Success of liver transplantation may be most influenced by three risk factors
...e years after transplant." The authors demonstrate similar findings for increasing donor age, cold ischemia time and urgent UNOS status on patient survival. "From these findings, we can develop preliminary models of pretransplant characteristics to help predict postransplant survival," the authors conclude. ...WISE study starts in Toulouse: 60 days of bed-rest for terrestrial female astronauts
...ys following the bed-rest period they will undergo similar tests for comparison with the baseline data. The WISE study is being conducted in two campaigns, with 12 volunteers in each. The second campaign starts in September. Volunteers can still apply. The data collected by WISE will be used to draw conclusi...Use of inhaled corticosteroid led to fewer hospitalizations for young children with asthma
...ulmicort Respules and how often they happened were similar to what was experienced with a non-medicated mist (placebo). These side effects included respiratory infection, runny nose, coughing, earache, viral infection, stomachache, oral thrush and nosebleeds. If your child is exposed to chicken pox or measl...Alcohol relapse adversely affects 10-year liver transplant survival
...reported survival rates after transplantation were similar between alcoholics and non-alcoholics (up to 60 pe...consumption. Survival rates for 1 and 5 years were similar between the two groups, but differed significantly at the ten year mark: 45.1 percent in the relapse...College alcohol problems exceed previous estimates
... 18-24 year olds. They compared the 2001 data with similar analyses of 1998 data that they published in 2002. "In both 1998 and 2001 more than 500,000 students were unintentionally injured because of drinking and more than 600,000 were assaulted by another student who had been drinking," said Dr. Hingson. "...Diagnostic test for range of blood disorders on the horizon
...the work of several other research groups who have similar data submitted for publication. These exciting results have important implications for the classification, diagnosis, and treatment of the myeloproliferative disorders and provide insight into their pathogenesis."...New thrust needed to tackle health inequalities globally says UCL scientist
...The Oportunidades programme in Mexico had somewhat similar aims with similarly encouraging results. Professor Marmot concluded: "International policies have not been pursued as if they had people's basic needs in mind. (.) Recognising the health effects of poverty is one thing. Taking action to relieve its ...Medically supervised drug injection facilities safer for users
...stigators found that rates of syringe sharing were similar in the study group before the opening of the facil...y-recruited sample of injection drug users who had similar rates of syringe sharing before the facility's opening. Our findings could help inform discussions i...PillCam enables study of esophagus by swallowing a pill
...sophagus or other serious problems. The PillCam is similar to the PillCam SB, which was FDA-approved in 2001 to detect abnormalities in the small bowel. UT Southwestern researchers are performing studies using both devices....Mountaineering doctors hike medicine to new heights with Xtreme Everest
...f oxygen in the blood of high altitude climbers is similar to levels in critically ill patients on breathing machines with severe heart and lung conditions, "blue babies" and cystic fibrosis sufferers. The summiteers will also test a prototype closed-circuit breathing system. This type of circuit has only on...Research suggests possible blood test for multiple sclerosis
...s. In the field of MS, however, there have been no similar studies." This is the first published report of a potential blood test for MS. For the study, the researchers compared blood samples from 25 patients who were newly diagnosed with MS with blood samples from 25 healthy people to see if there is a "fin...Compound may help prevent diabetes in fast-food fans
...et about 38 percent of calories derived from fat similar to the fat content of typical American fast-food diets. Results were then compared to a group of animals that were fed a low-fat (11 percent fat-derived calories) diet. As expected, the animals fed the high-fat diets developed insulin resistance, but...Community-based care beats standard clinic in lowering heart
...osts and access (public transportation, etc.) were similar to the community clinic. The primary physicians had everything but the community site and the community health worker. The community clinic and the primary physicians could distribute prescription cards that allowed patients to receive free medicati...Chemists identify immune system mechanism for methamphetamine binges
...luding nicotine and ecstasy (which is structurally similar to methamphetamine), might share a similar mechanism of action involving immune system recognition and a consequent rise in tolerance to the dr...Drug therapy may be comparable to invasive cardiac procedures for elderly patients with heart attack
... found that the patients' initial AMI severity was similar across all regions. "In all regions, younger and healthier patients were more likely than older high-risk patients to receive intensive treatment and medical therapy," the researchers note. "Regions with more invasive treatment practice styles had ...Mayo Clinic discovers 'new pathway' against pancreatic cancer
...esearch will tell whether these same actors play a similar role in the spread of other cancer types. The Key Finding The Mayo Clinic researchers discovered a previously unrecognized role in pancreatic cancer for the GSK-3 Beta molecule. They determined that GSK-3 Beta is vital to pancreatic cancer cell s...Fixing of the lumbar column aided by simple radiological techniques
...m based on the radiological method obtains results similar to those produced by computer-assisted surgery. Moreover, the added advantage is that it is a much simpler procedure that has no need of neuronavigators, thus considerably reducing health costs. Another of the study's conclusions related to the shap...GlaxoSmithKline receives unanimous favorable recommendation by FDA Advisory Committee for Boostrix
...gh or sneeze. The first symptoms of pertussis are similar to the "common cold" with a mild fever, runny nose and a cough. Symptoms generally progress to more severe coughing episodes, often with a high-pitched "whoop," followed by vomiting. Adolescents generally exhibit different symptoms of the disease, ...Study of obese diabetics explains why low-carb diets produce fast results
...t known. Whether other types of diets would have a similar impact also remains to be investigated. Other research projects of Boden's include a National Institutes of Health supported study of obesity-associated diabetes and cardiovascular disease....Multi-center study shows direct link between residential radon exposure and lung cancer
...data set assembled in North America, agrees with a similar large-scale radon pooled analysis performed concurrently in Europe. The North American and European pooling provides unambiguous and direct evidence of an increased lung cancer risk even at residential radon exposure levels below the U.S. EPA's actio...