March/April 2005 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
... transferrin saturation with a normal diet did not carry increased risk. The authors point out that a substantial proportion of adults in the United States approximately 7 percent of the adult U.S. population has transferrin saturation levels greater than 41 percent, and are at increased risk. The autho...Optical technique identifies vulnerable plaques in cardiac patients
... confirm these characteristics, and our group will carry out further studies of how plaques develop and rupture. Someday OCT may provide information that will guide treatments to prevent plaque rupture and its disastrous consequences." Jang is an associate professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School....Child care may affect entire community's risks of infection
...known as pneumococcus. Children are more likely to carry pneumococci than adults, and in a large group child care center, kids can easily spread the bacteria to their playmates through close contact. The level of pneumococcal carriage varies widely between communities, and Harvard Medical School researcher...NIH state-of-the-science panel calls for 'demedicalization' of menopause
... overuse of treatment approaches that are known to carry serious risks, or whose safety is as yet unclear. However, many women, particularly those with surgically induced menopause, do experience significant symptoms that greatly diminish quality of life. For women whose menopausal symptoms are severe and...Recovered king of beasts returns to his home, thanks to unique operation
...age to his nervous system appeared. I was asked to carry out a neurological examination. I saw that he stoo...d with certainty only after death. "We decided to carry out this operation that had never before been performed anywhere," said Dr. Shamir, "and in doing so...New generation contact lenses cut risk of severe eye infection
...be advised to wear silicone hydrogel lenses, which carry a five times decreased risk of severe keratitis for extended wear compared with hydrogel lenses," conclude the authors....University seeks recruits for arthritis study
...ed to complete questionnaires about their mood and carry out a short ability test. Information given to researchers will be kept confidential and only used for research purposes. Those interested in finding out more should contact Anthoula Lioni on 0131 537 6282 or email: anthoulalioni@yahoo.com...Teen tooth trauma prevalent in Ontario
...experience. "Once you break an anterior tooth, you carry that with you for life," says Locker. "Although it can be treated, there's a likelihood you'll need to repeat that treatment every 10 years. The cost of initial treatment can be quite high, depending on the injury, and the lifetime cost is estimated ...Houston meeting kicks off collaboration to advance cancer research
...osis and treatments that the two institutions will carry out over the next few years. Both are internationally renowned for their commitment to and excellence in translational medicine, which drives pioneering cancer research from the laboratory to patient therapies at the bedside. Sir Richard Sykes, Recto...Awards & fellowships at the International & American Association for Dental Research General Session
...o encourage outstanding young dental scientists to carry out research, attend the annual IADR General Session, and compete in the IADR/Unilever Hatton Awards Competition. The Travel Awards are generously funded through Unilever Oral Care. In 2005, the following 45 persons from 18 Divisions/Sections/Federat...Breakthrough in medical research: New chemotherapy gives hope to brain tumour patients
...ic, as almost half of those patients whose 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 endpoi...Two years after gene therapy treatments, severe angina patients showed prolonged clinical benefit
...ina, Class IV, is characterized by an inability to carry on any physical activity without discomfort. The American Heart Association estimates that approximately 6,400,000 coronary patients in the United States have angina. Of these patients with angina, approximately 150,000 to 250,000 (Class III and IV ...Non-invasive and invasive breast cancers share the same genetic mutations
...ed with early stage, noninvasive breast cancer who carry the same mutations in two inherited breast/ovarian cancer genes as women diagnosed with invasive breast cancer, may benefit from high risk treatment, Yale researchers report in the February 23 issue of Journal of the American Medical Association. The...Heart surgeons publish death rates
...n criticised as being unfair to those surgeons who carry out the most difficult operations on the most ill patients. The cardiac surgeons of Northwest England collected and analysed mortality data for patients undergoing two types of heart operation (coronary artery surgery or aortic valve replacement) for...LRRK2 gene mutation causes Parkinson's disease in several families
... subsequently screened, and 22 of 42 were found to carry the same mutation. Seven of them were already diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. The mutation was absent in more than 2,000 healthy control individuals. Subsequent screening identified several patients with sporadic Parkinson's disease (i.e. no fami...New radio-frequency technique for knee injuries
...adio-frequency, plus the heat obtained thereof, to carry out retraction (tensing of the ligament); always when this is an ongoing process. These ligaments contain a lot of water and collagen fibres which shrink and tense on applying heat to them at a certain radio-frequency. The technique is carried out by...When the brain, not the ears, goes hard of hearing
...of information in ways that make it easy for us to carry on our lives. Oftentimes it's this ability of the brain, not hearing itself, that is diminished in older people who say they don't "hear" well. The loss is detected most markedly in tests that measure a person's ability to hear a sentence amid a bac...PENN begins clinical trial of newest technology to treat thoracic aortic aneurysms
...an aneurysm from rupturing. Open surgical repairs carry high health risks for many older patients, who may also suffer from other significant medical conditions such as heart disease, lung disease, diabetes or hypertension. The Zenith TX2 system requires an incision to insert the graft's hydrophilic, kin...NIAID seeks applicants to lead clinical trials units for revamped HIV/AIDS networks
...l Trials Units funded in response to this RFA will carry out the research agendas of those networks in one ...ese Clinical Trials Units will help coordinate and carry out the next generation of AIDS research in the United States and globally," says NIAID Director Ant......t would have been difficult for the researchers to carry out the research, according to DebRoy. The Gastroenteric Disease Center has been collecting E.coli samples since 1965 and is the largest repository of E.coli in North America. The center has 60,000 E.coli strains isolated from cows, birds, pigs, huma...