Vitamins C and E support breathing following an operation
...r abdominal operation, most patients have frequent episodes of airway obstruction and hypoxaemia. This can lead to an increase in the heart rate and blood pressure, which can eventually result in heart muscle damage. An apparently restful patient where nothing seems to be wrong can then suddenly experience an...Cat exposure increases asthma risk for children of asthmatic mothers
... to pets and on how often the children experienced episodes of wheezing. In addition, the researchers tested dust samples from each child's home for levels of cat allergen. The researchers then analyzed the data they collected, adjusting for factors such as sex, household income, and day-care attendance. In t...Leg maneuver may prevent fainting
...otherwise healthy. The number of lifetime syncope episodes ranged between one and 200. Patients learned to ...after testing to determine whether any new syncope episodes had occurred and whether they had tried the counter-maneuver. The follow-up interviews found that o...More hand transplants to be performed, predict experts at international congress
...far have been effective in preventing or reversing episodes of rejection, reported Dr. Bruno Gridelli of the Riuniti di Bergamo Hospital in Bergamo, Italy; Dr. Jean-Michel Dubernard of the Hopital Edouard Herriot in Lyon; and researchers from the University of Louisville and Kleinert, Kutz and Associates in L...Combined kidney and bone marrow transplantation allows patients to discontinue anti-rejection drugs
...ause of mild graft-versus-host disease, has had no episodes of kidney rejection. The fourth patient now is 70 days post-transplant and has discontinued immunosuppression. Led by Sykes and A. Benedict Cosimi, MD, director of the MGH Transplant Unit, the ITN-sponsored study will eventually enroll 10 patients...Interpersonal psychotherapy effective in treating binge-eating disorder
.... BED is characterized by frequent and persistent episodes of overeating, or bingeing where the patient loose...to control how much food he or she eats. Bingeing episodes are usually accompanied by feelings of loss of control, distress and guilt. CBT has been the standar...Alcoholics' impaired reaction to stress may impede mental tasks
... between the number of previous alcohol withdrawal episodes and the extent of cognitive problems. "It is noteworthy that areas of the brain that are essential to memory and problem-solving are also responsive to cortisol," write Andrea C. King, Ph.D., of the University of Chicago and her colleagues. "It is po...An SSRI antidepressant is safe and effective for depressed, hospitalized heart patients
... disorder. In patients with a history of two prior episodes of depression, sertraline improved symptoms in 78 percent of patients while only 45 percent improved on placebo. Almost no difference was seen between the drug and the placebo in patients who had never experienced a bout of depression before their ho...UCSF orthopedic surgeons test artificial back disc
...ts more than $100 billion a year. While most acute episodes of low back pain respond well to non-operative treatment, the management of chronic low back pain remains a difficult challenge, according to Bradford. The rate of back surgeries, including fusion of the spine, has increased by more than 600 percen...Air pollution linked with risk for exercise-induced heart damage
...ic visit. The remaining 22 subjects either had no episodes of ischemia or had episodes at every visit regardless of air quality so were unable to provide information about the relationshi...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for July (second issue)
...nding, the researchers hope to study whether daily episodes of humming can reduce the risk of sinusitis in patients susceptible to upper respiratory infection (URI). (Sinusitis, a common illness reported by 14 percent of the U.S. population, involves the inflammation of one of the paranasal sinuses, usually ...Teens more anxious than assumed
...nd that high rates of anxiety led to more frequent episodes of anger, sadness and fatigue and altered teenage behavior significantly. The findings, part of a long-term study, may also provide insight into teenage perceptions and moods that may have changed after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. The st...Post-transplant nerve regrowth better with young hearts, quick surgery
...pients who are younger or those with few rejection episodes can expect a higher likelihood of reinnervation and thus higher likelihood for improved exercise capacity and heart function....Study confirms air pollution linked to slowed lung function growth in children
...se in areas of cleaner air to be exposed to sudden episodes of very high concentrations of pollutants," Gauderman says. Often, children have acute respiratory symptoms on high-smog days, and researchers plan to investigate whether reduced lung function growth rates might be a consequence of many acute respira...Common diabetes drug causes arteries to spasm, endangering heart
...e of the smooth muscle potassium channels promotes episodes of vascular spasm. Since the sulfonyureas work the same way, effectively closing these channels, we believe that they can increase susceptibility to vasospasm and therefore present a significant risk to diabetic patients. Since diabetic patients ar...Mad hatters, seafood jubilees, & Pfiesteria Files
...eria Files," a one-hour documentary on toxic bloom episodes in the Chesapeake Bay won two major film prizes this week. An Emmy for Best Documentary was awarded by the Washington regional chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, and a first place ECO Award will be announced today (6/24...American Thoracic Society news tips for June (second issue)
...ble in the blood). Sleep apnea,involving repeated episodes of breathing cessation for longer than 10 seconds, causes hypoxia. According to the investigators, recent studies have shown VEGF may also affect theartherogenetic process itself, producing changes closely linked to the progression of atherosclerosis...Two-drug therapy is best for symptomatic prostate enlargement
...steride reduces prostate size, patients have fewer episodes of urinary retention and invasive treatments," says MTOPS trial leader John McConnell, M.D., professor of urology and executive vice president of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. "In addition, the study clearly demonstr...Guidelines do not prevent deliberate self harm
...itioner care. After 12 months, the level of repeat episodes of deliberate self harm was no different for patients in the intervention group compared with the control group. This lack of benefit leaves open the question of the most effective management in general practice of patients who deliberately harm them...Effexor (R) XR achieved long-term remission in 67 percent of recurring depression patients
...nts. All of the patients had one or more previous episodes of major depression in the five years prior to the study, with intervals of six or more months between episodes. They also had baseline HAM-D21 total scores of 20 or greater. The average age of the patients in the yearlong phase was 44 years; about...