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Stroke and the Pill

...ower-dose birth control pills nor was there a link seen between years of pill use and the risk of stroke. Women who smoked, however, had about four-times greater risk of stroke as nonsmokers, although the risk dropped considerably among former smokers. Women with known stroke risk factors, such as high bl...

Tea Pill Lowers Cholesterol

... 240 men and women age 18 and older who were being seen at six urban hospitals in China for mild to moderate cholesterol problems. All were on a low-fat diet. Researchers randomly assigned members of the group to receive either a pill containing tea extracts thought to have cholesterol-lowering properties...

Pharmacist’s Role in Medication Error

...medication errors. The most common types of errors seen in the study were giving the wrong drug or the wrong dose. About 40 percent of all the drug errors identified involved cardiovascular drugs. Researchers associated three factors with the errors: Lack of knowledge of the patient’s drug therapy prior...

Anthrax hammers immune system

... the first victims was sick for days before he was seen by doctors, who suspected a case of the flu. His white blood count, a sign of bacterial infection, was only slightly elevated. That suggests the anthrax bacteria were able to fly under the watchful radar of his immune system and proliferate. As...

Parkinson’s Drug Linked to Gamblin

...hers looked at the data of 1,884 patients who were seen at the center during one year. They found nine patients had gambling problems. All nine were taking levodopa and a dopamine agonist. In the brain levodopa is transformed into dopamine. The other study drug activates the dopamine receptor in the brain...

The Downside of Asthma Medication

...udy finds the increased airway hyperresponsiveness seen in some regular users of beta-2 agonists may be due to increased expression of a substance called phospholipase C-beta (PLC-beta) in the smooth airway muscle that occurs with persistent high-level activation of the beta2AR. The finding may lead to ne...

New Help for Head and Neck Cancer

...s from the treatment. No serious side effects were seen with the therapy. The authors conclude Multikine injections may be valuable in the treatment of head and neck cancers. They write, “Further studies are needed to substantiate these findings and to define the best dosage and mode of administration of...

Reducing HIV Transmission

...8.2-percent reduction in HIV transmission that was seen for infants on nevirapine at six to eight weeks in the original study was sustained at 18 months. They conclude, "This simple, inexpensive, well-tolerated regimen has the potential to significantly decrease HIV-1 perinatal transmission in less develo...

Does Radiation Cause Lung Cancer?

...ay have led to the higher incidence of lung cancer seen in the group of women who underwent radiation. As more and more research suggests benefits for radiation after breast cancer surgery, an increasing number of women are being exposed to radiation that also affects the chest wall and lungs. Some studi...

ICU Survival can be improved by Antibiotic use

...very low rate of antibiotic-resistant bacteria was seen in the patients as well, suggesting the use of preventive antibiotics is safe in ICUs with a low prevalence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The authors conclude preventive antibiotics are appropriate for all ICU patients who are likely to be on me...

Anemia Treatment for Cancer Patients

... of anemia among the patients, the poorer outcomes seen in the drug group led researchers to conclude the benefits may not be worth the risks. Study author Dr. Michael Henke comments: "Although epoetin beta efficiently corrects anemia among patients undergoing curative radiotherapy, it is not associated ...

Anemia Treatment for Cancer Patients

... of anemia among the patients, the poorer outcomes seen in the drug group led researchers to conclude the benefits may not be worth the risks. Study author Dr. Michael Henke comments: "Although epoetin beta efficiently corrects anemia among patients undergoing curative radiotherapy, it is not associated ...

Comparing Psoriasis Treatments

...ignificant difference in overall effectiveness was seen between the two groups. More than 100 patients in the methotrexate group and more than 150 patients in the cyclosporine group reported side effects. More patients in the methotrexate group reported nausea, and patients in the cyclosporine group were...

Anemia Treatment for Cancer Patients Might Not be a Good Idea.

... of anemia among the patients, the poorer outcomes seen in the drug group led researchers to conclude the benefits may not be worth the risks. Researchers say although epoetin beta efficiently corrects anemia among patients undergoing curative radiotherapy, it is not associated with improved cancer contr...

Just standing next to a large person can be bad for one's image

...ly than the same man with the thin companion. When seen with the large woman, he was more likely to be described as miserable, self-indulgent, passive, shapeless, depressed, weak, insignificant and insecure. "It shows that people project negative attitudes associated with obesity not only on the obese bu...

Prevention of Rickets

...gh levels of calcium and phosphate. Rickets may be seen in young children 6 to 24 months old. Doctors say rickets is increasing for two main reasons. They say more babies are being breastfed longer, with no vitamin D supplementation and children and mothers get less sun exposure because of concerns about...

New Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment

...ed placebo. Higher rates of ACR 50 and ACR 70 were seen in both groups on the drug compared to placebo. The patients on the higher dose of the drug also saw improvements in eight measures of quality of life. Study authors conclude the combination of CTLA4Ig and methotrexate improved the signs and symptom...

Brain Scans Help Predict Alzheimer's Disease

... figure jumped to 96 percent. Similar results were seen for patients with positive PET scans. Eighty-four percent of neurologists correctly predicted progression of the disease without a PET scan, rising to 94 percent when a PET scan was available. Overall, patients with positive PET scans were over 18-t...

Inflammation Linked to Colon Cancer

...e if it would replicate, and it did. The mutations seen in the study are similar to those known to cause an inherited form of colon cancer. The investigators conclude chronic inflammation causes genetic abnormalities that might lead to cancer....

New Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment

...ed placebo. Higher rates of ACR 50 and ACR 70 were seen in both groups on the drug compared to placebo. The patients on the higher dose of the drug also saw improvements in eight measures of quality of life. Study authors conclude the combination of CTLA4Ig and methotrexate improved the signs and symptom...

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