1/5/2009
Antifungal treatment relieves asthma in patients allergic to fungus
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Many patients with severe asthma and fungal sensitization benefit substantially from treatment with the oral antifungal agent itraconazole, new research shows.The proof-of-concept trial conducted at four sites in the UK involve...
1/5/2009
Chorionic villus sampling may raise hemangioma risk
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A review of published studies suggests that chorionic villus sampling (CVS) for prenatal diagnosis may be associated with an increased risk of infantile hemangioma and possibly limb defects. In the December issue of the Journal...
1/5/2009
Cesarean section scar appearance predicts intra-abdominal adhesions
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A depressed scar after cesarean section is associated with more severe intra-abdominal adhesions, according to a report in the December issue of Fertility and Sterility."Examination and awareness of the shape and characteristic...
1/1/2009
Linear herpes ulcers: the "knife-cut sign"
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In immunocompromised patients, herpes simplex virus (HSV) may present as linear intertriginous fissures similar to the "knife-cut" ulcers associated with metastatic Crohn's disease, clinicians from New York have observed.In the...
12/31/2008
Selective decontamination of oropharynx reduces ICU mortality
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Selective decontamination of the digestive tract or oropharynx in intensive care unit (ICU) patients cuts 28-day mortality by about 12%, according to a Dutch trial reported in the New England Journal of Medicine for January 1. ...
12/30/2008
No overall reduction in cancer risk seen again with antioxidants
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In the large, randomized Women's Antioxidant Cardiovascular Study, participants who took beta carotene, vitamin C, vitamin E, or a combination of supplements had no significant reductions in their risk of cancer.The trial, whic...
12/26/2008
Psoriasis linked to hyperleptinemia independently of obesity
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Psoriasis is associated with elevated leptin levels independently of obesity, metabolic syndrome or female gender, Taiwanese researchers report in the December issue of the Archives of Dermatology."Although the underlying mecha...
12/26/2008
FDA approves Allergan's drug for longer eyelashes
BOSTON (Reuters) - Allergan Inc, maker of Botox, said on Friday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved its eyelash-thickening drug Latisse.Latisse is designed to treat hypotrichosis of the eyelashes. The active ingredient in Latisse is b...
12/23/2008
Male circumcision protects against HPV as well as HIV infection
CHENNAI, India (Reuters Health) - Circumcision reduces the prevalence of high-risk human papillomavirus (HR-HPV) infection and HIV in men, according to studies from South Africa and the USA published in the January 1 issue of the Journal of Infectious Dis...
12/22/2008
Tacrolimus ointment reduces relapse in stabilized atopic dermatitis
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Tacrolimus ointment three times weekly reduces relapse in pediatric patients with stabilized atopic dermatitis, according to a report in the December issue of Pediatrics."We tested the use that most physicians are now using, in...
12/22/2008
Pain rehab effective for erythromelalgia
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Patients with erythromelalgia report relief from chronic pain after treatment at Mayo Clinic's Pain Rehabilitation Center, investigators report in the December Archives of Dermatology.Treatment of the neuropathic pain of erythr...
12/22/2008
Abnormal ECG findings seen in psoriatic arthritis patients
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Results of a case-control study suggest that psoriatic arthritis patients may have "subtle" cardiac conduction disturbances. "In surveying the literature, scant data were found regarding cardiac arrhythmias in psoriatic arthrit...
12/19/2008
TB transmission may rise with migration from endemic areas
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In the December issue of the Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, researchers describe a tuberculosis (TB) outbreak among preschool children from a low-incidence population who were exposed to a day care provider with smear-po...
12/17/2008
Ipilimumab helpful in metastatic melanoma
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Ipilimumab is generally well tolerated and shows activity in patients with metastatic melanoma, researchers report in the November 17th online issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology.Lead investigator Dr. Jeffrey Weber told R...
12/12/2008
Rabies diagnosed with PCR skin test
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Rabies can be reliably diagnosed antemortem by testing skin biopsy specimens for lyssavirus genetic material using reverse-transcription, hemi-nested PCR (RT-hnPCR), according to a report in the December 1st issue of Clinical I...
12/12/2008
IL-12 gene transfer by electroporation promising for melanoma
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Results of a phase I trial suggest that intralesional transfer of plasmid interleukin (IL)-12 enhanced by electroporation for treatment of metastatic melanoma is "safe, effective, reproducible, and titratable," according to a r...
12/11/2008
Smallpox vaccine protects for decades
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The results of a new study suggest that just one dose of the vaccinia vaccine against smallpox provides immunity for as long as 88 years -- which has implications if smallpox were used as a biological weapon.In the event of a b...
12/5/2008
True hypersensitivity to quadrivalent HPV vaccine is uncommon
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Suspected hypersensitivity reactions to the quadrivalent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine (Gardasil; Merck) are often "idiosyncratic," Australian investigators have found, and shouldn't prevent subsequent doses of the vaccine...
12/2/2008
Daptomycin penetrates soft tissue in diabetics
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A microdialysis study shows that the antibiotic daptomycin penetrates well into soft tissue in both diabetic patients and healthy volunteers, researchers report in the November issue of Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.The...
11/27/2008
Strength and endurance training improve aspects of HIV-related lipodystrophy
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The physical and metabolic consequences of lipodystrophy in HIV-infected patients can be managed with appropriate exercise, according to a European research team.In the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism for Octob...
11/27/2008
Clinical features predict time to remission of juvenile dermatomyositis
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In children with juvenile dermatomyositis, persistence of a pathognomonic rash and nail-fold abnormalities during the first few months of treatment predict a longer time to remission.This finding comes from a Canadian study con...
11/26/2008
Indigo extract shows potent activity as topical treatment of psoriasis
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Taiwanese investigators report that an ointment made from an extract of Indigo naturalis shows efficacy in treatment-resistant plaque psoriasis, and the treatment appears to be safe.Indigo naturalis is a plant that is the sourc...
11/25/2008
Low birth weight linked to risk of infantile hemangioma
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The incidence of infantile hemangiomas has grown in recent years, and low birth weight is the leading risk factor driving the increase, new study findings indicate."If we can identify certain factors that put infants at risk fo...
11/24/2008
Long-term erythromycin use cuts COPD flare-ups
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Long-term treatment with erythromycin can reduce COPD exacerbations by roughly a third and shorten the duration of these flare-ups, according to a report in the first December issue of the American Journal of Respiratory and Cr...
11/21/2008
Cross-sensitivity rates between antiepileptic drugs are high
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A paper in the November 4th issue of Neurology confirms that rates of cross-sensitivity between antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) are high and provides specific data to aid in estimating an individual patient's risk.Dr. Lawrence J. Hi...


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