http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. In a city the size of New York, starting a vaccination campaign a few weeks earlier could save almost 600 lives and over $150 million, according to a study by scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine. http://www.physorg.com/news173987291.html Medicine & Health Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:49:09 EST news173987291 (PhysOrg.com) -- An 11year national analysis at Children's Hospital Boston shows that side effects or accidental overdoses of medications are a common complication of outpatient care in children, generating more than half a million additional visits per year, particularly in children age 4 and younger. Findings are reported in the October issue of Pediatrics. http://www.physorg.com/news173377334.html Medicine & Health Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:50:05 EST news173377334 The largest single-institution study of its kind has found few complications in prostate cancer patients treated with radiotherapy after surgery to remove the prostate. Men in this study received radiotherapy after a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test following surgery indicated their cancer had recurred. http://www.physorg.com/news173359062.html Medicine & Health Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:30:02 EST news173359062 (AP) -- More than half a million U.S. children yearly have bad reactions or side effects from widely used medicines that require medical treatment and sometimes hospitalization, new research shows. http://www.physorg.com/news173354731.html Medicine & Health Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:20:01 EST news173354731 Three drugs that reduce a woman's chance of getting breast cancer also have been shown to cause adverse effects, according to a new report from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. http://www.physorg.com/news172499039.html Medicine & Health Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:30:02 EST news172499039 A once-daily medication option for treating the most common mouth infection in HIV/AIDS patients has shown to be just as effective and safe as taking an anti-fungal pill five times a day, according to a Henry Ford Hospital study. http://www.physorg.com/news172151728.html Medicine & Health Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:40:01 EST news172151728 (PhysOrg.com) -- Many drivers over age 70 realize that their reaction time is slower so they naturally compensate by driving more carefully, says Matthew Romoser, who studies age-related physical and cognitive function and driving skills at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The problem, according to his latest research, is that many older drivers don`t realize that danger is coming at them sideways, not from head-on as they assumed. http://www.physorg.com/news169834951.html Other Sciences Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:40:02 EST news169834951 Patients with stage III or IV melanoma taking ipilimumab and the oral steroid budesonide to reduce side effects did not have less diarrhea, a known side effect of ipilimumab, according to results of a phase II trial published in Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. http://www.physorg.com/news169229472.html Medicine & Health Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:40:06 EST news169229472 A member of a new class of antiretroviral drugs is safe and effective for patients beginning treatment against HIV, according to researchers who have completed a two-year multisite phase III clinical trial comparing it with standard antiretroviral drugs. http://www.physorg.com/news168497569.html Medicine & Health Mon, 03 Aug 2009 06:30:02 EST news168497569 Every year, 42,000 Americans are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Few live very long, and less than 5% are still alive five years after diagnosis. http://www.physorg.com/news167310392.html Medicine & Health Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:30:01 EST news167310392 A new prostate cancer "homing device" could improve detection and allow for the first targeted treatment of the disease. http://www.physorg.com/news166115040.html Medicine & Health Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:30:01 EST news166115040 (PhysOrg.com) -- In the course of his or her life, every seventh German will develop an anxiety disorder that will require treatment. Standard anti-anxiety medications (anxiolytics) are based on the benzodiazepine class of drugs. These calm the patient and quickly diminish feelings of anxiety. http://www.physorg.com/news164988676.html Medicine & Health Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:11:47 EST news164988676 Small synthetic fragments of genetic material called small interfering RNA (siRNA) can block production of abnormal proteins; however, these exciting new drug candidates can also induce a strong immune response, causing toxic side effects. Understanding how siRNA stimulates this undesirable immune activity, how to test for it, and how to design siRNA drugs to avoid it are critical topics explored in a timely review article published online ahead of print in Oligonucleotides, a peer-reviewed journal published by Mary Ann Liebert. http://www.physorg.com/news162041263.html Medicine & Health Wed, 20 May 2009 12:28:11 EST news162041263 Old standby Zoloft? Late-model Lexapro? New antidepressants might be no more effective than the best existing drugs, according to two new systematic reviews that compared 12 commonly used medications. http://www.physorg.com/news160830938.html Medicine & Health Wed, 06 May 2009 12:16:49 EST news160830938 In searching for a simple way to identify individuals with smoking-related lung injury, scientists at Weill Cornell Medical College have stumbled upon a potential explanation for why the class of pain-relievers known as COX-2 inhibitors increases the risk of heart problems among users. http://www.physorg.com/news160275092.html Medicine & Health Thu, 30 Apr 2009 01:52:00 EST news160275092 (AP) -- An experimental treatment added four months to the lives of men with advanced prostate cancer, doctors reported Tuesday in a study that tested an entirely new approach to fighting the disease. http://www.physorg.com/news160147456.html Medicine & Health Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:24:36 EST news160147456 Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have found a way to maintain the pain-killing qualities of morphine over an extended period of time, thus providing a solution for the problem of having to administer increasing dosages of the drug in order to retain its effectiveness. http://www.physorg.com/news160047933.html Medicine & Health Mon, 27 Apr 2009 10:46:10 EST news160047933 In a small, early clinical trial, researchers at the University of Chicago Medical Center have found that combining eight ounces of grapefruit juice with the drug rapamycin can increase drug levels, allowing lower doses of the drug to be given. They also showed that the combination can be effective in treating various types of cancer. http://www.physorg.com/news159461243.html Medicine & Health Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:48:08 EST news159461243 More restaurants and vending machines offer healthy choices these days, so why do Americans' waistlines continue to expand? A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research shows that some efforts to control eating may backfire. http://www.physorg.com/news159461007.html Other Sciences Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:43:59 EST news159461007 Corticosteroids are powerful drugs used to treat inflammatory conditions such as asthma and other chronic diseases which has made them among the most widely prescribed drugs. Although the anti-inflammatory drugs offer swift relief to the patient, they can carry with them serious side effects. For example, the inflammatory steroids used to treat a child's asthma, but can stunt the child's growth over time. Similarly, adult treatment of Addison's disease, which President John F. Kennedy endured, can lead to the development of diabetes and hypertension. http://www.physorg.com/news159191534.html Medicine & Health Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:52:31 EST news159191534 The side effects of an experimental "gene-silencing" treatment that is currently being investigated for a variety of diseases are even more wide-ranging than previously discovered, according to a study by a University of Kentucky researcher. http://www.physorg.com/news158257334.html Medicine & Health Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:22:36 EST news158257334 A study showing improved survival of starting antiretroviral treatment earlier than current U.S. recommendations is being reported in the April 30 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. The study found that not starting HIV patients at a CD4 count greater than 500 cells per cubic millimeter increased risk of death by 94 percent. http://www.physorg.com/news157899939.html Medicine & Health Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:06:15 EST news157899939 A chemical component of licorice may offer a new approach to preventing colorectal cancer without the adverse side effects of other preventive therapies, Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers report. http://www.physorg.com/news157047274.html Medicine & Health Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:16:48 EST news157047274 Flanders Institute for Biotechnology scientists connected to the K.U.Leuven, Belgium, have identified a molecule that can form the basis for a new therapy for Alzheimer's disease. This is the first step toward a medicine that could actually stop the progress of Alzheimer's. Existing medicines can at best limit the loss of memory during the first phases of the disease. The authoritative journal Science is publishing the results of this research. A first step, however, is still a long way from an approved drug − even if everything goes well, it will be another 15 years before the medicine becomes available. http://www.physorg.com/news156694460.html Medicine & Health Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:16:29 EST news156694460 A new study in the online issue of Annals of Internal Medicine has found that cholesterol medications can work well among certain HIV patients at risk for cardiovascular disease. http://www.physorg.com/news155237503.html Medicine & Health Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:32:33 EST news155237503 A work accident leaves a woman blind in one eye. As she copes with the loss, within months the vision in the other, previously uninjured eye begins to blur, and the eye becomes red and inflamed. http://www.physorg.com/news154186359.html Medicine & Health Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:33:12 EST news154186359 Screening for mutations in a gene that helps the body metabolize a kidney transplant anti-rejection drug may predict which children are at higher risk for side effects, including compromised white blood cell count or organ rejection, according to new research. http://www.physorg.com/news154171383.html Medicine & Health Wed, 18 Feb 2009 09:23:36 EST news154171383 (PhysOrg.com) -- When a promising cancer drug reached clinical trials in the 1990s, researchers were disappointed by the debilitating side effects that limited the trials. The drug inhibited a family of enzymes known as matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs). Now, researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have shown that creating drugs that inactivate a different part of the MMP enzyme could have the capacity to target the tumor without the damaging side effects. Their findings, which hold promise for improved cancer therapies, were published Feb. 5 in the online Early Edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). http://www.physorg.com/news154118182.html Medicine & Health Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:36:57 EST news154118182 People with Parkinson's disease commonly suffer a slowing or freezing of movement caused by the death of neurons that make dopamine, a key chemical that allows brain cells to send and receive messages essential to voluntary movements. Patients regain the ability to move, seemingly miraculously, by taking L-DOPA or related drugs that mimic the missing dopamine. After a few years on L-DOPA, however, most patients again lose motor control - but in an opposite way. Instead of too little, there is too much movement, like involuntary nodding and rocking - side effects known as L-DOPA-induced dyskinesias. http://www.physorg.com/news152463203.html Medicine & Health Thu, 29 Jan 2009 14:53:50 EST news152463203 A paper co-authored by Beatrice Golomb, MD, PhD, associate professor of medicine at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and director of UC San Diego's Statin Study group cites nearly 900 studies on the adverse effects of HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors (statins), a class of drugs widely used to treat high cholesterol. http://www.physorg.com/news152273287.html Medicine & Health Tue, 27 Jan 2009 10:08:38 EST news152273287