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9-PCV vaccine found to be helpful in invasive Pneumonococcal infection

Randomized double blind placebo controlled trial was done by Felicity cutts and colleagues in Gambia on the efficacy of // a Nine Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (9-PCV) against radiologically confirmed pneumonia and invasive pneumococcal disesase in children immunized before...

Inhaled nitric oxide therapy does not reduce death risk of infants

...fants in the first group and 68% of infants in the placebo group had developed the serious lung infection of ...h inhaled nitric oxide and 48% of the infants with placebo failing to survive. Reference: National Institutes of Health, Press release, July 2005...

Folic acid retards mental decline in middle aged

...was administered 800 micrograms of folic acid or a placebo for the entire study period. After the test data was analysed it was found that those who received folic acid showed 5.4 years younger in memory, 2.0 years younger in information processing, and 1.9 years younger in sensory motor speed compared wit...

Folic Acid Retards Mental Decline In Middle Aged Subjects

...ere administered 800 micrograms of folic acid or a placebo for the entire study period. After the test data was analysed, it was found that those who received folic acid showed to be 5.4 years younger in memory, 2.0 years younger in information processing, and 1.9 years younger in sensory motor speed comp...

Transplanted heart made more acceptable by daclizumab

...s. It has been reported 44.7% of patients in the placebo group reached the primary endpoint, versus just 35...mitant cytolytic therapy compared with none in the placebo group. When the negative aspect of daclizumab use is examined, researchers would not be willing to...

Plant sterols found to be effective in Type 2 diabetic patients

...oast with margarine containing a plant sterol or a placebo powder. For 21 days, participants got one or the other spread on their morning toast. Follow up blood tests showed drops in "bad" LDL cholesterol with the sterol mix. The diabetes patients had a greater reduction, but significant improvements were ...

Drug Tarceva for End-stage Lung cancer

...k Tarceva survived an average of 6.7 months, while placebo patients survived an average of 4.7 months. Though, the average months seem to be low, but you have to understand that Tarceva is given to end-stage lung cancer patients, who have no other chemotherapy options. It should also be noted that up to 15 %...

Ruboxistaurin (RBX) may prevent vision loss in diabetic patients

...one to evaluate the oral administration of RBX and placebo over a period of 3-4 years at a concentration of 8, 16 or 32 mg/day. Incidence of eye complications is high in Diabetic patients, with common complications of diabetes causing diabetic retinopathy and diabetic macular edema. Diabetic retinopathy is...

Hypertension Drug of Choice for African Americans

...hown to be statistically significantly better than placebo in reducing systolic and diastolic blood pressure ...idence of adverse events between the nebivolol and placebo groups. The most commonly reported adverse events were: headache (5.6% vs 4.1%, respectively); dizzi...

The Benefits of abciximab with clopidogrel for percutaneous coronary intervention Questioned

...arly, at 6% in the abciximab group and 6.4% in the placebo group, as did death alone, at 2.1% and 2.4%, respectively. No trend towards benefits was seen in any patient subgroup analyzed. Although data on platelet inhibition has suggested that antithrombotic protection with clopidogrel plus abciximab would ...

New Supplement Found To Be Effective Against Sunburn

...nsume a supplement containing either GliSODin or a placebo each day, starting just two or three days prior to...ight times more exposure to produce burns than the placebo group. Another important finding observed was that once burning had occurred, the redness was seen t...

Herbal Remedies For Insomnia And Anxiety May Be Ineffective

.... The herbal extracts were no more effective than placebo in reducing the symptoms they were intended to treat. Anxiety scores decreased by 25 percent for patients taking placebo, compared to about 21 percent with either kava or valerian. The effects on insomnia were also similar—in all three groups, insom...

New Study to look at the Beneficial Effects of Coenzyme Q10 on Parkinson’s disease

...ar. In the phase II study, researchers compared a placebo with three doses of CoQ10 – 300, 600 and 1200 mg/d... dosage. The new phase III research will compare placebo and two dosages of CoQ10 (1200 and 2400 mg/day), with 200 patients in each treatment arm. Researcher...

Testosterone Patches Found To Increase Sexual Desire In Menopausal Women

...signed to receive either testosterone patches or a placebo patch for 24 weeks. The testosterone patches had three separate dose of testosterone. Compared to the placebo, the intermediate-dose testosterone patch significantly improved sexual desire and increased the frequency of satisfying sexual activity w...

Heart Disease In Women Can Be Reduced By Eating Grapes

...lyophilized grape powder, and the other received a placebo with an equal ratio of fructose and dextrose and energy content similar to the grape powder (554KJ). After a three-week washout, the two groups were switched for a second four-week period. Plasma triglyceride concentrations were reduced by 15 perce...

Acupuncture May Be An Effective Treatment Against Tension-Headaches

...re treatments are sometimes associated with strong placebo effects, caution the authors. But these findings show that acupuncture produces just as good improvements for tension headache sufferers as treatments already accepted, they conclude. Source: Newswise Medindia on Acupuncture: Further informatio...

Antibiotic, Gene Therapy Help Treat Angina

... had suffered from angina for 56 months, while the placebo group had endured angina for an average of 27 mont...eadmill time was an average of 9.4 minutes for the placebo group and 9 minutes for the gene therapy group. After four weeks of treatment, exercise time for the...

Calcium and Protein Equals Strong Bones

...n study participants who were assigned an inactive placebo pill. Additional research is needed to see whether protein improves bone density in older people who get all their calcium and vitamin D from dietary sources, not supplements, Dawson-Hughes and Harris note. The relationship between protein and bone ...

Vaginal Vaccine may prevent periodic infections

... treatment groups. One group received six inactive placebo treatments. Another group received six active trea...4. The third group received three active and three placebo treatments over a similar time frame. The entire group of women were followed for 4 months to recor...

Surgery not needed for Osteoarthritis

...s of procedures may not be any more dynamic than a placebo procedure. Arthroscopy is the most common type of ...ing out bad cartilage. The final group underwent a placebo procedure, in which the doctor simulated arthroscopic surgery. Small incisions were made for effect,...

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