Care management reduces depression and suicidal thoughts in older primary care patients
... of patients receiving treatment, lead to a higher remission rate of depression, and reduce suicidal thoughts. ... was 2.2 times greater in the PROSPECT group. remission of depression happened faster in the PROSPECT intervention group and remission rates continued to increase between months 18 and ...Subclinical markers predict relapse in juvenile idiopathic arthritis post methotrexate withdrawal
... timing of treatment withdrawal once a state of remission on medication is achieved. While this holds true ... of MTX for 12 to 24 months after induction of remission has been proposed by researchers.1 The risk of ... that continuing MTX therapy past the point of remission does not affect the risk of relapses after ...Study IDs benefit of donor SCT for adults with acute myeloid leukemia
... AML patients, allogeneic transplant in first remission proved to be the most effective strategy, the ... significantly from allogeneic transplant in first remission should establish it as the preferred treatment ... stem cell transplants in first clinical remission were more likely to be alive than those who ...Two Drugs Better Than One for Crohn's Patients
... remission rates higher with combination therapy, study ... likely to have the disease go into steroid-free remission than those who received only one of the drugs, ... of the patients who were in steroid-free remission at week 50 was 46.2 percent with infliximab plus ...New therapy with stem cells to treat Crohn's disease
... successfully in the US and Italy, where total remission of the disease has been shown in 80% of cases, ... of transplant patients are in a phase of total remission of the disease and the remaining 20% have shown ... cells. The immune system is reset, leading to remission or reduction of the abnormal inflammatory process ...New Study Demonstrates Cost Effectiveness of NeuroStar TMS Therapy(R) in the Treatment of Depression
... had statistically significant response and remission rates, which were approximately twice the rate of ... to 50% improvement in symptoms, and the remission rate is the percentage of patients who achieved ... achieved a 54% response rate and a 33% remission rate on the HAMD 24-item scale, at the end ...'Multi-target' immune therapy improves outcomes of severe lupus nephritis
... to traditional therapy for inducing complete remission of class V+IV lupus nephritis, with few side ... drug (cyclophosphamide). The complete remission rate, with recovery of normal kidney function, ... receiving multi-target therapy, the complete remission rate reached 65 percent at nine months, versus ...Cell Therapeutics Announces Study Data Set Cut-off for Phase III Pivotal Pixantrone (301) Trial
... primary endpoint for the study is the complete remission (CR) and unconfirmed complete remission (uCR) ... The trial was designed to examine the complete remission (CR) or unconfirmed complete remission (uCR) rate, time to tumor progression, and ...New Actemra data shows significant benefit for patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis
... Around one in three patients achieved clinical remission in the Actemra group, as assessed using DAS28 ... RA symptoms." "These results show that remission rates achieved with Actemra compare favourably ... in the placebo plus DMARDs arm. Disease remission was demonstrated in 30% of Actemra patients ...Clinical studies show REMICADE reduces incidence of bowel surgeries in ulcerative colitis patients
... symptoms and inducing and maintaining clinical remission in adult and pediatric patients with moderately ... reducing signs and symptoms, achieving clinical remission and mucosal healing, and eliminating ... symptoms and inducing and maintaining clinical remission in pediatric patients with moderately to severely ...Powerful nutrient cocktail can put kids with Crohn's into remission
... puts 60-70% of children with Crohn's disease, a common IBD disorder, into remission ― a success rate similar to that of traditional steroid-based drugs, ... says Dr. Shamir, is to "define exactly the role of nutrition in inducing remission in these patients, and the role of nutrition in maintaining remission." ...Laughter remains good medicine
... he prescribed himself, with the approval of his doctor, a regimen of humorous videos and shows like Candid Camera. Ultimately, the disease went into remission and Cousins wrote a paper that was published in the New England Journal of Medicine and a book about his experience, Anatomy of an Illness: A ...Laughter remains good medicine
... he prescribed himself, with the approval of his doctor, a regimen of humorous videos and shows like Candid Camera. Ultimately, the disease went into remission and Cousins wrote a paper that was published in the New England Journal of Medicine and a book about his experience, Anatomy of an Illness: A ...A double-barreled immune cell approach for neuroblastoma
... on using the new treatment in 11 patients with recurring neuroblastoma. "For the first time, we started to see tumor responses. We have one complete remission and others who have had stable disease for more than a year," said Brenner. The patients responded after only the one infusion of cells because ...Immunotherapy in high-risk pediatric sarcomas shows promising response
... and the efficacy of the vaccine is improved with the subsequent versions, one could ultimately consider the use of immunotherapy to consolidate remission in lower risk populations. ...Dartmouth researchers discover gene signatures for scleroderma
... distinct genetic programs account for the ways this disease manifests itself and hold out the possibility for an improved ability to treat and induce remission of this potentially fatal disease," adds Rigby, who is a professor of medicine and of microbiology and immunology. The work continues a longtime ...Story ideas from the Journal of Lipid Research
... had profoundly reduced HDL levels compared to controls or Crohns patients in remission. Interestingly, both active Crohns patients and those in remission had HDL with lower antioxidant potential than healthy individuals, revealing that acute inflammation episodes not only reduce total HDL, but alter ...Pregnancy hormone key to repairing nerve cell damage
... The mystery of why multiple sclerosis (MS) tends to go into remission while women are pregnant may be the secret to overcoming the devastating ... on evidence that MS, which is more common in women than men, goes into remission when women become pregnant. MS is a neurodegenerative disease where the ...Sunesis Pharmaceuticals Provides Year-End Clinical Update on Voreloxin
... reported. Eleven patients achieved a complete remission (CR) or complete remission without full platelet recovery (CRp), for an overall remission rate of 38 percent. The 30-day all-cause ...Millennium Over-Delivers on 2007 Goals and Financial Guidance
... percent immunofixation-negative complete remission rate compared to five percent with MP. ... and positive complete remission rate of 21 percent, compared to eight ... and positive complete remission rate of 41 percent compared to 29 ...REMICADE(R) Becomes First Anti-TNF Biologic Therapy to Treat One Million Patients Worldwide
... reducing signs and symptoms, achieving clinical remission and mucosal healing and eliminating ... and symptoms and induce and maintain clinical remission in pediatric patients with moderately to ... symptoms and inducing and maintaining clinical remission in adult and pediatric patients with moderately ...Sunesis Pharmaceuticals Reports Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2008 Financial Results
... days one and four). In Schedule A, twelve of 29 patients achieved complete remission (CR) or complete remission without full platelet recovery (CRp) with a 30-day all-cause mortality of ...