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Chronic Lyme Disease Symptoms Not Helped by Intensive Antibiotic Treatment
Results of the first randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trials testing antibiotics in patients with a stubborn form of Lyme disease -- those whose symptoms persist after standard courses of antibiotics -- validate that these patients suffer significant pain and other disabling symptoms. The two trials found, however, that a 90-day course of intravenous and oral antibiotics was no better than placebo at improving these chronic symptoms. more
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Progress Report On Alzheimer's Disease 2000
The National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the Federal Government’s National Institutes of Health (NIH), has primary responsibility for research aimed at finding ways to prevent, treat, and cure AD. The Institute’s AD research program is integral to one of its main goals, which is to enhance the quality of life of older people by expanding knowledge about the aging brain and nervous system. The 2000 Progress Report on Alzheimer’s Disease summarizes AD research conducted or supported by NIA and other components of NIH. more
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Scientists Sequence Genome Of Major Periodontal Disease Bacterium
Scientists have sequenced the genome of Porphyromonas gingivalis, a bacterium believed to play a major role in adult periodontitis, or gum disease. It is the first oral disease-causing microbe to be completely sequenced. The annotated P. gingivalis sequence will be posted on the Internet today, making it freely available to researchers worldwide. more
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Advance Directives Found Key To Reducing Stress For Families Of Hospitalized Patients At The End Of Life
Researchers from the Oregon Health Sciences University report that stress levels have been measured as extremely high for family members who must decide whether or not life support should be withdrawn from relatives too incapacitated to decide for themselves. Reported levels of stress are twice as high as those due to other serious crises, such as ferry or construction disasters, or losing a home to fire. Stress was least severe when patients' written advance directives were available and most severe in the absence of written or verbal directives. Funded by the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), the study results appear in the March/April issue of the journal Nursing Research. more
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The Marijuana/Myocardial Infarction Link
According to the 12 June 2001 issue of Circulation, middle-aged marijuana smokers are at significantly increased risk of myocardial infarction (MI), particularly during the period immediately following smoking. more
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