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Researchers-again-pinpoint why stress kills
As Valentine's Day approaches, one prevailing argument for marriage may well be that studies show married people are less depressed than their single counterparts. Behind this string of scientific reasoning for matrimony is a proven fact: the prevalence of depression in patients with coronary artery disease (e.g., myocardial infarction and heart failure) is approximately five times that of the general population. more
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Study evaluates immune response to telomerase tumor antigen as possible breast cancer vaccine
Researchers at the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania have begun a Phase I clinical trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a telomerase peptide as a possible vaccine against breast cancer. The study will measure potential tumor cell shrinkage in patients after an immune response has been triggered to an antigen – the telomerase peptide – found in more than 90 percent of breast cancer tumors.
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Surgery combined with inserting heated chemotherapeutic agents directly into the abdomen can improve survival rates in patients with cancer of the abdominal cavity
Researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center report in the February issue of Annals of Surgical Oncology that surgery combined with inserting heated chemotherapy drugs directly into the abdomen can improve survival rates and quality of life in patients with cancer of the abdominal cavity that has spread from the colon.
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Clozapine effective for controlling dyskinesias in people with severe Parkinson's
Low-dose clozapine is effective in treating dyskinesias (involuntary, often jerky movements) resulting from long-term levodopa therapy in patients with severe Parkinson's disease, according to a study in the February 10 issue of Neurology, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
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Prescribing information: Clozaril (clozapine)
Clozapine is indicated for the treatment of schizophrenia, when other antipsychotic medications have failed. New research shows that the drug could be helpful for the control of levodopa-induced dyskinesias (LIDs), which are found among some Parkinson's patients. Get the prescribing information for clozapine in today's issue of Vidyya. more
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Early fevers associated with lower allergy risk later in childhood
Infants who experience fevers before their first birthday are less likely to develop allergies by ages six or seven, according to a new study funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The study, published today in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, lends support to the well-known "hygiene hypothesis," which contends that early exposure to infections might protect children against allergic diseases in later years.
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Sleeping sickness threatens most provinces in Angola
Trypanosomiasis, commonly known as sleeping sickness, is threatening one-third of Angolans and creating social, economic and political turmoil in the mineral-rich provinces where it is concentrated more
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