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...amatically improve the skin of patients with acute cystic acne. According to a study presented at Plastic Surgery 2004, patients who had ThermaCool saw a notable difference after one treatment, experienced skin tightening and improved skin texture. Mesotherapy is a potential alternative for...News briefs from the journal Chest, October 2004
...d the presence of congenital conditions, including cystic fibrosis and respiratory distress syndrome. The study appears in the October issue of CHEST, the peer-reviewed journal of the American College of Chest Physicians. KIDS AND PARENTS NOT ACCURATELY MEASURING ASTHMA MEDICATION ...Surgical procedure to treat GERD in children found to be ineffective
...d one or more associated medical conditions (e.g., cystic fibrosis, reactive airway disease) and those who had no pre-existing diseases that increased their risk of developing GERD. Moreover, children with associated medical disorders had an increased incidence of lung infections and dumping syndrome. Fin...Research with red tide toxin yields potential therapies for cystic fibrosis
...unds that may treat mucus build-up associated with cystic fibrosis and similar lung diseases. Preliminary st... anti-toxins behaved much like drugs used to treat cystic fibrosis. "We found these compounds are able to speed up the clearance of mucus from the lungs," sai...New findings on patient safety at children's hospitals
...elating to a child's underlying condition, such as cystic fibrosis or a heart defect, not by a preventable incident or mistake. "This is the first time that the national patient safety indicators have been applied to children's hospitals specifically, and we find both encouraging news for patients and a cha...Future of clinical medicine research is at risk, warns professor
...ing, an expert in lung diseases such as asthma and cystic fibrosis, will illustrate the importance of clinic... discuss the current UK gene therapy programme for cystic fibrosis. He says: "The need for critical methods for determining the success of gene therapy in th...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for February 2005 (first issue)
...lled the major transmissible pathogen that affects cystic fibrosis (CF) patients, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, by effectively segregating patients with transmissible disease during hospitalization at their dedicated CF facility. Researchers realized that despite their carefully designed center and strict hygien...Inflammatory cells highly promising target in NF 1
...e to treat a disease that affects more people than cystic fibrosis, hereditary muscular dystrophy, Huntington's disease and Tay Sachs combined. Now, however, research by IU School of Medicine scientist D. Wade Clapp, M.D., and his colleagues David A. Ingram, Jr., M.D. and Feng-Chun Yang, M.D., Ph.D., have i...News briefs from the journal CHEST, February 2005
... Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in patients with cystic fibrosis, but its use is controversial, as some patients experience chest tightness and bronchospasm. Researchers at the Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, administered colistin and placebo (during two separate la...Trial reveals safer and simpler approach to treating children with cystic fibrosis
Treating chest infections in young cystic fibrosis patients with an antibiotic once instead ...idely used for the management of patients who have cystic fibrosis and chronic chest infection with a bacterium called Pseudomonas aerginosa. Currently patien...US cancer researchers launch first American-Israeli cancer conference
...m can lead to diseases such as cervical cancer and cystic fibrosis. Scientists at the conference will address research advances in cancer genetics; cell signaling at the DNA/RNA level; immune system therapies; targeted treatments; novel approaches to breast cancer and solid tumors; and stem cell transplanta...Mountaineering doctors hike medicine to new heights with Xtreme Everest
...evere heart and lung conditions, "blue babies" and cystic fibrosis sufferers. The summiteers will also test a prototype closed-circuit breathing system. This type of circuit has only once previously - and unsuccessfully - been used by climbers attempting the summit. The equipment, adapted from firefighters'...