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... defect of the interauricular septum (partition or wall separating the two (auricles) and that allows blood clots or thrombi to pass from the right auricle to the left. In most cases this opening closes after the baby is born but, on occasions, it stays open and, subsequently, clots can pass from the righ...New treatment options for some difficult cancers improve survival and quality of life
...al cancer -- cancer of the lining of the abdominal wall -- is a very common cause of death in patients with cancers in the abdomen. Surgery alone has proven to have limited effectiveness, as has radiation therapy and systemic chemotherapy. These new studies show that the combination of surgery and IPHC i...No increase in C-sections when epidural analgesia given early in labor
...ctions are administered into the space between the wall of the spinal canal and the sheath covering the spinal cord and anesthetize the abdominal, genital and pelvic areas. Spinal injections are administered into the fluid surrounding the spinal cord. Previous research has suggested that epidural analges......to apply for funds annually. Many are going to the wall for lack of funds. Area based or individual/group distribution of resources. Does focusing on the former generate problems because poverty within the Catholic community is more concentrated than that within the Protestant community? How feasible ...LA BioMed medical/research briefs January 2005
... graft for treating AAA. AAA is a weakening of the wall of the aorta, the largest artery in the body, resulting in a balloon-like enlargement. Once AAA develops, it continues to enlarge and, if left untreated, becomes increasingly susceptible to rupture. The overall patient mortality rate for ruptured AAA...Entrepreneurism Center at UC San Diego funds commercialization of lung, shock, other devices
...tting at a road accident where injury of the chest wall is suspected. ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING Charles Tu , Professor "Yellow-Amber-Red Light-Emitting Diodes (LEDs) Fabricated from a New Material System and Technique" $50,000 Solid-state lighting recently has become one of the most exciting...New system may help babies avoid brain damage
... oxygen, but you may reach a point where you hit a wall and you can't do it anymore." The STAN S21 Fetal Heart Monitor system®, designed by Sweden-based Neoventa, Inc., now under study in some 800 labors in the United States, seems to take some of the educated guesswork out of whether there is a real ...Risks from labor after prior cesarean delivery low, study reports
...g a baby through an incision made in the abdominal wall and through the uterus, rather than through the vagina. Reasons for Cesarean delivery include failure of labor to proceed normally, fetal heart rate abnormalities, and complications involving the placenta. Because cesarean delivery is a major surgi...Tumor size alone not always best for gauging treatment response
...luated 173 GISTs--tumors that usually begin in the wall of the GI tract--in 36 patients who had undergone a protein enzyme inhibitor treatment, 29 of which underwent both CT and PET. In those 29 patients, the researchers found a high correlation between the tumor responses based on tumor density and chang...New drug protects against the hardening of arteries
...nd PPARgamma) are expressed by cells of the artery wall and drugs that activate PPARalpha and PPARgamma (k... respectively. The presence of PPARs in the vessel wall has prompted researchers to investigate the effects of PPAR agonists on atherosclerosis in mice. Whi...UCSD researchers identify new role for drugs in prevention, treatment of atherosclerosis
...and PPAR-alpha, have a direct effect in the artery wall that prevents the accumulation of cholesterol in a... but will also inhibit key processes in the artery wall that are directly responsible for the development of atherosclerosis." Nearly 5 million Americans...Computer reads heart condition from X-ray images
...ours of the heart on the X-ray images and from the wall motion it determines the heart's condition. Previo...ion of the heart can be determined by studying the wall motion of the ventricle from these images. This is usually done by outlining the contours of the hea...Paclitaxel chemotherapy for breast cancer not associated with serious radiation pneumonitis
...e radiation focused on the breast tissue and chest wall passes through the lungs. Although the resulting incidence of radiation pneumonitis is low with the use of modern irradiation techniques, some reports have suggested that this side effect occurs more often in patients who receive taxanes. However, on...News tips for Wednesday, November 10, 2004
...organ damage left ventricular mass index, carotid wall thickness and urinary albumin was most increased in those with masked hypertension. Researchers concluded that masked hypertension is a "significant predictor" of target organ damage, independent of other variables. Average day and night BP was hi...News tips for Tuesday, November 9, 2004
...pared to control mice. There was also less vessel wall thickening and a 57 percent decrease in artery narrowing (stenosis). Thus IL-12 vaccine blockade may become "a promising strategy for the treatment of atherosclerosis," the scientists said. 4:30 p.m. Abstract 3775 Women's coffee drinking may ...Rare heart problem decreases in clot-busting era
...ore likely to have suffered an attack on the front wall of the heart (61.9 percent vs. 41.5 percent). Additionally, the researchers found that tamponade patients waited longer 3.5 hours vs. 2.8 hours before the initiation of fibrinolytic therapy. "Knowing which patients are more at risk for cardiac tamp...New magnetic percutaneous system navigates vessels
...ircumflex coronary artery (which supplies the back wall of the heart and usually poses a challenge to the ...terior descending artery (which supplies the front wall of the heart) and 20 percent were in the right coronary artery. Saphenous vein grafts represented 1...Some chest pain patients may benefit from more evaluation
...orders, blood clots in the lungs, pneumonia, chest wall disorders, and anxiety. The researchers found that patients who were diagnosed with non-cardiac chest pain and then had heart events were older (61 year versus 48 years) and more likely to be men (60 percent versus 39 percent) than the patients who ...Dartmouth study suggests caution against using certain drugs to unclog heart arteries
...ry response on the outermost layer of the arterial wall that also appears to be involved in stimulating blood vessels to feed smooth muscle accumulation. Recent studies of the angiogenesis process have provided new insights into understanding cardiovascular disorders. Regulating angiogenesis with agents ...Taking apart a hurricane: Multi-sensor Envisat sees through Frances
...ean," Graber said. "And wind fields around the eye wall can be derived from ASAR data right now all we have to go on are measurements from the hurricane hunter planes that fly right through the storm." Simultaneous MERIS and ASAR acquisitions are planned for Friday by CSTARS, even as the storm comes clo...