Medication appears effective in treating teen heroin addiction
...al Center, New York.) Buprenorphine hydrochloride treats opiate addiction by preventing symptoms of withdrawal from heroin and other opiates. Clonidine hydrochloride belongs to a class of drugs known as alpha-blockers. It is commonly prescribed to treat high blood pressure. The researchers conducted a do...Hypnotherapy an effective treatment for IBS
...ded a dedicated unit at Wythenshawe Hospital which treats patients from all over the UK, as the treatment can only be carried out by a practitioner trained in gut-directed hypnotherapy and is not yet widely available on the NHS. Former patient Sonia Pinnock said, "I suffered from IBS and was on medication f...Jefferson scientists design method to fight artificial implant infections with antibiotics
..." says orthopedic surgeon Javad Parvizi, M.D., who treats implant-related infections and works on the project. "Once the organism steps on the surface, the antibiotic mine explodes and kills the bacteria. It holds great promise for our patients." When a hip or knee implant is infected, physicians give exten...FDA approved ROZEREM (ramelteon)
...g the activity of neurons in the brain. Ramelteon treats insomnia by specifically affecting the activity of neurons in an area of the brain involved in the sleep-wake process, and has been shown to carry no risks of abuse, withdrawal, or dependency, and negligible risk for next-day 'hangover' effects." ...Discovery of T-cell 'traffic control' boosts new drug promise
...esearch explains how a promising experimental drug treats the autoimmune disease multiple sclerosis by blocking excess S1P action. The research also shows the promise of similar strategies to prevent rejection of transplanted organs and tissues without compromising essential immune defenses. The emerging vi...New memory drug works best in combination with older remedy
...we asked the rats to remember where they had found treats in the 'information' session, and to look for food in new places during the recall tests." It quickly became apparent that the rodents performed better when they were given either SGS742 or Aricept rather than no drug at all. What's more, those rat...Blood-based TB test matches up to old skin test in study among health workers in India
...stitute, a rural hospital in Sevagram, India, that treats about 300 tuberculosis patients a year. The workers were tested with both the traditional TB skin test and the interferon-gamma assay. About half of the workers tested positive for latent TB infection. The researchers found a high level of agreement ......ng in schools." As a physician, Anderson regularly treats young people trying to control their weight. He believes stemming the American obesity epidemic is a task shared by all. "Communities, schools, legislative bodies, movies, television and food companies should partner in promoting healthful food choic...Researchers demonstrate use of gold nanoparticles for cancer detection
... it holds much promise for oral cancer patients he treats in his practice at UCSF Medical Center. "Oral cancer is deadly and tends to recur. Our best chance to save lives is to catch it early, and this method might allow that." He added that this technique could be used to detect a number of cancers, includ...Early failure to pay attention to faces, speech may influence later development in autism
...h programs for toddlers. The UW program, however, treats children as young as the researchers can reliably diagnosis with autism, some just 18 months of age. The program was designed with the assistance of Sally Rogers, a professor of psychiatry at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. The in...Patients with pituitary gland tumors are often misdiagnosed
...Gail Rosseau, this isn't surprising. Rosseau, who treats patients with a variety of neurological conditions at Rush University Medical Center and the Chicago Institute of Neurosurgery and Neuroresearch (CINN), says that pituitary tumors are often misdiagnosed because of the confusing array of symptoms they...Study shows that a kidney transplant can reverse heart failure
...understand why kidney transplantation successfully treats heart failure."...Study shows light therapy to effectively treat mood disorders, including SAD
... Medicine has found that light therapy effectively treats mood disorders, including seasonal affective disorder (SAD) and other depressive disorders. A report of the study, which appeared April 1 in the American Journal of Psychiatry, also finds that the effects of light therapy, also known as phototherapy...