Archive for 2007/01


Regular Acupressure Can Significantly Reduce Agitated Behaviour In Dementia

Acupressure can significantly reduce agitated behaviour in older patients with dementia, according to a study published in the February issue of the UK- based Journal of Clinical Nursing. Researchers at the National Yang-Ming University in Taiwan found that providing 15-minute treatment sessions twice a day for five days a week yielded considerable benefits, including reductions in verbal and physical attacks and wandering. [click link for full article]
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01/22/2007 | Complememntary & Alternative Medicine | Trackback | Comments Off

Tuberculosis Experts Outline Proposals To Speed Up Drug Development

Proposals to accelerate the development of tuberculosis (TB) drugs were outlined today at the conclusion of a two-day symposium titled "No Time to Wait," convened in New York this week by the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontires (MSF) with the support of Howard P. Milstein and Weill Cornell Medical College's Abby and Howard P. Milstein Program in Chemical Biology. [click link for full article]
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01/22/2007 | Respiratory & Asthma | Trackback | Comments Off

Carbon Monoxide Protects Lung Cells Against Oxygen-Induced Damage

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have demonstrated that low-dose carbon monoxide administered in conjunction with oxygen therapy markedly inhibits oxygen-induced damage to lung cells. These findings, being reported in the Jan. 19 issue of the Journal of Biological Chemistry, have significant implications for the treatment of acute respiratory distress syndrome, or ARDS, according to the study's authors. [click link for full article]
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01/21/2007 | Respiratory & Asthma | Trackback | Comments Off

Novel Preparation Techniques For Cardiac Glycosides

The flora of the Earth is a huge inexhaustible "well" of remedies. There are over 12,000 species of medicinal plants and they have been used to treat many different illnesses for several thousands of years. However, using only herbal infusions is not enough to achieve a curative positive effect, medicines have to be obtained from vegetable raw materials and knowledge is required on the mechanism of its action. [click link for full article]
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01/21/2007 | Complememntary & Alternative Medicine | Trackback | Comments Off

Association Of Tuberculosis With Smoking And Indoor Air Pollution

All works published in PLoS Medicine are open access. Everything is immediately available without cost to anyone, anywhere to read, download, redistribute, include in databases, and otherwise use subject only to the condition that the original authorship is properly attributed. Copyright is retained by the authors. The Public Library of Science uses the Creative Commons Attribution License. [click link for full article]
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01/21/2007 | Respiratory & Asthma | Trackback | Comments Off

Bacteria In Staph Infections Can Cause Necrotizing Pneumonia

Researchers at the Texas A&M Health Science Center Institute of Biosciences and Technology at Houston have discovered a toxin present in the bacteria responsible for the current nationwide outbreak of staph infections also has a role in an aggressive pneumonia that is often fatal within 72 hours.Their study is available online in Science Express and in an upcoming issue of the journal Science. [click link for full article]
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01/21/2007 | Respiratory & Asthma | Trackback | Comments Off

American Lung Association Applauds Launch Of COPD Awareness Campaign: ‘Americans Must Know More About 4th Leading Cause Of Death’

Following is a statement from Terri Weaver, chair of the board of directors of the American Lung Association: The American Lung Association commends the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) for its launch of Learn More, Breath Better. This public awareness campaign comes at a critical time -- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), which includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis, is the 4th leading cause of death in the U.S. [click link for full article]
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01/19/2007 | Respiratory & Asthma | Trackback | Comments Off

Low-Dose Aspirin Lowers Risk Of Asthma Diagnosis

In a large, randomized, placebo-controlled study of 22,071 healthy male physicians, taking a low-dose of aspirin every other day lowered the risk of receiving an initial asthma diagnosis by 22 percent.These findings, based on data from the double-blind Physicians' Health Study, appear in the second issue for January 2007 of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, published by the American Thoracic Society.Tobias Kurth, M.D., Sc.D. [click link for full article]
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01/18/2007 | Respiratory & Asthma | Trackback | Comments Off

Exacerbations In Severe COPD Reduced By Combination Therapy

For patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), combining a long-acting bronchodilator with an inhaled corticosteroid reduced the number of exacerbations by 35 percent.The research appears in the second issue for January 2007 of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, published by the American Thoracic Society.Peter Kardos, M.D. [click link for full article]
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01/18/2007 | Respiratory & Asthma | Trackback | Comments Off

Asthma UK Provides Helping Hand For Pharmacists

Asthma UK is to launch a new resource pack in January to support community pharmacists in England and Wales in helping people with asthma to have a better understanding of their medicines.The pack, produced in association with PSNC and MIMS, will provide information and advice for pharmacists undertaking Medicine Use Reviews for people with asthma as well as helping people with asthma to understand their medicines. [click link for full article]
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01/17/2007 | Respiratory & Asthma | Trackback | Comments Off

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