A whopping 97 percent of Mental Health Associations (MHAs) - affiliates of the National Mental Health Association - include mental health consumers and survivors in program planning and implementation, a new survey shows.
Chicago--The oral asthma controller therapy, Accolate (zafirlukast), from Zeneca Pharmaceuticals demonstrated significant improvements in quality-of-life scores in patients with moderate asthma, according to study data presented Monday at the American Lung Association/American Thoracic Society annual meeting.
Researchers have successfully treated Parkinsonism in rats by using fetal brain cells from cloned cows. This research is the first demonstration that transgenic cloned animal tissue can be used in the treatment of a disease. Results of the research study will appear in the May 1 issue of the journal Nature Medicine.
Why is my health coverage so limited for mental health? What is wrong with my child? Where can I go for help for anxiety disorders? During May, communities nationwide will be responding to these questions at health fairs, walks, workshops, screenings and other events. For members of the media, Mental Health Month offers a great opportunity to acquaint readers and listeners with important information on a variety of mental health topics.
"Formularies that restrict access to new psychotropic medications increase both treatment costs and the suffering of people with mental illnesses," said Michael Faenza, President and CEO of the National Mental Health Association. "They fail on economic and moral grounds."
A chemical associated with tuberculosis may substantially reduce the amount of damage sustained from a heart attack, a finding that could lead to new treatment for heart attack victims, according to a new study. The finding was made by two physician brothers in different disciplines who happened to discuss their individual research at a family gathering. Serendipity at its best.
Comprehensive Epilepsy Program Offers Two New Alternatives For Patients with Uncontrolled Seizures: "Awake" surgery and a new vagal nerve stimulation (VNS) pacemaker implant.
More solid evidence shows that growing up in a home around smokers has an adverse impact on lung function. The strongest correlation, highlighted in a new study, was with mothers who smoked. Girls seem to suffer more than boys, probably because girls spend more time around their mothers, researchers say.
Results from the primary phase of the first-ever human clinical trial of a vaccine genetically implanted inside a food indicate that consumption results in immunity to specific diseases. The test of the vaccine was made with vaccine-containing potatoes developed at the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research Inc., (BTI) an affiliate of Cornell University. The human clinical study was conducted at the University of Maryland School of Medicine's Center for Vaccine Development in Baltimore.
DALLAS, April 28 -- Getting immediate vessel-opening treatment after a heart attack can help you live longer than previously believed, say researchers in a study published in today's Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.
DALLAS, April 28 -- Blood clots that can trigger a sudden heart attack often differ between men and premenopausal women -- a finding that may have important implications for preventing sudden cardiac death, which kills 250,000 people each year. This research was reported in a study in today's Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.
Inner-city residents frequently rely on the emergency room of their local hospital for asthma treatment, a practice that is not only expensive and inefficient but a sign that they are receiving insufficient help in managing the disease on their own. New research gives a detailed picture of these patients and the difficult challenges they pose.
Hospitalization and death rates due to asthma among African-American and Latino children in New York City are four times higher than the national average. One contributing factor may be the failure of families to recognize the nature of the disease and develop skills for managing it. In partnership with family physicians, a family coordinator can help families overcome an often passive attitude toward asthma and build confidence to try to prevent or minimize symptoms themselves. That is the finding of a new study.
Researchers at Harvard Medical School and the Center for Blood Research have identified a peptide that may serve as a template for a drug that can suppress the immune response with fewer side effects than immunosuppressants currently available. In addition to benefiting people who receive organ transplants, a drug based on this agent potentially could be used to treat chronic conditions caused by excessive or inappropriate immune responses, such as asthma, inflammation, allergies, and rheumatoid arthritis. Their findings are published in the April 24 Molecular Cell.
CHICAGO-April 27, 1998-In a new linical trial, 55 percent of asthma patients indicated that they preferred Accolate (zafirlukast), the nonsteroid tablet from Zeneca Pharmaceuticals, over the most commonly used inhaled corticosteroid, beclomethasone dipropionate (200 or 250 mcg bid).
Citing the tremendous advances in biology over the past 30 years and the extraordinary potential for the transformation of medical practice and human health,the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) urged a substantial increase in funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and biomedical science.
Who ever thinks about swallowing? But a stroke, neck surgery, or old age can all make swallowing so difficult that some people need to be fed by a tube. Now a research team has found a way to use a simple exercise to improve people's ability to swallow - no surgery, no drugs.
Combined data from an analysis of five clinical studies show that the oral asthma controller therapy, Accolate" (zafirlukast), from Zeneca Pharmaceuticals may reduce the need for short courses of oral steroids in patients experiencing asthma attacks. The study results were presented today in an abstract at the American Lung Association/American Thoracic Society annual meeting in Chicago.
By delivering medicines to specific areas of the human body, peptides are expected to be a link for dramatic breakthroughs in the treatment of many diseases and illnesses, including Alzheimer's disease and HIV-related illnesses. Researchers at the University of Kansas are leaders in the fields of peptide and peptidomimetics research, a field that is growing in importance. (Story tip package from KU)
Contrary to conventional wisdom, aerobic exercise is a safe and effective way to improve the strength and cardiovascular fitness of stroke patients, even if they begin exercising six months or more after their stroke.
Temple University School of Medicine is now in the second year of a four-year, $3 million study to investigate chronic rejection and to determine whether donor bone marrow can "trick" recipients' immune systems into coexisting without rejection of the transplanted hearts.
Neuroscientists at the Yerkes Primate Research Center of Emory University have discovered in the brain a novel neurotransmitter that helps control food intake and seems to be partially responsible for the feeling of satiety. The finding may eventually be used to develop medications for obesity, a life-threatening, yet common condition that often lies at the root of other serious illnesses such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease. The study will be reported in the journal Synapse (vol 29, No. 4), available in May on the Synapse website.
Researchers who were looking for the reason why simple aspirin use protects some people from developing heart attacks have traced the mechanism back to a specific genetic factor present on the surface of clotting cells called platelets.
The National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA) has just published an information resource about Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (classic CJD), Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) and new variant CJD (nvCJD).
A natural supplement may provide protection from heart attacks or strokes, especially for smokers or those with a history of heart disease, according to a breakthrough study in humans to be presented during the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) annual meeting.
With the unlikely but invaluable help of an electron accelerator, University of Wisconsin Medical School molecular biologists have definitively shown for the first time that within the seven-some-feet of the folded chromosome in every cell nucleus, special repair proteins do their work by moving from their home bases to remote gene damage sites. The study is reported in the April 24 Science.
Surgeon General David Satcher and former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich will address the American Occupational Health Conference April 29, Hynes Convention Center, Boston. Nation's largest occupational health conference expects 8,000 attendees.
WALTHAM, Mass. -- An X-ray detector technology first developed at Brandeis University for use by structural biologists is now being used to produce speedy, high-resolution digital images of breast tissue that could replace standard mammograms as a screening technique.
As the U.S. Department of Agriculture begins to establish new dietary guidelines for the year 2000, a new University of Michigan study suggests low fat diets' are not always the most healthy.
A vaccine pairing a genetically altered, harmless canarypox virus, and a genetically engineered piece of the HIV protein coat, induce immune system activity against laboratory strains of HIV better than either vaccine alone, according to a Johns Hopkins School of Public Health researcher.
More than one million days and $112 million are spent annually by physicians on credentialing activities. Learn more about the hidden costs of credentialing why the process is critical to managing risk and ensuring quality of care at a special briefing in Chicago
Guideline for Treatment of Patients with Panic Disorder published as supplement to the May issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry. Embargoed until May 1, 1998
American Psychiatric Association's holds its 151st Annual Meeting in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, May 30-June 4, 1998, at the Toronto Convention Centre.
A rarely used surgical technique to clear plaque from the artery leading to the brain is not only three times faster than the conventional procedure, but results in a 10-fold decrease in a reclogging of the artery, according to a study by Albany Medical Center physicians.
Cigarette tar is deposited in the lungs of smokers, and these lung tissues are continuously bathed in an aqueous solution that can dissolve and transport the water-soluble chemicals in the tar. According to William A. Pryor, Ph.D., Director of the Biodynamics Institute at Louisiana State University, this aqueous cigarette tar (ACT) extract is a complex mixture of hundreds of compounds that can cause DNA damage.
A new UCLA study has revealed that many physicians may lack the training necessary to interpret CT scans and safely identify stroke patients who may benefit from "clot-busting" drug therapies.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.--Geriatric rats instinctively ward off sickness by huddling in hot spots, and ongoing studies of their behavior may suggest drug-free strategies to help older people fight infections, University of Delaware researchers reported today at the Experimental Biology '98 meeting.
DALLAS, April 21 -- Do individuals gain progressive benefits in heart attack protection as the drugs, called statins, take cholesterol levels to "new lows?" This is the topic of three reports and an editorial appearing in today's Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.
DALLAS, April 21 -- The stickier, or more viscous, a man's blood is, the greater his risk of developing the kind of blood vessel damage that can eventually lead to a heart attack or stroke, a study published in today's Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association reports.
Today at the Experimental Biology 98 conference, Dr. David Heber, director of the UCLA Center for Human Nutrition, presented the findings of the first U.S. clinical study on the cholesterol-lowering effects of Cholestin, a dietary supplement made of Chinese red yeast rice.
Noise is the most common hazard for American workers. This new study shows that construction workers are dashing off to work without properly protecting their hearing, thus unnecessarily placing their hearing at risk. Here are some things that can be done to raise awareness and reduce that risk.
STANFORD - A gene therapy technique that sends inflammation- squelching proteins directly where they're needed can help allay the symptoms of a disease resembling multiple sclerosis (MS) in mice, Stanford scientists have found.
A fortified orange drink given to Tanzanian children for six months significantly reduced important nutritional deficiencies and prompted almost twice as much weight gain and 25 percent more growth than children who did not get the drink.
Cornell University neurobiologists, studying the adrenal glands of rats, have discovered how chronic stress cranks up the intensity of thes adrenaline response. The key to this so-called molecular memory resides in a donut-shaped protein on the surface of cells that secrete adrenaline, the hormone also known as epinephrine.
Links between recent reductions in food stamp allowances, hunger and poor health were found by researchers at Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC) in Minneapolis and the University of Minnesota.
Preliminary findings of a multicenter international study reveal that a new form of Cyclosporine called Neoral may offer significant benefits to heart transplant recipients. Heart transplant patients receiving Neoral experienced fewer infections and a reduced number of rejections requiring antibody therapy. These findings suggest clinical advantages for Neoral which may translate into improved outcomes for heart transplant recipients.
Using two drugs already available, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas may have found a cure for a condition that puts 5 million Americans at risk for sudden death -- an enlarged heart, or cardiac hypertrophy.
Antioxidants seem to help protect lung function and prevent chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) among both smokers and nonsmokers, according to a new Cornell University study. Though the effects are different for smokers and nonsmokers, for both groups, the beneficial effects of high levels of antioxidants is dramatic.
Findings of a multicenter study indicate that Pacemaker Guided Monitoring has a high predictive value in determining heart transplant rejection. The use of an implanted pacemaker to detect heart rejection is much less invasive, more cost effective and without the major side effects associated with traditional endomyocardial biopsy.
Heart laser surgery termed Transmyocardial Revascularization can replace transplantation in certain patients with severe coronary artery disease. TMR patients experience survival rates of 85% which compare favorably with survival at one year post transplant. Due to the lack of sufficient numbers of donor hearts, TMR offers an alternative without the mortality associated with waiting for a transplant.
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