Focused ultrasound relieves fibroid symptoms in women
...according to the results of a multicenter clinical trial reported in the June issue of the journal Radiology. Magnetic resonance-guided, focused ultrasound surgery (MRgFUS) allows radiologists to precisely target fibroids without harming healthy surrounding tissue. "This treatment immediately stops bloo......icant improvements for patients. In the largest trial to date, 100 participants with persistent subclinical hypothyroidism were given thyroxine and compared with those taking a placebo or dummy medication. Dr Salman Razvi and Dr Jolanta Weaver of Newcastle University's School of Clinical Medical Scie...Increasing radiation dose shortens treatment time for women who choose breast sparing treatment
... skin toxicity. "Acute toxicity on this clinical trial is not only acceptable but also compares favorably with the results seen for conventional standard fractionated radiation therapy," Freedman said. At the end of treatment, none of the women had grade 3 or 4 skin toxicity or dermatitis (skin inflamma...New hope for severe heart disease patients
...on. "However," he cautioned, "this was a safety trial and therefore was not placebo controlled, so we ca...he need for the next study. The new phase of the trial involving 40 patients will combine physiotherapist-monitored exercise with Magnetic Resonance Imagin...ECP may be effective in treating Crohn's disease
...om an international multi-center Phase II clinical trial suggest that extracorporeal photopheresis (ECP) ma...have many serious side effects. The 28 patient trial studied the safety and efficacy of ECP in patients with a Crohns Disease Activity Index (CDAI) of at...Limiting eligibility for medical studies can omit women and African-Americans
... patients in their study, in an effort to make the trial run smoothly or to increase the chances that a favored treatment will show positive outcomes. Humphreys said such exclusions could have dangerous implications. "If treatments are tested on, and developed for, only part of the population, that means...Rosiglitazone -- Seeking a balanced approach to avoid panic among patients
...easonably await the results of RECORD a phase III trial specifically designed to analyse cardiovascular events connected to use of rosiglitazone. The Editorial says: "Until the results of RECORD are in, it would be premature to overinterpret a meta-analysis that the authors and NEJM editorialists all ac...Bronchial thermoplasty may allow severe asthma patients to wean off oral corticosteroids
...lts from this randomized, controlled, multi-center trial provide some hope for patients with severe, refractory asthma people who despite taking state-of-the-art medications are still experiencing the disruptive and distressing symptoms of their asthma," states Glen French, CEO of Asthmatx, Inc. "We were ...NY-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center doctors present at 2007 AUA Meeting
... in a variety of tumors, including HRPC. The SPARC trial is a large, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase III study, evaluating S in combination with prednisone (P) for the treatment of HRPC patients who have failed one prior chemotherapy regimen. The study found that oral satraplatin is well tolerated ...NHLBI Asthma Clinical Research Networks and ALA ACRC Network to present at ATS 2007
...The Sinusitis and Rhinitis in Asthma Study (SIRNA) trial developed a clinical tool to reliably diagnose rhinosinusitis in people with poorly controlled asthma ...12-month study demonstrated tolerability and efficacy of Daytrana
... of the children in this open-label, flexible-dose trial participated in one of four trials in which the children previously received DAYTRANA, OROS methylphenidate or a placebo. All of the children previously used DAYTRANA for at least a minimum of three days and a maximum of 37 months. While this study...Investigational nonstimulant Guanfacine XR significantly improved child, adolescent ADHD symptoms
... common side effects being sedative in nature. In trial 301, sedation-related treatment-emergent adverse e...olic and diastolic blood pressure were modest. In trial 304, common treatment related adverse events greater than 5 percent included somnolence (27 percent)...Daytrana provides significant effectiveness in both boys and girls with ADHD
...children aged 6 to 12 years, according to clinical trial results reported at the American Psychiatric Assoc...ts (>10 percent) in both boys and girls in the trial were decreased appetite, headache, insomnia, nausea and vomiting. Boys in the DAYTRANA group had a ...Long-term treatment with VYVANSE, first prodrug stimulant, demonstrates significant efficacy in ADHD
...ement, according to phase III open-label extension trial results. Further analysis of phase II clinical da...m baseline (P All 272 patients in the long-term trial previously participated in either of two double-blind clinical trials of VYVANSE. In the long-term ...New technique effective in closing accidental colonoscopy wounds
...es. Other institutions joining in the multi-center trial included academic medical centers at Dartmouth University and the University of Cincinnati, and at medical schools in Great Britain and Sweden. "The results are encouraging," Raju said: "As good as surgery in closing perforations, better than surgery...Endoscopic procedures advance physician knowledge and patient care
...the ability of WCE in children The multi-center trial enrolled 56 patients ranging from age one and a half to eight. All patients underwent barium meal and follow through, and upper and lower gastrointestinal (GI) tract endoscopy prior to enrollment. After 12 hours of fasting, patients were given the ...News from American Psychiatric Association 2007 Annual Meeting
...e results of this double-blind, placebo-controlled trial were presented in a poster at the American Psychia...y difficulty with sleep onset," said Zammit. "The trial will also help physicians better understand the unique and differentiating mechanism of action of ra...Scientific breakthrough for naprapathy
...f back and neck complaint, says Eva Skillgate. The trial adds to the knowledge that recommending a combination of manual therapies, as naprapathic manual therapy, may be an alternative to consider in primary healthcare for patients with back and neck pain."...New prevention, treatment methods for patients with painful bowel inflammation
...domized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial of 105 patients with mild-to-moderately active UC....as used to measure the disease activity during the trial and efficacy was assessed by measuring clinical response, clinical remission, endoscopic remission a...Muscle stem cells effectively treat urinary incontinence long term
...ct 1331 in the AUA proceedings. "This clinical trial is extremely encouraging, given that 13 million people in the United States, most of them women, cope with stress urinary incontinence," said Michael B. Chancellor, M.D., the studys senior author and professor of urology and gynecology at the Univers...