Levels of bacteria in plaque beneath the gum line may increase risk for heart attacks
...r the bloodstream and travel to other parts of the body and cause great harm. "It is like setting up a g...ellbeing." These studies represent two in a large body of research that investigates the possible link between periodontal diseases and other systemic cond...Low back pain relief, causes, measurement & prosthetic fit, production, comfort
...erature after a prosthetic limb is donned. Head, body movement may impact gait in patients with inner ea...th inner ear balance organ abnormalities. Head and body movement irregularities were compared in 17 healthy volunteers and 18 volunteers with balance organ ...Long-term outcomes studied for stem cell transplant recipients
...c leukemia. However, those who had undergone total body irradiation in preparation for the transplant were at a decreased risk for relapse-related death. Mortality not related to relapse was increased in patients who had received the chemotherapy drug carmustine as part of their preparative regimen and am...Women rising to the challenge of weightlessness
...In such a position it is possible to induce in the body phenomena similar to those encountered by astronau...of the mechanisms governing this adaptation of the body to weightless conditions will be invaluable when it comes to developing counter measures for astrona...Eight aspects of early life put UK children at risk of obesity
... and children. Height and weight were measured and body mass index (BMI) was calculated. In the entire gro... between birth and two years Early development of body fatness in the pre-school years, before the age at which body fat should be increasing (at age 5/6 y...Sonic flashlight puts ultrasound images in physician's line of sight for catheter placement
...n or nurse. The probe is placed on the area of the body where the catheter will be inserted. The monitor o..., performed 60 procedures on a vascular phantom (a body of material resembling body mass), and 14 IV nurses performed 18 procedures on the phantom. Both gro...Study finds benefits, less organ rejection using immunosuppressive combination for heart transplants
...erapies is typically used to prevent a recipient's body from rejecting a transplanted organ. Rejection is...us Conference. Humoral rejection is caused by the body making antibodies that can attack the donor organ, which is similar to the way that antibodies attac...Steroid-free regimen with CellCept found comparable to standard therapy in liver transplantation
...genic effects in animals at subclinical doses on a body surface area basis, it may cause fetal harm when administered to a pregnant woman. CellCept should not be used in pregnant women unless the potential benefit justifies the potential risk to the fetus. Women of childbearing potential should have a n...Obesity is risk factor for aggressive prostate cancer
...The obesity study examined the association between body mass index weight to height ratio and prostate c...nd less cancer. We did find that men with a higher body mass index did indeed have higher-grade, more aggressive-appearing cancer." A study published in Feb...Lifestyle, rather than fetal or childhood factors, critical for adult bone health
...portant for men. And, overall, adult lifestyle and body size accounted for most of all the variation in th... to influence skeletal growth, adult lifestyle and body size seem to be the most important determinants of bone health in middle age in this cohort." Cuttin...Children living near major roads at higher asthma risk
... "These findings are consistent with an emerging body of evidence that local traffic around homes and schools may be causing an increase in asthma," said lead author Rob McConnell, M.D., associate professor of preventive medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California. "...Students who get drunk weekly have higher risk of injuries
... differences in weight, gender, alcohol tolerance, body metabolism, medications and other variables," she said. "What it takes to make someone drunk varies from individual to individual." The overall goal of the $3.2 million Study to Prevent Alcohol-Related Consequences (SPARC) is to reduce the availabili...Children living near major roads at increased risk of asthma
.... "These findings are consistent with an emerging body of evidence that local traffic around homes and schools may be causing an increase in asthma," says lead author Rob McConnell, M.D., associate professor of preventive medicine at the Keck School. "This is a potentially important public health problem...Facial trauma may cause significant social and behavioral problems
...epression, anxiety, and discomfort regarding their body image, as well as an overall lower satisfaction wi...d he next will look at the psychological impact of body deformities as a result of diseases such as breast cancer and the impact of subsequent reconstructio...Computed tomography has potential to offer accurate, safer method for detecting artery disease
... around the patient, taking numerous images of the body in seconds. A computer processes this information into three-dimensional images composing volumetric representations of anatomy. The coronary arteries can be extracted from these images and are presented in arbitrarily oriented sectional cuts. This p...Bones don't pay a price when fat is lost through exercise
Debunking the myth that exercising to lose excess body fat, unlike dieting alone, comes at a cost to bone... are very concerned about how best to reduce their body fat as a means of preventing other health problems, such as heart disease and diabetes," says lead s...Risk factors associated with elderly hospital deaths: Dependence on others and being too thin
... that the combination of functional status and low body mass index best predict death in the hospital," Th... they are in the hospital." The study found that a body mass index of less than 20 coupled with a person's inability to independently perform routine daily ...Personalized immunosuppression with leading organ transplant therapy may optimize patient care
...genic effects in animals at subclinical doses on a body surface area basis, it may cause fetal harm when administered to a pregnant woman. CellCept should not be used in pregnant women unless the potential benefit justifies the potential risk to the fetus. Women of childbearing potential should have a n...Severe sleep apnea may be a risk factor for liver damage
...an patients in the other two groups, regardless of body mass index (BMI), which itself is a known risk factor for fatty liver disease. They also had significantly higher levels of insulin and were more insulin resistant than the other patients. Although the authors note that the results should be consider...Bad metabolism in blood vessels linked to high blood pressure and atherosclerosis
...s had the same cholesterol levels, glucose levels, body weights and body-fat percentages. To make sure t...est involves essential fatty acids, which regulate body functions such as blood pressure and blood clotting. The body doesn't produce them, so they must be ...