Clot-busting stroke therapy appears safe for menstruating women
... should delay treatment. "Women with a history of abnormal vaginal bleeding, however, should be treated with caution, as the patient may require emergency surgery."...Medications aren't affecting brain size in children with ADHD
...ly, we have no evidence that stimulant drugs cause abnormal brain development," it says....Heavy menstrual periods associated with economic loss
...iversity of Alberta researcher. Heavy or otherwise abnormal menstrual bleeding is a common problem among women in the reproductive-age range. Until now, there is no evidence of its effect on absences from work. Dr. David Cumming, a professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Alberta, and his c...Cocaine-exposed children subject to stereotyping
...s may interpret normal infant or child behavior as abnormal if adults have preconceived negative beliefs about the consequences of prenatal drug exposure," says lead author Ruth Rose-Jacobs, Sc.D., of Boston University School of Medicine. Recent research suggests that most maladaptive behavior and development...New Parkinson's surgical procedure shows lasting benefits, according to Emory researchers
... improvement in motor symptoms and in drug-induced abnormal movements, compared to their scores before surgery...three patients with large lesions developed severe abnormal involuntary movement (dyskinesias), imbalance and trouble speaking. These symptoms improved gradual...Women report chronic pelvic pain not taken seriously, survey shows
...ding infertility. Post-surgical adhesions are abnormal bands of scar tissue that form inside the pelvis after gynecologic surgery. Endometriosis can also cause adhesions. This scar tissue, and endometriosis itself, are among the leading causes of pelvic pain, infertility, small bowel obstruction and th...Protein patterns in blood may predict prostate cancer diagnosis
...75 percent of men who undergo biopsy because of an abnormal PSA level do not have cancer. The new proteomic approach has a higher specificity - that is, of the samples the test identifies as cancer, a large percentage are in fact cancer, rather than some other benign disease. "For men with marginally elev...Protein patterns may aid prostate cancer detection
...ostate biopsy among men with elevated PSA tests or abnormal digital rectal exams."We're attempting to refine and further evaluate this new tool. The goal is to develop a clinically useful test for the benefit of patients," Ornstein said....St. Jude to receive multi-million dollar grant for sickle cell program
...ped and firm, instead of round and flexible. These abnormal blood cells clog blood vessels, causing episodes of severe pain, organ damage and eventually premature death. Sickle cell disease occurs primarily in African-Americans but also affects people of Hispanic and Middle Eastern descent. If both parents ha...Fructose intolerance could be the culprit in unexplained abdominal pain and gas
...ollected breath samples. The analysis revealed an abnormal level (greater than 20 parts per million) of hydro...as, bloating, and pain. The analysis revealed the abnormal presence of hydrogen or methane gas in 78 percent of the patients and gastrointestinal symptoms in 5...Researchers discover 'doorways' into brain cells
...ilepsy, and other neurological disorders involving abnormal transport of receptors into the neuron's interior. The researchers, led by neurobiologist Michael Ehlers, reported their discoveries in the October 24, 2002, issue of the journal Neuron. Co-authors of the paper are neurobiologists Thomas Blanpied a...Promising new treatment preserves bone mass in mice; May help women and men with osteoporosis
...e control group. Lastly, estren did not cause any abnormal growth of cells in the uteri in the female mice or the seminal vesicles in the male mice, and in the laboratory estren did not stimulate breast cancer cells to grow. As people age, the delicate balance between the ongoing breaking down of old bone an...Brain study of back pain sufferers yields intriguing results
...'t be traced to a specific physical cause may have abnormal pain-processing pathways in their brains, according to a new study led by University of Michigan researchers. The effect, which as yet has no explanation, is similar to an altered pain perception effect in fibromyalgia patients recently reported by ...Keen ER identification could avert future strokes
...merican Heart Association. Many patients with the abnormal heart rhythm known as atrial fibrillation (AF) are treated in the ER. Studies suggest that the ER provides a "teachable moment" to change behavior, says the study's lead author, Phillip Scott, M.D., an assistant professor of emergency medicine at th...Why are people who recover from major depression never really out of the woods?
...tive anti-depressant treatment. "We think of these abnormal change patterns as a snapshot of the initial brain responses to acute stress in depressed patients -- a pattern that appears similar whether patients are currently ill or fully recovered -- suggesting a more general depression trait marker," adds Dr....Jefferson researchers find uterine artery embolization may negatively affect future pregnancies
...r of women of childbearing age. Fibroids can cause abnormal bleeding, pelvic pain and infertility. Uterine artery embolization is often effective. It is a minimally invasive radiologic procedure that blocks the arteries that supply blood to fibroid tumors, which results in shrinking the tumors by up to 40 per...Seeing into the Alzheimers brain
... many of the brain's nerve fibers are lost, and an abnormal buildup of protein damages nerve cells. Though the causes are mostly unknown, save for a suspected genetic link in some cases, the effects are all too apparent. Patients who start out with absentmindedness and mild memory loss worsen to become restle...Guidelines issued for metabolic complications related to HIV & antiretrovirals
...bolic complications such as insulin resistance and abnormal body fat distribution that are occurring in associ...tabolism, lactic acid disorders, bone disease, and abnormal body fat distribution. These metabolic complications are troubling--high cholesterol and blood gluco...New technique lets doctors examine milk ducts for breast problems
...the fluid, but it often is difficult to locate the abnormal tissue within the breast. For example, ductograms,...hy tissue. It also serves as a guide to remove the abnormal duct. The technique spares as much normal breast tissue as possible and leaves patients with less pa......roups reported some side effects, but diarrhea and abnormal liver tests were more common with combined therapy than with methotrexate alone. The authors caution that patients should receive careful monitoring for drug-related liver damage. Nonetheless, combination therapy with leflunomide and methotrexate is ...