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New prevention, treatment methods for patients with painful bowel inflammation
05-21-2007 · EurekAlert!Inflammatory bowel disease, or IBD, is an umbrella term referring to a group of disorders that cause inflammation of the intestines, including ulcerative colitis, diverticular disease and perianal fistula.
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12-19-2007 · EurekAlert!
An overgrowth of intestinal bacteria is often present in adult population of Westernized countries, because of poor daily intake of fibres and faecal stasis; such an overgrowth contributes to a chronic inflammation on intestinal mucosa and development of symptoms that look like those of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBS). However, a modern test can now discriminate between a bacterial overgrowth and an IBS and, therefore, addresses the patients towards an appropriate treatment with antibiotics.
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- New treatment effective for patients with shoulder pain
09-24-2007 · EurekAlert!
Inflammation of a tendon triggered by calcium deposits, or calcific tendinitis, can effectively be treated with a simple and cost effective percutaneous method according to a recent study conducted by researchers from the Hospital de Basurto in Bilbao, Spain.
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- New study examines ventilator treatment strategies for patients with severe respiratory disorders
02-12-2008 · EurekAlert!
A comparison of two treatment methods for critically ill patients with severe, rapid-onset lung disorders treated with mechanical ventilators found no significant difference in the risk of death, but did find that the newer method reduced the rates of severe persistent low oxygen levels and reduced the need for additional "rescue" therapies, according to a study in the Feb. 13 issue of JAMA.
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- Gene identified for Crohn's disease in children
07-18-2007 · EurekAlert!
Pediatrics researchers have identified a gene variant that raises a child’s risk of Crohn's disease, a chronic and painful condition attributed to inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract. Because multiple genes interact with each other and with environmental factors in Crohn's disease, sorting out the roles of specific genes may better enable doctors to classify a patient's genetic profile and guide individualized treatment.
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- Surge in senior HIV survivors prompts new treatment studies
04-23-2007 · EurekAlert!
Many patients diagnosed with HIV in the 1980s and 1990s have survived and now are entering their golden years. AIDS cases among the over-50 crowd reached 90,000 in 2003, and according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will account for half of all HIV/AIDS cases in the United States by 2015.
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- Research reveals way to speed up treatment of deadly malignant hyperthermia
05-08-2007 · EurekAlert!
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- TB test offers patients quicker and easier diagnosis
06-01-2007 · EurekAlert!
A new test for diagnosing TB offers a quick and simple alternative to existing three-day methods, according to research published today in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases. The study shows that the test, which involves taking three sputum samples from a patient over the course of one day, is just as effective as other more invasive and complicated testing methods, which take three days.
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- Due to cost, heart attack patients often avoid follow-up care and medication
03-13-2007 · EurekAlert!
A lack of funds to pay for medical treatment and prescriptions is common among heart attack patients and leads to a worse recovery, more angina, poorer quality of life and higher risk of re-hospitalization, according to a study by researchers at Yale School of Medicine. Published in the March 14 issue of Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), the study sought to determine if self-reported financial barriers to health care services or medication were associated with worse patient outcomes.
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- Second SPORT Study Shows Surgery Advantage for Spinal Stenosis and Slipped Vertebra
05-30-2007 · EurekAlert!
In one of the three most common back conditions for which patients seek treatment, surgery proved to have substantially better results than non-surgical remedies, according to Dartmouth-led research published in the May 31 New England Journal of Medicine. The paper is the second in a series detailing the findings of the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT), a seven-year, $21 million national study funded by the National Institutes of Health.
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- Scientists, physicians present latest findings in 'personalized' cancer treatment and prevention
09-10-2007 · EurekAlert!
Scientists and clinicians from around the world will gather in Atlanta, Ga., next week at the American Association for Cancer Research's second International Conference on Molecular Diagnostics in Cancer Therapeutic Development. The conference is subtitled "Maximizing Opportunities for Personalized Treatment," which reflects the potential of molecular diagnostics to provide new strategies for tailoring therapies to fit the needs of each cancer patient's unique biology.
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