GSK's Pazopanib shows positive results in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma
...ents improve (respond), stay the same (stable), or worsen (progress) during treatments. Almost half of the enrolled patients remain in the study. These results with pazopanib are very encouraging, said lead investigator Dr. Thomas Hutson, Baylor Sammons/Texas Oncology PA, Dallas, Texas. The high respo...GSK's Pazopanib shows positive results in patients with advanced RCC and ovarian cancer
...ents improve (respond), stay the same (stable), or worsen (progress) during treatments. Almost half of the enrolled patients remain in the study. These results with pazopanib are very encouraging, said lead investigator Dr. Thomas Hutson, Baylor Sammons/Texas Oncology PA, Dallas, Texas. The high respo...How brain pacemakers erase diseased messages
...ulses, Grill said. Patients' symptoms can actually worsen when the devices are dialed to a slower setting. The intensity of stimulation also plays an important role, the study suggests, by determining the number of brain cells affected by a particular series of pulses. A better understanding of the proc...Hepatitis C negatively impacts HIV
.... According to previous research, alcohol use may worsen HCV-related liver disease and interfere with adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) and medical care. The researchers studied 396 HIVinfected persons with alcohol problems. Fifty percent (199) were also co-infected with HCV. CD4 cell counts...NHLBI Asthma Clinical Research Networks and ALA ACRC Network to present at ATS 2007
...te asthma, increased weight does not substantially worsen physiologic and inflammatory markers of asthma. However, overweight and obese patients with asthma do appear to respond less well to traditional asthma therapies than do their lean counterparts, he says. ACRC Trials The American Lung Associatio...New treatment possibilities for fatal genetic disease
... results in a variety of devastating symptoms that worsen as the disease progresses. Each child of a parent with the disease has a 50-50 chance of inheriting the HD gene and therefore developing the disease. Statistics and Facts HD affects approximately 7 people per 100,000 of the population in Aus...Jefferson scientists find that plavix appears to be safe during and after heart bypass
...Plavix, when used in addition to aspirin, will not worsen bleeding after off-pump heart bypass surgery. The researchers led by David Whellan, M.D., assistant professor of Medicine at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, conducted a retrospective study of more than 7, 000 patients who...Link found between teens' stress levels and acne severity
...ss had been identified among many factors that can worsen acne, there has been little research to understand the mechanisms behind this relationship. The current study looked at whether levels of sebum, the oily substance that coats the skin and protects the hair, increase in times of stress and are related...AHA statement recommends doctors change approach
...in sodium and water retention, which in turn could worsen heart failure and produce high blood pressure," Antman explained. "The more you inhibit COX-1, the greater the increase in GI risk; the more you inhibit COX-2 the greater the cardiovascular risk." The scientific statement comes two years after the a...10 outstanding scientists chosen as First Environmental Health Science Fellows
...ution may trigger immune responses to cause and/or worsen asthma, cystic fibrosis, and other respiratory diseases in people. Arani Chanda, Doctoral Candidate, Carnegie Mellon University, uses innovative green chemistry principles to design novel oxidation catalysts as models for studying how oxidative e...Stress, childhood trauma linked to chronic fatigue syndrome in adults
... adulthood, these disorders frequently manifest or worsen in relation to an acute stress or challenge. High emotional reactivity is a risk factor for all of these disorders. Thus, enhanced stress and mood reactivity can be assumed to be a central feature common to this spectrum of disorders. "In fact, th...Trying to control pain can be a double-edged sword, say scientists
...this feeling of uncontrollability in turn tends to worsen the pain. On the other hand, teaching persistent pain patients psychological coping strategies to handle their pain usually does help reduce its effects." Dr Wiech and her team set up an experiment to investigate how people cope with pain. In the f...Smoking cessation therapy may be harmful for ICU patients
...he development of nicotine withdrawal symptoms can worsen their prognosis. As a result, NRT is given to acti...tial adverse effects of NRT have not been shown to worsen the prognosis of healthy volunteers and patients with stable coronary artery disease, they may be de...Asthma linked to soot from diesel trucks in Bronx
...ve shown that high concentrations of air pollution worsen asthma problems among elementary school children in the South Bronx. The schools in the study were: PS 154, MS 302, CS 152 and MS 201. Ten elementary school children with asthma from each of the four schools were followed for a month. Data...New technology to speed up research into Huntington's disease
...rms that mice with HD have cognitive problems that worsen with increasing age. Dr Morton said, "We are very excited about the results from the touchscreen apparatus. For many HD patients, the cognitive and emotional symptoms are as disabling as the more obvious motor effects of the disease, and much effo...Exercise improves quality of life for patients with severe chronic pulmonary hypertension
... increasing pressure on the pulmonary arteries may worsen right-sided heart failure," said Ekkehard Grnig, M.D., senior author of the study and associate professor at University Hospital Heidelberg in Heidelberg, Germany. "Patients should exercise, but only in certain amounts, in addition to taking medicin...Bacteria get off easy in sinus infections
...ections can get a head start, which might serve to worsen the sinus inflammation. "The potential is there to manipulate these chemical receptors and proteins to see if this makes patients more responsive to conventional therapy," says Lane. The study, led by Lane, was believed to be the first to determin...Hormone-replacement therapy hurts hearing, study finds
...r scientists have found that a woman's hearing can worsen slightly when her progesterone levels are high, during the latter portion of the monthly cycle. The team also plans to study women who have gone off HRT, to see if the hearing loss might be reversible. And they say that women on the birth control p...USC research shows dogs and smog don't mix
...a (USC) suggests that having a dog in the home may worsen the response to air pollution of a child with asthma. The study was published this week in the online edition of Environmental Health Perspectives, the journal of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. In "Dog Ownership Enhances S......its from the ban on smoking in public places would worsen health inequalities for people with mental health problems, warn doctors in this week's BMJ. Smoking is the largest single cause of preventable illness and premature death in the United Kingdom, with 106,000 people dying of smoking related diseases...