Radiography used to identify teens with sleep apnea
...ce Index (RDI) groups. (Sleep apnea is a temporary suspension of breathing during sleep, with potentially serious consequences.) Researchers at Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, OH) wondered whether similar radiographic use could identify adolescent orthodontic patients with high RDI scores. The inves...Rebuilding wounded veterans: Annual review of limb loss & prosthetics research
...comfortable fit. Pg. 821 Prosthesis with suction suspension system better for amputee with active lifestyle I... applied to the residual limb with pin and suction suspension systems to identify causes of residual limb skin problems. They found that walking with the pin line...Veterans in better health than other residents of nursing homes, new test for evaluating tinnitus
...rehabilitative programs. Prosthesis with suction suspension system better for amputee with active lifestyle ... applied to the residual limb with pin and suction suspension systems to identify causes of residual limb skin problems. Eight transtibial amputees performed thre...Examination of possible conflicts of interest to influence look at suspected adverse drug reactions
...ustry, decisions about label changes, new studies, suspension of sales, or withdrawal of drugs might best be made by an outside group of disinterested reviewers." "In the United States, once a drug is approved for marketing, there is no regularly scheduled re-review of the drug. In Europe, drug approvals are r...Jefferson scientists find new way to convert adult human stem cells to dopamine neurons
...kin-like cells, they grew the bone marrow cells in suspension as neurospheres groups of cells early in development akin to the way neural stem cells are grown. They found that the newly differentiated cells didn't merely look like dopamine neurons, but expressed traits of neurons and related cells called ast...Flu crisis need not cost lives
...factory in Liverpool owned by Chiron Vaccines. The suspension followed the discovery in August of the bacterium Serratia in some batches of flu vaccine. The UK, which was relying on Chiron for only 10 per cent of its supply, has been able to make up the shortfall, and the rest of Europe is mostly unaffected. Bu...Using 'smart fluids' to retrain muscles
... a generic term for any particle-filled, oil-based suspension which changes consistency in a magnetic or electric field. Mavroidis is working with electro-rheological fluids (ERFs) which go from liquid to solid the instant an electric field is applied; remove the field and the paste-like substance reverts to li...Childhood vaccination coverage affected by temporary suspension of hepatitis B vaccine
A temporary suspension of the initial dose of hepatitis B vaccine appears...tained in the vaccine preservative thimerosal. The suspension was lifted in September 1999 when preservative-free hepatitis B vaccine became available. Elizabeth ...CellCept(R) registry data demonstrated superior long-term organ transplant outcomes
... 2 g daily; for pediatric kidney transplants, oral suspension 600 mg/m2; for adult heart and liver, 3 g/day. There are no adequate and well-controlled studies in pregnant women. As CellCept (mycophenolate mofetil) has been shown to have teratogenic effects in animals at subclinical doses on a body surface area...CellCept associated with reduced incidence of cancer, compared to AZA, following heart transplant
... 2 g daily; for pediatric kidney transplants, oral suspension 600 mg/m2; for adult heart and liver, 3 g/day. The principal adverse events associated with the administration of CellCept (in combination with cyclosporine and corticosteroids) include diarrhea, leukopenia, sepsis and vomiting, and there is evidence...National Inventors Hall of Fame announces 2004 class of inventors
...ugar refining John Roebling (posthumous): Modern suspension bridge Every year, the National Inventors Hall of ...bling (1806-1869) Suspension Bridge The age of the suspension bridge was ushered in by engineer and inventor Roebling. Roebling saw the potential of steel wire a...One-shot addiction treatment shows promise
... the medication buprenorphine. The injection is a suspension of biodegradable microcapsules each containing small amounts of the buprenorphine medication. As the microcapsules gradually disintegrate they provide a long-duration sustained release of buprenorphine. A tablet form of buprenorphine that is taken ...U-M professor develops faster way to test beach water for E. coli levels
...make fireflies glow---are added to the clean water suspension because they light up when they interact with bacteria's ATP. The amount of light generated is measured with a hand-held luminometer and the light reading tells whether the water sample is safe. Equipment needed for the new test runs about $5,000, a...Classroom management linked to lesser teen alienation from school
..., zero-tolerance polices that impose out-of-school suspension or even expulsion for a first-time offense. But Bl...a, nearly 40 percent of schools give out-of-school suspension the first time a student is caught smoking, but only four percent of schools give out-of-school susp......ther a 30 mg/kg single-dose of Zithromax® oral suspension or 45 mg/kg of Augmentin® twice a day for 10 days. The average age of children treated with Zithromax® was 2.7 years and 3.4 years for those in the Augmentin® group. In the study, Zithromax(R)(azithromycin) was generally well tolerat...