Doppler-guided fluid administration during surgery improves outcome
...searchers say that by not allowing fluid levels to drop below normal -- which is common during surgery -- the proper functioning of the intestines are maintained and recovery is improved. Typically, fluids such as blood, plasma or synthetic agents known as plasma expanders are administered to patients dur...UCLA Study shows how early diagnosis of Alzheimers helps patients
...dable months of nursing-home care and a 48 percent drop in unnecessary drug treatment. "It's worse to diagnose someone with Alzheimer's later than earlier, because we now have drugs available to help delay progression of the disease," Silverman said. "Postponing drug therapy by as little as six months in ...Angioplasty safer, need for emergency surgery afterward plunges
...and technological advances have produced a 10-fold drop in emergency bypass surgery following angioplasty, researchers report in today's rapid access issue of Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. It is routine to have a surgical team on standby in case complications arise during an ang...Protein patterns in blood may predict prostate cancer diagnosis
...e technique, which relies on a simple test using a drop of blood, may be useful in deciding whether to perform a biopsy in men with elevated prostate specific antigen (PSA) levels. Using a test that can analyze the patterns of small proteins in blood serum samples in just 30 minutes, researchers were able...Protein patterns may aid prostate cancer detection
... 95 percent of prostate cancer cases from a single drop of blood from each patient. Moreover, it helped rule out prostate cancer for 71 percent of men with intermediate PSA scores (four-10), which would have allowed them to avoid an unnecessary, invasive biopsy procedure. Currently, most men with PSA scor...New recommendations to prevent high blood pressure issued
...e among Americans by 5 mmHg, we'd see a 14 percent drop in deaths from stroke, a 9 percent drop in heart disease deaths, and a 7 percent drop in overall mortality," said Dr. Paul Whelton, senior v...People near freeways are exposed to 30 times the concentration of dangerous particles
...25 to 30 times greater than the number upwind. The drop in the number of ultrafine particles occurred rapidly with increasing distance from the freeway, falling to 30 percent of peak concentration at 330 feet. The rapid decrease and dilution in particle concentration was due to several factors, including ...New study shows weight loss decreases ACE enzyme that controls blood pressure
...clined, but those changes were not as great as the drop in ACE activity. ACE activity while standing up, which Harp and the others showed for the first time is higher than when lying down, declined an average of 18 percent. Swallowing a sugar solution had no effect on the measured values, suggesting that ...Ouch! The receptors mediating acidic pain sensation
....5 (similar to water), tissue acidosis can cause a drop in cellular pH below 6.0 closer to that of household vinegar. When the cellular environment becomes acidic, both VR1 and a second nociceptor - acid sensing ion channels (ASICs) - are activated. In previous experiments in mice, scientists have found t...Mild injury may render brain cells vulnerable to immune system attack
...an insult like transient ischemic attacks, minimal drop in blood pressure or a minimal blow to the head could facilitate the transition from the early activation pathway to the terminal membrane attack pathway, and transform a protective effect into a damaging effect on the brain," said McNamara. Initial ...Calcium-blocker drug slows artery clogging better than beta blocker
...a month of treatment, if diastolic pressure didn't drop by at least 5 mm Hg to less than 95 mm Hg both drugs were increased and when necessary, a diuretic was added. Patients underwent ultrasound scanning of carotid arteries to measure the thickness of the arterial wall at baseline and every year through...Studies offer new treatment option to prevent kidney rejection
...most often used anti-rejection drug, could cause a drop in the rate at which the kidney filters blood and decrease blood flow to the kidney. For patients who receive what's known as a "marginal kidney," problems with cyclosporine may be particularly dangerous, the study found. A shortage of donor kidneys ...Hibernating squirrels provide clues for stroke, Parkinson's
...bolic rate and energy demands of the entire animal drop dramatically. That led Dr. Borlongan to wonder if that same state might help protect brain cells specifically. "Our thinking here is that if we take this drug, probably brain cells are going to go into this mode of hibernation. So if you get a stroke...Expecting a laugh boosts stress-busting hormones
...ad a 39 percent decrease in cortisol, a 38 percent drop in dopac and a 70 percent drop in epinephrine, all of which are stress hormones. At the same time, endorphin levels rose 27 percent...OHSU researcher presents findings on appetite-reducing hormone at neuroscience meeting
...ide YY (PYY 3-36) caused an approximate 35 percent drop in food intake when introduced to a bundle of neur...l levels. "Not only did the PYY group experience a drop in appetite, they did not have increased appetite later, and did not 'make up' for the food they mis...Flaxseed-rich diet blocks prostate cancer growth and development in mice
...or 34 days. At the end of the study, the men saw a drop in testosterone levels and a trend toward lower prostate specific antigen (PSA) levels, a marker for prostate cancer. The diet also was tolerated well and gave the authors hope for this dietary intervention. The second study, published in the Novembe...Self-management program proves beneficial for macular degeneration patients
...fidence, and outlook, the researchers documented a drop in depression and anxiety, and an increase in self-efficacy, in the self-management group compared with the other two groups. The improvement was especially significant in patients who tested as depressed before the program. In fact, the depressed ...Smallpox outbreak response: Targeted vaccination may be almost as effective as mass vaccination
... If some immunity did remain, the death rate would drop to 2.4 per thousand. If 80 percent of the people in close contact with identified smallpox cases were vaccinated (targeted vaccination), there would be 19.6 deaths out of every thousand without preexisting immunity. With such immunity, however, the ...Breastfeeding rates unaffected by changes in hospital length of stay
...uld be dangerous, and specifically worried about a drop in breastfeeding, said Dr. Jeanne Madden, the studys lead author and a research fellow in the Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention. On the other hand, advocates felt that because the shor......tient's complete disease profile based on a single drop of blood all in a fraction of the time it would take to get conventional test results Stanton predicts. In addition to helping diagnose which patients are having a heart attack, the newly identified markers may contribute to a further understandin...