News tagged with medication therapy


Glucose deprivation activates feedback loop that kills cancer cells: study

Compared to normal cells, cancer cells have a prodigious appetite for glucose, the result of a shift in cell metabolism known as aerobic glycolysis or the "Warburg effect." Researchers focusing on this effect as a possible ...

Cancer created Jun 26, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (16) | comments 23 | with audio podcast

Risk score could lead to better diagnosis of the metabolic syndrome in children

Researchers have developed a new scoring system that may better identify adolescents with the metabolic syndrome, a group at increased risk of later developing Type 2 diabetes and heart disease. The study, to be presented ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jun 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

No therapy for 20 percent with stage IV solid tumors

(HealthDay) -- About 20 percent of patients diagnosed with stage IV metastatic solid tumors do not receive anticancer treatment, according to a study published online June 15 in Cancer.

Cancer created Jun 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

AAN issues new guideline for treating rare seizure disorder in babies, young children

The American Academy of Neurology has issued an updated guideline outlining the best treatments for infantile spasms, a rare type of seizure that can occur in infants and young children. The guideline, which was co-developed ...

Neuroscience created Jun 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Treating childhood anxiety with computers, not drugs

According to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, one in eight children suffers from an anxiety disorder. And because many anxious children turn into severely anxious adults, early intervention can have a major ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jun 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Telephone therapy retains more patients than face-to-face sessions and improves depression

Phoning it in is more effective than the therapist's couch when it comes to keeping patients in psychotherapy. New Northwestern Medicine research shows patients who had therapy sessions provided over the phone were more likely ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jun 05, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Combination treatment with lapatinib and pazopanib doesn't improve outcomes for patients with IBC

Inflammatory breast cancer is a very aggressive type of cancer associated with early metastasis and poor survival rates, and the prognosis is even worse for patients with tumors expressing the ErbB2 receptor. The ErbB2-inhibiting ...

Cancer created Jun 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Early physical therapist treatment associated with reduced risk of healthcare utilization and reduced overall healthcare

A new study published in Spine shows that early treatment by a physical therapist for low back pain (LBP), as compared to delayed treatment, was associated with reduced risk of subsequent healthcare utilization and lower ...

Health created May 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Asthma medication linked with arrhythmias in children, young adults

Use of inhaled anticholinergics (IACs) has been associated with an increased risk of potentially dangerous heart arrhythmias among young asthma patients, according to a study conducted by researchers at the University of ...

Immunology created May 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Should oxygen be used for patients with chronic heart failure?

Researchers at the University of Hull, in the UK, have just launched a major new trial investigating the effects of home oxygen therapy in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF).

Cardiology created May 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Risk of stroke greater for women than men among older patients diagnosed with atrial fibrillation

In a study that examined use of the anticoagulant medication warfarin and risk of stroke following a diagnosis of atrial fibrillation in older patients, women, especially those 75 years or older, had a higher risk of stroke ...

Cardiology created May 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

MR enterography is as good or better than standard imaging exams for pediatric Crohn's patients

MR enterography is superior to CT enterography in diagnosing fibrosis in pediatric patients with Crohn disease and equally as good as CT enterography in detecting active inflammation, and a new study shows.

Cancer created Apr 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy optimal for localized prostate cancer

A treatment for localized prostate cancer known as Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) is better than conventional conformal radiation therapy (CRT) for reducing certain side effects and preventing cancer recurrence, ...

Cancer created Apr 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Antibiotics a safe and viable alternative to surgery for uncomplicated appendicitis, say experts

Giving antibiotics to patients with acute uncomplicated appendicitis is a safe and viable alternative to surgery, say experts in a study published in the British Medical Journal today.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Cognitive therapy helps reduce severity of distress among psychotic patients

Cognitive therapy reduces the severity of psychotic experiences in adults who are at risk of developing conditions such as schizophrenia, a randomised controlled trial published in the British Medical Journal claims.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 05, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0