Laser Offers Hope For Heart Patients With No Alternatives
...channels. It could be that when oxygen-rich blood reaches heart musclestarved for oxygen, growth factors are released that encourage the ingrowthof capillaries. "In the laboratory, we are examining why the capillaries grow intothe channels," Lowe said. "It could be that the addition of certaingrow...Studies Look At Threshold Effect Of Cholesterol-Lowering "Statin" Drugs
...aper off, indicating a "threshold" effect when LDL reaches 125 mg/dL, according to Frank M. Sacks, M.D., associate professor of medicine, and other researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston. Another report in the same issue however suggested continued benefit down to a le...How Can Parents Treat Colic In Their Babies?
...ition which is usually resolved by the time a baby reaches three or four months, however the condition can cause a great deal of distress for the family. The cause of colic is still far from clear, but several biological and social factors have been suggested, such as an allergy to cows' milk. In this week'...Brain Tumor Treatment In Multicenter Tests
...y eroding in the shower. "Thedrug within the wafer reaches the surface and is released into the brain. Butthe drug that's inside the 'bar of soap' is protected; the water can't get inand deactivate it." The polymer package for the chemotherapy wafer was initially developed inthe 1980s at M.I.T. by Dr. ...States Must Be Held Accountable For New Health Plans For Children
... number of childrenenrolled in Medicaid, which now reaches a quarter of all children in the UnitedStates. The committee's examination of the relationship between insurance coverage andhealth revealed that uninsured children are more likely to be sick as newborns,less likely to be immunized as preschoolers, a...Tiny Pellets Could Deliver Alzheimer's Drugs
...y little of a dose, perhaps less than 0.1 percent, reaches the brain, and that amount goes all over the brain." Because NGF, which is a water-soluble protein, penetrates slowly through capillaries in the brain, very little arrives at the target tissues. The researcher, together with Cornell graduate studen...Magnetic Hearing Aid Could Open New "Window" For Hearing Impaired
...ting sound waves matching those of the voice as it reaches the ear. What ultimately reaches the brain and what the user actually hears is the neteffect of combining the natural sound patterns ...Medication Offers Hope For Relief From Burning Mouth Pain
...The burning pain begins bylate morning and usually reaches peak intensity by evening, which makes falling asleep difficult yetdoesn't awaken the patient during the night. Grushka's study tested the effect of clonazepam, a form of benzodiazepine that is often used ananticonvulsant. Her sample consisted of 30 ......ld to control, only a very small amountof the drug reaches the lungs. "It's a challenge for children less than threeyears old," says Stanley J. Szefler, M.D., director of Clinical Pharmacology atNational Jewish. Dr. Szefler's editorial accompanies an article about a new glucocorticoidclinical trial, which ap...Magnetic Surgery System Tested Successfully On First Patient
...ocess takes less than 5 minutes. Once the catheter reaches the lesion, the guidewire is withdrawn, leaving thecatheter in place. A highly flexible biopsy tool is inserted, the biopsy istaken and the catheter is removed. "Our Magnetic Surgery System represents the first true interventionalworkstati...UK Faculty Members Find Way To Speed Response Of Viagra
...uble in water andbecomes even less soluble when it reaches the small intestine where it isabsorbed by the blood, Dittert said. The advantage of the intranasal route is the drug is transferred directly intothe blood without being exposed to the alkaline intestinal fluids. UK researchersalso have made the acti......ifts of more compassionate caregiving. As the book reaches the present day, Risse offers a chapter chronicling thesuperb skill, insight and persistence of the pioneers in the field of organtransplantation. He follows three young women as they prepare for and recoverfrom kidney transplants at the leading cent...Balloon Procedure In The Brain? Longest Follow-Up To Date Shows Good Results
...threaded through a bloodvessel. When the catheter reaches the area of blockage, the balloon isinflated, compressing atherosclerotic plaque, or fatty build-up, against thevessel lining and opening a wider channel for blood flow. Although angioplasty has a high technical success rate, it still carries risks. ...Sniffing Out The Promise Of Anti-Angiogenesis Therapy
...lops. But IM862's effect on blood vessel formation reaches even further. Gill and hiscolleagues found that when chicken allantoic membrane was exposed to IM862 (thevessel-rich embryonic membrane is a standard tool for testing anti-angiogenicactivity), blood vessel formation was blocked. Later they found that...Ordinary Touches Multiply Into Severe Pain For Fibromyalgia Patients
...ling and unbearable pain. "When a sensation signal reaches the spinal cord, the signal can be omitted,changed or augmented," Staud said. "If it is augmented, then something thatis innocuous, such as pressure on the skin, can then be perceived as apainful stimulus." Jessica LeMay, one of Staud's patients, ha...Female hormones don't cause overeating and weight gain
...the natural production of the hormone progesterone reaches a peak justbefore the onset of menstruation. Following the administration of either thecontraceptive or a placebo, the women repeated the three-day eating and testingsessions at the Food Lab at two-week intervals for two more menstrual cycles. ...Oxygen reduces effects of retinal detachment
...ygen) would enhance photoreceptor survival. Oxygen reaches theouter retina specifically and rapidly when inhaled levels are supplemented." "Further, oxygen is readily available in most clinical settings andthere is much expertise and experience in its administration in cardiac andrespiratory disease...Revived drug prevents malaria, skirts drug resistance
...oint in its life cyclefrom other drugs -- one that reaches the parasite sooner," says Theresa A.Shapiro, M.D., Ph.D., the clinical pharmacologist who led the Hopkins team. Further, pairing atovaquone with proguanil, an older malaria-fighting drug,"should greatly raise our chances of preventing malaria while ...Mouse provides clues about chronic pain
...ate receptors. However, when excessive information reaches these synapses between nerve cells, normally-dormant NMDA receptors can be activated, and a series of intracellular signaling molecules can be triggered. This cascade of events leads to long-lasting changes in the way neurons communicate and can lead...Breast cancer risk lower than women think; statistics by age, ethnicity give more realistic picture
...breast cancer (or dying of other causes) until she reaches that particular age, Morris says in the paper. Several studies have shown that women generally overestimate their risk of developing breast cancer. Even women who are counseled or educated on breast cancer may still misinterpret the 1-in-9 statisti...