Infant pain may have long-term effects
...In humans, premature infants who were exposed to - multiple noxious stimuli- inthe neonatal intensive care unit were less sensitive and responsive to everydaypain at 18 months of age. In another study, full-term circumcised boys reactedmore strongly than uncircumcised boys to the pain of a routine vaccinatio...13 lifelines successfully used in unique umbilical cord blood transplant into ailing adult
... Gryn and Mr. Giordano in May of1999 that trying a multiple collection cord blood "cocktail" typed only by bloodgroup was the patient's last chance for recovery. The transplants were performedat the Cancer Center of Southern New Jersey....A leading cause of blindness may be controlled by simple course of oral antibiotic
... the higher costs ofdistributing and administering multiple doses of the ointment. Treatment with antibiotics is one of several steps in a comprehensive trachomacontrol strategy called SAFE: Surgery for advanced disease; Antibiotics to treatand prevent infections; Face washing and good personal hygiene; a...A leading cause of preventable blindness may be controlled by simple course of oral antibiotic
...the higher costs of distributing and administering multiple doses ofthe ointment," added Schachter, who also is director of the UCSF ChlamydiaResearch Laboratory at San Francisco General Hospital Medical Center.Study findings are reported in the August 21st issue of the British medicaljournal, The Lancet. Res...Double transplant frees patient from need for immunosuppressive drugs
...e as a result of a cancer of thebone marrow called multiple myleoma, received both a kidney transplant and bon...educed levels of red cells andplatelets, tumors at multiple sites around the body (hence multiple myeloma),kidney or heart failure, or life-threatening infectio...... different pills. In addition, she hashad repeated multiple joint injections, up to 29 injections at a time, andalready has had to have the lining of one of her hip joints removed due to thearthritis. "Mollie's condition has required increasingly aggressive therapy. Inspite of these treatments Mollie ...Alcohol researchers identify new medication that lessens relapse risk
...ing severity. "Alcohol consumption is mediated by multiple neurotransmitters andneuromodulators, including nonopioid systems, so that an opioid antagonist alonewould not necessarily eliminate alcohol drinking in all alcohol dependentpersons," said Dr. Mason. "But any agent that can reduce relapse would be au...OSU Medical Center uses robotic heart surgery technique
... using a tiny camera with multiple lenses inserted into the patient's chest, providing a three-dimensional image of the heart. The surgeon, at a nearby computer workstation, watches through a viewport to see in...College football players who sustain multiple concussions are at riskfor a decline in long-term ...isting learning disability (LD) who have sustained multiple concussionsappear to have an even higher risk of permanent injury, according to an articlein the Sep...Cedars-Sinai Comprehensive Cancer Center adds new dimension in radiation treatment
...sues, but the tumor isbombarded by radiation from multiple directions. Critical structures, such asthe brain stem and optic nerves, are protected from exposure. The Radionics® ConforMAX Mini-Multileaf Collimator (mMLC(tm)), approved for useby the Food and Drug Administration earlier this year, is a devic...... over 40 percent ofpatients with severe attacks of multiple sclerosis and related diseases thatcause inflammation and myelin destruction in the brain and spinal cord. Theresults of the study are being announced at the 1999 joint meeting of theEuropean and America's Committees for Treatment and Research in MS...Keep taking the medicine, diabetes research warns
...ndividuals with type 2 diabetes frequently develop multiple complications, which can lead to blindness, amputation or cardiovascular problems. The risk of heart disease is increased 24 times in people with diabetes. (2) In the research reported today, investigators looked at records of 1.9 million patient vi...New alternative medicine center opens at OHSU
...loba, fatty acids andvitamin E in the treatment of multiple sclerosis. In another separate study,ginkgo biloba... itsbenefits for seniors and people diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. The fourthproject will focus on the use of vitamin E and ginkgo biloba in treating theeff...Gene responsible for cerebral venous abnormalities found
...life. "This project nicely illustrates how multiple scientific areas can bebrought to bear to facilitate studies in human genetics," said Dr. Eric Green, aNational Human Genome Research Institute scientist who specializes in mappingand sequencing chromosome 7. The Human Genome Project, which is deciph...New nasal obstruction procedure offers cheaper, pain-free alternative to surgery
...ted uvulo palatoplasty - ispopular but can require multiple treatments and mild anesthesia and can bepainful. Uvulo palatoplasty - but done with electrocautery rather than lasers -is less expensive. Medical insurance generally covers somnoplasty to treat nasalobstruction; because the procedure is new,...New model suggests that AIDS drugs may not abolish HIV infection
...smittedfrom infected to uninfected CD4+ T cells in multiple localized bursts inlymphoid tissue. The rapid decline in HIV levels that occurs within the firsttwo weeks of the initiation of antiretroviral therapy, they propose, is due tothe rapid but incomplete inhibition of viral replication by anti-HIV drugs....NIAID spearheads collaborative network for clinical research on immune tolerance
...atic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis, andwill pursue better ways to measure immune tolerance in humans. Eventually, thenetwork will expand into clinical trials in immune modulation to treat asthmaand allergic diseases as well. Researchers have long sought ways to improve the ...Myc's cancer-causing joy ride more reckless than previously believed
...inside a cell, discovering in the early 1980s that multiple geneticchanges are necessary for a cell to become cancerous. Much of his work has beendone at the Imperial Cancer Research Fund in London, where Land did researchbefore coming to the University this year. Also contributing to the project rese...Researchers discover potential new approach to treating cystic fibrosis
...fibrosis is caused by a defective gene thataffects multiple aspects of cellular function. The most debilitatingconsequence of the disease occurs in the lungs of cystic fibrosis patients,where abnormally thick, sticky mucus clogs the airways, leading to fatal lunginfections. Alvarez and Freedman are ...