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Statins may Help Treat Hepatitis C Patients

...ho improved their abnormal ALT levels after statin therapy and the number of patients who maintained their normal ALT levels after initiation of statin therapy. Of the abnormal ALT group, 12 had improved ALT and one stayed unchanged. Of the 47 beginning in the normal range, 45 maintained their ALTs. "This ...

Avandia Could Increase Risk of Heart Attack, New Study

... shows that. "In susceptible patients, [Avandia] therapy may be capable of provoking myocardial infarction [heart attack] or death from cardiovascular causes after relatively short-term exposure," suggest study investigators Steven Nissen and Kathy Wolski. Nissen chairs the Cleveland Clinic's department of...

Researchers Claims to Have Found Cure for Hepatitis C

...versity Medical Center say that peginterferon alfa therapy harbors the cure for chronic hepatitis C . Lead researcher Dr. Mitchell Shiffman says that the use of peginterferon alfa, either alone or in combination with ribavirin, points to a cure for the disease, which is a leading cause of cirrhosis, liver ...

Researchers Use Gene Therapy to Restore Eyesight in Blind Mice

A new study has used gene therapy to bring back eyesight in mice that had a form of ...ce for two months after the administering the gene therapy injection into the subretinal space of the rodents. Scientists found that 19 out of the 21 treated...

Sling Surgery Better Than Burch for Treating Stress Incontinence in Women

...e common treatments would allow women to stop drug therapy and maintain the same degree of bladder control....

Anti-inflammatory Drugs Interact With Hormone Replacement Therapy

...ny cardio protective effect of hormone replacement therapy may be inhibited if women are taking a particular ... control women. Current use of hormone replacement therapy was associated with a significantly lower risk of heart attack than non-use; with an odds ratio of 0...

Effectiveness of Hormone Therapy During Menopause

...istory to start hormone therapy? How does estrogen therapy affect a woman's cognition and mood? What is the ... the first of its kind, on the effects of estrogen therapy with perimenopausal women. Led by Sanjay Asthana, head of the UW Section of Geriatrics and Geronto...

New DNA Tests Advances Treatment of Lysosomal Storage Diseases

...uld be treated effectively with enzyme replacement therapy (ERT). Over the past decade, ERT has become available for Fabry disease, Mucopolysaccharidosis Type VI (MPS VI - Maroteaux-Lamy), and MPS I (Hurler, Hurler-Scheie, or Scheie syndrome). ERT also is in development for other lysosomal storage conditions...

Combo Therapy may Be Highly Beneficial in Asthma Control

...). SYMBICORT is a recently approved, combination therapy indicated for the long-term maintenance treatment of asthma in patients 12 years of age and older. SYMBICORT does not replace fast-acting inhalers and should not be used to treat acute symptoms of asthma. SYMBICORT is a combination of two proven as...

Scientists Use Gene Therapy to Reverse Heart Failure in Animals

...rchers at Jefferson Medical College have used gene therapy to reverse heart failure in animals. In addition, they found that this gene therapy strategy had "unique and additive effects" to currently used, standard heart failure drugs called b...

Magnets to the rescue of Alzheimers patients

...Wang at City University in New York, gave mice the therapy for five days and then examined their brains, New Scientist magazine reported. They found large increases in the proliferation of stem cells - immature cells that go on to develop into nerves and other kinds of tissue - in a part of the brain call...

$5M Gift Will Attack Lou Gehrig's Disease

...romise of stem cell technology into the reality of therapy for ALS patients. Dr. Marsala, who hosted Dr. Feldman recently for several weeks of collaborative research, is an expert on grafting new cells into the spinal cord, and has studied the use of stem cells to treat spinal injuries caused by interrupti...

Diagnostic Tests for Malaria Underused in Zambia

...temisinin-based (a type of medication) combination therapy for malaria throughout Africa has led to renewed i...despread increase of artemisinin-based combination therapy in sub-Saharan Africa for management of uncomplicated malaria, there is a need to limit inappropriat...

Hypnotherapy may Help Patients With Irritable Bowel Syndrome

...d be made aware of, they say. For example, talking therapy (known as cognitive behavioural therapy) is as effective as antidepressant treatment and its benefits last longer. Hypnotherapy has also been reported to be an effective intervention for IBS in small trials, although a recent review of hypnotherapy...

Researcher Studying Disease That Cripples Newborns

... CDM1 face a lifetime of physical and occupational therapy and require special educational programs. Currently, there is no treatment that either slows down or cures this disorder. Changing this prognosis is a goal of Dr. Mahadevan. Over the next two years, the Rachel Fund will be providing $239,756 (Canad...

New Gene Therapy may Be Helpful in Eliminating Arthritis Pain

...sults of a study on mice has shown that a new gene therapy may be helpful in eliminating arthritis pain, and ... develop the disease. The researchers used gene therapy to increase the number of receptors, which accept naturally occurring painkillers called opioids, on...

Persons With HIV and Alcohol Problems Co-infected With Hepatitis C

...ase 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 and HIV RNA levels were assessed at baseline and then again every six months for up ...

High Pretreatment PSA Velocity Predicts Worse Outcome

...tment with radical prostatectomy (RP) or radiation therapy (RT). Dr. DAmico reviewed data from 948 men with localized prostate cancer who had one or more high-risk factors. Dr. DAmico and his co-authors found that the most important single prognostic factor was PSA velocity. As expected, men who had multi...

ECP may Be Effective in Treating Crohn's Disease

...DW). The majority of patients who responded to ECP therapy had a notable improvement in their disease symptoms and signs after only six weeks of treatment. "We show in this pilot study that ECP is effective in patients with Crohn's disease (CD) that have previously failed the strongest therapies we current...

Scientists Identify the Most Significant Single Predictor of Aggressive Prostate Cancer

...tment with radical prostatectomy (RP) or radiation therapy (RT). The researchers reviewed data from 948 men with localized prostate cancer who had one or more high-risk factors, and found that PSA velocity appeared to be the most important single prognostic factor. They observed that men who had multiple r...

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