Drug Found Ineffective Against Lung Disease
People with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis gain no survival benefit, research finds,, MONDAY, June 29 (HealthDay News) -- Treatment with interferon gamma-1b (Ifn-g1b) does not improve survival in people with a fatal lung disease called idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, according to a stud...Steroids ineffective in young children with wheeze
New research involving medical experts at The University of Nottingham has found that steroid tablets do not reduce the symptoms of virus-induced wheezing in pre-school children. Researchers from the universities of Nottingham, Leicester and Bart's in London have been at the centre of a leading...Medical Pot Ineffective as Acute Pain Treatment
Oral cannabis may even cause increased sensitivity in certain conditions, researchers report MONDAY, June 23 (HealthDay News) -- Oral cannabis (a form of medical marijuana) was ineffective in treating certain types of acute pain and actually increased sensitivity to some other kinds of...New Surgery for Heart Failure Proves Ineffective
Isolating damaged heart tissue does not produce better outcomes, study finds,,,,,, SUNDAY, March 29 (HealthDay News) -- A surgical procedure called ventricular reconstruction that doctors hoped would improve symptoms in people with heart failure does not seem to work, a new study has ...Standard Septic Shock Treatments Ineffective
Studies find corticosteroids, insulin don't combat mortality WEDNESDAY, Jan. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Two new studies on the treatment of septic shock question the conventional wisdom of treating with corticosteroids, intensive insulin therapy or with the synthetic fluid replacement subst...Sinusitis Treatments Found Ineffective
British study reports antibiotics and nasal steroids don't lessen symptoms TUESDAY, Dec. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Antibiotics and nasal steroids work no better than a placebo in combating sinus infections, a new British study shows. "Antibiotics are probably not as effective as have be...Testosterone Cream Ineffective in Enhancing Libido in Female Cancer Survivors
The much talked about testosterone cream for enhancing sexual desire in female cancer survivors did not prove very effective, a new study conducted by Mayo clinic has shown. A low sex drive is common in women cancer survivors. As an extension to a previous study which pointed a link betwe...Tiny Cup Attached to Eye Improves Drug Delivery For Retinal Diseases
...ted macular degeneration, require frequent out-patient visits and can lead to vitreous hemorrhage and retinal detachment. Eye drops are also generally ineffective for retinal diseases because most medications are washed away or diluted before they have a chance to reach the retina, located at the back of the eye...ARUP Laboratories Applauds FDA's Decision on the Value of KRAS-Mutation Testing in Colorectal Cancer
...These drugs cost tens of thousands of dollars per course of therapy and simply running ARUP's KRAS mutation-detection test can potentially eliminate ineffective patient treatment and decrease health care expenses. ARUP's technical bulletin, " KRAS Mutation Detection in Colorectal Cancer; For Determining Mutat...Cystic Fibrosis - Liposomal Tobramycin Receives Second Orphan Drug Designation Within Weeks
...a infection, makes the treatment of these patients exceedingly complex. Tobramycin is in principle an effective antibiotic. The drug is however rather ineffective due to the impermeability of B. cepacia's cell envelope. In addition, B. cepacia - just like many other pathogens - has developed mechanisms to elimin...China Animal Welfare Law Under Review While 36,000 Dogs Culled
... According to the International Fund for Animal Welfare's (IFAW - www.ifaw.org ) Asia Regional Director, Grace Ge Gabriel, "Mass killing of dogs is ineffective in controlling rabies in the long-term. By choosing not to implement a sensible rabies vaccination program, Hanzhong government has failed to protect ...Neurocrine Biosciences Presents Elagolix Data
...fficacy and safety shortcomings. The current standards of care such as contraceptives and analgesics (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) are often ineffective in controlling the symptoms of endometriosis. Likewise, while peptide gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonists such as Lupron(R) (leuprolide ace...Methadone Frequently Causes Menopausal Symptoms in Young Women
...algia patients, physicians frequently prescribe opiate pain medications to fibromyalgia patients. Fibromyalgia patients frequently become addicted to ineffective opiate pain medications, including methadone. Many methadone patients are unable to persevere through painful methadone withdrawal symptoms, when...Another Study Links Fluoride to Bone Cancer
... to stop fluoridation until Congressional hearings are conducted, citing scientific evidence that fluoridation, long promoted to fight tooth decay, is ineffective and has serious health risks. See statement: http://www.fluoridealert.org/statement.august.2007.html References: http://tinyurl.com...Endoavitene Preloaded Applications
Description:...fibrillar Collagen (MCH) is used in surgical procedures as an adjunct to hemostasis when control of bleeding by ligature or conventional procedures is ineffective or impractical....Avitene Sheets (Non-Woven Web)
Description:...ibrillar Collagen Hemostat (MCH) is used in surgical procedures as an to hemostasis when control of bleeding by ligature or conventional procedures is ineffective or impractical....Caltech scientists show why anti-HIV antibodies are ineffective at blocking infection
PASADENA, Calif.--Some 25 years after the AIDS epidemic spawned a worldwide search for an effective vaccine against the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), progress in the field seems to have effectively become stalled. The reason? According to new findings from a team of researchers from the Cali...Statin therapy ineffective in breast cancer prevention
PHILADELPHIA Laboratory work in animals showed limited activity when statins were given to prevent breast cancer, according to a report in the February issue of Cancer Prevention Research , a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. Statins, sold under brand names like Lipito...Flame retardants prove ineffective on fresh-cut Christmas trees
PULLAUP, WA This Christmas season, think twice about spending money on a commercial flame retardant for your Christmas tree. The good, old-fashioned methodkeeping your tree in a container of fresh wateris probably all you need to keep your tree green and healthy. Researchers have determined that ...Flame retardants prove ineffective on fresh-cut Christmas trees
PULLAUP, WA This Christmas season, think twice about spending money on a commercial flame retardant for your Christmas tree. The good, old-fashioned methodkeeping your tree in a container of fresh wateris probably all you need to keep your tree green and healthy. Researchers have determined that ...Long-term narcotics use for back pain may be ineffective and lead to abuse
Narcotic drugs (opioids) are commonly prescribed for short-term relief of chronic back pain, but their effectiveness long-term has been questioned in a review article by researchers at Yale School of Medicine, who also found that behaviors consistent with opioid abuse was reported in 24 percent of ...Stem cell mobilization therapy appears to be ineffective in repairing damage caused by heart attack
Therapy that involved bone marrow stem cells did not improve cardiac function in patients following a heart attack, according to a study in the March 1 issue of JAMA. There has been increasing evidence that stem cells contribute to regeneration of cardiac tissue and the development of new blood v...New lab test offers better prediction of HIV microbicide safety
... been assessed in clinical trials after passing laboratory and animal safety tests. But with just one exception, all the microbicides were found to be ineffective against HIV; and two of the gels nonoxynol-9 and cellulose sulfate actually increased the risk of HIV infection in women. "Our goal was to devel...Canadian-based UN coral reef expert honored at world meeting in Australia
...ear, Dr. Sale and eight international colleagues presented a stark warning at UN Headquarters, New York, that current coastal management practices are ineffective and their continuation endangers ecosystems that support the economies over half the world's population. Dr. Sale and the report's co-authors said ...Glutamine supplements show promise in treating stomach ulcers
..."Gastric damage develops when the bacteria weakens the stomach's protective mucous coating, damages cells and elicits a robust immune response that is ineffective at ridding the infection." Eventually, she notes, years of infection result in a combination of persistent gastritis, cell damage and an environment c...Princeton team's analysis of flu virus could lead to better vaccines
...es that are well matched to and good at binding to the infecting virus, and ineffective ones that are poorly matched to and bad at binding to the infecting virus, ...s virus at the sites where less effective antibodies bind. In this way, the ineffective antibodies would stay out of the way in the face of a real influenza virus,...New method may accelerate drug discovery for difficult diseases like Parkinson's
...ockets on the surfaces of target proteins. However, these traditional drugs are unable to adhere to smooth, flat protein surfaces, rendering the drugs ineffective for inhibiting the key interactions among proteins that occur at these surfaces. Cyclic peptides have the ability to bind where traditional drugs cann...Lumbar Matrix(TM) Scan From SpineMatrix(R) Revolutionizes the Diagnosis of Low Back Pain
...atients with low back pain are never given a specific diagnosis, leading to ineffective treatment and billions of dollars spent in unnecessary healthcare costs. ...w back pain," said Shappley. "But many individuals continue to suffer from ineffective treatments stemming from improper diagnosis. The Lumbar Matrix Scan provid...Can Obama Plan Tackle Diabetes Crisis? Epinex Test Could Help
... 2002. Despite current efforts to manage the epidemic, the toll of diabetes continues to spiral out of control. However, pouring more resources into ineffective programs will only waste money. Continuing to address the diabetes epidemic using methods of the past threatens to set up our health care system ...Northern Antibiotics Presents New Data on Novel Polymyxin Compounds at the Joint ICAAC/IDSA 2008
...ice treated with NAB739 than in the untreated control mice. Furthermore, while NAB7061 (5 mg/kg) alone as well as erythromycin (20 mg/kg) alone were ineffective in the murine peritoneal model, the bacterial counts in mice that received their combination were 2.9 log10 lower than in the untreated controls (dosi...As personalized, genomic medicine takes off, four developing countries show the way for others
... the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy: "Developing countries have much to gain from genomic medicine and can least afford to waste precious resources on ineffective therapies and diagnostics." "Benefits of this emerging science cannot be an exclusive luxury reserved for wealthier industrialized countries," she ...