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Tuesday, October 20, 2009

A Study of Different Doses of Megestrol Acetate in Patients With AIDS Who Have Anorexia and Malnutrition

A Study of Different Doses of Megestrol Acetate in Patients With AIDS Who Have Anorexia and Malnutrition
Conditions:   Anorexia;   Cachexia;   HIV Infections
Intervention:   Drug: Megestrol acetate
Sponsor:   Bristol-Myers Squibb
Completed - verified October 2007

Popular Alternative Therapy For Psoriasis Performs No Better Than Placebo
Anecdotal evidence touting the healing power of the Indian spice turmeric for psoriasis received a setback in a prospective study published in a dermatology journal stating that the low response rate of patients who ingested the active ingredient of the exotic spice was probably a result of the placebo effect.

New Skin-healing Chemicals
Researchers have made synthetic lipids called pseudoceramides that are involved in skin cell growth and could be used in treating skin diseases in which skin cells grow abnormally. Ceramides are lipids found in the outermost skin layer called the stratum corneum, which is made of dead skin cells and mainly serves as a physical barrier. Ceramides' main biological function is to control how skin cells grow and differentiate -- a process through which skin cells become specialized.

Physicians' Health Study
Conditions:   Cardiovascular Diseases;   Coronary Disease;   Heart Diseases;   Myocardial Ischemia
Interventions:   Drug: aspirin;   Drug: carotene
Sponsor:   National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Completed - verified May 2005

A Study of Different Doses of Megestrol Acetate in Patients With AIDS Who Have Anorexia and Malnutrition
Conditions:   Anorexia;   Cachexia;   HIV Infections
Intervention:   Drug: Megestrol acetate
Sponsor:   Bristol-Myers Squibb
Completed - verified October 2007

Popular Alternative Therapy For Psoriasis Performs No Better Than Placebo
Anecdotal evidence touting the healing power of the Indian spice turmeric for psoriasis received a setback in a prospective study published in a dermatology journal stating that the low response rate of patients who ingested the active ingredient of the exotic spice was probably a result of the placebo effect.

New Skin-healing Chemicals
Researchers have made synthetic lipids called pseudoceramides that are involved in skin cell growth and could be used in treating skin diseases in which skin cells grow abnormally. Ceramides are lipids found in the outermost skin layer called the stratum corneum, which is made of dead skin cells and mainly serves as a physical barrier. Ceramides' main biological function is to control how skin cells grow and differentiate -- a process through which skin cells become specialized.

Physicians' Health Study
Conditions:   Cardiovascular Diseases;   Coronary Disease;   Heart Diseases;   Myocardial Ischemia
Interventions:   Drug: aspirin;   Drug: carotene
Sponsor:   National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Completed - verified May 2005