Archive: 05/05/2015

Strategy found for safely prescribing antidepressants to children and adolescents

A multidisciplinary team of Johns Hopkins researchers has developed two new strategies to treat depression in young people using the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) class of medications. These strategies, published ...

May 5, 2015

Breast cancer vaccines may work better with silicon microparticles

The effectiveness of cancer vaccines could be dramatically boosted by first loading the cancer antigens into silicon microparticles, report scientists from Houston Methodist and two other institutions in an upcoming Cell ...

May 5, 2015

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Interferon-free therapy clears hepatitis C in 93 percent of patients in trial

A 12-week dose of an investigational three-drug hepatitis C combination cleared the virus in 93 percent of patients with liver cirrhosis who hadn't previously been treated, according to a study in the May 5, 2015, issue of ...

May 5, 2015

Study shows oral spores of harmless C. difficile prevent repeat infection

In what is a major step towards the prevention of recurring bouts of Clostridium difficile (Cdiff) infection, an international team led by Dale Gerding, MD, Hines Veterans Administration (VA) research physician and professor ...

May 5, 2015

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Studies show effectiveness of combo treatment for HCV patients with, without cirrhosis

In two studies appearing in the May 5 issue of JAMA, patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 1 infection and with or without cirrhosis achieved high rates of sustained virologic response after 12 weeks of treatment ...

May 5, 2015

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Treating gum disease reduces prostate symptoms, researchers find

Treating gum disease reduced symptoms of prostate inflammation, called prostatitis, report researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine and the Departments of Urology and Pathology at University ...

May 5, 2015