UF research: For stroke recovery, two therapies better than one
...ry control. Before therapy, many participants were unable to perform simple tasks, said James Cauraugh, co-director of the Center for Exercise Science at UF's College of Health and Human Performance. "Most of these people just want to be independent. They don't want to depend on a significant other to help...A helping hand: Healthy arm helps retrain stroke-impaired arm
...cerebrovascular accident (such as head trauma) are unable to adequately move the wrist and fingers on one side of their body. Experts say that if these patients are to spontaneously regain their movement, it will happen only during the first year after stroke. According to the study's lead author, James H...Teacher-led sex education of limited benefit
...ther, the evidence suggests that the programme was unable to override broader social influences and the effect of conventional sex education, particularly when it was delivered to a whole year group. At follow-up, only one third reported they had had sexual intercourse. To clarify the impact of the programm...Dartmouth researchers question use of tobacco funds
...ing the study. They conclude that NY-ELCAP will be unable to determine whether screening for lung cancer with spiral CT will save lives. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the US, with a five-year survival of less than 20 percent; smoking causes at least 90 percent of lung cancer deaths. In...SPECT identifies 'silent' cardiovascular risk in diabetic patients
...ither on a bicycle ergometer or, in those patients unable to exercise, by perfusion of dipyridamole. The defects were also more prevalent in those unable to exercise and in those who had presented ECG abnormalities on earlier tests. Stress-induced ischem...Annals of Internal Medicine, tip sheet, June 18, 2002
... ankle-brachial index) predicts which patients are unable to carry out normal activities because of PAD.......attack but did not receive statins. "While we were unable to prove that early use of statins had any effect on mortality, one encouraging result was that 91 percent of the patients started on statins were still taking them 90 days later," Newby said. "Compliance is the key for success in using statins, bec...Feeding tubes may not help in severe dementia, yet use varies widely
...of severe dementia in this study are bed bound and unable to communicate. Nursing homes are increasingly the site of death for Americans. By 2020, about 40 percent of Americans will die in a nursing home, Teno said. "Nursing homes are our demographic future," she said. Teno is also associate director of the...Dont turn to assisted reproduction too quickly warns US expert
...nd not to an increase in the proportion of couples unable to achieve an unassisted pregnancy. Now his team has extended their research using data from the European Fecundability Study to see what the implications are for fertility rates overall. "On average the time to pregnancy increases with the age of t...Zimbabwean women very willing to use diaphragms-potential HIV prevention method
Almost all (98 percent) Zimbabwean women who were unable to persuade their male partners to use condoms con...ach and encourage male condom use. Women who were unable to negotiate consistent condom use by their male partners were then enrolled into the diaphragm acce...Drug developed at Duke appears effective in treating respiratory failure in newborns
...be successful in treating newborns whose lungs are unable to properly oxygenate their blood. The researchers also believe that the drug -- called O-nitrosoethanol (ENO) -- will prove effective in improving oxygenation in patients with such disorders as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), c...Researchers shed light on early brain growth and autism
... 8 was a limitation of the study because they were unable to determine when the brain enlargement began....Recirculated airplane cabin air does not cause more colds
... seven days after the flight. The researchers were unable to study passengers taking flights longer than two hours, since planes that do not recirculate air are used almost exclusively on shorter routes. "It could be that longer flights would result in more exposure and more colds," Balmes said. "We couldn...Air pollution linked with risk for exercise-induced heart damage
...s at every visit regardless of air quality so were unable to provide information about the relationship between air pollution and myocardial ischemia. Fine particles those smaller than 2.5 micrometers (referred to as PM2.5) represent the type of pollution mainly associated with emissions from factory smo...New study: Sleep apnea linked to decreased libido
...ad reported decreased libidos but the studies were unable to establish a scientific link. The current study, reported in the July issue of The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, found that nearly half the subjects who suffered from severe sleep apnea also secreted abnormally low levels of tes...Study pinpoints link between sleep apnea, high blood pressure
...nd high blood pressure are related, they have been unable to pinpoint the connection. Researchers at the University of Louisville approached the problem through a new field of research called proteomics that examines how proteins change the functions of cells, tissues and organs. In a yearlong study of labo...Ethical committee members have different views on how to evaluate clinical trials
...g in light of the evidence that patients are often unable to understand fully the information provided to them about the clinical trials in which they are invited to participate." The study has flagged up issues surrounding the information supplied to IRBs and the members' perception of their competence in ...'Drink at least 8 glasses of water a day' -- Really?
...esult in "water intoxication" if one's kidneys are unable to excrete enough water (urine). Such instances are not unheard of, and they have led to mental confusion and even death in athletes, in teenagers after ingesting the recreational drug Ecstasy, and in ordinary patients. And he lists other disadvantag...Palliative practice blurs ethical lines, physician says
...y cannot move; it also kills them because they are unable to breathe, she says. Once neuromuscular blockers are administered to dying patients, there is no return, says Hawryluck, and that is where lines become blurred between a doctor's intent to palliate or euthanize a patient. As agonizing as it is to wa......ency, political will, and financial resources, are unable to meet the development needs of the world's poorest countries. Horton adds: "A Global Development Organisationwould provide a unified institutional framework to set standards for best practice, help to avoid duplication of work across existing agenc...