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Lack of sleep impairs the immune system and lowers resistance to viral illness. The quality of sleep is important. Those volunteers who spent less than 92% of their time in bed asleep were five-and-a-half times more likely to become ill than those who were asleep for at least 98% of their time in bed.
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Self-reported modest reduction of caloric intake by 30% for a duration of three months improves cognitive function in healthy elderly subjects.
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Visitors to nihseniorhealth, the national institutes of Health (NIH) web site designed especially for older adults, now have the opportunity to learn about complementary and alternative medicine (CAM).
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Results of this pilot trial of structured yoga therapy for people with rheumatoid arthritis suggest potential therapeutic benefits, but severe methodological flaws relegate the findings to the realm of suggesting the need for further research, not that of a change in therapeutic approach.
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Vitamin B12 was effective in the treatment of recurrent aphthous stomatitis.
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VapoRub Revisited; Prostate Cancer Risk with Testosterone Replacement; The Suicidal Process: Time to Intervene?; BNP to Guide Treatment of Heart Failure; Clopidogrel and CV Events: One Size Does NOT Fit All; Estrogen + Progesterone and Breast Cancer;
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Nucleic acid tests (NAA) for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) have had FDA approval for more than a decade, but their use has been limited, at least in part because of a frequent lack of availability in local laboratories.
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The Merck integrase inhibitor, raltegravir, was studied in two identical trials in different geographic locations to evaluate its safety and efficacy vs placebo in combination with optimized background therapy in patients infected with 3-drug class-resistant (3DCR) HIV-1.
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At the 57th annual meeting of the Aamerican Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene in New Orleans, held from December 7-11, 2008, the CDC presented malaria and travel vaccine updates. Dr. Paul Arguin from the Domestic Malaria Unit presented "Malaria Update: Surveillance, Prevention, Treatment."
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Preliminary data from this year's flu season indicates that another mismatch may be occurring between this year's vaccine and the predominant circulating strains of influenza A and influenza B viruses.
