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| 05/07/08 |
CDC reports time-release doxycycline hyclate injection offers extended protection against tick-bite transmitted Lyme infection
Scientists at the CDC have developed an injection that in animal trials offers 100% prevention of Lyme and Anaplasmosis infection for weeks to months. Next target: slow-release patches. |
| 05/07/08 |
Antidepressant found to alleviate symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome in adolescents
UCLA trial reports small doses of the tricyclic antidepressant amitriptyline (shown to be effective for adults with IBS) significantly improved pain & quality of life for adolescents with IBS. |
| 05/05/08 |
Connecticut Attorney General's Investigation Reveals Flawed Lyme Disease Guideline Process, IDSA Agrees To Reassess Guidelines, Install Independent Arbiter
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal announced that his antitrust investigation has uncovered serious flaws in the Infectious Diseases Society of America's process for writing its 2006 Lyme disease guidelines - and the IDSA has agreed to reassess them with the assistance of an outside arbiter. |
| 05/03/08 |
Minimally invasive fibroid treatment fares well in multicenter trial: Major surgery no longer needed for many
A new multicenter trial found that minimally-invasive uterine artery embolization (UAE) is a good alternative to hysterectomy in women with symptomatic fibroids. |
| 05/03/08 |
Celebrex-Lipitor combo may halt prostate cancer. Anti-inflammatory and statin used in tandem can stop progression of disease – clinical trial planned
“If the trials show that the drug therapy does a good job of preventing the cancer from advancing, we won’t need to worry about how to handle the more aggressive later stage cancer." |
| 05/02/08 |
International Study of Drug to Control Osteoarthritis Progression Recruiting Now
71 centers in 10 countries & Canadian provinces are now recruiting female subjects with knee osteoarthritis, also known as ‘degenerative joint disease,’ for a 2-year Phase II study (target enrollment 1,400). |
| 04/09/08 |
Natural trans fats have health benefits - may help reduce risk of heart disease, diabetes, obesity
A “natural animal trans-fat” derived from dietary dairy & beef appears to reduce the small intestine’s production of fat & cholesterol particles for delivery to the body. A diet enriched with this fat lowered average triglyceride levels 50%, total cholesterol 30%, “bad” LDL cholesterol 25%. |
| 04/07/08 |
Research May Provide First Accurate Diagnostic Test for Parkinson’s
A new metabolomic blood profile is ‘highly specific to Parkinson’s’; promises early detection test & means of tracking progression; offers clues for research. |
| 04/07/08 |
Family study bolsters link between pesticides and Parkinson's
For the first time, the association between Parkinson’s disease and exposure to pesticides has been shown in patients with the neurological disorder compared with their unaffected relatives. |
| 04/07/08 |
Grape skin compound fights the complications of diabetes
Resveratrol could well be the basis of an effective diet-based therapy for preventing the vascular damage caused by high blood sugar, research finds |
