Repeated unexpected infant deaths most likely to be from natural causes
...pidemiological study to date into recurring sudden unexplained infant death syndrome (SIDS) is published in this ...been suggestions that when two or three unexpected unexplained infant deaths occur within a family they are more likely to be unnatural than natural. Robert Carpen...Pacemakers could protect patients with epilepsy from sudden unexplained death
...ld play a future role in protecting against sudden unexplained death. Patients with epilepsy are at risk of sudden unexplained death. Irregular heart rhythm as a result of neurological dysfunction during seizures is thought to ...ZYVOX(R) demonstrates high success rate for patients who develop MRSA surgical site infections
...Patients who develop recurrent nausea or vomiting, unexplained acidosis, or a low bicarbonate level while receiving ZYVOX should receive immediate medical evaluation. The most commonly reported adverse events in adults across clinical trials were nausea, headache, and diarrhea....Psychological support helps adolescents with chronic fatigue syndrome
...ts with chronic fatigue syndrome have debilitating unexplained severe fatigue that is not alleviated by rest. Trials have shown that cognitive behaviour therapy is effective in adults, but there have been no published studies on such therapy for adolescents. Researchers in the Netherlands identified 71 adolescen...News tips for Sunday, November 7, 2004
...mortem analysis. A study of 43 families of sudden unexplained death (SUD) victims who had died at or before age 40 found an inherited disease, and likely cause of death in 17 cases (40 percent). Twelve families had primary electrical disease, including high-risk ventricular tachycardia, Long QT and Brugada syn...UW to lead most comprehensive study of air pollution and cardiovascular disease
... hypertension and diabetes. There are still many unexplained variations in who gets heart disease, and when they get it. Some of the explanation is likely to come from studying environmental factors," Kaufman said. "We hope this study will really define the contribution of particulate air pollution to cardiova...Faith in child protection system must be restored
Recent court cases into unexplained infant deaths have led to widespread confusion and have made many paediatricians reluctant to take part in child protection cases, warn experts in this week's BMJ. They call for an urgent review of procedures to restore faith in the child protection ...NIH launches study of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for severe, treatment-resistant lupus
...omen of child-bearing age. Its symptoms range from unexplained fever, swollen joints and skin rashes to severe damage of the kidneys, lungs or central nervous system. Lupus is three times more common--and is frequently more severe--in African Americans and Hispanics/Latinos. Studies show these groups also experi...OHSU researcher finds genetic explanations for some previously unexplained sudden cardiac deaths
...t of all cases, these sudden cardiac deaths remain unexplained since the heart may have no visible abnormality. I... long QT and Brugada syndromes. The patients with unexplained sudden cardiac death came from among 270 cases of sudden death that occurred between 1984 and 1996. ...Exploring why disease affects people differently
...olved in managing disability and those affected by unexplained symptoms" explained Professor Peter Halligan who forged the partnership with UnumProvident. Professor Halligan from the School of Psychology added "The centre will result in the development of an academic infrastructure the first of its kind - that...Enoxaparin prevents stillbirth in pregnant women with clotting disorder
..., or protein S deficiency) who had experienced one unexplained stillbirth at 10 weeks gestation or later prior to the study. Treatment for the women began in their eighth week of the new pregnancy. Eighty participants were provided with 40 mg of enoxaparin by subcutaneous injection each day. Because of ethical ...Anthrax survivors continued to have health problems one year after exposure
...nt of terrorism survivors should include medically unexplained health complaints and psychiatric comorbidity, such as symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, and anxiety disorders. Psychiatric and medical systems of care and rehabilitation should be coordinated to minimize functional impairment an...First epileptic seizures in old age suggest high risk of subsequent stroke
... this week's issue of THE LANCET highlights how an unexplained epileptic seizure among people aged 60 years or over probably indicates a high risk of subsequent stroke. Authors of the study comment that the identification of patients at increased stroke risk has implications for preventative treatment, and that ...Hopkins' young researchers honored for their contributions
...niel has provided a mechanism for thirty-year-old, unexplained observations," says Green. His findings have helped establish that the ancestral ribosome was an RNA machine, with protein regulators added later in evolution. Moreover, since the ribosome is a major target for many anti-bacterial drugs, understandin...Genetic mutation linked to infant lung disease
...archers zeroed in on ABCA3 as a candidate gene for unexplained surfactant deficiency in full-term infants because of other ABC genes' links with human diseases, the cellular location of ABCA3, and ABCA3's already suspected involvement in transporting lipids, says Nogee. In the study, researchers first ide...High blood pressure in the lungs a major risk for death in adults with sickle cell disease
...ood pressure in the lungs may also account for the unexplained or mistakenly explained sudden deaths in adult patients with sickle cell disease. "We see a high frequency of sudden death in those with sickle cell and this study helps to clarify what is causing those fatalities; particularly in the absence of coro...Large-scale analysis of women with androgen excess: thorough treatment can reduce symptoms
...ry syndrome (PCOS), 4.47 percent had idiopathic or unexplained hirsutism, and 6.75 percent had elevated androgen levels and hirsutism but normal ovulation. Women with PCOS often have numerous small cysts on the periphery of the ovaries. Many are found to have insulin resistance, a condition that allows excessive...Major risk factors identified for sudden infant death syndrome
...smoke-could reduce the risk of 'cot death' (sudden unexplained infant death syndrome [SIDS]). Four large studies were set up to re-examine the epidemiology of SIDS after striking changes in rates of this phenomenon around 1990. The European Concerted Action on SIDS (ECAS) investigation brings together data from ...'Camera pill' promising for diagnosis of small bowel disease
...E at the clinic following a barium study or CT for unexplained gastrointestinal bleeding, inflammatory bowel disease or chronic abdominal pain. Forty patients received a barium study and CE. Of those, CE helped radiologists detect abnormalities in 22 patients (55 percent), while barium studies yielded abnormal......me fatigue, painful or swollen joints (arthritis), unexplained fever, skin rashes and kidney problems. Many more women than men have lupus. It is three times more common in African American women than in Caucasian women and is also more common in women of Hispanic, Asian and Native American descent....