Laurie Barclay, MD Oct. 10, 2002 — Treatment with either opioids or tricyclic antidepressants (TCA) is effective in treating postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) without causing cognitive

By Keith Mulvihill NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Oct 11 –  Despite a slight decrease in output over the last decade, the US still leads the

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Oct 11 – Recent reports have shown that acute wounds heal more slowly in elderly men than they do in elderly

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Oct 07 – Parametric statistical analysis of long-term survival shows that a significant portion of patients have recurrence of cutaneous melanoma

LONDON (Reuters) Oct 08 – Going under the cosmetic surgeon’s knife in Britain remains a lottery despite changes in the law to protect patients from

Laurie Barclay, MD Oct. 9, 2002 — Editor’s Note: The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) is reining in the pharmaceutical industry with respect to

Laurie Barclay, MD Oct. 4, 2002 — Editor’s Note: This week, the World Medical Association (WMA) convened medical leaders from all over the world in

Valacyclovir treatment of infected genital herpes patients reduces the risk of transmission of the disease to an uninfected partner by about 50 percent, researchers said

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Sept 25 – The results of a phase I trial show that recombinant human endostatin is safe and well tolerated by

By Ori Twersky WASHINGTON (Reuters Health) Sept 25 – President Bush on Wednesday nominated Dr. Mark McClellan, an administration health policy adviser, to be Commissioner

By Karen Pallarito NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Sept 25 – Academic institutions must establish policies for assuring that their financial interests do not compromise the

By Will Boggs, MD NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Sept 26 – A peptide derived from the transcription factor ATF2 sensitizes melanoma cells to apoptosis and

British scientists have developed a method of measuring blood flow in human body tissue without the need for surface contact, which they say could have

A traditional Indian folk remedy for treating psoriasis seems to have a biological basis, according to a team from King’s College, London, who investigated Purple

A unified, multidiscipline team approach to wound care may reduce the lower limb amputation rate among diabetics. Lower-extremity amputation rates among diabetics is high and

מס’ יצרני קונדומים גדולים החליטו לאחרונה להפסיק את השיווק של קונדומים המכילים את קוטל הזרע “נונוקסינול 9”, זאת בעקבות לחץ של אירגוני בריאות. על פי

Environmental exposure to endotoxin may influence the risk of developing hay fever, atopic asthma, and atopic sensitization, according to a report published in the September

An experimental therapy for melanoma looks promising, based on a preliminary report published online Sept. 19 in Science Express. The investigators generate T-cells specific to

Combined immunomodulatory therapy proves more effective than other treatments for advanced cutaneous T-cell lymphoma. Investigators from the Department of Dermatology and the General Clinical Research

Photorepair of cyclobutyl pyrimidine dimers in skin varies widely between individual patients. Excision repair also varies. Discussing photoreactivation of the dimers, researchers noted that experiments