is based on data from approximately 180,000 boys born in the 1970s, when routine ultrasonic examinations of foetal development were first introduced in Sweden. A...