Cilansetron benefits patients with diarrhea-predominant...

Internal Medicine News;  April 15, 2005 ;     499 words ......those in the treatment group and 28% of those in the placebo group, reported...patients in the treatment group and 6% of those in the placebo group. Constipation...55 in the treatment group and 55.5 in the placebo group. Higher scores...

Caffeine and naps only slightly helpful to night shift...

Clinical Psychiatry News;  February 1, 2005 ;     404 words ......caffeine treatment group and the placebo group. Alertness...end for the placebo group, with no change for the treatment group. But both...naps. The placebo group showed increased...but the treatment group did not...

Mifepristone therapy for uterine fibroids.(Tips from Other Journals)

American Family Physician;  July 15, 2007 ;     700+ words ......assigned to the placebo group had comparable...except that the treatment group had a higher...women in the treatment group were amenorrheic...women in the placebo group. Uterine volume...50 to 9 in the treatment group but increased from 45 to 60 in the ...

Effectiveness of Manual Physical Therapy and Exercise in Osteoarthritis of...

Physical Therapy;  September 1, 2000 ;     651 words ......patients in the treatment group and 36 patients in the placebo group completed...better for the treatment group when compared with the placebo group at 4 and...patients in the treatment group when compared...patients in the placebo group. For ...

Nitric Oxide May Curb Neonatal Brain Damage.

OB GYN News;  June 1, 2000 ;     560 words ......babies in the placebo group scored less...babies in the treatment group. Five babies...none in the treatment group. One baby in the placebo group died. Concentrations...higher in the placebo group than in the treatment group--4.1 mg/L...

Antifungal Cream Effectively Resolves Facial Dermatitis.(ciclopiroxolamine...

Skin & Allergy News;  September 1, 2001 ;     173 words ......and well tolerated in the treatment of mild to moderate seborrheic...France. In a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind...72 patients were given a placebo cream. In the treatment phase of the study, patients...exacerbations were seen in the placebo group (Br. J. Dermatol. ...

Improvement in male fertility is further confirmed using l-carnitine and...

Original Internist;  September 1, 2004 ;     327 words ......well-designed, six-month, placebo-controlled trial. Men in...equally divided into either a placebo group or a treatment group, which involved two supplements...mg twice per day. In the treatment group, there was an increase...compared to zero in the placebo ...

Heart Disease Can Be Slowed; Lowering Cholesterol With Drugs, Diet Helps

The Washington Post;  June 19, 1987 ;     700+ words ......assigned to a treatment group or a placebo group that received...treatment. The treatment group was placed on...niacin. The placebo group received dummy...fat. In the treatment group, total cholesterol...percent in the treatment group ...

Oral contraceptives and dysmenorrhea in adolescents.(Tips)

American Family Physician;  January 1, 2006 ;     693 words ......levonorgestrel) or identical placebo in 28-day blister packs...MMDQ pain score in the treatment group had fallen from 11.1...pills per menses. In the treatment group, the mean analgesic...pills reported by the placebo group. Sixty-one percent of the treatment ...

Botox shot relieved osteoarthritic shoulder pain, improved...

Family Practice News;  December 15, 2007 ;     529 words ......levels in the treatment group were significantly...reported in the placebo group, said Dr...54 in the placebo group. Day pain...improved in the treatment group. The SPADI...28 in the treatment group compared with that in the placebo group, ...

Effects of carvedilol in the treatment of heart failure.(Tips from Other...

American Family Physician;  June 1, 1997 ;     519 words ......symptoms in the treatment group, compared with the placebo group. Clinically...percent of the placebo group but only 2 percent of the treatment group were thought...significantly in the treatment group compared with the placebo group (an ...

Use of prednisolone and aspirin for recurrent fetal loss.(Tips from Other...

American Family Physician;  March 1, 1998 ;     581 words ......births in the treatment group and 57 live births in the placebo group. However, after...patients in the treatment group compared with...patients in the placebo group. Gestational...patients in the treatment group (15 percent...percent in the placebo ...

Venlafaxine relieves menopausal hot flashes.(POEMs and Tips)

American Family Physician;  November 1, 2005 ;     614 words ......women in the treatment group withdrew from...withdrew from the placebo group because of lack...women in the placebo group reverted to baseline. The mean treatment group score fell from...recorded in the placebo group. Data from patient...improvement in the ...

Postmenopausal osteoporosis treatment with fluoride. (adapted from the...

American Family Physician;  January 1, 1996 ;     335 words ......performed a randomized, placebo-controlled study of a...calcium or placebo. The treatment group received two cycles of...twice daily. Concurrent treatment with estrogen was similar...of 48 patients in the treatment group and 16 of 51 in the placebo group). The ...

Ginkgo biloba and vitiligo.(Abstracts of Interest)(Brief Article)

Original Internist;  March 1, 2004 ;     194 words ......Ten individuals in the treatment group had complete repigmentation, while only two in the placebo group experienced the same. Progression...about 80% of those in the treatment group vs. 36% in the placebo group. Conventional treatment...