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...t lung capabilities. A significant drop in a major measurement of lung function, called the "one-second forced expiratory volume," confirmed a diagnosis of asthma. Under these conditions, exercise testing reproduced the symptoms troubling the patient in 117 cases, Although EID had previously been attributed to a...... disease (CHD) compared with controls. Since then, measurement of serum uric acid has been suggested as a predict...ave come to different conclusions about how useful measurement of uric acid is. This study, along with a systematic review which combines their findings with th...College alcohol problems exceed previous estimates
...ng college students should stimulate both improved measurement of these problems and efforts to reduce them," added the report's lead author Ralph W. Hingson, Sc.D, Professor at the Boston University School of Public Health and Center to Prevent Alcohol Problems Among Young People. As a member of the NIAAA Task ...Waist size linked to diabetes risk in adult men
...he risk of type 2 diabetes and is subject to fewer measurement errors. The study authors also urge that more research on this topic be conducted with cohorts that include women and different ethnic and racial groups, since the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study only followed a cohort of largely white, professi...Single mothers at higher risk for depression
...h range of depressive symptoms based on well-know measurement scales. Results support previous research in this area that low- income single mothers reported a high level of depressive symptoms including negative thinking and chronic stressors. The resulting depression could interfere with their ability to pa...Simple blood test may help to predict cardiovascular risk in older women
.... For leukocyte [white blood cell] count automated measurement methods are well standardized and precision excellent. There is little information on the variability of leukocyte count in individuals over time, but from limited data, the within person compared with between-person variability is similar to that of...Study finds direct association between cardiovascular disease and periodontal bacteria
...ts received a carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) measurement and provided a blood sample to determine their C-reactive protein levels. C-reactive protein has been reported to be elevated in people with periodontal disease, and recent studies found that testing for this protein may be predictive of developing h...Implanted devices detect high-risk heart failure patients
...ardiologists a new view of subtle changes in a key measurement of heart health -- heart rate variability. Patients with little variability -- whose hearts are unable to appropriately react to external stimuli by regulating their beating action -- are known to be at higher risk of suffering a heart attack. The ne...Mayo Clinic study sets threshold for valve repair surgery
...s of variables in this study, and the one physical measurement that strongly predicted survival was regurgitant o...f they don't have symptoms, and that now we have a measurement technique to determine how severe is too severe and who benefits the most from early intervention." ...Most advanced CT scanner improves imaging of heart, avoids need for surgical inspection
...s that are detected and reconstructed. Each X-ray measurement lasts just a fraction of a second and represents a "slice" of an organ or tissue. The greater the number of detectors the new device has a total of 64 the better the resolution of the picture. A computer then uses these slices to reconstruct high...Patient knows best when it comes to ulcerative colitis, U-M study finds
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...t used to gauge the amount of virus in the body, a measurement known as viral load. According to the Hopkins findings, to be published in the Journal of the American Medical Association online Feb. 16, unless the blip is higher than 200 copies per milliliter of blood, or persists upon repeated testing, it does...Feb. 15, 2005, Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet
...riters point to new methods of ongoing performance measurement built into physician maintenance of certification....Early HIV screening prolongs life and is affordable, Stanford study shows
...r quality-adjusted life year (a common statistical measurement that takes into account quality of life as well as length of survival). And according to their calculations, routine screenings every five years cost $57,100 per quality-adjusted life year gained. By comparison, routine screenings for hypertension, c...Simpler blood thinning medication effective for preventing blood clots and stroke
...atran group had alanine aminotransferase levels (a measurement in the blood used as an indicator of possible liver damage or disease) increase to greater than 3 times the upper limit of normal, vs. 2.0 percent in the enoxaparin/warfarin group. Analysis of locally reported adverse events showed a higher rate of s...Dedicated hospital stroke centers improve quality of acute care
...guidelines; and accountability through performance measurement for quality improvement," said Potter, who is executive director for international accreditation at the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, Oakbrook, Ill. While there were varying rates of compliance with sub-components o...Suffering from fatigue, abdominal discomfort or bloody diarrhea?
...comfort of an endoscopy." Several disease activity measurement scales have been developed some requiring endoscopy and some not to monitor the activity of ulcerative colitis, an inflammatory bowel disease that affects more than one million Americans and causes inflammation and bleeding of the colon and rectum....Study says 43% of US adults at risk of heart disease are not utilizing aspirin therapy
...based in part on the Framingham Risk Calculator, a measurement tool that assesses an individual's risk profile based upon a series of factors, including age, gender, previous cardiovascular events, presence of risk factors such as high cholesterol, blood pressure or diabetes, obesity, and other contributors such...Get ready for next generation surround sound
...urements. The new approach eliminates the acoustic measurement step altogether and promises to produce the required results in mere minutes. The breakthrough has been made by researchers at the University of York's Department of Electronics, funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC...Type of weight loss surgery more effective at reducing insulin resistance
...an subjects underwent metabolic studies, including measurement of insulin sensitivity. The obese patients then underwent either gastric bypass, which restricts food intake by making the stomach very small, or biliopancreatic diversion, which shortens the small intestine and reduces absorption of fats. Patients w...