Breast Cancer :: Japanese women show lower incidence of breast cancer recurrence
American women of Japanese descent treated for early-stage breast cancer are less likely to suffer a recurrence of the disease than women of other ancestries.
Therapy
Respiratory :: Excess oxygen worsens lung inflammation
Research performed at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, has revealed that oxygen therapy aimed at helping mice with acute lung inflammation breathe paradoxically worsened their illness. The researchers say excess oxygen appears to thwart a natural process that limits lung tissue damage. They overcame this deleterious side effect, however, by adding an inhaled anti-inflammatory drug to the oxygen therapy.
Heart disease :: Obese women at menopause and high cholesterol
Women who develop thick waists and high cholesterol at menopause may be at higher risk of heart disease because they also have more damage to their arteries, U.S. researchers reported.
Diabetes :: Alternative Therapies for Diabetes
People with diabetes are 1.6 times more likely to seek out complementary and alternative medicine than those in the general population. That’s the conclusion of a recent study from the Medical University of South Carolina based on information from a nationally representative sample of the US population.
Breast Cancer :: Bevacizumab and chemotherapy improve breast cancer
Preliminary results from a large, randomized clinical trial for patients with previously untreated recurrent or metastatic breast cancer – cancer that has spread from the breast to other parts of the body – show that those patients who received bevacizumab (Avastin) in combination with standard chemotherapy had a longer time period before their cancer progressed than patients who received the same chemotherapy without bevacizumab.
Headache :: Obesity may increase the chances of headaches
Widening waistlines may increase the chances of frequent, painful headaches, new research findings suggest. In a study involving almost 31,000 adults, researchers found that compared to normal-weight people, obese individuals doubled their risk for chronic daily headache — non-migraine attacks occurring at least 15 times per month.
Parkinson’s Disease :: Deep brain stimulation for Parkinson’s disease
A treatment called deep brain stimulation has proven effective in controlling Parkinson’s disease symptoms, but doctors have long debated which areas of the brain should be stimulated to produce the best results.
Ulcerative colitis :: Effective treatment for active ulcerative colitis
Ulcerative colitis is a common inflammatory disease of the colon that causes bloody diarrhea and heightens the risk of colon cancer. Ingesting the eggs of Trichuris suis, an intestinal worm, appears to be a safe and effective treatment for active ulcerative colitis, new research shows.
Health :: Viral hemorrhagic fevers – Ebola virus infects cells
Ebola virus reproduction in laboratory-grown cells is severely hampered by enzyme-inhibiting chemicals, and these chemicals deserve further study as possible treatments for Ebola virus infections in humans, report scientists supported in part by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Asthma :: Therapy for Mild Persistent Asthma
Some adults with mild persistent asthma may be able to adequately control their asthma by taking corticosteroids only when needed, instead of taking anti-inflammatory medication daily, according to new results from the Improving Asthma Control Trial (IMPACT). Conducted by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute?s (NHLBI) Asthma Clinical Research Network, the one-year, multi-center study found that participants who were treated with corticosteroids intermittently based on symptoms had about the same rate of severe exacerbations and of asthma-related lung function decline as those treated with the standard recommendation of daily long-term control medication.