Study Says Machine Sensors Applicable To Human Ills
... other technologydeveloped to monitor machines and prevent system failures can and oughtto be used to prevent sudden cardiac death and broken bones due to osteoporosis,say researchers at Penn State's Applied Re...Use Of Surfectant Therapy Widens Gap In Death Rate Of Black And White Newborns
...atal care. Overall, the researchers said trying to prevent premature births isthe most effective way to save babies. Hamvas suggested that understandingthe causes of pre-term labor, preventing teenage pregnancy, and improvingaccess to prenatal care and education programs may help reduce prematurebirths and d...Partial Liquid Breathing Improves Lung Function, Chances of Survival in Sick Preemies
... greatly improve the patient's outcome and perhaps prevent chronic lung disease." The pilot study involved 13 infants born between 24-34 weeks of gestation. All had failed to respond to conventional therapy and were at risk of dying. Carbon-dioxide levels improved in all patients while on PLV and lung fu...Study Shows Major Savings In Supervising TB Care
...nventional therapy, save 240 additional lives, and prevent 2,400 relaspes, including 100 with drug-resistant TB. "Many doctors and health departments have felt that DOT is too expensive because of the cost of hiring nurses to monitor each patient's treatment. We have shown that not using DOT is even more exp...KUMC Researchers Announce Breakthrough Method For Predicting Epileptic Seizures
...implant a device in a patient's brain to sense and prevent an oncoming seizure. One possibility would be a de...le to implant a 'smart device' that could actually prevent seizuresfrom occurring." Osorio said the algorithm used in the epilepsy center has successfu...Routine Dental X-ray May Be A Valuable Tool In Stroke Prevention
...ome the new first line of defense in the battle to prevent stroke. Dental researchers in the University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine are the first to show, in a general population, that a standard dental X-ray taken on new patients to establish a baseline picture of dental health also can dete......to resist riding with a drinkingdriver and to help prevent their friends from driving afterdrinking." Some of the antecedent interventions (primary preventionstrategies that attempt to influence behaviors before they occur)used were: awareness campaigns, education, peer pressure, parentalinvolvement and..."Super Aspirin" Holds Long-Term Benefits For Some Patients Who Undergo Balloon Angioplasty
...terization laboratory before an angioplasty can prevent platelets from sticking to arterial walls and reclogging vessels after the procedure. Results of a multicenter study published in the August 13 issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) demonstrate a favorable effe...Studies Find Public Policies For Children And Teenagers Not Very Effective
...blic policy, but for the mostpart it has failed to prevent harm. Three studies examining theshortcomings of Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.), school-based sex education programs and the Children's Television Act(CTA) will be presented at the American Psychological Association's(APA) 105th Annual Co...'Bathtub' Equation Aids Diabetes Research
...n-producing betacells and another that may help to prevent the disease by smoothing outfluc-tuations in the blood sugar level. Finegood is optimistic about the progress of diabetes research. "I'msometimes shocked at how much we know about some things and how little weknow about certain simple things," she sa...Cattle: Latest Weapon In The War On Cancer?
...cattle cartilage shown by internationalresearch to prevent a cancer from developing a blood supply and spreadinground the body. In the process they hope to add a valuable new product to Australia's$4 billion cattle and meat industry. "Overseas scientists have demonstrated that certain extracts ofshark cart...Cardiovascular Costs, Deaths Projected To Rise In 1998
...look at causes, or riskfactors, and we must act to prevent disease. We need to understand, for example,that there are several major, but controllable risk factors. These includesmoking and being overweight or obese." The good news about tobacco use is that, compared with 1965 when 42.3percent of the...Researchers Finding May Boost Effectiveness Of Anti-HIV Drugs
...he virusthat causes AIDS by acting as a barrier to prevent the newest medications fromreaching the virus, Van...lymphocytes andkill the virus," Kim said. "Pgp may prevent enough of the drug from getting intothe bloodstream, and that may explain some of the drug failures....Organ Rejection Drug Also Shows Promise For The Treatment Of Kidney Disease
...ohns Hopkins evaluation of a drug commonly used to prevent rejection ofkidneytransplants has found that it also may help patients with severe symptoms ofkidney disease. After taking the immunosuppressive drug mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) for afewmonths, some patients showed dramatic improvement even whe...Bi-Monthly Boosts Of Aspirin Benefit Heart
...ion with Marcus' laboratory. Aspirin helps prevent heart attacks and strokes by blocking thegeneration of thromboxane, a chemical produced by blood platelets. Thesedisk-shaped blood components accumulate at sites of vascular injury, such asatherosclerotic plaque, and contribute to clot formation. I...... injury by stablizing cell membranes longenough to prevent large-scale brain cell damage after stroke. The clinical trial, involving nearly 400 patients in 33 centers nationwide,showed no statistically significant difference in five areas--including fullrecovery and mortality rates, neurological and cognit......d to listen very closely and learn to do things to prevent astroke," he says. In their two-phase study, the researchers assessed public knowledge ofstroke by randomly sampling 1,314 people by telephone in the cities ofBloomington and Normal in central Illinois. The survey consisted of anopen-ended ......y'sinflammatory response through steroids, you may prevent or significantlyminimize the lung toxicity," Folz said. "Lung toxicity is one of the majorlimiting factors in choosing options for future therapy for these women." For example, many women who receive chemotherapy and BMT also receiveradia...Radon, Especially In Combination With Smoking, Contributes To Lung Cancer Deaths
...Health, Baltimore. "Reducing radon in homes could prevent some lung cancers in this country. In fact, radon reduction may benefit smokers more than non-smokers because of the strong combined effects of smoking and radon." The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recommends that radon levels i......at help form clots. Blood clots normally form to prevent blood loss whenblood vessels are cut or damaged. ...irectly may affect epinephrine -- and thereby help prevent theformation of dangerous blood clots, says the study's lead author, WarrenLockett, M.D., professor ...