Dental X-rays during pregnancy associated with low birth weight babies
...was approximately 10 percent. Since women may not always be aware of their pregnancy status, it may not be possible to eliminate all dental radiography during pregnancy, but if this goal could be achieved and if the identified association is causal, the prevalence of TLBW infants could be reduced by up to ...Dental X-rays of pregnant women associated with low-weight babies
...out taking X-rays duringpregnancy. Patients should always inform their dentists about any potentialpregnancy so that the dentist can postpone any elective dental X-rays untilafter delivery. Hujoel points out that the move toward digital radiographywill drastically reduce the radiation doses needed for curre...Epilepsy guidelines will improve treatment and access
...ss for their medications. But this system does not always guarantee the best treatment. "The older medications are the cheapest, so these are the ones that tend to be covered under formularies," Mr. Hargis explained. "It is a dollars and cents issue. But if a patient has one seizure because of being on the...Donor livers not consistently allocated according to medical need
A new study suggests that donor livers are not always distributed according to a patient's need, but may be retained by some organ procurement organizations with smaller waiting lists and transplanted into less sick patients, according to a study in the April 21 issue of The Journal of the American Medi...CNS cancers and other diseases: Using proteomics to identify unique protein 'fingerprints'
...e containing three specific protein variations was always present in the CSF of cancer patients, but was never present in the CSF of patients without cancer. A completely different protein profile including four protein variations was present in the CSF of patients with non-cancerous diseases. The next s...First biomarkers to diagnose Lou Gehrig's disease found in CNS
...urological diseases and disorders. Although ALS is always fatal, usually between two to five years following diagnosis, diagnostic delay of this magnitude may limit the potential benefit of the one drug that has been approved by the FDA for ALS, a drug shown to provide maximal benefit if taken as soon as po...Could this be the end for injections?
...finding ways to deliver drugs through the skin has always been a major challenge. To date, only the hypoderm...as piercing the skin is often painful and there is always a risk of bruising. Microscission could be set to revolutionise how blood is taken and drugs are de...Strategies could make for safer shift changes at hospitals
...ime. In each industry studied, the outgoing person always maintained responsibility until the handoff of duties was complete, and he or she would stay to work through any crisis that emerged during the handoff. Overhear others' updates. Employees besides the incoming and outgoing ones can benefit from hear...Further studies comparing rehydration therapies would waste resources, say researchers
...the one or two percent who fail to respond, we can always start intravenous rehydration at that time." Despite the current guidelines, oral rehydration therapy is still being underused, especially by physicians in high-income countries. Increasing its usage worldwide could prevent 15% of deaths of children ...OHSU researchers, collaborators make recommendations to self-treating physicians
...ever been determined whether self-doctoring should always be discouraged," said Fromme. "What we found was ... seeks another professional, the central goal must always remain the same, to get the best care possible," said Fromme....Rapid workplace expansion linked to long-term sickness absence
...f appeals to integrity and character fail, there's always the bottom line: depressed and anxious personnel are unlikely to be productive, and absence from work costs employers and society money. The re-engineering of work ought to perpetuate fulfilment and productivity in employees, not illness and disabili...Diet of worms protects against bowel cancer
...lieve this treatment was effective, but people are always sceptical when confronted with new ideas," Weinstock says. He will announce the results in May at a conference in New Orleans, and full details will soon be published. "With our new impressive results, we can come out of the closet," he says. The tr...Cell research uncovers intriguing clues to 'Trojan horse' gene in HIV infection
...showed, contrary to prevailing dogma, HIV does not always kill infected immune cells. Instead, it kills bystander cells and somehow prevents at least some infected cells from dying. "HIV works as both a sword and shield," said Dr. Finkel. "It destroys some immune cells, while taking over the genetic machine...Novel MRI technique provides clear images of blood flow
... is important because anatomy and function are not always related," he explained. "In one patient, a 70 percent blockage of an artery may hinder blood flow enough to cause cell death, while in the next patient, due to subtle differences in the three-dimensional shape and length of the blockage, there may no...Institute of Medicine Advisory: April 1 public briefing on safety of dietary supplements
... report notes. Furthermore, historical use is not always enough by itself to prove the safety of a supplement, even if it has been consumed for centuries or used in folk medicine, the committee determined. And because changes in how an ingredient is formulated or processed raise the potential for new adve...Injuries to children show definite patterns
Injuries to children are often preventable and always unfortunate. But parents taking their child to a doctor for treatment of an injury--everything from cuts to broken bones to a peanut stuck in the nose--can take solace knowing that injuries to children--especially boys--are a fact of growing up. A n...Surgery cuts cardiac arrests among those with rare heart disorder
... watch during the shocks. We as physicians should always remember that quality of life, and not only duration, is extremely important," Schwartz said. Co-authors are Silvia G. Priori, M.D., Ph.D.; Marina Cerrone, M.D.; Carla Spazzolini, Ph.D.; Attilio Odero, M.D.; Carlo Napolitano, M.D., Ph.D.; Raffaella ...Teen-rated video games loaded with violence
...r to destroy objects. Although video games did not always depict blood, 89 percent of games depicted injuries to human characters, including the player, and 54 percent of games depicted injuries to nonhuman characters. Overall, the authors observed 11,499 character deaths in approximately 95 hours of game p...New study highlights misunderstanding surrounding risks and benefits of tamoxifen
...dy shows that the drug's risks and benefits aren't always appropriately evaluated when determining who should take it. The study, which will be published March 22, 2004 in the online edition of CANCER, is the largest to date to review use of the drug in risk-eligible women. "The study shows that doctors ...Mechanism leading to life-threatening infection identified by UCSD School of Medicine researchers
...th of macrophages, with the survival signal almost always dominating. However, virulence factors produced by the B. anthracis, Yersiniae and Salmonella bacteria caused TLR4 to generate only the macrophage death signal. "Instead of the macrophage being able to swallow the bacteria and recruit other white bl...