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"Exercise is a key component in raising HDL cholesterol," notes Dierdre Faust, MD. "In order to raise the HDL cholesterol, exercise needs to be regular and vigorous."
Christopher N. Bredeson, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Medical College of Wisconsin Associate Professor and Director of Hematological Malignancies, describes recent advances in the treatment of three types of leukemia that affect adults: AML, CML, and CLL.
Reza Shaker, MD, is heading up a new research effort to study the mechanisms that govern the biological interaction between the esophagus and the airway, and their changes due to disease or injury.
There is currently insufficient evidence to recommend for or against CoQ10, but there does not seem to be any harm in supplementation, notes Dr. Deirdre Faust.
The results for patients on lenalidomide were impressive enough that the trial was halted early so that those on placebo could be switched over to the active drug.
In the past, there were no objective measurements used to diagnose obsessive-compulsive disorder and there were no medications to assist patients. Things have changed.
"Time is absolutely critical during a stroke," says Michel T. Torbey, MD, MPH. Stroke is the leading cause of adult disability in the United States, and a stroke-related death occurs every three minutes.
While kidney cancer may be rare compared to other cancers, an estimated 51,000 new cases will be diagnosed in the US in 2007 and nearly 13,000 people will die from the disease, which is highly resistant to traditional chemotherapy drugs.
"Each specific scenario requires its own study to show whether the stent is better or the pills are better, and nothing supersedes clinical judgment by an experienced cardiologist for the heart and an experienced neurologist for the brain."
Depression in children and adolescents can be difficult to diagnose because their normal behavior is often marked by mood swings and negative thoughts. They might not even recognize depressive symptoms in themselves.
All systems have errors, but in the field of medicine, events such as miscommunication between staff members or between patients and their health care providers can have serious or even fatal consequences.
"Everyone who takes care of a pregnant woman takes care of two patients at once, and we always treat both with equal importance," says Dr. Michael Lund.
A common and effective treatment for allergies is an antihistamine. This type of medication works quickly, and a wide variety is available without a prescription.
Like any chronic disease, asthma must be treated on a regular basis in order to be managed optimally, says Jordan Fink, MD. "Our goal is to keep the asthma under control so patients can live a normal life."
Rodney Willoughby, MD, led the team that, for the first time, saved the life of an un-immunized rabies patient. "The sense is that we're very close to a second survivor," he says.
Russell Scheffer, MD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, is studying the effects of medications on bipolar children. "Decreasing pain and suffering from the wrong medication is a huge goal of ours," he says.
Christopher Chitambar, MD, FACP, Medical College of Wisconsin Professor of Medicine, is working with a compound that may be effective in treating certain forms of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
Toxic epidermal necrolysis is a severe allergic reaction to antibiotics and other medications. It is rare, says Dr. Julie Mitchell: only about 2 cases occur per million people in one year.
"Overall, we heard a lot of good news about new medication and expanded access," Dr. Iram Nadeem says of the International AIDS Conference. "Our challenge is to make the US standard of care available across the world."
Killing the hepatitis C virus protects your liver from future damage, but if your liver was already scarred you might be fatigued from the problems that were present before therapy.
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