Stanford patient is first to test new treatment for peripheral arterial disease
...ocked, confirming that her troubles were caused by peripheral arterial disease, or PAD - a condition in which ar...dy. "We're hoping to translate that success to the peripheral circulation, especially in the legs where blockages can be disabling." Peripheral arterial disease a...Brain imaging studies investigate pain reduction by hypnosis
...ke a relay system with an input pain signal from a peripheral nerve going to the spinal cord where the information is processed and passed on to the brain stem. From there the signal goes to the mid-brain region and finally into the cortical brain region that deals with conscious perception of external stimuli ...Study shows faces are processed like words
... great deal of difficulty identifying out of their peripheral vision the letter and the characteristics of the lips. Pelli concludes that context hinders identification and crowds what is to be identified. In a second experiment, the observers were presented with a context that proved to make recognition easie...News tips from the Journal of Neuroscience
...AT3 pathway appears to be growth-promoting after a peripheral nerve injury....Full-body MRI shows promise for screening, but should stay in research area for now, study says
...bited signs of atherosclerotic disease and 12% had peripheral vascular disease. Twelve colon polyps, nine pulmonary lesions, two cerebral infarctions and one myocardial infarction were also discovered. In addition, 29% of the examinations revealed relevant additional findings in nontargeted organs. Full-body MR...Telemedicine is healthcare's new frontier
... diagnosis and therapeutic care delivery and allow peripheral and primary healthcare providers to receive continuous assistance from specialised centres. The European Space Agency has decided to prepare the ground for a Telemedicine Programme to be presented at the next ESA Ministerial Conference. This is in re...Clinical trial of Etanercept for Wegener's disease shows no benefit
...re, hearing loss, damage to the respiratory tract, peripheral nerve injury, and other complications, according to Stone. Etanercept, the first of a class of drugs called tumor necrosis factor inhibitors approved by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, is also known to...Stem cells given in minimally invasive procedure improve heart function
...array of heart failure patients and for those with peripheral vascular disease. In addition to Dr. Patel, co-authors of the current research include Federico Benetti, M.D., and Luis Geffner, M.D., of the Benetti Foundation in Rosario, Argentina; Roberto Paganini, M.D. and Daniel Brusich, M.D., of Asociacion Es...Case definition for polyneuropathy developed to standardize research
...ed, since they are objective and validate tests of peripheral nerve function. Electrodiagnostic studies should not be used alone to make the diagnosis because their sensitivity and specificity are not perfect. The case definition will be available for downloading on January 25 at www.aan.com/professionals/prac...JCI table of contents, January 20 2005
... TITLE: An affinity/avidity model of peripheral T cell regulation. AUTHOR CONTACT:Hong Jiang Department of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA. Phone: 212-305-9988; Fax: 212-305-4943; E-mail: hj4@columbia.edu . View the PDF of this article at: ht...Macular degeneration patients benefit from self-management training
..., the AMD patient loses central vision but retains peripheral vision. For this study, 231 volunteers ranging in age from 60 to 99, all with advanced AMD, were randomly assigned to either the self-management group, a group that listened to lectures on tape, and a group that was placed on a waiting list but rece...Orqis receives FDA approval to expand clinical trial of Cancion CRS therapy to 40 centers
...s on the novel use of a blood pump and proprietary peripheral access to the circulatory system. The Cancion CRS increases blood flow in the descending aorta without taking over the function of the heart, without requiring synchronization of the heart, and without ever touching the heart. It is being ...FDA approves Pfizer's Lyrica for the treatment of the two most common forms of neuropathic pain
...ement of neuropathic pain associated with diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) and postherpetic neuralgia (PHN)....placebo included dizziness, somnolence, dry mouth, peripheral edema, blurred vision, weight gain and difficulty with concentration/attention. The discontinuation ...Workers with carpal tunnel find relief with night-time splinting
...ing. Splinting, Werner says, reduces stress on the peripheral nerve in the wrist, allowing it to heal and avoids awkward wrist positions as a person sleeps. It is not recommended for active day-time use when workers are active because it may cause additional strain on the wrist. To determine the effectiveness ...Triple-drug therapy promising against African HIV subtype
...in part by plasma HIV RNA levels and the number of peripheral blood CD4 cells, which help to orchestrate immune responses. After three months, 94 percent of the TB group and 80 percent of the Kaposi group had undetectable HIV RNA levels--rates equivalent to or better than those in studies involving Western pati...Kinder, gentler procedure gives superior results for stem cell transplants
...t's bone marrow with stem cells from donor marrow, peripheral blood or umbilical cord blood, the procedure allows early recovery of immune function, nearly eliminates transplant rejection, and decreases the incidence and severity of "graft vs. host disease," a common complication in transplants. Termed a "redu...Got heart disease? The answer may be in your fingertips
...chers investigated the value of reactive hyperemia peripheral arterial tonometry (RH-PAT) by using a fingertip probe to assess the relationship between dysfunction in the heart region and dysfunction in extremities. Through invasive testing in the catheterization lab of the 94 patients participating, the team ...Nerve damage from alcoholism reversed after liver transplantation
...atient with alcoholic liver disease complicated by peripheral neuropathy (nerve damage affecting the arms and le...g the transplant. "We initially considered the peripheral neuropathy in our patient to be a contraindication to OLT [orthotopic liver transplantation] due to ...American Thoracic Socety journal news tips for December 2004 (first issue)
...verse side effect of bosentan treatment, including peripheral edema, headache, abnormal liver function, muscle cramps, fluid retention, and vomiting. Although 15 of the 16 patients were taking hepatotoxic antiretroviral therapies and 4 patients were co-infected with chronic hepatitis B and C, only 2 or 16 were...University of Utah study suggests cellular waste to blame for a form of blinding eye disease
...ease progresses, they eventually lose all of their peripheral vision and a significant portion of their central vision. Photoreceptor cells (known as rods and cones) are located in the eye's retina and are responsible for converting light into electrical impulses for transmitting messages to the br...