Breast MRI may help determine surgical management of women with newly diagnosed breast cancer
...e article. If these additional tumors are detected before surgery to remove the initially diagnosed tumor, the plan for surgical management of the disease can be altered. For instance, if additional cancer is found in the same breast, a surgeon can perform a mastectomy (removal of the whole breast) instead ...Topical retinol helps reduce wrinkles associated with natural skin aging
...raded on a scale from zero (none) to nine (severe) before treatment and two, four, eight, 16 and 24 weeks after beginning treatment. In addition, 4-millimeter biopsy specimens of skin were taken from both arms at the beginning and end of the 24-week treatment period. A total of 23 individuals completed th...Vacuum cleaning ineffective in allergy avoidance
...y house dust mites present in several used carpets before and after a standardised vacuuming procedure using either of two styles of dry vacuum cleaner. "Overseas studies have found that vacuum cleaners with two or three layer bags performed better than those with a single layer bag, and the maintenance o...Keeping pain and fatigue on the run
...e intensity and amount of physical activity you do before and after cancer treatment, can affect future symp...Surprisingly, women who had done a lot of exercise before their cancer had no fewer symptoms than those who had not done much exercise. However, the biggest d...Brain research poised to dramatically advance global society
...tunity to understand more about the mind than ever before and tackle some of society's most pressing challenges....To get blood pressure under control, combination of medicines may be best
...l patients came into the study on other medication before switching to one of the two-drug combinations used in the study. A year later, after 18 months of treatment, patients continued to have good blood pressure control. In fact, more than 80 percent of participants from the United States achieved cont...Veterans exposed to Agent Orange have higher rates of prostate cancer recurrence
...croscopic cancer cells can migrate out of the area before surgery, becoming detectable later when they start pushing PSA levels back up. In fact, following any type of prostate cancer treatment, men routinely get PSA levels checked for the rest of their lives. Without cancer recurrence, they should stay a...Approved medical resident hours still resulting in sleepy doctors
...ents, the researchers studied 20 residents the day before and the day after they were on-call for 24 hours at the hospitals Intensive Care Unit (ICU). The objective sleepiness was assessed using a test called Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSLT). In this test, the residents rest comfortably with their eyes cl...Epidemiology of TB: Updates from CDC studies to be presented at ATS 2007
...cluding: What kind of symptoms did you have before you came to the doctor" How long did the symptoms ...u go for further treatment" Did you have a TB test before you came to the United States" What did they tell you results were" What did you know about TB" Do y...'Healthy' children with smoking parents aren't really so healthy
...cy, during pregnancy but not after birth, and both before and after birth. The researchers found that children of smoking parents had significantly reduced lung function similar to that seen in smokers. Smoking after birth appeared to be more harmful than smoking during pregnancy alone. The researchers have...Nanomedicine opens the way for nerve cell regeneration
...fter injury. Can these challenges be overcome even before we fully understand them at a molecular level "why axons in central nervous system do not regenerate"" Dr. Mauris N. De Silva describes the novel nanotechnology based approach designed that includes the use of magnetic nanoparticles and magnetic fiel...Hair straightening chemicals not linked to breast cancer risk in African-Americans
...ered that the majority of women used hair relaxers before age 20 and a third used the chemicals at least seven times a year. But when they examined the association between use of hair relaxers and breast cancer, based on 574 newly diagnosed cases of breast cancer identified during the follow-up period, they...SCAI highlights study using wireless technology to speed care of heart attack patients
...ologists are now notified an average of 15 minutes before the patient even arrives at the hospital. From June to December 2006, the average door-to-intervention time fell to 80 minutes. Today, it is lower still, averaging just 73 minutes. Establishing the wireless system took 68 months of planning and inv...Bali bomb lessons helped shape Australia's mental health response to terrorism and trauma
...aken to the Royal Darwin Hospital to be stabilised before being moved to other hospitals. A high proportion ... And all patients underwent a mental health review before being moved to hospitals in their home states. "Staff saw victims who had severe shrapnel wounds ...Commonly used drug offers promise for premature babies
...d seizures. "Stabilizing the blood vessels right before the baby is born is a tremendous opportunity to sa...uld need to be tested rigorously in pregnant women before being considered as a treatment for their babies. But the investigators point out that celecoxib is ...Papillomavirus vaccine could reduce rate of vulval and vaginal cancers
... in girls who are vaccinated in early adolescence, before exposure. The effect of vaccination in the general population of sexually experienced young women is expected to be lower initially, due to prevalent HPV infection. "This intervention could greatly reduce the morbidity, mortality and health-care co...Why Lincoln fell gravely ill after delivering his Gettysburg Address
...idence that Lincoln was immunized against smallpox before his illness." Moreover, Goldman said, "The milder form of smallpox, known as variola minor, first appeared in the United States at the turn of the 20th century and was unknown in the United States during the mid-19th century when Lincoln became ill."...Innovative education scheme sees fewer rugby players suffering spinal injuries
...eality there were eight. It was also found that before 2001 the scrum was the most dangerous part of the game accounting for 48% of spinal injuries. Yet between 2001 and 2005 it was the cause of 12.5% of injuries. There was one spinal injury from the scrum in this period, the predicted number was nine....Quality versus quantity -- transforming kidney transplant policy
...ven to patients who are almost certain to die long before the replacement organ wears out, while patients with longer life expectancies may be given organs with a high chance of graft failure, making second or even third transplants necessary later in life. Recent attention has been focused on designing n......ators measured cardiovascular and blood parameters before the exposure and for one hour after the exposure. ...fter the Taser, likely due to a heightened anxiety before the test. Other measures changed slightly, but there were no clinically significant or lasting chan...