Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Medical News

Medical News


ICS plus LABA best for children with poorly controlled asthma

Posted: 04 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST

Treatment with standard doses of inhaled corticosteroids plus a long acting β2-agonist is more effective for reducing asthma symptoms in children with poorly-controlled disease than simply increasing the ICS dose, research indicates.

Moxifloxacin effective for PPM eradication in COPD patients

Posted: 04 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST

Treatment with the antibiotic moxifloxacin is effective at eradicating potentially pathogenic microorganisms in the airways of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, but does not prevent recolonization, research shows.

Airway smooth muscle thickness linked to asthma severity

Posted: 04 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST

Asthma severity, but not duration, is significantly associated with the thickness of the smooth muscle layer in the airways, researchers have found.

White matter disruptions found in early schizophrenia

Posted: 04 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST

Schizophrenia patients early in the course of the disease exhibit reductions in white matter integrity in fascicules that connect brain regions previously associated with chronic schizophrenia, scientists have shown.

Serum cytokine levels altered in euthymic bipolar disorder

Posted: 04 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST

Bipolar disorder patients show significant differences in serum chemokine levels compared with healthy individuals that may act as markers for the disorder, Brazilian study findings indicate.

Accelerated, high-dose radiotherapy as effective as standard prostate cancer treatment

Posted: 03 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST

A short course of high-dose radiotherapy for prostate cancer is as effective as standard treatment and does not increase the rate of side effects, US researchers report.

pRb loss predicts good outcome in triple negative breast cancer

Posted: 03 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST

Loss of expression of the retinoblastoma protein is more common in triple-negative breast cancers than in othersubtypes, and is associated with a better outcome after chemotherapy compared with cancers expressing pRb, Italian researchers report.

Colesevelam effective in pediatric familial hypercholesterolemia

Posted: 03 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST

Treatment with colesevelam hydrochloride markedly reduces low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels in children with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia, research shows.

Statins may protect against venous thromboembolism

Posted: 03 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST

Patients with prior stroke or myocardial infarction who are treated with statins have a reduced risk for venous thromboembolism compared with nonusers, report researchers.

MCP-1 is associated with Type 2 diabetes and CVD mortality

Posted: 03 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST

Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 is increased in individuals with Type 2 diabetes and is associated with long-term cardiovascular disease mortality, report researchers.

Intensive intervention reduces emergency care needs of African-American Type 2 diabetics

Posted: 03 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST

Study results show that a culturally tailored intervention program allows African–American individuals with Type 2 diabetes to reduce the number of times they need to visit the emergency care room of their local hospital.

CRT benefit in mild HF shown by REVERSE 2-year data

Posted: 03 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST

Cardiac resynchronization therapy is associated with improved clinical outcomes and reduced left ventricular dimensions in heart failure patients in New York Heart Association functional classes I or II, show 2-year results for the European cohort in REVERSE.

Hypertension, arterial disease in middle age contribute to Alzheimer’s disease

Posted: 03 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST

Hypertension and evidence of arterial disease and a pro-inflammatory status in middle age contribute to the development of Alzheimer's disease, say researchers.

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