Cranfield technology noses ahead
...d treatment not only eases the pain and discomfort experienced by patients but can free up many medical resources. Current tests take between 24 and 48 hours and are sent away to a laboratory. 'Diag-Nose' returns results in a matter of hours and can be installed in most surgeries. The new test can also be done f...New drug relieves symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome in females
...yndrome (IBS). It specifically helped patients who experienced diarrhea or altered bowel habits, not patients with constipation. "This is the first drug that not only normalizes bowel function but also relieves some of the pain and discomfort of this disorder," says the lead investigator, Michael Camilleri, M.D,...HIV prevention program targets young gay men through social networks and peer support for safe sex
...ing and intimate relationships. Many of them have experienced sexual abuse as young people as well," she said "The Mpowerment program gives young gay men a place to deal with personal issues about their homosexuality, about coming out, and about intimacy, and then talk about HIV safety in that context. It c...Hostility, coercion, sexism among causes of harassment in military
...ut the analysis found that only 2 percent of these experienced purely sexual attention; the other 98 percent received the attention in combination with sexist hostility, sexual hostility or coercion....Personal story aims to improve 'connections' between hard of hearing and the hearing world
...th others did I realize that some of the silence I experienced from him had been the difficulty of communicating and his unwillingness to be placed in an embarrassing situation." After her mother's death, her father wanted her to help him get his hearing aid fixed. "I realized then how much my mother had served......ut some patients in the placebo and low-dose group experienced chest pain. Simons and colleagues note that a larger (Phase II) multi-center study of this approach is currently underway....UCSF receives grant to fight cervical cancer
...ing, by the year 2010, disparities inhealth status experienced by racial and ethnic minority populations. "Vietnamese-American women have the highest cervical cancer incidence rate ofany ethnic group in the United States," according to Stephen McPhee, MD, UCSFprofessor of medicine and principal investigator of t......ale rat pups whose mothers received genistein also experienced early onset of puberty. Normal puberty in a rat life cycle begins about two weeks after weaning. "Whatever the clocks are in the brain that control the timing of puberty appear to have been advanced by a couple of days, which is highly significant in...American Heart Association updates 'mini stroke' guidelines
...edictors of future strokes. An individual who has experienced a TIA is about 10 times more likely to suffer a major stroke than someone who has not. The significant medical and surgical advances over the past five years that led to the updated guidelines are: New antiplatelet agents. These "blood thinne...Pets can tame high blood pressure
...pressure. They found that those with a pet nearby experienced half the increase in blood pressure under stress as those who did not own a pet, says the study's lead author Karen M. Allen, Ph.D., a research scientist in medicine at the State University of New York at Buffalo."These results are dramatic and signi......n of heart disease based on the symptoms the women experienced while performing their household tasks. She tried out her Household Activities Scale on 30 women ages 39 to 85 with angina -- chest pain caused when the heart cannot get enough oxygen-rich blood. Angina is often an indication that fatty plaque depos...New treadmill 'scores' may help physicians better diagnose heart disease
...cting studies and performing angiography), 48 less experienced cardiologists and 50 internists. All were chosen at random and asked to estimate whether the probability of coronary artery disease was high, intermediate or low, and estimate probability from 0 to 100 percent. Froelicher and his fellow researcher...New drug shows promise for saving lives from heart failure
...ailure. Only 16 patients in the omapatrilat group experienced any of these adverse events, while 29 did in the lisinopril group. Rouleau says the study is encouraging because although a number of treatments for congestive heart failure have been developed, "death is still very high." The condition kills over...Study examined switching rates between Allegra® (fexofenadine HCl) and Claritin®
...115). Additionally, patients who received Allegra experienced significantly less interference with sleep and daily activities than patients who received placebo (P0.0014). Twice-daily doses of 60 mg or greater were most effective. Adverse events occurred with similar incidence in all treatment groups, with no...... found that twice as many placebo-treated patients experienced a relapse of their depression versus those who continued treatment with the antidepressant Remeron (mirtazapine). Additional data presented at the meeting demonstrated that mirtazapine, a dual-action antidepressant, relieves depression more quickly ...Drug combination shows potent punch against HIV in children
...side effects were uncommon, although some children experienced rashes or diarrhea. Although in the past few years, combinations of anti-HIV drugs have shown considerable progress in suppressing the AIDS virus in adults, consistent results were more difficult to achieve in children. Furthermore, compared to ad...Colorado most dangerous state in nation for avalanche fatalities
...e between the ages of 20-29. About 75 percent are experienced backcountry recreationists. Climbers, backcountry skiers and snowmobilers are by far the most likely to be involved in an avalanche. * A coarse, grainy form of snow crystal known as "depth hoar" is often the culprit underlying avalanches. Be...People from large families may have greater risk of Alzheimer's
...he case. But many farming families during this era experienced economic difficulties and left their farms for jobs in the city. We weren't able to separate out those who grew up on successful farms and those who came from families that lost their farms, so we weren't fully able to test that hypothesis." ...The silent time bomb: divorce, health care and the baby boom generation
...ial help than divorced parents. Parents who have experienced multiple marriages make significantly smaller financial contributions to their children and are less likely to receive informal care back. They also hire more help. Unmarried biological children give more time and money to parents than married biol......ared to the untreated mice. The treated mice also experienced drops in their levels of triglycerides. ApoE sits on the surface of fat particles that circulate in the blood, including cholesterol and triglycerides. It binds to cells in the liver, which can then rid the body of the fats. High blood cholesterol ...