Guideline: Early treatment for Guillain-Barr syndrome may speed recovery
...enefit from combining IVIg and plasma exchange, or performing one treatment after the other. Another treatment, corticosteroids, or cortisone, was not found to be beneficial and is not recommended in the treatment of Guillain-Barr patients....Most adult survivors of childhood cancer consider themselves in good health
...y than leukemia survivors to report limitations in performing daily activities and pain as a result of the cancer or its treatment. Adult CNS-tumor survivors were more likely to report functional problems and lower general health status. Treatment for bone and CNS tumors typically involves intensive surgery, r...High blood pressure does not accelerate age-related cognitive decline
...ure does not accelerate the age-related decline in performing certain mental tasks. Furthermore, the researchers...asing age was associated with specific deficits in performing search tasks above and beyond what would have been expected, whereas increasing blood pressure was n...Damage to the frontal lobes can affect a person's ability to 'stay on the job'
...light on why brain injury patients have difficulty performing tasks consistently -- a necessary requirement for ...y life. The one area that may give them trouble -- performing consistently on tasks, both within a task and at different times -- may be the most difficult and nu...Monkeys consciously control a robot arm using only brain signals
...inary studies of human subjects, in which they are performing analysis of brain signals to determine whether those signals correlate with those seen in the animal models. They are also exploring techniques to increase the longevity of the electrodes beyond the two years they have currently achieved in animal st...Investigational drug may protect cancer and AIDS patients from side effects of pain relief therapy
...to develop the compound, testing it in animals and performing the initial human safety trials and clinical studies in volunteers and patients. Since then, the potential uses have multiplied. They now include treatments of post-operative ileus (a temporary loss of the normal contractile movements of the intesti...Study suggests common use of investigational breast cancer test
A new study suggests that surgeons are routinely performing an investigational procedure called sentinel node biopsy (SNB) on women with early-stage breast cancer, which the investigators say may be affecting the accrual and generalizability of ongoing trials of the procedure. The findings appear in the Octob...Researchers fly away from gravity on the 35th ESA Parabolic Flight Campaign
...mselves. Students from the Centre's Space Camp are performing a variety of experiments designed to clearly show the effects of weightlessness on everyday objects. "We're recording the results on ESA 3D cameras," says Centre teacher Pierre-Emmanuel Paulis. "We will put them on display at the Centre as soon as p...Aortic aneurysm death risk hinges on choice of surgeon, study finds
...geon or a hospital with a high level of experience performing the tricky procedure. These conclusions come from a new study by researchers from the University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center and published in the October issue of the Journal of Vascular Surgery. It's the first comprehensive national analysis o...Poorer performing Philadelphia schools have more undiagnosed asthma, Jefferson study finds
...ers at Jefferson Medical College shows that poorer performing schools in the Philadelphia School District have h... to run nearly one-half of its lowest academically performing schools. In earlier research, Dr. Mangione and his co-workers had studied inner-city schools in Phi...Tobacco use common in schools demonstrating poor academic performance
...ty children attending a district's lowest academic performing schools had a higher rate of tobacco exposure and ...), while 721 students attended the lowest academic performing schools in the PSD managed by the private organization, Edison, Inc. Overall, 23.7 percent of PSD c...University of Pittsburgh receives grant for research on cancer and aging
...vely. Our program will address these challenges by performing laboratory and clinical research studies on the effects of aging on cancer development and progression; developing ways to characterize the nature, severity and likely effects of other health problems on cancer treatment and the ability to cope with ...Exercise has a more powerful impact on the brain than previously thought
...training in the frail elderly, who have difficulty performing traditional strength training, and in patients recovering from certain neuromuscular disorders, such as stroke. In addition, they will attempt to determine the neural mechanisms that mediate mental training-induced strength improvements -- which area...Sound helps augment poor vision for some tasks
... in neuroscience that if one sensory system isn't performing well, the brain can use information from other senses. "For a long time, neuroscientists have thought of the brain as having areas for vision, areas for hearing and areas for touch. Now, we're starting to learn that the areas talk to one another and...Big cut in heart failure problems from one hour of education
...luid intake restrictions, recording daily weights, performing regular exercise and monitoring changes in symptoms. "We have so many treatments and strategies that have been shown to help people with heart failure live longer and better, but we know many patients don't adhere to them once they go home," says Tod...Procedure cures atrial fibrillation
...lectrical signals. Of the few centers in the world performing catheter ablation, the U-M may be one of the most ...e U-M team has welcomed many doctors to watch them performing the technique in Michigan. Oral and Fred Morady, M.D., the U-M cardiologist who is senior author on...One in four patients at risk if surgery delayed after failed angioplasty
...ficant health care issue, especially if the center performing the angioplasties places the financial benefits of the popular and profitable procedure ahead of patient safety. The results of the analysis were presented today (Nov. 12, 2003) at the 76th annual scientific session of the American Heart Association ...Key feature of HeartMate II heart assist device developed at University of Pittsburgh
...burgh has worked closely with the three companies, performing a large portion of the research and development. As an axial flow device, HeartMate II produces no pulsatile action; patients being supported by the device have only minimal pulse. Weighing 12 ounces and approximately 1.5 inches in diameter and 2.5 i...Physical activity key to maintaining independence say University of Pittsburgh researchers
...about the amount of difficulty participants had in performing activities of daily living including eating, dressing, doing housework, walking several blocks and climbing stairs. Functional status was objectively measured using a seven-item Physical Performance Test (PPT) in which participants were asked to writ...Physical activity in later years helps women preserve functional abilities
...years function better and have fewer problems with performing basic daily activities, according to an article in...ed in 1999 using questionnaires about difficulties performing activities of daily living (eating, dressing, bathing, mobility, etc.). The researchers found that p...