A Trip To The Dentist Could Cause Symptoms In Asthmatic Kids
...child blew into a spirometer, a machine used to measure the volume of air in a lung. The researchers took spirometer readings before, immediately after and 30 minutes after dental treatment. They also recorded any asthma-related symptoms that occurred before, during or after treatment. ...New approach supercharges immunotherapy
...effectiveness but todetermine the optimal dose and measure toxicity -- involved patients withadvanced or recurrent lymphoma who had not responded to prior chemotherapy.Although patients in phase-1 studies like this rarely have a lasting recovery,several of those enrolled in this trial have experienced notewo...Thymus May Hold Clue To Rebuilding Immune System After HIV
...RT or cancer treatment. "Now that we have a way to measure thymus output, we will be able to testtherapies that will increase T-cell production," Koup said. The other researchers involved in the study are: Dr. Philip Keiser, internalmedicine assistant professor; Dr. Richard McFarland, pathology technical st...... cells. Brodie andPatterson developed a method to measure the number of HIV-1 infected CD4 and Tcells circulating in the blood and showed that when high numbers of CTLs werepresent the number of HIV-1 expressing cells in the blood markedly decreased.These techniques confirm that CD8+ CTLs directed at HIV-1 ...Ultrasonography Predicts Heart Attack/Stroke Risk
...lar disease symptoms. The test was used to measure the thickness of the walls of two arteriesin the n....2 years. Scientists used ultrasound to measure the thickness of walls in thecommon and internal carotid arteries. The measures assessed patients' ...... internal carotid arteries of the neck -- a direct measure ofatherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries) -- was associated with increasedrate of heart attack and stroke. Gregory L. Burke, M.D., principal investigator at the Wake ForestUniversity Baptist Medical Center for the Cardiovascular Health ...Factors Other Than Race Explain Whether Men In Study Had Health Insurance And Received Health Care
...that race and class, while oftencorrelated, do not measure the same thing, so that it is important forresearchers to be precise when using race as a variable in health services andepidemiologic research, emphasizing when racial differences truly exist asopposed to when the variable "race" is a surrogate for ...... the government's National Institute onAging -- to measure the costs and survival rates. Adjustments were made forabout 20 variables, including age and the health of the patient prior to havinga stroke or one of the other three health conditions. "Basically what we found is that, not surprisingly, ma...Statistician Keeps Health Researchers Ahead Of The Curve
... determine how the level of CD4 cells -- acritical measure of the strength of the body's immune system -- declined among400 gay men who were infected by HIV between 1984 and 1991. Wu was able to produce charts that will enable physicians to predict how quicklythese cells will decline. This information will h...An Ergonomically Redesigned Analgesia Delivery Device Proves Safer And More Efficient
.... Although subjective mental workload was the only measure that did not yield statistical significance, this result should be interpreted within the context of experience. Despite having less familiarity and experience with the new interface, nurses reported workload levels similar to that associated with th...Early Dental Exams For Children Can Avert Problems Posed By Bottled Water And "Bottle Caries"
...operly." Sealants are another effective preventive measure that parents can pursue toavoid cavities in their children's teeth. This clear "coating" can be applied tothe permanent back teeth, beginning with the six-year molars, which mostchildren get between ages five and seven, and, subsequently, to the 12-y...Infrared Thermometers A Good Alternative For Use On Newborns
...inally developed by NASA to measure the temperatures of distant stars and planets --seems to be taking the place of measuring temperatures with electronic thermometers, at least in the hospitalsetting. Efficiency is a...Breakthrough? Study Finds Dopamine Cannot Be Source Of Pleasure In Brain
..., this micro-sensor allows us for the firsttime to measure very small amounts of chemical messengers, or neurotransmitters,on a split-second time scale," Wightman said. "That was not possible before." Using their device coupled with electronic equipment, Wightman and hisstudents can record what hap...Neutron Research To Help In Treatment Of Cancer Patients
...are recent technologicaladditions that allow it to measure the speed and number of neutrons with newlevels of...rator laboratory. The culvert allowsresearchers to measure how long it takes neutrons to travel a certain distance. Using this technology, researchers ...Morning Coffee Boosts Blood Pressure, Stress Hormones All Day
... a range of moods and activities. "You can measure how caffeine affects people in the laboratory, but...rol group of women. Lane's next study will measure the effects of eliminating caffeine fromthe diets of people with high blood pressure. The goal is to...When It Comes To Heart Attacks, Size Apparently Does Matter
...he number of heart attacks may be the wrong way to measure adrug's effectiveness," says Dr. John Alexander, who prepared the results of hisanalysis for presentation Sunday at the annual scientific sessions of theAmerican College of Cardiology. "The fact that we may be able to reduce the size of myocardial i...National Pilot Study To Test Whether Soy Can Reduce Prostate Cancer Risk
...normal prostate biopsies, she said. The trial will measure theeffect of the soybean supplements on clinical markers -- such as changes in thePSA level and the size of the prostate -- and other signs of prostate cancerrisk. They'll also be measuring the effect of the soy protein on bloodpressure, hormone leve...... The researchers used photofluorescence as a measure of cancerousprogression. Photofluorescence is based on the propensity of Photofrin, alight-sensitive drug, to accumulate in cancer cells. When exposed to light,cells that are changing or are already cancerous will stand out from normalcells due to ...Slowing Excess Weight Gain In Childhood Appears To Reduce Adult Heart Disease Risk
...ndblood pressure. At age 23, blood was sampled to measure cholesterol andinsulin, a hormone that helps metab...se in both weight and body mass index -- arelative measure of fatness -- during childhood and adolescence correlated withhigher levels of cholesterol, insulin ...National Study Suggests Heart Attack Severity May Be Declining
...ease in severity. However, a different kind of measure based on enzymes in the blood that confirm heart attacks showed declining severity, despite the development of more sensitive measurements. A third kind of measure, based on whether patients had an abnormal pulse rate, or had an abnormally low ...