Nutritional supplement improves heart failure.

Townsend Letter: The Examiner of Alternative Medicine;  April 1, 2006 ;     400 words ......13.1% in the active-treatment group and increased by 5.7% in the placebo group (p = 0.03 for...increased in the active-treatment group from 25.6% to...decreased in the placebo group from 26.6% to...baseline) in the active-treatment ...

Controversy About Lack of Placebo Group Decline in Alzheimers Clinical...

U.S. Newswire;  July 28, 2008 ;     700+ words ......trials. In Alzheimer trials, if the placebo group does not worsen over the course of...Multiple Studies Reveals Process to Ensure Placebo Group Decline Lon S. Schneider, MD, professor...worsening over the course of the trial. Placebo group sample sizes less than 100 had a 37...

Low-Dose OCs File With FDA for Acne Indication.

OB GYN News;  June 15, 2001 ;     572 words ......among 296 women on placebo, a significant difference...patients in the placebo group. Comedones were...group and 25% in the placebo group. Overall, 48% of...with 33% of the placebo group, at the end of the...compared with the placebo group (2%). In a separate ...

Orlistat helps maintain weight loss long term.(Obesity)

Family Practice News;  December 1, 2006 ;     336 words ......120 mg three times daily, or placebo. Mean body mass index at baseline...compared with those in the placebo group. Patients in the orlistat group...years, whereas those in the placebo group regained a mean of 7 kg. The...orlistat group and 6.4% in the placebo group, said Dr. ...

Drugs cut strokes in aged, study finds

Chicago Sun-Times;  June 26, 1991 ;     327 words ......participants for the active treatment group and 8.2 per 100 for the placebo group. That represented 103...and 159 people in the placebo group. The JAMA editorial...of subjects in the placebo group were receiving antihypertensive...

Study Suggests That Nicotine Inhaler Can Help Achieve Sustained Smoking...

Canadian Corporate News;  August 11, 2000 ;     700+ words ......counterparts in the placebo group. At the two-year...percent of the placebo group. These results...patients in the active treatment group received nicotine...higher for the active group compared to the placebo group: at 4 months...subjects in the ...

Well, Well, Well; A Log of Notes and Observations

The Washington Post;  June 27, 2006 ;     370 words ......better able to express their emotions than those in the placebo group. Investigators say further research is needed. Until...Journal of Psychiatry, seven out of 10 children in the active treatment group and none of those in the placebo group showed a significant reduction in ...

Keppra

Formulary;  January 1, 2000 ;     517 words ......randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group...000 or 3,000 mg/day with placebo in 293 patients. Concomitant...frequency compared with placebo recipients (p < 0.001...dose group, and 7.4% in the placebo group (p < 0.001 for both doses vs placebo). The second ...

Research capsules

Pharmaceutical Representative;  December 1, 2001 ;     628 words ......patients in the active treatment group had significantly...lesions than the placebo group, with no significant...damage) in the active treatment group, compared with 31.4% for the placebo group, a reduction...patients in the active treatment ...

American ginseng for respiratory illness.(Alternative Medicine: AN...

Family Practice News;  September 15, 2007 ;     700+ words ......treatment group than in the placebo group (J. Am. Geriatr. Soc...32% of patients in the active treatment group and 62% of those in the placebo group reported symptoms. This...treatment group than in the placebo group. A third randomized, double-bli...68), ...

... and for prostate cancer prevention.(Brief article)

Townsend Letter: The Examiner of Alternative Medicine;  August 1, 2006 ;     213 words ......one year. After one year, prostate cancer had developed in 3.3% of the patients in the active-treatment group and in 30% of those in the placebo group (p < 0.01). Comment: These results suggest that supplementing with green tea polyphenols...

New fumaric acid formulation better tolerated.(Dermatologic Therapy)

Skin & Allergy News;  December 1, 2005 ;     470 words ......the double-blind, placebo-controlled stud...participants in the active treatment group did experience some...14% of those in the placebo group. Moreover, 39% of patients in the active treatment group achieved a 75% reduction...1% of those in the placebo ...

Ustekinumab found to improve psoriatic arthritis.(News)

Skin & Allergy News;  January 1, 2008 ;     600 words ......patients in the placebo group. By week...over to the active treatment group at week 12...patients in the active treatment group also reached...those in the placebo group. The decrease...12 in the active treatment group, whereas in the ...

Elderberry extract for influenza.(ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE)

Internal Medicine News;  October 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......double-blind, placebo-controlled...between the active treatment group and the placebo group, but by day...seen in the active treatment group by a mean...patients in the active treatment group, seven used...

Elderberry extract for influenza.(Alternative Medicine: AN EVIDENCE-BASED...

Family Practice News;  October 15, 2005 ;     700+ words ......double-blind, placebo-controlled...between the active treatment group and the placebo group, but by day...seen in the active treatment group by a mean...patients in the active treatment group, seven used...