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Study to determine how people with rheumatoid arthritis evaluate improvements in disease symptoms

The study will examine how much of an improvement in pain, stiffness, function and other symptoms is needed before patients consider the change important.

7 Aug 2004

To prevent heart attack, stroke, amputation, and death, National “PAD Coalition” is formed

Vascular Disease Foundation spearheads new national, multidisciplinary organization to educate patients, clinicians on peripheral arterial disease (PAD).

6 Aug 2004

New clinical study to determine how people with rheumatoid arthritis evaluate improvements in disease symptoms

A new clinical study to determine how people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) evaluate improvements in disease symptoms will be carried out by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), part of the Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health.

5 Aug 2004

Moderate exercise helps beat fatigue from prostate radiation

Men who get a moderate amount of exercise during radiation for prostate cancer are better able to cope with the fatigue the treatment can cause, researchers from Scotland report in the journal Cancer.

5 Aug 2004

Joint inflammation

Members of the baby boomer generation are beginning to reach their 50s and 60s and seniors are living longer than ever, causing a large influx of older men and women in our society.

2 Aug 2004

Tetanus protection requires booster shots every 10 years, starting in adolescence

As the final weeks of summer dwindle away, parents are scurrying to provide their kids with all the books, supplies and sports equipment needed to meet this year's upcoming academic and athletic challenges.

29 Jul 2004

New drug combination more effective than the previous generation of hepatitis C/HIV therapy

A new study reveals the highest efficacy rates ever reported among patients co-infected with hepatitis C and HIV treated with pegylated interferon and ribavirin.

28 Jul 2004

Exercise therapy looks promising for alleviating symptoms of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) is persistent, medically unexplained fatigue lasting more than six months.

21 Jul 2004

Virginia mans dies from Hantavirus disease

The Virginia Department of Health announced last week that a man from the New River Health District in Southwest Virginia has died from Hantavirus disease.

19 Jul 2004

Research into NHS stress

City University researchers have identified characteristics of ‘fit’ and ‘unfit’ managers to help address the stress some managers experience in NHS hospital trusts, a report released this week shows.

15 Jul 2004

1 in every 20 UK servicemen who served in the first Gulf war believes that they have Gulf war Syndrome

A study of UK Gulf war servicemen, the largest to date, shows that forces deployed to the first Gulf War report more ill health than veterans who did not serve there. The study is published today in BMC Public Health.

13 Jul 2004

Educating patients can help limit side effects of chemotherapy and radiation

A new study finds patients about to undergo chemotherapy or radiation expect a high number of side effects, and that age, gender, educational background, and the type of cancer all influence how many side effects a patient expects.

12 Jul 2004

Children with chronic fatigue syndrome who exercise recover faster than children who are encouraged to give way to their symptoms

Children with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) who leave their beds, start to exercise and are supported by parents who acknowledge the psychological dimension of this debilitating condition, recover faster than children who are encouraged to give way to their symptoms.

10 Jul 2004

New hi-tech football shirt that alerts managers to players heart rate and hydration levels

England footballers who have been suffering in the Portuguese heat could benefit from a new hi-tech football shirt that alerts managers to players heart rate and hydration levels.

10 Jul 2004

Overworking nurses has adverse effects on patient safety

A nationwide study co-authored by a Grand Valley State University nursing professor found that the long hours worked by hospital staff nurses may have adverse effects on patient safety.

9 Jul 2004

Even in the middle of a heart attack, women are less likely than men to think their symptoms are heart-related

Most people assume that the typical heart attack patient is male, says René Martin, R.N., Ph.D., of the University of Iowa, so women and the people around them tend to look for other explanations of their symptoms, such as stomach problems.

2 Jul 2004

Women delay AIDS with vitamins B, C and E

Daily intake of multivitamins appears to delay the progress of the AIDS virus according to the results of a study of HIV infected women in Tanzania by Harvard researchers.

30 Jun 2004

An EU-funded research project will help to uncover the genetic factors linked to depression to develop new drug treatments

120 million people worldwide suffer from depression. An EU-funded research project launched recently will help to uncover the genetic factors linked to depression to develop new drug treatments.

29 Jun 2004

Duloxetine reduces stress urinary incontinence and improves quality of life for women

Data presented today at the 3rd International Consultation on Incontinence, provide evidence for the efficacy of duloxetine, an investigational agent for the treatment of women with stress urinary incontinence (SUI).