Age shouldn't be a factor in kidney transplantation
... 144 kidney transplants found that at least a year after surgery, success rates were comparable, regardless...ceased donors and found that a minimum of one year after surgery, transplant patients who were over age 60 did as well as younger patients, despite the fact ...Nursing mothers having surgery -- How long a wait to breastfeed safely?
...to pump and discard their breast milk for 24 hours after the procedure rather than risk giving their infant...shows it is generally safe to resume breastfeeding after the most commonly used anesthetic, propofol, is administered during surgery. Propofol is used to...Rasagiline reduces disability for patients with advanced Parkinson's disease
...asagiline achieved the two main goals of treatment after levodopa -- reduced disability and decreased motor fluctuations. These properties position the drug as a favourable candidate to add to the treatment of Parkinson's disease." In an accompanying comment Carl Clarke (City Hospital and University of Bir...Tumor-targeted immune cells cure prostate cancer in mice without causing systemic immune suppression
...(early cancer), seven or 21 days (advanced cancer) after they had been injected with the prostate cancer cells. Lee and co-researchers found that the tumor-reactive TGF-beta-insensitive CD8+ T cells infiltrated prostate cancer tumors and effectively destroyed the TRAMP-C2 cells. Moreover, results showed...Alcohol intervention attempted for violent males
...t a brief alcohol intervention applied immediately after sentencing for an alcohol-related violent offence had no effect on alcohol consumption or re-offending at three months, but did spark increased awareness of and willingness to tackle alcohol problems....Put culture in your life and reduce bad breath: Eat yogurt!
...drogen sulfide, decreased in 80% of the volunteers after six weeks. Further, the plaque and gingival indices in the yoghurt-eating volunteers were significantly lower than in the non-yoghurt-eating group with bad breath. The results suggest that eating traditional yoghurt may reduce the components of oral ...New guideline tackles leading cause of mother and child death
... or to recognise and respond to signs and symptoms after 20 weeks. Their guideline recommends a straightforward system of early risk assessment and referral to ensure that pregnant women with pre-eclampsia are offered specialist care at the appropriate time for the best outcome for them and their baby. It...Openness is key to winning the war over MMR
...d Kingdom reached 92% of its targets. Yet by 2002, after claims of a possible relation between MMR and autism, the United Kingdom lost considerable ground. One of the lowest levels of coverage of MMR is now found in London, at around 75%. Parents who refused MMR vaccination for their children were not nece...Sharing clinical trial results with participants may be beneficial
...out the possibility of breast cancer in the future after being offered results, seven (7%) were much more concerned, ten (11%) somewhat more concerned, 29 (31%) a little more concerned, 44 (47%) were neither less or more concerned. Despite the increased anxiety experienced by some participants, 90 (96%) o...Awards & fellowships at the International & American Association for Dental Research General Session
...e meeting and publicized at www.dentalresearch.org after the meeting. Jack Hein Public Service Award Pr...meeting and publicized at www.dentalresearch.org after the meeting. NIDCR Bloc Travel Grant Winners - The American Association for Dental Research rece...Common anesthetics appear safe for developing fetal brain
... is a post-natal event, peaking at about day seven after birth," Reynolds said. "In sheep however, the brai...n humans, where development occurs both before and after birth." Reynolds said that since it is ethically questionable and technically difficult to do exposu...Emergency clopidogrel could save thousands of lives46,000-patient heart attack trial results
... proven effective long-term treatment in the years after a heart attack. But, their value as emergency trea... older patients and those presenting several hours after the onset of symptoms (who do not typically receive "clot busting" fibrinolytic therapy for their he...Breakthrough in medical research: New chemotherapy gives hope to brain tumour patients
...e tumours carry an inactivated MGMT gene are alive after 2 years. Importantly, the study also showed that this new combined therapy did not impact negatively on the patients' quality of life. Health-related quality of life has become an increasingly important endpoint in cancer studies. In this trial, almo...Study examines consequences of Thailand's 'war on drugs'
...drug users surveyed said they stopped using heroin after the campaign began. However, nearly a third of those who quit heroin said they switched to using methamphetamine and other drugs. The researchers also found the war on drugs had a greater impact in the rural countryside than in to the more densely po...American Academy of Neurology presents 57th Annual Meeting in Miami Beach
...lenary sessions on April 15 beginning at 5:15 p.m. after all educational programs have ended. The chair of the AAN Science Committee, John H. Noseworthy, MD, will moderate a review of the most critical new research presented during this meeting. The 57th Annual Meeting will mark the launch of new AAN effor...New scale predicts recovery of consciousness from coma after brain injury
...predicts recovery of consciousness up to one year after injury, with up to 86 percent certainty. Theresa L...d civilians over age 18 years who were unconscious after a severe brain injury. The test stimuli were organized into eight subscales, including social knowle...Women less likely to get quality heart attack care
...survivors treated at Michigan hospitals before and after a major quality improvement effort took place. All...ce between the treatment women received before and after the effort, and that received by men. The increased use of proven medications, for example, was much...Decreased levels of 'good' cholesterol in children with Progeria may cause premature heart disease
...overing the cause, treatment and cure for Progeria after her son, now eight-years-old, was diagnosed with the disease. In April 2003, PRF succeeded in the first part of its mission when the Foundation helped to discover the gene that causes Progeria. For more information about Progeria or PRF, visit www...News tips from the 2005, 54th Annual Scientific Sessions of the American College of Cardiology
...d repeat measurements were made on average 24 days after the MRI to measure any long-term complications. No ill effects were observed. The only complaint cited was claustrophobia, which is commonly associated with the close confines of the MRI scanner. The researchers' new guidelines caution that only ...Two years after gene therapy treatments, severe angina patients showed prolonged clinical benefit
...tly into the heart muscle with a hypodermic needle after a mini-thoracotomy, a surgical incision in the che...t wall. Patients were followed for clinical events after one year by hospital records, follow-up visits or telephone contact. At the most recent follow-up, ...