Asthma at school is disruptive to routine underdiagnosed, often poorly understood, survey suggest
...n effort that may help reduce the number of asthma episodes or attacks children experience each year. Results from the Asthma in Schools survey suggest that an overwhelming majority (85%) of school nurses believe that there are students with undiagnosed asthma in their schools. More than half found asthma mo...Sleep apnea treatment helps patients and partners
...ommon disorder that is characterized by repetitive episodes of upper airway closures during sleep that result in arousal from sleep and can often lead to daytime sleepiness. CPAP prevents upper airway closure, improving sleep quality and, subsequently, reducing daytime sleepiness. "Snoring and sleep apnea in...First relapsing fever outbreak in Montana identified
...a circulate in the blood, giving rise to recurrent episodes of illness interspersed with periods of feeling well. All the patients eventually recovered. Blood samples from four patients who had returned home to Seattle were sent to RML. There Dr. Schwan and his group isolated and identified the cause of the i...Three Pfizer Inc chemists win Heroes award for epilepsy treatment for children, adults
...mal cognition, they can live normal lives when the episodes subside. The Heroes of Chemistry program will be held in conjunction with a celebration for the 80th anniversary of Chemical & Engineering News , the society's newsmagazine. Benjamin S. Carson, Sr., M.D., director of the Division of Pediatric Neuros...St. Jude Medical announces publication of results of its ADOPT-A trial
...ppression(tm) algorithm to suppress symptomatic AF episodes in patients with bradycardia and a documented history of PAF. Initial results of ADOPT-A were presented at NASPE in May 2001. Patients enrolled in the study were randomized into two groups: one with the AF Suppression(tm) algorithm "ON" and DDDR p...Severe childhood ADHD may predict alcohol, substance use problems in teen years
...the teens diagnosed with ADHD as children reported episodes of drunkenness than their counterparts in the non-...ound that the teenagers who reported more frequent episodes of drunkenness, higher alcohol problem scores, and a greater likelihood of substance abuse were thos...Antidepressant drugs may protect brain from damage due to depression
...in 38 women who had experienced an average of five episodes of major depression in their lifetimes. Only some of those episodes had been treated with antidepressant drugs. "In addition to their brain scans, each woman was inter...Sexually active young women often underestimate STD risk
...graphic characteristics and risk behaviors such as episodes of binge drinking, history of vaginal sex and STDs, perceived STD risk, overall condom use and partner-specific condom use. Women in the study were sexually active, unmarried, not pregnant, and heterosexual, between the ages 18 and 25. The researcher...FDA approves Baxters ADVATE for the treatment of hemophilia A
...AHF-PFM for the prevention and control of bleeding episodes in people with hemophilia A. ADVATE is the first and only factor VIII made without any added human or animal plasma proteins and albumin in the cell culture process, purification and final formulation, thereby eliminating the risk of infections caus...Drivers with type-1 diabetes report increased incidence of car crashes
...y more crashes, moving violations and hypoglycemic episodes than did patients with type-2 diabetes regardless of whether they used insulin. The type-2 diabetes group had driving mishap rates similar to non-diabetic drivers. However, only 20 percent of the drivers with type-1 diabetes were at increased risk of...Mayo clinic proceedings study supports shorter waiting period for driving privileges after a seizure
...tes. Epilepsy consists of unpredictable, recurrent episodes of loss of sensory motor control or consciousness. The Mayo researchers note that little data exist to guide establishment of a seizure-free interval. In the United States, the interval ranges from three months to 18 months. Including Dr. Drazkowski...Glucowatch Biographer reported to improve diabetes control in children
.... It is indicated for detection and assessment of episodes of hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia, facilitating both acute and long-term therapy adjustments, which may minimize these excursions. Interpretation of Biographer results should be based on the trends and patterns seen within several sequential reading...UF researchers report: Immunosuppressant drug prevents late rejection of transplanted kidneys
...the trade name CellCept, particularly because most episodes of rejection occur within the year after transplan...ion actually may be the culmination of a series of episodes of acute rejection, an abrupt immunologic attack on the donated kidney led by a vanguard of immune c...Teen-age girls, depression, alcoholism, and brain activity
... young girls who have not yet experienced repeated episodes of depression and who have not yet been chronically exposed to antidepressant medication. We also found that a family history of alcoholism is associated with a subtle abnormality in brain function which is different from the abnormality associated ...Maternal fever in early pregnancy not associated with fetal death
... under 20% of pregnant women had one or more fever episodes in the first 16 weeks of pregnancy. However, there was no association between maternal fever early in pregnancy and adverse fetal outcome--a finding that was consistent irrespective of measured maximum temperature, duration and number of fever incide...Marked crosswalks may pose risk to older pedestrians
... data over a four-year period. They identified 282 episodes in which a pedestrian over 65-years-old was struck by a motor vehicle while crossing the street at an intersection. Field workers determined if a crosswalk was present as well as other data about the site, including the presence of a traffic signal o...Comparison of HRTs finds progesteron
...ver three years, the number of unexpected bleeding episodes was virtually identical for placebo and estrogen p...try, noted that the mean number of excess bleeding episodes at each six-month clinic visit varied widely by treatment. Considering the active treatments, cyclic...St. Jude to receive multi-million dollar grant for sickle cell program
...e abnormal blood cells clog blood vessels, causing episodes of severe pain, organ damage and eventually premature death. Sickle cell disease occurs primarily in African-Americans but also affects people of Hispanic and Middle Eastern descent. If both parents have the sickle cell trait there is a one-in-four c...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for October (second issue)
...t use of gas space heaters was related to both new episodes of wheeze and total wheeze days in infants. Wood ...cough, and kerosene heater use was associated with episodes of cough. However, fireplace use was not related to cough or wheeze, which the researchers attribut...Antibiotics not always beneficial for childhood ear infections
...th recurrent ear infections, usually three or four episodes within six months. Hendley says there is no benefit to children unless they suffer from more severe bacterial otitis. Often, he says, the fluid goes away on its own. The review also found that giving children a flu shot can reduce the likelihood of o...