Anti-Clotting Drug May Cause Potentially Fatal Platelet Disorder
...ailure and fever. The cause is unknown,but in very uncommon cases, drugs other than ticlopidine, including penicillin,some anti-cancer drugs and oral contraceptives, have been associated with thesyndrome. TTP has been considered an extremely rare disorder -- less than fourcases per million persons, w...Vanderbilt Cancer Center Discovery May Help Overcome Resistance To Anti-Breast Cancer Drug
...NK activity issuppressed, Arteaga said. "It is not uncommon to see NK activity suppressed inpatients with cancer, so we believe that, in some cases, NK function may bedown-regulated by something that the tumor produces," he said. "There are ways to boost NK activity, so perhaps we can use those to increaseth...Children Of The Great Depression By Glen H. Elder, Jr.
...What was original then, and is still unfortunately uncommon today, isthe effort to link the particulars of individual lives to the vast currents ofhistorical change. Much psychological study continues to treat individualbehavior as if the person lived in an historical vacuum; many historicalnarratives lose th...An Ergonomically Redesigned Analgesia Delivery Device Proves Safer And More Efficient
... task, an error that is not unexpected since it is uncommon for nurses in the recovery room at The Toronto Hospital to administer a bolus dose during programming as was required of them during the experiment. This aspect of the experimental conditions may have played a role in the frequent occurrence of bolus...Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Nursing Administrator Receives Nursing Excellence Award
...hout heryears at Cedars-Sinai, she has served with uncommon professionalism and anuntiring devotion to her patients, her staff and her profession. Because of herlevel of care, commitment and involvement, her positive influence is felt notjust here at Cedars-Sinai but throughout the community and the field ofn...Margin Width The Key To Control Of Ductal Carcinoma In Situ Of The Breast
...e over treatment. Until 1980,DCIS was a relatively uncommon disease, representing only about 1 percent of allnewly diagnosed cases of breast cancer. During the past two decades - asmammography has become more widely used and technically better - the number ofnew cases has increased dramatically. Today DCIS ...Neighborhoods matter: who gets CPR?
...ve CPR. In those neighborhoods, which are somewhat uncommon inChicago, more than 40 percent of those having a cardiac arrest received helpfrom a bystander. People who had a cardiac arrest in a predominately white neighborhood -- definedas fewer than ten percent African American or Hispanic residents -- were l...Impotence may be early warning of heart disease
...thorough in our questioning of patients, it is not uncommon to hear that erectile dysfunction preceded the onset of heart disease by a year or more. Thus erectile dysfunction may be an early warning sign of the potential for heart problems." Pritzker adds that anywhere from 30 to 50 percent of cases of ere......double-blind phase. Dr. Thase said, "It is not uncommon for patients who have recovered from a depressive episode to suffer a relapse. The results of this study tell us we can prevent relapse, and that's very significant for patients." In addition, data on mirtazapine's speed of efficacy was p...The silent time bomb: divorce, health care and the baby boom generation
...n the study were of a generation where divorce was uncommon and family structure stronger. Now comes a generation where divorce almost is the norm and the family safety net is tattered. While some economists blame social programs for the demise of the traditional family, Pezzin sees social programs as more of...Unique collaborative service established for childhood allergy-related anaphylaxis
...posure to insect venom or food proteins. It is not uncommon for children to be admitted to hospital. Dr Michael Gold, senior lecturer and paediatric allergist from the Adelaide University Department of Paediatrics at the Women's and Children's Hospital said, "We studied 4173 South Australian children with all...Parents benefit by accompanying children on ambulance trips between hospitals
...dded Dr. Woodward. "More than 20 years ago, it was uncommon for fathers to be present during labor and delivery; now their presence is assumed and expected. Similarly, pediatricians have found that having a parent present when a child has a medical procedure can relieve anxiety for both children and parents."......s can occur at any time, day or night -- it is not uncommon for pathologists in Pittsburgh to be notified of cases during off hours. As such, each pathologist has a specially equipped home computer and monitor upgraded to display images at high resolution as well as high-end laptops. The system automatically ...Doctor, counselor, cost-cutter
...of cost savings for a medical intervention is very uncommon in medicine." "We know there are 30 to 40 million Americans who drink too much," added Fleming, "with 100,000 of these Americans dying each year because of their drinking. There is also the effect these persons have on their families, their co-worke...Mayo Clinic study finds radioactive drug samarium hopeful new treatment for osteosarcoma
...eosarcoma belongs to the sarcoma group of cancers, uncommon malignant tumors that begin in bone and form bony tumors. The majority of these patients are teenagers. The usual treatment for osteosarcoma 20 years ago was amputation of the affected arm or leg. Today, surgery remains the mainstay treatment but in ...Avoiding wishful thinking over new drugs more trials should be double-blinded say cancer experts
...ast cancer). According to Dr Fossati, blinding is uncommon in these types of clinical trials. In an earlier meta-analysis by the Milan team of 189 trials involving chemotherapy and hormone therapy for metastatic breast cancer, only six involved blind evaluation and only 23 trials had involved independent or ...Computational innovation predicts how patients will respond to drug treatments
...ned concern over adverse drug reactions, it is not uncommon to have about 70 trials per drug. Correlating genetic profiles with drug-interactions databases may speed that process by months. For every month we save during clinical trials, it means people can be helped sooner, Korenberg says. It also means pot...Contraceptive needs of new mothers are unique and unmet
...ally good candidates for Mirena. Side effects are uncommon and may include a cyst on the ovaries, missed menstrual periods, irregular bleeding or spotting for the first 3-6 months, or lighter, shorter periods thereafter. Mirena does not protect against HIV (AIDS) and other sexually transmitted diseases. M...Improving accuracy of cross-cultural neuropsychological testing
...f education were better able to pronounce the more uncommon words. On average, African Americans in the study population scored worse than whites on the reading tests because the reading test reflects the poor educational experience of many African American elders. Dr. Manl...Newer lung cancer treatments extend survival longer than traditional regimens
...ancer Center. "Survival beyond two years has been uncommon with previous treatments for advanced non-small cell lung cancer. With these newer regimens, two-year survival is similar to what we used to see at one year with the best supportive care or older regimens." This study provides long-term follow-up on...