Archive for September, 2010
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Tuesday, September 14th, 2010Source: MedWire News
Fenofibrate and niacin are “largely comparable” as treatments for patients with hypertriglyceridemia and low levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, a randomized trial has found.
However, the two treatments had different effects on glucose metabolism and inflammation, leading the authors to recommend an individualized approach to the pharmacologic treatment of atherogenic dyslipidemia.
A team led [...]
High Doses Of Plavix May Be Good For Some Patients, But Not All.
Tuesday, September 14th, 2010Source: DIA Daily
HealthDay (9/1, Reinberg) reported that “more isn’t necessarily better when prescribing the two drugs commonly used to treat patients who are in danger of having a heart attack, Plavix (clopidogrel) and aspirin,” according to a study. Two separate “reports on the data,” one published online in The Lancet and the [...]
New Discovery Reveals Potential Alzheimer’s Medication Target.
Tuesday, September 14th, 2010Source: DIA Daily
The New York Times (9/2, A25, Kolata) reports that a discovery made by scientist Paul Greengard, PhD, appears to reveal “a new potential drug target that…could slow or halt the devastating effects” of Alzheimer’s disease, according to research published in the journal Nature. Greengard has discovered what he calls the [...]
Study reveals most important ‘embryo’ and ‘uterine’ factors for IVF
Monday, September 13th, 2010Source: MedWire News
The most important embryo-related factor in predicting IVF success is patient age, while the most important uterine factors are the number of embryos created and patient fertility history, report UK researchers.
Steve Roberts, from the University of Manchester, and colleagues conducted a study identifying the most important prognostic factors in IVF concentrating on an [...]
Home-based exercise improves muscle strength, QoL in osteoporotic elderly
Monday, September 13th, 2010Elderly osteoporotic women may benefit from home-based exercise training with intermittent supervision, suggest study findings that show improvements in muscle strength and quality of life (QoL) physical functioning.
Toshiyuki Horiuchi (Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital, Japan) and colleagues say that, until now, there has been little evidence supporting the benefits of home-based muscle training in elderly osteoporotic [...]
Switching To Nevirapine Therapy May Be Safe, Effective For HIV-Infected Children.
Sunday, September 12th, 2010Source: DIA Daily
HealthDay (9/7, Mozes) reported that, according to a National Institutes of Health-funded study published in the Sept. 8 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, “there may be a way to administer one particularly cheap and practical HIV drug — nevirapine — safely and effectively to many” HIV-infected [...]
Combination therapy benefits early-stage schizophrenia patients
Sunday, September 12th, 2010Psychosocial therapy combined with antipsychotic treatment improves medication adherence, insight, quality of life, and social functioning, and reduces relapse risk in patients with early-stage schizophrenia compared with antipsychotic treatment alone, research shows.
“Antipsychotic drugs have been shown to be effective against psychotic symptoms, and they are now the mainstay of therapy for patients with schizophrenia,” explain [...]
Dabigatran superior to warfarin irrespective of INR control
Sunday, September 12th, 2010Source: MedWire News
Patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) have fewer strokes and bleeding events when taking dabigatran than when treated with warfarin, even if their international normalized ratios (INRs) are strictly controlled, shows further analysis of the RE-LY study.
The RE-LY (Randomized Evaluation of Long-term Anticoagulation Therapy) study, which included 18,113 AF patients, originally found that twice-daily [...]
Prescription Drug Use Rising in U.S., CDC Reports
Tuesday, September 7th, 2010Statins, asthma meds, antidepressants and stimulants top the list
Source: HealthDay
Over the last 10 years, the percentage of Americans who took at least one prescription drug in the past month increased from 44 percent to 48 percent, says a federal government study released Thursday.
Use of two or more drugs increased from 25 percent to 31 percent, [...]
Topical Gel Catches Up With Pills for Relief
Tuesday, September 7th, 2010Source: New York Times Health
By LAURIE TARKAN
When I strained a back muscle playing tennis not long ago, my doubles partner, who happened to be a doctor, pulled a tube of cream from her gym bag and told me to rub it on.
It wasn’t Bengay or one of those instant ice gels. It was a nonsteroidal [...]
