Text Messages Could Help Tuberculosis Drug Compliance Use of mobile phone text-messaging (or short message service/SMS as it is also known) could help tuberculosis patients in the world's most remote locations adhere to their treatment. The promising early results of this strategy are discussed in the World Report in this week's edition of The Lancet, written by freelance journalist Eliza Barclay.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comStudy sheds lights on schizophrenia causes Scientists have identified dozens of genes that work differently in the brains of people with schizophrenia, a finding that could narrow the
search for new drugs to treat the condition, researchers said on Tuesday. Many of these 49 genes found in brain samples donated by people with schizophrenia are involved in controlling the way cells “talk” [...]
Source: feedproxy.google.comUSA's Largest Ever Prostate Cancer Screening Programme Shows High Compliance And Consistent Results Just under five per cent of the men who took part in the prostate cancer element of the USA's largest ever cancer screening trial were diagnosed with the disease and the majority of those were picked up by screening programmes, according to research published in the December issue of the UK-based urology journal BJU International.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comRosiglitazone improves fat loss and insulin resistance in people with lipoatrophy The diabetes drug rosiglitazone (Avandia) improved limb lipoatrophy in HIV-positive people taking antiretroviral therapy, researchers reported Wednesday at the Sixteenth Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections in Montréal. However the researchers did not study the drug’s effect on facial fat loss. Many people with HIV develop peripheral lipoatrophy, or fat loss in the face, limbs [...]
Source: feedproxy.google.comPromptly After Their Release, Most US Prison HIV-Infected Inmates Do Not Get Proper Treatment Within 30 days of their release from prison, around 80 percent of HIV-infected inmates in Texas did not fill a first
prescription for antiretroviral treatment. According to a study in the February 25 issue of JAMA, the pause in the treatment could have dangerous health consequences. The authors write: "The U.S.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comTHERE GOES RETIREMENT THERE GOES RETIREMENT With their finances in shambles, many in the 60-plus crowd are looking for jobs. Here’s how some are finding work — and adjusting to new lives. By KELLY GREENE Wall St Journal Feb 14, 2009 The advice in recent months — from financial planners, economists and educators — has been unvarying: Retirees whose nest eggs have cracked [...]
Source: feedproxy.google.comCAPHOSOL Results In Minimal Oral Mucositis And Pain In Head/neck Cancer Patients New data show that CAPHOSOL® (www.cahttp://www.caphosol.comphosol.com), an advanced electrolyte solution, results in low rates of oral mucositis and pain in patients with head and neck (HN) cancer who are undergoing chemotherapy and radiation therapy.
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