Evidence for shaken baby syndrome is uncertain
... It is usually recognised by a triad of injuries - bleeding into the eye and around the brain (subdural and retinal haemorrhages) and brain damage. Patrick Lantz and colleagues report the case of a healthy 14 month old child who was brought to hospital with a severe head injury after a television fell on him ...Researchers say criterion for diagnosing child abuse based on faulty evidence
...of an infant or young child. The shaking may cause bleeding around the brain and in the eyes, resulting in blindness, and can also result in brain damage leading to death. "Statements in the medical literature indicate that perimacular retinal folds result from the movement of the gel within the eye when an i...Menstrual cycle affects periodontal health
... The symptoms included a slight burning sensation, bleeding with minor irritation, redness to the gums, oral ulcers and general pain and discomfort in the gums. In this study, researchers compared the gingival and periodontal status of 18 premenopausal women between the ages of 20 to 50 years at different ti...Chemists seek light-activated glue for vascular repair
...sy-to-use material that medics could apply to stop bleeding and prevent clotting. Chemistry doctoral student Afia S. Karikari will explain the structure and characteristics of the novel polymer, how light causes it to change shape and function, and what the researchers have determined about the properties of ...Diet of worms protects against bowel cancer
...teers the symptoms of IBD- such as abdominal pain, bleeding and diarrhoea- disappeared. The remission rate was 50 per cent for ulcerative colitis and 70 per cent for Crohn's, says gastroenterologist Joel Weinstock of the University of Iowa, who devised the treatment. "A lot of researchers couldn't believe th...Guideline: Heart condition does not increase risk of second stroke
...troke and death, but that the side effect of minor bleeding is more common with warfarin. According to the guideline, more research is needed, particularly on the effects of an ASA on stroke risk and how ASAs should be managed. "We need to learn more about how these abnormalities in the heart cause stroke," s...Work on promising inorganic blood substitute to move forward with $1.5 million grant from NIH
...inding out how soon the treatment must occur after bleeding begins. The goal is to postpone collapse of the circulatory system during severe blood loss for at least four hours. Researchers will gather physiological and biochemical data relating to the effects of severe blood loss on organs and tissues through...Preliminary results are promising in Alzheimer's gene therapy trial
...ved as the cells were being injected, resulting in bleeding in the brain. One of these patients died of acute myocardial infarction (heart attack) five weeks later. Following these events, the protocol was redesigned with patients given general anesthesia during the procedure, and subsequent procedures were...Study shows heart biopsy possible via arm catheterization
...rocedural complications such as venous or arterial bleeding or bruising," Gilchrist said. "All patients expressed satisfaction with their procedure and one patient had the procedure repeated a year later from the same site without incident." Gilchrist notes that the biopsies were performed by an operator wi...Pap smears, mammography should be targeted at healthy elders, study says
...ysterectomy for a non-malignant condition, such as bleeding or fibroid cysts, 39 percent reported having a Pap smear within a year of the survey. "The majority of these women don't have a cervix anymore," say Walter. "These women should have been informed that without a cervix they were not at risk for cervic...Biopsy system is effective in completely removing benign breast masses
...pain and only one patient had a moderate amount of bleeding during the procedure. Following the procedure, only three patients had a moderate amount of pain relieved by Tylenol and three patients had a moderate amount of bruising, said Dr. Slanetz. All of the women have indicated that they would choose to hav...American Academy of Neurology sums up scientific highlights from 56th Annual Meeting
...tely 20 percent fewer incidents of major and minor bleeding combined but was associated with increase in liver enzymes in six percent. [PL01.003] Epilepsy Brain surgery has become a major treatment for medically intractable epilepsy. Because of its invasiveness and risks, however, patients need reassurance ...UNC study may help predict premature infants at risk of total blindness
...ed, and the surgery poses risks such as infection, bleeding and surgical trauma. "So, this study sought to determine which infants, who had laser treatment for severe ROP and who didn't have regression of disease, needed to have surgery to prevent progressive stage 4 ROP and subsequentrisk of blindness." The ...Patients receiving radioactive seed implant therapy have improved quality of life post-treatment
...nt function and less than 1% percent complained of bleeding beyond 4 years. The research team concluded brachytherapy treatment preserves urinary, sexual and rectal quality of life when patients implanted with I-125 have continued, long-term follow-up. Prostate cancer is the most common type of cancer fou...New era of colon screening emerging
...nts, the researchers revealed missed colon cancer, bleeding Meckel's diverticulum (a small pouch extending fro...ssed colonic polyps and angiodysplasia, or colonic bleeding due to deteriorating blood vessels in the colon walls. "Capsules used in patients with incomplete ...International MRC trial finds a routine treatment for head injury may do more harm than good
...treatments, in particular treatments for excessive bleeding which accounts for most trauma deaths worldwide....Whole blood may do more harm than good in pediatric heart surgeries
...ions from the heart-lung bypass machine, including bleeding and inflammation. Inflammation is the body's response to exposure to a foreign object the plastic tubing through which the blood circulates. Research in children has shown that blood loss after heart surgery can be minimized if fresh whole blood is ...Novel drug-antidote strategy provides greater control of drug action
...s without the accompanying risks of bleeding. When bleeding events occur, cardiologists have little recourse e...ere not given the antidote experienced significant bleeding in response to this surgical challenge, whereas mice given the antidote after the tail clipping expe...Soy likely doesn't affect fertility, according to research in monkeys
...f the menstrual cycle, including length, amount of bleeding or hormone levels," said Kaplan. "This suggests that any protection that soy may provide against breast cancer does not come from changes in the menstrual cycle." He said consumption of a high-soy diet probably would not compromise fertility, a...MRI appears to have advantages over CT scan for detecting bleeding in the brain in stroke patients
...ate as computed tomography (CT) in detecting acute bleeding in the brain in patients showing signs of stroke, and more accurate than CT in revealing chronic bleeding in the brain, according to a study in the October 20 issue of JAMA. Noncontrast computed tomograph...