Amnesia, confusion may signal concussion
...oss of consciousness is typically considered to be sole or primary indicator of serious injury. Consequently, athletes exhibiting other symptoms of concussion--including amnesia and confusion--often return to regular activities earlier than those who lost consciousness. A recent consensus conference on co...Women vets get less on-site specialty care at VA facilities
...se the VA system, 42 percent depend on it as their sole source of health care....Drotrecogin alfa (activated) is a cost-effective treatment for severe sepsis patients
...in other hospital or short-term costs of care: the sole economic impact on hospitals was the acquisition cost for the drug, and there was no effect on other hospital costs, such as duration of ICU care. Previous studies have shown that drotrecogin alfa (activated) improved patients' short- and long-term s...Generalized anxiety disorder linked to peptic ulcer disease
...s Goodwin. "If indeed Helicobacter pylori were the sole cause of peptic ulcer disease, it seems unlikely this sort of association would emerge in the data." It is possible that persistent, severe anxiety and infectious agents may both contribute to the development of peptic ulcers, according to the study....Joint-custody arrangements good for children of divorce -- but only if there is no parental conflict
... them. "Both sole and joint custody can be good parenting arrangements and both can be bad. It all depends on what happens in the arrangement," said Lee. She points out that children are likely to...Researchers seek genetic clues to identify addicts and patients who will benefit from treatment
...de that a CYP 2D6-encoded enzyme deficiency is the sole cause of a methadone mortality, or even contributed to death. They also note that the results generated by their genotyping investigations would not have prompted a change in the medical examiners ruling on cause of death. Nevertheless, the authors ...Reducing hypertension in the elderly leads to a significant reduction in the incidence of stroke
...of Cardiovascular Therapy Area at AstraZeneca, the sole sponsors of SCOPE. "AstraZeneca is committed to cardiovascular medicine and are constantly striving to develop innovative therapeutic solutions and reduce the impact of cardiovascular disease."...CWRU/University Hospitals of Cleveland researchers investigate new cancer treatment
...gressive involvement of which becomes the major or sole determination of survival. "The current standard for liver cancer treatment is tumor resection where the tumor is removed followed by chemotherapy. But the majority of patients afflicted with primary or secondary hepatic cancers can't undergo tumor ...Doppler test detects those with gene for early heart enlargement risk
...velocity alone was not sufficiently sensitive as a sole diagnostic criterion, the combination of early diastolic myocardial velocity and ejection fraction was highly predictive of the gene mutation in individuals without overt manifestations of the disease," he says. According to Robert Roberts, M.D., Don...Pentoxifylline beneficial for treating leg ulcers
..., either in addition to compression therapy, or as sole treatment when compression therapy is not effective. Venous leg ulcers are associated with circulatory disorders and are common among people aged 65 years or older. In European countries, the management of venous leg ulcers accounts for around 1% of ...Alcohol and nicotine: A deadly duo
...of alcohol. The reduced BAL, however, was not the sole reason for the reduced rewarding effects. Alcohol is both absorbed and metabolized in the stomach and gut, explained Henry R. Kranzler, professor of psychiatry, Associate Scientific Director of the Alcohol Research Center at the University of Connect...Garlic supplements can impede HIV medication
...his study that any patient using saquinavir as the sole protease inhibitor should avoid using garlic supplements, says Dr. Falloon....Popular asthma drug inadequate when used alone, new study shows
A drug widely prescribed as the sole treatment for asthma has been found to be incapable by itself of preventing asthma attacks or controlling the airway inflammation thought to lead to deteriorated lung function and gradual worsening of asthma. While the popular drug, known as a long-a......research donations. Hopkins has been the country's sole center for the disease, but, says Kerr, finding a therapy would progress more quickly with a formal organization of neurologists and patients worldwide. Spurred on by Unser and the First Step Foundation's $20,000 donation, Kerr has organized an inte...ORNL sees increase in sales of radioisotope to fight cancer
...RNLs High Flux Isotope Reactor, the western worlds sole source for the radioisotope. Revenue from tungsten-188/rhenium-188, used to treat bone cancer and to keep arteries clear following coronary angioplasty, increased 5.4 percent to $311,120 (51,530 mCi) from $295,241 (44,777 mCi) in 1999. Overall revenu...... get the choice. BioPort of Lansing, Michigan, the sole producer of the anthrax vaccine in the US, stopped making it after failing safety tests last December, and stocks have dwindled. Only 57 000 troops have so far got all four initial injections....HIV prevention program targets young gay men through social networks and peer support for safe sex
...s the organizing feature of this project because a sole focus on HIV and AIDS would not be very compelling to young gay men, and our findings show that in order to reach young gay men effectively, HIV prevention activities must be integrated into their social network and must be supported by that network,......ing traditional Tibetanmedicine to the test as the sole therapy for advanced breast cancer. "This will be a preliminary study that will look for changes in the size ofwomen's tumors," said Debu Tripathy, MD, director of clinical research at the UCSan Francisco Carol Franc Buck Breast Care Center. "The in...Study to test whether antibiotics can reduce heart disease risk
...Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. Pfizer Corp., the sole producer of azithromycin(Zithromax), is providing the study drug....PSA testing alone cannot fully explain drop in deaths from prostate cancer
...hey strongly suggest that suchscreening is not the sole cause of the observed declines." What does this mean for the man on the street? Should he still get an annual PSAexam starting at age 40 or 50, depending on his individual risk profile? "This study does not and cannot address this question," Etzioni ...