Jefferson neuroscientists find evidence of lead exposure affecting recovery from brain injury
...into adulthood. Dr. Schneider says that it isn't uncommon for children to have brain injuries. At the same time, the young brain is extremely "plastic," and has a tremendous capacity to try to repair itself and recover. Yet, no one has looked at the effects of lead exposure early in life on the response of ...Increased investment in radiotherapy will improve cure rates for European cancer patients
...ome countries waiting times of this length are not uncommon and urgent action needs to be taken if all patients are to have equal access to optimal care". In very few EU countries do the number of linear accelerators (machines used to deliver radiotherapy) match the number known to be required to adequately p...Panel offers recommendations for monitoring adverse events from dietary supplements
...ements sector voluntary postmarket surveillance is uncommon and no accepted surveillance standards exist. The Study Proposed changes in federal regulation of the dietary supplement industry have spurred some manufacturers to consider their monitoring systems. Taking this first step was Metabolife Internati...Examination of possible conflicts of interest to influence look at suspected adverse drug reactions
...ous reports identified cases of rhabdomyolysis, an uncommon condition in which the breakdown of skeletal muscle cell causes pain, weakness, and in some cases, renal failure and death," the authors report. "Many but not all of them occurred in cerivastatin users who also took gemfibrozil (a fibrate, another t...Student nurses need better understanding of poverty-stricken patients
...te to the causes and effects of poverty. It is not uncommon to encounter negative attitudes toward the poor, even in our classes. There are a lot of myths and stereotypes. Nurses--and other health care workers--may blame the poor for their situations. They may say that poor people do not spend their money wis...Molecular tailoring of chemotherapy with novel imaging techniques
...n cancer therapy, with the exception of relatively uncommon examples of cancers for which we have tumor markers, we don't have reliable ways of predicting who is going to respond early on to chemotherapy," says Wafik El-Deiry, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Departments of Medicine, Genetics, and Pharmacology. ...Shakespeare's writings indicate he may have had syphilis
... available online. Although syphilis is relatively uncommon now, it was rampant five centuries ago, transmitted from country to country by sailors, soldiers and merchants. Symptoms of syphilis can include genital lesions; rashes on the torso, palms, and soles of the feet; neurological problems; and destroyed ...Penn researchers add more evidence to demonstrate role of COX inhibitors in heart-disease risk
...h a clinical trial is a crude detection system for uncommon side effects, such as the cardiovascular risk from coxibs, we predicted that a signal would be detected faster and in smaller studies in patients with activated clotting systems," says FitzGerald. "It is well known that this is true of coronary arter...Florida Department of Citrus responds to URMC's release on grapefruit-drug interactions
...s). After all, food and drug interactions are not uncommon and interactions can vary by individual and prescription type....Clinical trial of Etanercept for Wegener's disease shows no benefit
...sions," said Stone. Wegener's granulomatosis is an uncommon disorder in which the body's immune system attacks its own blood vessels, damaging vital organs by limiting the flow of blood to lungs, kidneys, upper airways and other organs. The disease can affect people of any age and occurs in men and women wit...Viagra used in stroke recovery study
... she was diagnosed with locked in syndrome, a very uncommon condition, in which she could only move her eyes u...as come after the sixth month period. This is very uncommon for individuals after stroke who typically see a deceleration in recovery. Individuals with locked ...Two years after gene therapy treatments, severe angina patients showed prolonged clinical benefit
...or heart attack) and repeat revascularization were uncommon during the first year but more frequent after one year at a rate consistent with the severity of the underlying disease in a population with advanced atherosclerosis. The majority of events were the result of progression of disease in areas of the h...