Study shows possible link between Parkinson's medication and cardiac valve disease
...ercent (41) of pergolide-treated patients had some degree of valvular insufficiency. In two of three valves for which there is control data (the mitral and aortic), the study showed an approximately two- to three-fold increased risk (odds ratio 3) of regurgitation in the pergolide patients. In the tricuspid...Lower temperatures improve outcomes after bypass surgery
...om 1997 to 2000, the rate decreased a further 0.10 degree Celsius each year. "In the beginning before we started our original study (1993), just about all patients were hyperthermic at some point, while now hyperthermia occurs very infrequently," Grocott explained. Specifically, 82.9 percent of the earliest...LSUHSC microsurgeon performs 1st ever eyelid reattachment
... tissue must be closely monitored to determine the degree of success of the procedure, and this takes some time. On day nine post-op, it was determined that this replant was 100% successful, with a total reintegration of the tissue. She was discharged on day ten. Kieff is able to open...Sounds of New York, evidence for a preferred ear, ultrasound for the eye
...ability to detect tones and comprehend speech to a degree experienced by those who wear advanced cochlear implants. Bob Shannon of HEI will discuss results on the first patients who have received PABI (1aPP5; for more information, contact Christa Spieth Nuber, Media Relations, HEI, 213-273-8027, newsmedi....... Real-time MRI allows Byrd to see and confirm the degree of sound overlap in spoken language, a characteristic of human speech she helped reveal in earlier work. "There are no spaces between words in speech," Byrd said. "People overlap sounds within syllables. With MRI, you can actually see two sounds bein...Botox injections restore voices, confidence to voice disorder patients
...s big as it had been with the first injection. The degree of improvement was stable over the third through sixth injections. Thirty of the patients are still receiving injections at U-M about twice a year. Overall, 97 percent of the patients' pre-injection self-assessments rated their voice as poor or fair,...Images of thin models boost dieters' self-image: Study
... dieters, although it was also present to a lesser degree in non-dieters. This finding may give clinicians some insight into the motivations of people with eating disorders, suggests Herman. "The idea that these thin media ideals are inspiring rather than depressing is almost necessary to account for the fa...HIV drug content in developing countries meets U.S. standards
...ringent manufacturing standards, we have a greater degree of confidence that they'll work well." ...Improving the chances of successful organ transplants
...ood of their child. Our test is able to detect the degree of sensitisation with unprecedented accuracy and should eventually become a universal standard in testing for organ compatibility in transplant surgery," says Dr Schwabe. The MIDAS project was based on work that had won ProImmune a DTI SMART award an...Damage to brain vessels increases the chance of dementia and depression
...his colleagues, Prins assessed these scans for the degree of damage to small blood vessels in the brain. The researchers followed the participants over a period of five years to see whether they developed dementia or depression. The participants also had to perform cognitive tests at various intervals in th...Reading test may validly estimate pre-dementia functioning
...as prior to the onset of dementia, and thereby the degree of cognitive decline, is important to both clinici...ote, however, that for subjects with a more severe degree of dementia, the relationship between NART scores and early childhood ability would probably not rem...Eye disorder that can cause blindness is high among people with type 1 diabetes mellitus
...r is estimated at 767,000 persons having DR of any degree of severity (0.37 percent) and 376,000 people having vision-threatening retinopathy (0.18 percent). "Retinopathy due to type 1 DM is an important public health problem in the United States, affecting one per 300 persons 18 and older, and one per 600 ...News briefs from the journal CHEST, April 2004
...relation between the level of ETS exposure and the degree of lung function impairment. ETS caused the most damage in the lungs of smokers, followed by passive smokers. Furthermore, passive smokers with in utero exposure to ETS had significantly lower lung function scores than passive smokers whose mothers ...90 million Americans are burdened with inadequate health literacy
...tual knowledge. Health literacy is defined as the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic information and services needed to make appropriate decisions regarding their health. "Health literacy is fundamental to quality care," said committee chair David A. Ki...Hopkins' young researchers honored for their contributions
...a Cruz. Green's first student to obtain a graduate degree at Hopkins, Southworth will continue his studies as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, San Francisco. Postdoctoral fellow Samer Hattar, Ph.D., received the Albert Lehninger Research Award for his project "Melanopsin Cells: Novel ...Schizophrenia patients don't take medications regularly
...ical hospitalizations were strongly related to the degree of drug adherence; Older individuals were more l...iatric hospitalization was strongly related to the degree of drug adherence, with those considered non-adherent two and one-half times more likely to be hospi...Chemists seek light-activated glue for vascular repair
...ight distributions (1.07-1.13) were obtained. High degree of substitutions of 90% was obtained when the hydroxy-terminated 4-arm stars were functionalized with acryloyl chloride and methacrylic anhydride to obtain acrylate and methacrylate pendant groups. Photocrosslinking of the modified stars resulted in ...Nanotech imaging, molecular fingerprints and signatures hold promise for cancer
... metastases greatly affects the prognosis, and the degree of surgical intervention needed," said Kobayashi. "If metastases have not advanced beyond the sentinel node, however, there is arguably no need to surgically remove extensive amounts of lymph nodes. "With the knowledge of the exact location and ex...Researchers: Diet a significant factor in reducing risk of three common cancers
...ing from the CAT C (CC) allele might provide some degree of antioxidant protection against breast cancer, and if the risk might be further diminished by the consumption of fruits, vegetables and specific antioxidants. Working with her academic advisor, Christine Ambrosone, Ph.D., chair of the Roswell Park ...National Academies news: Clinical research involving children
...posed research, especially criteria concerning the degree of risk. Categorizing and evaluating risks are among the most challenging tasks for reviewers of studies involving children, the report notes. The committee was asked to consider the regulatory definition of "minimal risk" in the context of such st...