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Female gender and smoke exposure predict asthma response to montelukast Jul 18, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In children with asthma treated with inhaled corticosteroids and requiring rescue medication, responsiveness to the leukotriene blocker montelukast is increased in those exposed to tobacco smoke and tends to be greater in girls than in boys, according to investigators at the National Jewish Medical and Research Center. |
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Phenytoin clearance unaltered in elderly epileptics Jul 18, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In elderly patients with epilepsy, phenytoin half-life and clearance during maintenance therapy does not appear to differ from that of younger adults, researchers report in the July issue of Neurology. |
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Burch colposuspension provides long-term control of stress incontinence Jul 18, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Two years after sacrocolpopexy, women who were also treated with prophylactic Burch colposuspension were significantly less likely to experience stress incontinence than were women who were not treated with Burch colposuspension, according to a study by U.S. researchers published in the July issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology. |
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Sucrose reduces pain of venipuncture in newborns Jul 18, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - An oral sucrose solution administered just prior to venipuncture reduces the pain response in newborns, the results of a randomized trial indicate, but sucrose appears to be ineffective for heel sticks or intramuscular injections. |
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Amyloid-beta immunization does not improve Alzheimer's dementia Jul 18, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Although immunization with amyloid-beta peptide seems to promote clearance of brain plaques in patients with Alzheimer's disease, it does not improve dementia or survival, according to a report in the July 19th issue of The Lancet. |
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Prompt prophylaxis key after influenza A outbreaks in long-term care facilities Jul 18, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A study of influenza A outbreaks at long-term care facilities (LTCFs) shows that when amantadine chemoprophylaxis was started within 5 days of the onset, outbreak duration, incidence rates, and case-fatalities rates all fell significantly, according to a report in the July 1 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases. |
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Dimebon safely improves symptoms of Alzheimer's disease Jul 17, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Treatment with the non-selective antihistamine dimebon is safe and effective in improving cognition, activities of daily living, behavior, and global function in patients with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease, according to a report in the July 19th issue of The Lancet. |
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Renal transplant ups risk of complications of chronic kidney disease in children Jul 17, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Anemia and hypertension occur more often in children and adolescents with chronic kidney disease (CKD) who have undergone a kidney transplant than in those with CKD in native kidneys, results of a study published in the June issue of the American Journal of Kidney Diseases indicate. |
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Cerebrovascular complications common in left-sided endocarditis Jul 17, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and use of neurochemical brain damage markers show that there is a high incidence of cerebrovascular complications in patients with left-sided infective endocarditis, Swedish researchers report in the July 1st issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases. |
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Balamuthia amebic encephalitis cases reported in California Jul 17, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - From 1997 to 2007, the California Encephalitis Project identified 10 cases of encephalitis that were caused by the free-living ameba Balamuthia mandrillaris, according to findings appearing in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report for July 18. |
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Fiber intake may cut preeclampsia risk Jul 17, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - With increasing intake of dietary fiber during early pregnancy, the risk of preeclampsia in later pregnancy falls, according to a report in the July 17th online issue of the American Journal of Hypertension. |
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Olanzapine helps reduce irritability and aggression in borderline personality disorder Jul 17, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Along with dialectical behavior therapy, the antipsychotic drug olanzapine promotes more rapid reduction of irritability and aggression in highly irritable women with borderline personality disorder (BPD), according to results of a pilot study reported in the June issue of the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. |
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Preterm birth raises risk of disability in adulthood Jul 17, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Physical, cognitive, and social impairments impact the lives of many adults who were born prematurely, according to a national cohort study in Norway published in the New England Journal of Medicine for July 17. |
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