Anti-malaria drug combination could help address treatment crisis in Africa
...ine drug combination was very high, exceeding 96%, whether given supervised or unsupervised. Adherence to the complicated, twice-daily, three-day regimen might be sub optimal and could reduce the effectiveness of the drug combination. The investigators compared the effectiveness and safety of the drug combin...Breakthrough for kids with epilepsy
...significant every day value for counseling parents whether their child should undergo epilepsy surgery," states corresponding author, Ingrid Tuxhorn, MD. Twelve months post-surgery, 82% of children showed stable improvements in development and three children showed gains of greater than 15 points in IQ. Gain...Nanoparticles offer new hope for detection and treatment
...low up, because a doctor could use them to discern whether a tumor was still growing after radiation or chemotherapy treatments. Although this study focused on melanoma tumors, the researchers believe the technology should work for most solid tumors, because all tumors must recruit new blood vessels to obtai...Breast cancer detector that uses electricity instead of X-rays under study
...n about 500 at MCG Medical Center will determine whether the device, which produces a report rather than a ...o look at an X-ray, the computer immediately notes whether the image is HEDA negative, meaning no cancer detected, or positive. "For a number of years now, it'...Risk scores may identify young individuals with atherosclerosis
...Atherosclerosis in Youth (PDAY) study to determine whether a coronary heart disease (CHD) risk score can identify young people with advanced atherosclerotic disease. Study patients were people aged 15 through 34 years who died of external causes (accidents, homicides, and suicides). The researchers developed...Chest x-rays may provide information to help detect osteoporosis in the elderly
...iographs were then reviewed in detail to determine whether the patient had a moderate-to-severe vertebral fracture. Seventy-two (16 percent) of the 459 patients had a moderate-to-severe vertebral fracture on the basis of their radiograph. Forty-three (60 percent) of the fractures were documented in the orig...Reducing malarial transmission in Africa
...of co-artemether was highly effective at reducing whether and how long children had gametocytes - the infective form of the malarial parasite - in their blood. The numbers of gametocytes carried and how able they were to infect mosquitoes 7 days later was also reduced by the six dose regimen. Although the...The power of drug advertising: Patients often get what they ask for
...ecial TV segment on depression, and were struck by whether a prescription medicine might help them. The Role ...the study, however. Chiefly, they cannot determine whether DTC advertising actually produces the kinds of behaviors in real patients that were portrayed by the...Color doppler sonography speeds detection of serious illness in premature infants
...nce or absence of blood flow in the intestines and whether that flow is normal, increased or absent. CDS is also noninvasive and free of ionizing radiation. Unlike x-ray, CDS was also able to detect various stages of NEC based on the type of blood flow to the intestine. This is important because the range in...Children do well with shorter fast before surgery
...te, and Brady says more studies are needed to show whether these children can safely drink up to a few hours ... on where the patients are waiting for surgery and whether food and drink are available. In her hospital, Caniano says, guidelines about preoperative fasting a...Herbal medicine may alter cell response to cancer therapeutic agents
...idely studied mouse breast cancer cell line to see whether commercially available extracts of black cohosh altered the response of cancer cells to radiation and to four drugs commonly used in cancer therapy. Rockwell said the black cohosh increased cell killing by two of the drugs, decreased the effectivene...Study finds moderate hypothermia a safe treatment for traumatic brain injury in kids
...ay in theUnited States, was conducted to determine whether moderate hypothermia (3233 degrees Celsius) begun in the early period after severe TBI and maintained for 48 hours is safe compared with normal body temperature (36.537.5 degrees Celsius). By inducing hypothermia in pediatric patients down to 32 degr...No wisdom in routinely pulling wisdom teeth, study says
...over 200 participants. The studies focused only on whether removal of wisdom teeth prevents crowding in the lower jaw within five years, and neither study revealed a significant benefit. "The conclusion drawn from [the larger] study was that the removal of impacted third molars to reduce or prevent late inci...Little evidence found for IVF as most effective infertility treatment
... infertility, but there is little evidence to show whether IVF results in more live births than other treatments, according to a new review of recent studies. Although expensive and invasive, IVF is a widely used treatment, despite potential complications, including a multiple pregnancy rate of about 25 perc...Antibiotic might fight HIV-induced neurological problems
...ulticenter clinical trial is being planned to test whether minocycline has the same effects in HIV-infected people as it does in SIV-infected monkeys, but it is not expected to start until sometime next year. "It is too early to recommend minocycline for patients," emphasizes Ned Sacktor, M.D., an associate ...New prostate cancer studies look at hormone and protein connection
... to its structure. Persad's team will investigate whether modifying beta-catenin affects its role in promoting cell growth and survival. Modification happens less frequently in prostate cancer cells than in normal prostate cells, and using sugar modification may regulate the function of beta-catenin to prev...M. D. Anderson announces collaboration with India's largest yoga research institution
...ndergoing radiation treatments. They are exploring whether participating in a yoga program diminishes patients' fatigue and sleep disturbances, while improving overall quality of life, mental health, stress hormone levels, and aspects of immune function. The randomized controlled trial is monitoring patients...Specific behaviors seen in infants can predict autism, new research shows
...months that can predict, with remarkable accuracy, whether a child will develop autism. The preliminary fin...expressive and receptive language. It is not known whether these risk markers constitute an early manifestation of the disorder, or are behaviors that reduce t...New study finds combat vets face more cardiovascular risks
...ion by era of service, so they could not determine whether the effects of exposure to combat are constant or if they can differ with different eras. "That said, one of the key strengths of our study was the more objective way in which exposure to combat was measured," Johnson said. "We defined combat as havi...Breast-cancer risk linked to exposure to traffic emissions at menarche, first birth
...nted." The UB researchers currently are examining whether genetic polymorphisms involving PAH metabolism may modify the risk, if lifeline cumulative exposure may be associated with the risk and if this study may be replicated in another geographic settings. Jo Freudenheim, Ph.D., UB professor of social and...