For rheumatoid arthritis (RA) sufferers who do not get adequate relief from so-called TNF-inhibitors such as etanercept or infliximab, a new drug called Orencia may provide significant clinical and functional benefits, according to a study published this week.
Hispanic adults in the United States are more likely than whites or blacks to have cataract-related vision problems due to language and financial barriers, researchers report.
Children with a paternal history of asthma demonstrated significantly greater airway hyper-responsiveness (AHR) than those without such history – wrote Dr. Benjamin Raby and colleagues in their study, published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.
Postmenopausal women are able to lose weight and improve insulin sensitivity more effectively when following a low-fat, vegan diet that excludes meat and dairy products, according to a study published in the American Journal of Medicine.
If your child’s been diagnosed with iron deficiency anemia, following tips are offered by The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia:
Women with moderate-to-severe urinary incontinence are two or three times more likely to be seriously depressed than continent women, according to new study results — which suggests that doctors should be assessing the mental health of women with incontinence.
New research shows that bacteria lurking in household dust produce chemicals that may trigger asthma and asthma-related symptoms such as wheezing. These bacterial chemicals, called endotoxins, particularly those found on bedroom floors, were linked with increased respiratory problems in adults. This study, supported by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), a part of the National Institutes of Health, is the first nationwide study of endotoxins in the household environment, and it involved analysis of more than 2,500 dust samples from 831 homes across the U.S.
Women who have had a certain type of anorexia nervosa show an alteration of the activity of a chemical in their brain that is widely associated with anxiety and other affective disorders more than one year after recovery, according to a study in the September issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
The recently published Lancet journal in its editorial entitled ?The end of homoeopathy? and the report that Homoeopathy doesn?t work according to the study conducted by Swiss statistical analyst Matthias Egger of Switzerland?s University of Berne appeared in the press is a biased piece of report without the actual substance and seems to be not only motivated but also derogatory to the medical fraternity and suffering humanity at large and is an attempt to dissuade the patients from having the benefits of this system which has stood the time testing of more than 200 years with its miraculous and wonderful results. As such Homoeopathy today is posing a threat and challenge to the conventional medicines due to its merits of Success with no adverse effects.
FDA cleared for marketing a new blood test that will help doctors make personalized drug treatment decisions for some patients. The Invader UGT1A1 Molecular Assay detects variations in a gene that affects how certain drugs are broken down and cleared by the body.