Laughter helps blood vessels function better
... Prior to seeing a movie, the volunteers fasted overnight and were given a baseline blood vessel reactivity test to measure what is known as flow-mediated vasodilation. For that test, blood flow in the brachial artery in the arm was restricted by a blood pressure cuff and released. An ultrasound device then...Assessing obstructive sleep apnea syndrome in snorers
CHICAGO An overnight sleep test is required to distinguish ordinary sno...ygen saturation and airflow or polysomnography, an overnight test to evaluate sleep disorders which includes simultaneous monitoring of a number of parameters in...Workers with carpal tunnel find relief with night-time splinting
...int that maintained the wrist in a neutral posture overnight and were instructed to wear the splint at night for a period of six weeks. This group, along with the remaining 49 participants, also viewed a 20-minute video on carpal tunnel syndrome and how to reduce ergonomic stressors at work and home. After th...MRI-guided ultrasound therapy relieves symptoms in patients with uterine fibroids
...this resolved itself quickly. One patient was kept overnight because she had a reaction to the sedation she was given, Dr. Gedroyc said. "There were several instances where patients had prolonged menstrual bleeding, but this was not any different than what they had experienced before the procedure so this was ...NIH launches new study to compare prostate surgery and drugs
...y, whereas TURP requires general anesthesia and an overnight hospital stay. As for drug therapy, a recently published large randomized study showed that a regimen of finasteride (Proscar) and the alpha-1 inhibitor doxazosin (Cardura) prevents progression of BPH in a significant percentage of symptomatic men a...Smoking affects same 'feel good' brain chemical system as heroin
...eased under baseline conditions, for example after overnight abstinence from smoking," says Scott. "We are specifically examining this possibility in ongoing studies." During the smoking of the de-nicotinized cigarettes, the smokers' brains started to show changes in opioid flow. But after they took a 20-minut...Breathing problems during sleep may affect mental development in infants and young children
... during sleep; or observed apneas during sleep. An overnight sleep test (polysomnogram) was also performed to objectively measure the severity of SDB. The study found that children with SDB symptoms scored lower on standard tests measuring executive function (attention and planning), memory, and general intell...Study compares overnight dialysis to treatment in centers
...ney disease, half randomized to six-times-per-week overnight home hemodialysis, and the other half getting the ..., the patient is on dialysis for six to nine hours overnight at home instead of three to five hours at a dialysis center. "The result of this longer time on di...Orthokeratology contact lenses cause permanent vision loss in children
SAN FRANCISCO--Children who wore contact lenses overnight as part of their orthokeratology regime developed ...Kong, said, "The general public must be aware that overnight OKL wear is non physiological. It may be associated with very serious and visually significant compl...Fat: It isnt always bad for the heart
...more growth factors." "The process wouldn't work overnight but with time they would produce needed blood vessels to supply oxygen to the heart or to the legs," said Dr. March. "Stromal cell treatment ideally would allow the bodies of individuals with impaired circulation to compensate in the same way as the ...Psychiatric study for cancer patients to measure psychoactive medication
...mushrooms". For each participant there will be two overnight admissions to the hospital. In one session you will be given a placebo and in the other you will get the active medication. Patients are not eligible for the study if they have: central nervous system (CNS) cancers kidney disease diabetes a...Trouble sleeping in the hospital? Maybe it's that jackhammer
...ngs was taken when two nurses volunteered to sleep overnight in a semiprivate room, with equipment and monitors...a 50 percent drop in sound intensity.) The average overnight noise level was reduced from 45 decibels originally to 42 decibels after the changes. Nearly two-thi...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for February 2004 (first issue)
...tom. In addition, the treatment reduced levels of overnight urinary norepinephrine (a heart stimulant) and improved the patients' quality of life. It did not reduce either dyspnea (severe breathlessness which is a serious handicap in CHF) or exercise capacity. The investigators point out that the improvemen...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for January 2004 (second issue)
...d breathing is hard to diagnose, except through an overnight sleep test. This experience imposes a substantial burden on the child and his or her parents, according to the researchers. The non-invasive procedure studied permits the evaluation of a cross-sectional area of the upper airway as a function of the...Potential genetic links discovered between metabolic syndrome, diabetes and cardiovascular disease
...for CS. The diagnostic strategy involved the 1-mg overnight dexamethasone suppression test (DST), using a revised criterion for cortisol suppression, which maximized sensitivity to the procedure. This more sensitive test identified patients who would not have tested positive for CS using standard tests. ...Top-ups of naturally occurring gut hormone could help treat obesity
...lind, placebo controlled crossover study. After an overnight fast subjects attended the Hammersmith Hospital Sir John McMichael Research Centre at 8.30 am. They were then given a ninety minute infusion (placed on an intravenous drip) of either PYY3-36 or placebo (a saline solution). Two hours after the end of ...Scientists formulate a heat wave survival guide
...ategy is to leave sash windows in the mid-position overnight providing it's safe to do so. The cool external air flushes the warm air out of the room and also cools the walls, floor and ceiling. The cool walls then absorb heat the following day and prevent the internal temperatures from rising as high," he ad...Breastfeeding rates unaffected by changes in hospital length of stay
...th Care implemented a program calling for a single overnight stay in the hospital following uncomplicated vaginal delivery. Then in 1996, the Massachusetts legislature (as part of a public backlash against what were termed drive-through deliveries) passed a 48-hour coverage mandate. The short-stay program of...UK researchers develop novel treatment for fibroids
..." Only one of the 66 patients remained in hospital overnight (because she lived alone). None required readmission. All were given simple painkillers to take home and none required additional analgesia. Three needed antibiotics for urinary tract infections and two had minor skin burns, but these did not need ad...'Power nap' prevents burnout; morning sleep perfects a skill
...everses information overload and that a 20 percent overnight improvement in learning a motor skill is largely t... Previous studies by the Harvard group have traced overnight memory consolidation and improvement on the same perceptual task to amounts of slow wave sleep in th...