Moderate in Medical News

A 'Heart Healthy' Diet and Ongoing, Moderate Physical Activity May Protect Against Cognitive Decline as We Age

VIENNA, July 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Eating a "heart healthy" diet and maintaining or increasing participation in moderate physical activity may help preserve our memory and thinking abilities as we age, according to new research reported today at the Alzheimer's Association 2009 I...

Regular moderate alcohol intake has cognitive benefits in older adults

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. A glass of wine here, a nightcap there new research out of Wake Forest University School of Medicine suggests that moderate alcohol intake offers long-term cognitive protection and reduces the risk of dementia in older adults. The study is being presented at the Alzheimer...

Study Evaluating Efficacy and Safety of Two Low-dose Regimens of PREMARIN Vaginal Cream for the Treatment of Moderate to Severe Vaginal Atrophy Now Published

COLLEGEVILLE, Pa., July 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, a division of Wyeth (NYSE: WYE ), announced the publication of data that supported daily and twice-weekly use of PREMARIN((R)) (conjugated estrogens) Vaginal Cream 0.5 g to relieve some of the bothersome s...

U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Xanodyne Agree on a Plan to Keep Propoxyphene-Containing Products Available as Treatment Options for the Management of Mild to Moderate Pain

NEWPORT, Ky., July 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Xanodyne Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has reached an agreement with the FDA to keep propoxyphene-containing products Darvon(R) (propoxyphene hydrochloride), Darvon-N(R) (propoxyphene napsylate), Darvocet-N(R) 50 & Darvocet-N(R) 100 (propoxyphene napsylate and acet...

Patients with moderate to severe periodontitis need evaluation for heart disease risk

Philadelphia, PA, 30 June 2009 Additional research is called for and patients with moderate to severe periodontitis should receive evaluation and possible treatment to reduce their risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (CVD), according to a special consensus paper by editors of The Amer...

NUCYNTA(TM) (tapentadol) CII Immediate Release Tablets Now Available for Relief of Moderate to Severe Acute Pain

New Centrally Acting Prescription Medicine Treats Pain in Two Ways RARITAN, N.J., June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Patients suffering from acute pain and healthcare professionals who treat pain have a new treatment option: NUCYNTA(TM) (tapentadol) CII immediate release tablets. This new medication for...

Perforomist(R) Inhalation Solution Data in Patients With Moderate to Severe COPD to Be Presented at the International Conference of the American Thoracic Society

SAN DIEGO, May 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Data from two presentations highlighting the use of Perforomist(R) (formoterol fumarate) Inhalation Solution in moderate to severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients were featured today at the International Conference of the American Thoracic So...

Cimzia(R) (certolizumab pegol) Now Available for Self-Administration in Adult Patients With Moderate to Severe Crohn's Disease

Cimzia(R) (certolizumab pegol) now offered in an innovative prefilled syringe designed in partnership with OXO GOOD GRIPS(R) ATLANTA, May 15 /PRNewswire/ --- UCB today announced that Cimzia(R) (certolizumab pegol), the only PEGylated anti-TNF (Tumor Necrosis Factor) approved in the U.S. for r...

Nektar Announces UCB's Cimzia(R) Approved by U.S. FDA for Adult Patients Suffering From Moderate to Severe Rheumatoid Arthritis

Nektar Advanced Polymer Conjugate Technology Used in Cimzia(R) Through Exclusive Nektar-UCB Collaboration SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., May 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Nektar Therapeutics (Nasdaq: NKTR ) confirmed today UCB's announcement that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approve...

UCB's CIMZIA(R) (certolizumab pegol) Approved by the U.S. FDA for Adult Patients Suffering From Moderate to Severe Rheumatoid Arthritis

- Available this week, Cimzia(R) (certolizumab pegol), the only pegylated anti-TNF, offers a new treatment option for U.S. adult patients suffering from moderately to severely active rheumatoid arthritis - Patients treated with Cimzia(R), together with methotrexate, experienced rapid and sign...

Patients with mild to moderate OSA may benefit from exercise

Practicing certain tongue and pharyngeal exercises may reduce symptoms of mild to moderate obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), according to new research being published in the second issue for May of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine . Although CPAP is the gold standard...

Video: U.S. Announcement - First Patients in United States Receive Innovative Device to Treat Moderate Heart Failure

The Ohio State University Medical Center Implants Two Patients with Sunshine Heart's C-Pulse(TM) Heart Assist System Under FDA-Approved Clinical Trial TUSTIN, Calif. and SYDNEY, April 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sunshine Heart (ASX: SHC), a global me...

First Patients in United States Receive Innovative Device to Treat Moderate Heart Failure

The Ohio State University Medical Center Implants Two Patients with Sunshine Heart's C-Pulse(TM) Heart Assist System Under FDA-Approved Clinical Trial SYDNEY, and TUSTIN, Calif., April 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Sunshine Heart (ASX: SHC), a global medical device company focused on innovative heart ...

Darwin to Moderate Panel at Plus Medical Symposium

PEMBROKE, Bermuda, March 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Darwin National Assurance Company, a member company of Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, Ltd (NYSE: AWH ), today announced that Sue Chmieleski, Senior Vice President, Risk Management, will moderate a panel at the PLUS Medical Sympo...

Study Shows Nonprescription LCD Topical Solution is More Effective than Prescription-Strength Calcipotriol Cream for Moderate Plaque Psoriasis

- Significant efficacy differences widen 6 weeks after treatment stops - SAN FRANCISCO, March 10 /PRNewswire/ -- A nonprescription topical solution made with a new formulation of liquor carbonis distillate (LCD), known as PSORENT(R), is significantly more effective than prescription-strength ...

Million women study shows even moderate alcohol consumption associated with increased cancer risk

Low to moderate alcohol consumption among women is associated with a statistically significant increase in cancer risk and may account for nearly 13 percent of the cancers of the breast, liver, rectum, and upper aero-digestive tract combined, according to a report in the February 24 online issue o...

Newly Published Menopause Study: 'Bioidentical' and FDA-Approved Divigel(R) (estradiol gel) 0.1 Percent Safe and Effective Treatment for Moderate to Severe Hot Flashes Associated With Menopause

MAPLE GROVE, Minn., Feb. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Upsher-Smith Laboratories, Inc. announced today the publication of results of a Phase III study demonstrating that Divigel(R) low-dose transdermal estradiol gel 0.1% is an effective treatment for relief of moderate to severe hot flashes associated wi...

ROXRO Announces FDA Accepts for Review NDA for ROX-888 for the Management of Acute Moderate to Severe Pain

MENLO PARK, Calif., Feb. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- ROXRO announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for review the New Drug Application (NDA) for its lead investigational prescription drug candidate, ROX-888, for the management of acute moderate to severe pain. ROX-8...

Physicians Agree Moderate Weight Loss Will Help Patients Manage Their Type 2 Diabetes

But Survey Finds Communication Gap Between Patients and Physicians and Other Barriers Are Making Weight Loss Difficult SAN DIEGO, Jan. 21, 2009 /PRNewswire/ -- Physicians say they are counseling their overweight type 2 diabetes patients to lose weight, but patients say that the message is not...

An Oral Agent for the Treatment of Moderate to Severe Psoriasis Would Earn a Higher Patient Share in the United States than in Europe

Stelara Will Earn Decision Resources' Clinical Gold-Standard for Psoriasis in 2012, According to a New Report from Decision Resources WALTHAM, Mass., Jan. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Decision Resources, one of the world's leading research and advisory firms for pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, fi...

Labopharm Announces FDA Approval of Once-Daily RYZOLT(TM) (Tramadol HCL Extended Release Tablets) for Management of Moderate to Moderately Severe Chronic Pain

Product to be Launched in the U.S. in the Second Quarter of 2009 LAVAL, QC, Dec. 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Labopharm Inc. (TSX: DDS; NASDAQ: DDSS ) today announced that RYZOLT(TM) (tramadol HCl extended release tablets), Labopharm's once-daily formulation of the analgesic tramadol, has be...

Medarex to Receive Milestone Payment for Approval of STELARA(TM) (Ustekinumab) for the Treatment of Moderate to Severe Plaque Psoriasis

- The first approval for an antibody generated from Medarex's UltiMAb(R) technology platform - PRINCETON, N.J., Dec. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Medarex, Inc. (Nasdaq: MEDX ) today announced that it will receive a milestone payment from its licensing partner, Centocor Inc., in connecti...

FDA Approves Low-dose Regimen of PREMARIN Vaginal Cream to Treat Moderate to Severe Postmenopausal Dyspareunia – Painful Sexual Intercourse : Agency Grants New Indication for Bothersome Vaginal Symptom Associated with Menopause

PREMARIN (conjugated estrogens) Vaginal Cream 0.5 g has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a new indication and a new less frequent twice-weekly dosing regimen to treat moderate to severe postmenopausal dyspareunia (painful sexual intercourse) announced Wyeth Pharmac...

FDA Approves Low-dose Regimen of PREMARIN Vaginal Cream to Treat Moderate to Severe Postmenopausal Dyspareunia - Painful Sexual Intercourse

Agency Grants New Indication for Bothersome Vaginal Symptom Associated With Menopause COLLEGEVILLE, Pa., Nov. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- PREMARIN(R) (conjugated estrogens) Vaginal Cream 0.5 g has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a new indication and a new le...

Can rectal vitamin E induce remission in patients with mild to moderate ulcerative colitis?

It is believed that the generation of an exaggerated intestinal immune response to otherwise innocuous stimuli along with generation of oxygen free radicals plays a key role in the pathophysiology of UC. However, no disease-specific treatment for UC has yet emerged. Vitamin E is a major lipophilic...

Enbrel(R) (etanercept) Is the First Biologic With Published Efficacy and Safety Data for up to a Decade of Continuous Use for the Treatment of Moderate to Severe Rheumatoid Arthritis

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Amgen (Nasdaq: AMGN ) and Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, a division of Wyeth (NYSE: WYE ), today announced that ENBREL is the first biologic with published clinical trial data to show sustained improvements in multiple measures of efficacy in moderate...

SEAL Indiana Reports More Than Half of Indianapolis Area School Kids Treated by Program Have Moderate or Severe Dental Decay

Indiana University and Delta Dental Foundation project is working to improve dental health of thousands of Indiana children INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- More than half of the children in Indianapolis area schools seen between January and September 2008 by an Indiana Universi...

FDA Approves Taclonex Scalp(R) - Once Daily Therapy for Treatment of Moderate to Severe Scalp Psoriasis

ST. DAVID'S, Bermuda and COPENHAGEN, Denmark, May 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Warner Chilcott and LEO Pharma announced today that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the New Drug Application (NDA) for Taclonex Scalp(R) (calcipotriene 0.005% and betamethasone dipr...

Ad in USA TODAY Touts Benefits of Moderate UV Exposure

New Research on the Health Benefits of Vitamin D are Causing Many to Rethink Fears About Sunbathing WASHINGTON, April 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today the Indoor Tanning Association (ITA) launched a pre-emptive strike against those who will hype fears about the sun next week on "Melanoma ...

I Am a Muslim With Moderate Views, Haneef Tells Australian Police

India is seeking consular access to Mohammed Haneef, currently detained in Australia, in connection with the failed Glasgow bombing. On Tuesday the Indian External Affairs Ministry summoned Australia's high commissioner, John McCarthy, to express its concern over the treatment of Haneef. ...

Bird Flu Virus Shows Moderate Resistance to Tamiflu

According to a latest WHO report, the H5N1 virus showed reasonable resistance to Tamiflu, an antiviral, in two Egyptians who died last month due to bird flu.// This caused anxiety in the medical community. The report also states that the mutated virus strain called as 294S was first found in Vi...

Daily Moderate Consumption of Beer May be Healthy

The moderate, daily consumption of beer and other alcohol beverages can play a role in a healthful lifestyle and in reducing the risk of several serious //diseases, including coronary heart disease, diabetes, obesity, cognitive disorders and osteoporosis, according to medical and scientific researc...

Science Behind Health Benefits of Moderate Beer Consumption

There is mounting scientific evidence that moderate consumption of beer or other alcoholic beverages -- defined by the government as one to two servings daily -- may actually have health benefits over not consuming alcohol at all.// Research conducted on the potential health benefits of beer a...

Light To Moderate Drinkers May Live Longer: Study

Older adults who consume one to seven alcoholic beverages a week may live longer with reduced risk of cardiac ailments than those who do not drink, according to a latest study. // The study, by a team led by Cinzia Maraldi of the University of Florida, showed that when compared with never or ...

Children Benefited By Moderate Maternal Stress?

Disputing the widely held belief, moderate levels of psychological stress in the expectant mother might prove beneficial to fetal maturation,// according to research conducted at the Johns Hopkins University and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. The study is published in...

Gardening, Walking and moderate drinking reduce risk of dementia

Professor Leon Simons and colleagues from University of New South Wales have found that daily gardening, walking and moderate drink reduced the risk// of developing dementia. Dementia is a progressive brain disease which leads to gradual loss of memory and daily activities leading to loss of re...

Even Moderate Drinking Is Not Good For The Heart

The Lancet has published a new study which challenges the idea that moderate drinking can actually do good to the heart. The study asserts that the harm inflicted // by alcohol is greater than any of its benefits. Conventional medical wisdom states that a couple of glasses of wine everyday, or a pi...

Enjoy Moderate Exercise and Keep Your Heart Fit

Washington: If one wishes to diminish the risk to heart - a moderate amount of exercise is adequate rather than undertaking heavy and intense exercise. This was revealed by a study published in journal CHEST. A randomized clinical trial was conducted // and researchers found that moderate exe...

Dyslexia may slow a driver's reaction time as much as moderate drinking!!

A resent research done on Dyslexic drivers by the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, has managed to spark heated debates among// the Dyslexic community. A small study done using driving simulators to test the reaction time of 17 Volunteers, (six of the 17 used were dyslexic) by th...

The Benefits Of A Diet Consisting Of Moderate Amounts Of Fat

You may not want to opt for low-fat salad dressing anymore. New research shows fats actually help the body absorb nutrients found in vegetables.// Researchers studied men and women between ages 19 and 28. Participants consumed lettuce and other vegetables topped with salad dressing that contain...