UB, military collaborate on design, testing of first drug to prevent noise-induced hearing loss
...r point," said Henderson, "but the results weren't applicable clinically. You can't inject drugs into the inner ears of humans." Would the drugs still protect the ear if taken internally, was the next question? To find out, Henderson and Hu injected the known antioxidant NAC, already approved for human u...Tumor vaccine to begin clinical trials
...e are excited because this vaccine approach may be applicable to many different kinds of cancer, not just lung and breast." Moffitt researchers will prepare the vaccine and participate in immunologic evaluations. The trial with breast-cancer patients will be conducted at the University of Nebraska ...New standard proposed for coronary artery calcium screening
...or-row CT (MDCT) systems, but the standard is also applicable to the electron-beam CT (EBCT) scanners often used for CAC screening. Co-authors of the Mayo study were Willi A. Kalender, Ph.D., and Stefan Ulzheimer, Ph.D., from the Institute for Medical Physics in Erlangen, Germany; and Sandra S. Halliburton, Ph....Hearing problems may be programmed at birth
... taking drugs. The thrifty phenotype hypothesis is applicable to hearing loss, say the authors. They suggest that a low level of growth hormone (IGF-1) before birth leads to a reduced number of cells at birth, which results in short stature and earlier onset of age related disorders....Stem cell and other new biological therapies are target of major NIH contract to U of MN
...nslating research lab technologies into clinically applicable biologic reagents. The programs in the MMCT provide the technical expertise, as well as the regulatory structure, to ensure that all FDA requirements are satisfied. An example of the ongoing work, Wagner and his team are working on adult stem cells, ...A little electrical boost may help many heart failure patients
...ith CRT, with the hope that this treatment will be applicable to a larger percentage of the heart-failure population," Burkhoff said. Indeed, the average distance patients could walk in six minutes increased from 411 meters to 465 meters (1,348 to 1,526 feet), also a statistically significant improvement. And ...Teens struggle to find accurate, useful health information online
...ntial HIV tests. The questions were written to be applicable to students' lives; for example, one question reads, "You are about to get a tattoo, but a friend warned you that some places spread infections like HIV and hepatitis. Use the Internet to find out if this is true." "Students had the most trouble wit...$7 million grant continues Asthma Clinical Research Network efforts
...er faculty and staff provide lessons and standards applicable to multicenter clinical trials across disciplines. In addition, Chinchilli has directed the dissertation research of three Penn State doctoral students whose work has focused on developing new biostatistical methods for the ACRN's innovative clinical...Post-stroke treatment with antidepressants appears to reduce death rate
...said this limitation may mean the findings are not applicable to other groups of patients who strokes. He said future studies will need to include a large number of patients to determine whether antidepressants have a definite positive effect on people with stroke. Jorge said that the incidence, or rate, at whi...'Shaping' technique found effective and efficient in stroke rehab
...d resources involved, Sterr said. While shaping is applicable to patients at various levels of limb recovery, its success without constraints doesn't mean that constraints are irrelevant. The combination of constraining the unaffected arm and training the affected one would likely increase the neural activity i...... to the number of soft- and hard-tissue procedures applicable to lasers, advocates say faster healing, improved infection control, reduced postoperative pain and sensitivity, reduced patient anxiety and less need for anesthesia or injections are advantages of the laser. "Many procedures work without giving an ...Subversive strep bug strategy revealed
...therapies. These findings are likely to be broadly applicable to many types of microorganisms that cause disease in humans, and could lead to new treatments that augment the immune response against multiple pathogens," he adds. Neutrophils are the most abundant type of white blood cell and a central player in ...Extended, progressive physical therapy aids stroke survivors mobility
...all number of participants and the data may not be applicable to all stroke rehabilitation. Duncan suggests that future studies focus on determining whether people could do similar exercise programs without therapist supervision, and if the benefits are sustained or further improve if continued beyond 12 weeks...New method for manufacturing compound has potential for cancer treatment
...w-price, non-toxic and one-step reactions that are applicable to mass production. Besides its use in such areas as flame retardants, in drug manufacturing, in agriculture and for the synthesis of various organic compounds, the novel vinylphosphonates developed by Dr. Al-Quntar have been found to be promising a...Chaos theory may help explain patterns of alcohol abuse, studies suggest
...d not indicative of true recovery. Chaos theory is applicable to alcohol abuse because it can help us understand sudden changes in the behavior of a system, unpredictability, and irregular behavior, all of which occur in alcoholism, said Keith Warren, co-author of the research and assistant professor of social ...Web knowledge empowers patients, researcher says
... up doctors' valuable time by asking questions not applicable to their case or by making unreasonable demands. Others may feel their authority is threatened by the information patients bring or that gaps may be revealed in their own knowledge about new research results. Eysenbach calls such arguments short-sigh...$15 million grant spurs cancer collaboration; M. D. Anderson, University of Puerto Rico
... only applies to a specific population, but may be applicable to cancer patients in general." The five-year grant will focus on research and other areas including diversity training, physician education and community outreach. The first research projects will address the molecular epidemiology of head and neck ...Intensivists reduce mortality and length of stay in ICU patients
...with lower hospital mortality in 94 percent of the applicable studies and lower ICU mortality in 93 percent of the applicable studies. High-intensity staffing also reduced length of hospital stay in 77 percent of the applicabl...New technology separates cancer from benign tumors
...ment of breast cancer patients. The method is also applicable in seeing which effect the treatment has at a biochemical level. We hope that this means that the effect of the treatment can be measured before one can see the effect on the tumor itself," Gribbestad says. Widens the possibilities The thesis sho...$2 per dose vs. $1500 per dose: One doctor develops new therapy for macular degeneration
...roven by randomized trial. This type of therapy is applicable to only a small minority of patients with subfoveal choroidal neovascularization. The use of Visudyne is approved in the US for those patients with "classic" choroidal neovascularization . Most patients do not have classic choroidal neovascularizatio...