Most women can skip Pap smears after hysterectomy
... But if the woman's risk factors for lower genital tract cancer change, all bets are off and she'll need to...ncerous and cancerous changes of the lower genital tract (cervix, vagina or vulva) include human papillomarivus infection and other sexually transmitted dise...Fetal exposure to two chemicals cause of male reproductive disorders later in life
...med a hypospadias (a condition whereby the urinary tract opening is not located properly at the tip of the penis), a birth defect occurring in every one of 200 male births. Linuron Linuron is an herbicide (pesticide) used mainly on soybeans and corn. Because it is sprayed onto crops, a small amount of t...Study provides new evidence that cranberry juice may help fight heart disease
...ve shown that cranberries can help prevent urinary tract infections and may reduce the risk of gum disease, stomach ulcers and cancer. In the current study, Vinson measured cholesterol levels in nineteen subjects with high cholesterol after a fasting, baseline blood sampling, followed by monthly samplings...Do vaccines cause asthma, allergies or other chronic diseases?
...od infections, such as upper and lower respiratory tract infections, that form the basis of the hygiene hypothesis. On the other hand, vaccine-preventable infectious diseases such as measles, mumps and whooping cough are easily transmitted regardless of home hygiene. "The flaws in using this biological mec...Fructose intolerance could be the culprit in unexplained abdominal pain and gas
... fructose is allowed to pass through the digestive tract to the colon, where some bacteria can use the sugar as a food source. Unfortunately, in the process, hydrogen gas is liberated. After the subjects were given 25 grams of fructose, which is about how much is in a 12-ounce can of soda sweetened with...Swallowing a tiny imaging capsule aids in diagnosis of obscure gastrointestinal bleeding
..., and radio transmitter. Images of the intestinal tract are transmitted twice each second by radio frequency to an array of sensors worn around the patient's abdomen and the signals are digitally recorded on a device that is later downloaded. The patient swallows the capsule in the morning and wears the r...Bedwetting, bowel problems seen in children with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder
...ruggle with bedwetting and other bowel and urinary tract problems, a UC Irvine College of Medicine study ha...100 percent of children to 40 percent, and urinary tract infections fell from nearly 100 percent to 43 percent of children studied after they completed biofe...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for October (second issue)
...f pneumonia (6 versus 29); other lower respiratory tract disorders (39 versus 70); bloodstream infections (14 versus 36); and urinary tract infections (36 versus 70). Also, a significantly smaller number of treated patients suffered from s...UK researchers develop novel treatment for fibroids
...al analgesia. Three needed antibiotics for urinary tract infections and two had minor skin burns, but these did not need additional treatment. Dr Gedroyc said that eight of the women who had complained of heavy or prolonged periods agreed to have their blood loss measured over one menstrual cycle before tr...Smokers infections increase risk of early atherosclerosis
...ic infections such as bronchitis, ulcers, urinary tract infections and even gum disease were more than three times as likely to develop early atherosclerosis than people without such infections. Early atherosclerosis was defined as new plaques in previously normal arteries. Infection also promoted arte...Northwestern is testing experimental therapies for Crohn's disease
...rious inflammatory disease of the gastrointestinal tract that causes diarrhea, abdominal cramps, fever and rectal bleeding. The cause of Crohn's disease is unknown. Among the experimental medications for Crohn's disease undergoing investigation at Northwestern is a synthetic, oral form of interleukin-11, ...Increased risk of ovarian cancer is linked to estrogen replacement therapy
... flashes, vaginal drying and thinning, and urinary tract incontinence and infections). However, after it became clear in the 1970s that women who took estrogen alone had a six to eight times higher risk of developing endometrial cancer (cancer of the lining of the uterus), doctors began prescribing proge...RSV prevention protects preemies' lungs for many years
...infection. RSV infection of the lower respiratory tract has also been associated with the development of asthma. Dr. Wenzel and Eric Simoes, M.D., Professor of Pediatrics, Section of Infectious Diseases, at The Children's Hospital, decided to follow as many children from the original trial as possible to ...Two-drug therapy is best for symptomatic prostate enlargement
...gnificant worsening of symptoms, recurring urinary tract infection, urinary retention, incontinence or inva...er and kidneys. "In MTOPS, the rates of urinary tract infection and urinary incontinence were low in all drug treatment groups, and no patient in any grou...University of Pittsburgh researchers use botox to treat overactive bladder
...mise as a treatment for a variety of lower urinary tract dysfunctions, according to a study presented by University of Pittsburgh researchers at the American Urological Association Centennial Celebration Annual Meeting. Results will be published in abstract 98 in the AUA proceedings. Bladder dysfunction af...New wireless imaging test identified the cause of gastrointestinal bleeding in majority of patients
... other hand, was engineered to view most of the GI tract via a wireless endoscopic approach. About the size of a large megavitamin, the capsule contains a camera, light source, radio transmitter and battery and works by transmitting pictures of the small intestine to a wireless recorder that the patient w...No association between ageing gametes and birth defects
... of prolonged retention in the female reproductive tract before fertilisation has been circumstantially associated with major birth defects. Joe Leigh Simpson and colleagues from Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA, studied over 1000 pregnant women from Chile, Colombia, Italy, and the USA, who had rec...'Expert guide to infectious diseases' published
... vascular, gastrointestinal, bone, and respiratory tract infections. Three sections are devoted to immunocompromise-related, viral, and miscellaneous infections. A total of 40 chapters elucidate the 10 sections. Tables on diagnosis and treatment recommendations are included throughout the text....Faster detection of bacteria in water, food
... doctors to determine that a patient has a urinary tract infection that can permanently damage the kidneys. Now patients can start taking the proper medications within hours of the test." Dr. Hallerman added that "the research will improve the sensitivity, speed of detection and identification of bacteria...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for April (first issue)
... that bacterial infection in the lower respiratory tract is closely linked to both inflammation and abnormal pulmonary function. The investigators showed that the presence of any level ofpathogen in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) is associated with inflammatory response in the lower airways. BALF is...