Sleep apnea treatment could save lives & money by reducing auto accidents, according to researchers
...quality sleep, persons with sleep apnea experience excessive daytime sleepiness which can lead to motor vehicle...uvulopalatopharyngoplasty (minor surgery to lessen excessive soft-palate tissue), and oral appliances. According to Davidson, "It is noteworthy that this stud...Enoxaparin prevents stillbirth in pregnant women with clotting disorder
...ciety of Hematology. Thrombophilia, a tendency for excessive blood clotting, increases the risk of stillbirth because it interrupts the normal circulation of blood from the mother to the placenta. A team of researchers from two French institutions, the University Hospital in Nimes and the University of Montpel...Increased HIV risk for women with violent male partners
...being in a relationship where the male partner had excessive control of the relationship. Child sexual assault, forced first intercourse, and adult sexual assault by non-partners were not associated with increased HIV risk. Dr. Jewkes comments: "Women with violent or controlling male partners are at increased ...Open surgery better for most hernias
... in the groin, either due to an inborn weakness or excessive strain. The result is a bulge that is usually painless in its early stages, but that could cause pain and complications later on. Men are tenfold more likely than women to have the condition. With either open or laparoscopic surgery, doctors nowaday...Fewer fizzy drinks can prevent childhood obesity
...ng children from drinking fizzy drinks can prevent excessive weight gain, according to new research available on bmj.com . Obesity in children has reached epidemic proportions and has been partly linked to the consumption of carbonated drinks sweetened with sugar. Researchers introduced an education programme...NHS trusts putting safety of pregnant doctors at risk
...als how some pregnant doctors are expected to work excessive hours and are often exposed to violent or aggressive patients. It also uncovers major discrepancies in the way trusts apply guidelines to protect the rights of pregnant women in the workplace. One doctor in psychiatry describes how she was expected t...Expert calls for standard epinephrine doses when treating children in cardiac arrest
...iatrics at UT Southwestern, cautions against using excessive amounts of epinephrine in children. "Contrary to the conventional wisdom, evidence has been accumulating that high-dose epinephrine is not beneficial and may even impair organ function and survival after the arrest," said Dr. Lister, who holds the R...Nitric oxide links bulk of sporadic and familial Parkinson's disease
...ng down parkin proteins that are otherwise normal, excessive NO modification of parkin could contribute to PD in the same ways, the researchers say....Sounds of New York, evidence for a preferred ear, ultrasound for the eye
...such conditions as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, an excessive thickening of heart muscle. Researchers will describe experiments that have shown the feasibility of ultrasound treatments in the beating heart (2aBB10, 2aBB9, 2aBB2). Finally, Ronald H. Silverman of Weill Medical College of Cornell University in N...UCSD researchers determine fibrin depletion decreases multiple sclerosis symptoms
...e that have very short lifespans. Fibrin's role in excessive inflammation was shown in a follow-up experiment where transgenic mice were shown to experience high expression of pro-inflammatory molecules, followed by myelin loss, as compared to the fibrin-negative transgenic mice with no signs of inflammation o...Patients with multiple sclerosis and fatigue may have abnormal sleep cycles
...igue scored high on a sleep scale test, indicating excessive daytime sleepiness. Only two patients with MS wit...ormal sleep cycles or disrupted sleep, and between excessive daytime sleepiness and fatigue in MS patients. "In our series of patients with MS, there was a signi...Duke scientists overcome immune resistance in dendritic cell vaccines for cancer
...are known as regulatory T-cells, and they restrain excessive or unwarranted T-cell aggression. Yang and his team theorized that removing the regulatory T-cells would remove the brakes from the fighter T-cells. Yet removing all restraints could provoke T-cells to attack the body indiscriminately, potentially ca...Two-stage weight loss surgery for high-risk, morbidly obese patients reduces surgical risk
...nied bariatric surgery management because of their excessive operative risk," said Philip Schauer, M.D., assistant professor of surgery and director of bariatric surgery at the University of Pittsburgh, principal investigator in the study and co-director of the Minimally Invasive Surgery Center at the Universi...Schizophrenia patients don't take medications regularly
...as the partial- and non-adherent group experienced excessive medical costs, so did the excess fillers. A little more than half of the excess fillers were individuals who received prescriptions for mutiple antipsychotic medications. Additional findings in the study were: Both psychiatric and medical hosp...Existing therapies applied to new use in broader spectrum of cancer care
...lular craving for the vitamin, tumor cells produce excessive amounts of the receptor that attaches to available blood-borne vitamin B12. The receptors import the vitamin inside of the cell membrane. Since tumor cells produce far more - ten times or more - the number of receptors for Vitamin B12 than normal cel...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for April 2004 (first issue)
...o symptoms. They noted that within the setting of excessive oxidation and inflammation in the patients, air pollution can lead to further airway irritation and injury, which, in turn, could affect the rate and extent of airway infections. The study appears in the first issue for April 2004 of the American Th...Time for co-ordinated action on alcohol
...approaches in tackling the public-health impact of excessive alcohol consumption (especially in the UK), and concludes that enhanced awareness and training of primary-care professionals will be vital in managing future alcohol problems. The editorial comments: 'In the UK, the Government's strategy is to set ...First national sleep conference March 29-30 explores sleep's role in public health
...od pressure and cardiovascular disease, as well as excessive daytime sleepiness and diminished quality of life...., decreased self-esteem, poor mood regulation, and excessive sleepiness. - Women's Health (Monday, March 29, 3:15 pm - 3:35 pm) In addition to sleep problems ...Soft drinks not linked to decreased calcium intake
...unt they are drinking, about one can a day, is not excessive if they are physically active." According to the study, Caucasian teenage boys (14 to 18 years old) come closest to meeting the recommended adequate intake (AI) for calcium for their age group, getting about 95 percent of AI. However, this gr...Studies compare hysterectomy vs. other medical treatments for abnormal uterine bleeding
... response to such first-line 'medical' therapy for excessive uterine bleeding can be counseled that further conservative therapy carries approximately a 50 percent likelihood of ultimately leading to a hysterectomy. ... Does it mean that surgery will likely be necessary eventually anyway, so perhaps better soo...