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In a recent study, researchers set out to examine whether specific genetic variations could predict the response to treatment of early rheumatoid arthritis.
Prasterone was recently shown to be safe and effective for stabilizing the activity and alleviating the symptoms of lupus in women.
Many cancers, including colon, prostate, and leukemia, continue to grow unchecked because they do not respond to a signal to die and stop proliferating from Transforming Growth Factor-beta (TGF-b).
By mimicking a molecular switch that triggers cell death, researchers have killed cells grown in the laboratory from one of the most resilient and aggressive cancers - a virulent brain cancer known as glioblastoma. The new approach to tricking the cell-death machinery could be applied to a wide range of cancers where this pathway, known as apoptosis, has been inactivated.
Physical symptoms (such as headache, back pain, stomach problems, joint or muscle pains, and dizziness) are nearly as common in depression as emotional symptoms and are the predominant complaint depressed patients present with in the primary care setting.
The subject of universal healthcare is always a hot topic but never more so than in an election year. A recent study in the Journal of General Internal Medicine may have the answer to the question - Will those who currently have health insurance be willing to sacrifice in order to insure the millions of people who do not? The findings suggest that the answer may in fact be yes.
Decisions about screening for prostate and colon cancer require patients to have accurate, balanced information. Unfortunately, men are not getting this information from popular men's magazines. When articles are available, they often do not provide the information necessary for the reader to make an informed decision about screening.
A new way of taking pictures of the retina could give medics a powerful new tool in diagnosing and monitoring the most prevalent diseases of the eye — glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, and age related macula degeneration. The technique was revealed today at the Institute of Physics conference Photon 04 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
By age 18, the lungs of many children who grow up in smoggy areas are underdeveloped and will likely never recover, according to a study by University of Southern California researchers.
Researchers have proposed a new hypothesis on the cause of autism, suggesting a mixed epigenetic and genetic and mixed de novo and inherited (MEGDI) model.
A new technology developed by scientists at IBM could bring the promise of personalized medicine one step closer to reality. Using a basic computer language, the researchers have created a "smart" DNA stream that contains a patient's entire medical record, including genetic information and even medical images lik MRIs and X-rays.
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have induced nerve fibers - or axons - to grow at rates and lengths far exceeding what has been previously observed. They have mechanically stretched axons at rates of eight millimeters per day, reaching lengths of up to ten centimeters without breaking. This new work has implications for spinal cord and nerve-damage therapy, since longer implantable axons are necessary for this type of repair.
A new study on liver transplants necessitated by the hepatitis C virus (the most common indication for this type of transplant) found that long-term outcomes are similar to patients receiving transplants due to other diseases. It was the first study to examine long-term transplantation results in hepatitis C patients and to identify risk factors that might lead to transplant failure or death.
Many diabetes sufferers cannot understand the health advice they are given on the NHS Direct Online website and many other internet pages, a new study concludes.Dr Maged Boulos, of the University of Bath's School for Health, looked at pages about diabetes on 15 internet health sites run mainly by charities and official bodies.
Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are frequently misdiagnosed or remain undiagnosed, and may therefore be missing out on appropriate treatment, according to the results of a primary care study presented today at the annual European Respiratory Society (ERS) meeting in Glasgow, Scotland.
SPIRIVA. (tiotropium) significantly reduced exacerbations and health resource utilization compared with placebo in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a data presented today at the annual European Respiratory Society meeting in Glasgow, Scotland.
Brothers and sisters as well as parents of infants born with severe, life-threatening abnormalities of the left side of the heart should be screened for less severe, but related, heart problems, said researchers at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) in Houston.
The drug galantamine (used for treatment of mild to moderate dementia) did not demonstrate a clinical benefit in treating chronic fatigue syndrome when compared with placebo, according to a study in the September 8 issue of JAMA.
The chicken pox vaccine has saved the US hundreds of millions of dollars a year by preventing the kinds of severe cases that used to send children, teens and adults to the hospital, a new study finds. And the widespread immunity that has resulted from vaccination of most children even appears to be protecting people who haven't had the shot.
A team of scientists from Glasgow, UK, today revealed a new technique that will allow dentists to detect and study the tell-tale signs of tooth decay before too much damage is done. Speaking at one of the opening sessions at the Institute of Physics conference Photon 04 in Glasgow, Simon Poland outlined a new way of making a detailed 3D picture of a diseased area of a tooth, which could be done while a patient waits.
New data from the first international prospective study of statin treatment in people with the metabolic syndrome demonstrate that CRESTORTM (rosuvastatin) achieves excellent results in lowering LDL-C and raising HDL-C in this important patient population. Results from the COMETS study, presented at the 40th Annual Meeting of the EASD congress in Germany, show that CRESTOR 10mg lowers LDL-C and raises HDL-C significantly more than atorvastatin 10mg in patients with the metabolic syndrome and raised LDL-C.
Having trouble finding quality health information on the Web? You might ask your doctor to write you an "information prescription." A study shows that the nearly no-cost, quick effort is an effective way to put people in touch with quality health information on the Internet.
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