SIDS risk linked to lack of experience with tummy-sleeping
...rbon dioxide. A catheter taped beneath the babies' noses allowed monitoring of carbon dioxide levels. After four to five minutes of sleeping face down on this surface all 38 babies awoke and attempted to get fresher air. The babies with experience sleeping prone generally lifted and turned their heads to e...Mayo Clinic research shows common airborne fungi cause chronic stuffy nose
...responses to airborne fungi could cause the stuffy noses and airway inflammation among sufferers of chronic rhinosinusitis. These findings could one day lead to a new, longer-lasting treatment. "It's time to recognize there is a greater sensitivity to airborne fungi in some patients, and therefore we need...Vaccinating children protects adults as well
...cus bacteria can be found colonizing many people's noses and throats without causing infection. Why it suddenly invades the body and causes disease is unknown. A vaccine against pneumococcal disease has been available for adults and children over 2 years of age since the 1980s, but in 2000 a new vaccine...Tissue engineers steering stem cells to produce bone, cartilage
... that may one day be used to repair injured knees, noses and other body parts. In this method, doctors would inject a fluid filled with stem cells and nutrients into damaged tissue, then use light to harden the liquid into a stable gel. Although human testing remains years away, the researchers believe st...Day care centers incubate and spread antibiotic-resistant bacteria
...tant-antibiotic traits among these bacteria in the noses and throats of children in the day care environment. "Day care centers act as microenvironments that facilitate and promote selection, spread and transmission of antibiotic-resistant respiratory tract organisms in the community and should be seen as...Cranfield technology noses ahead
... identifies odours. It uses the same process human noses except odours are classified electronically, thereby avoiding human bias. The technology will dramatically reduce the diagnosis time for Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs). UTIs are second in incidence only to respiratory infections and rank first among...... undergone microscopicsurgery generally have their noses packed with gauze for several days and remainin the hospital for about five days. "About three years ago, I was doing all of these surgeries with the microscope,"said Dr. Shahinian. "Then I started taking an endoscope and, after doing theprocedure w...Electronic Nose Inspects Cheese, Hints At Human Sense Of Smell
...ly compare it to what human noses and taste buds have previously deemed ... fatigue." When electronic noses debuted commercially in 1995, the devices promised to test the quality of pro......ne study, even tiny goldparticles sprayed into the noses of monkeys were traced along the olfactorynerves a...he researchers gave half the animalsdrops in their noses over 30 minutes and injected the rest with NGF. They foundthat within an hour, a significant amount ...