News tagged with disease patients
FDA approves first drug for Huntington's disease
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Aug 16, 2008 |
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved tetrabenazine, the first drug approved for use in the United States to treat Huntington's disease, a fatal, inherited neurodegenerative disorder for which there is no cure. ...
Parkinson's disease can affect more than just the body
Dec 12, 2008 |
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Parkinson’s disease affects 6.3 million people worldwide. While the disease is recognized for its profound effects on movement, up to 40 percent of Parkinson’s disease patients also develop changes in thought, behavior and ...
Response to immune protein determines pathology of multiple sclerosis
Oct 13, 2008 |
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New research may help reveal why different parts of the brain can come under attack in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). According to a new study in mice with an MS-like disease, the brain's response to a protein produced ...
Mitochondria could be a target for therapeutic strategy for Alzheimer's disease patients
Nov 05, 2008 |
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A study in the Sept. 21 on-line edition of Nature Medicine describes the function and interaction of a critical molecule involved in cell death in Alzheimer's disease patients. These new findings reveal that blocking this m ...
Hepatitis C treatment reduces the virus but liver damage continues
Dec 09, 2008 |
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Treating patients who have chronic hepatitis C and advanced liver disease with long-term pegylated interferon significantly decreased their liver enzymes, viral levels and liver inflammation, but the treatment did not slow ...
Liver disease 'shrunk' by blood-pressure drug
Jun 01, 2009 |
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A blood-pressure medicine has been shown to reverse the effects of early-stage liver failure in some patients.
Treatment for advanced hepatitis C doesn't work, researchers find
Dec 03, 2008 |
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An NIH funded multi-center clinical trial found no benefit from "maintenance therapy," low-dose peginterferon used for hepatitis C patients who have not responded to an initial round of treatment. In addition, the study showed ...
Arterial disease of the leg frequently overlooked in patients with heart disease
Apr 28, 2009 |
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Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) of the legs, in which the arteries become blocked with plaque and blood supply to the legs is reduced, affects eight million people in the U.S. Early detection of PAD is important because ...
Researchers discover gene signatures for scleroderma
Jul 16, 2008 |
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Distinct genetic profiles can discern different groups of patients with scleroderma, a vexing autoimmune disease in which the body turns against itself, Dartmouth Medical School researchers report. Their discovery of distinguishing ...
Study suggests dentists can identify patients at risk for fatal cardiovascular event
Nov 05, 2009 |
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A new study indicates dentists can play a potentially life-saving role in health care by identifying patients at risk of fatal heart attacks and referring them to physicians for further evaluation.
Sleep disorders: A warning sign for neurodegenerative disease?
Dec 24, 2008 |
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According to the latest study by Dr. Ronald Postuma from the Research Institute of the MUHC and Dr. Jacques Montplaisir from the Université de Montréal and the Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal, ...
Kidney injury puts elderly individuals at high risk for developing serious kidney disease
Nov 19, 2008 |
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Acute kidney injury (AKI)—which is often caused by trauma, illness, or surgery—predisposes elderly individuals to the most serious form of chronic kidney disease (CKD), known as end stage renal disease (ESRD), according to ...
Large study illustrates cardiac CT can effectively assess coronary artery disease
Dec 01, 2008 |
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Cardiac CT can effectively assess coronary artery stenosis, according to a large study performed at Leiden University Medical Center in Leiden, The Netherlands.
Implantable defibrillators lower risk of death in older heart patients
Jan 06, 2009 |
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Implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) can improve survival in patients with heart damage — even those in their 70s — according to research reported in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.
Why bladder cancer is deadlier for some
Jan 08, 2009 |
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Bladder cancer is much more likely to be deadly for women and African-Americans, but the reasons long believed to explain the phenomenon account for only part of the differences for such patients compared to their white and ...
