Hormonal birth control, bacterial infections in women linked to increased shedding of type-2 herpes
...le online. The study underscores the importance of diagnosing and treating vaginal bacterial infections to prevent the spread of the herpes virus. HSV-2 can remain latent in the body for some time, but when it becomes active and begins to multiply (a process known as "shedding"), it becomes transmissible to oth...Clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer's may be delayed, says major clinical trial
...important factors in the study were the success in diagnosing MCI on a reliable basis in a multi-site study and the finding that MCI can be predictive of AD. A condition whose characterization in the medical community is relatively new, MCI is a transitional state that occurs between the cognitive changes of no...APA applauds new California regulations for inpatient psychological services
... recognizes California psychologists' expertise in diagnosing and treating mental disorders which allows them to serve their patients in acute care hospitals as attending practitioners. The California agency's new rules allow both psychologists and psychiatrists to direct patient care as a member of the hospita...Research urgently needed to treat blood clots in children
...nto, revealed an acute need for more research into diagnosing the condition, whose symptoms can be misleading. Review of data on 405 children who died in specialized pediatric hospitals in Canada between 1991-97 revealed that three per cent of the deaths were attributable to blood clots. "The condition does ki...The power of drug advertising: Patients often get what they ask for
...doctors were significantly more likely to consider diagnosing depression, and recording that diagnosis, if the actor-patient made a request for medication compared with no request. Although other studies have examined the effects of DTC advertising on consumer and clinician behavior, this was the first to exami...Program for abdominal and pelvic health offered at Rush University Medical Center
...edical Center offers a multi-specialty approach to diagnosing and treating a wide range of abdominal and pelvic conditions in women as well as men of all ages. The medical team includes a full complement of specialists trained to accurately diagnose and treat conditions such as incontinence, endometriosis, cons...Watching metals melt, nanometer-scale views inside cells
... of white-blood cells, forexample, is integral for diagnosing cancer and AIDS. Starting outdecades ago as a room-sized operation, counting cells is now atabletop operation but scientists at the University of California atSan Diego (UCSD) aim to reduce the size much further, to the pointwhere it could eventuall...MDCT accurate for diagnosing coronary artery disease in patients with no to moderate calcification
...esearchers found that 16-MDCT was very accurate in diagnosing these patients, having a sensitivity and specificity of 93% and 94%, respectively. When the remaining nine who had a calcium score of 1,000 or greater (severe calcification) were added, the overall sensitivity and specificity dropped to 59% and 87%,...Low-dose MDCT 'better option' than x-rays for imaging children's sinuses
...se MDCT of the sinuses in children is effective in diagnosing conditions such as sinusitis and middle ear fluid with a radiation dose comparable to standard x-rays. It also has more benefits, such as better accuracy, speed and a broader diagnosis potential, say researchers from Heilig Hart Hospital in Belgium. ...Molecular change occurring during brain tumor progression also evident in breast cancer
...ive expression of ]1 to ]2 chains may be useful in diagnosing the stage and progression of breast cancer, predicting additional tumor growth and metastasis, and determining patient prognosis." An aggressive tumor would quickly outgrow its source of nutrients and oxygen if not for the interaction between the bl...Scientists report strong evidence of alterations in blood samples of children with autism
...ow affects as many as 1 in every 166 children. But diagnosing autism, a brain disorder that leaves children in apparent isolation from their families and communities, is currently accomplished through a series of behavioral observations that are not reliable until a child is between 2 and 3-years-old. "Finding...Digestive Disease Week 2005 spotlights breakthrough research in digestive health
...echnological advancements and improved efficacy in diagnosing GI disorders DDW is jointly sponsored by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD), the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA), the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) and the Society for Surgery of ...Younger is better when implanting cochlear implants, IU study finds
...e of anesthesia and the difficulties in accurately diagnosing profound deafness. The findings regarding the youngest patients may be due to sample size, Dr. Svirsky said, because only just six of the patients were in the six-to-12-month age group. The children's language development skills were tested with the ...Professor criticises medicine's 'blind spot'
...relegating aspects of medicine not associated with diagnosing and treating disease to the pre-scientific 'art of medicine', or even to complementary and alternative medicine. He says: "If we are to treat patients' symptoms more effectively, we need to expand the scope of scientific medicine to investigate a wid...Popular procedures evaluated for diagnostic accuracy and treatment effectiveness
...05) -- A number of new technologies are helpful in diagnosing and treating gastric disorders, while others need more testing, according to new research presented today at Digestive Disease Week 2005 (DDW). DDW is the largest international gathering of physicians and researchers in the fields of gastroenterolog...MDCT overtakes ventilation-perfusion lung scan for diagnosing pulmonary embolism
...ive of our institution; however, the shift towards diagnosing pulmonary embolism by CT is a national trend. Several other authors have also published similar findings from other hospitals," said Jay H. Donohoo, MD, lead researcher of the study. According to the researchers, there are a number of reasons for the...Biomarkers for interstitial cystitis identified, could lead to the first test
...ecause, to this point, there is no accurate way of diagnosing the condition. Patients undergo a variety of tests to rule out other diseases, all while experiencing significant pain and discomfort. Only after these tests come back negative, can a doctor make the diagnosis of IC," said Michael Chancellor, M.D., p...Most heart failure cases are discovered after patients are admitted to hospital
...late that it may have to do with the difficulty of diagnosing heart failure along with other diseases which are seen in heart failure patients, coupled with the business and economic issues related to coding and hospital outcomes. For example, if a person is admitted to a hospital twice in one month because of...Mental illness exacts heavy toll, beginning in youth
...ion reported that they had symptoms sufficient for diagnosing a mental disorder during the past 12 months. However, many of these cases are mild or will resolve without formal interventions. It is likely, however, that the prevalence rates in this paper are underestimated, because the sample was drawn from...Johns Hopkins study shows home test kits highly effective against sexually transmitted diseases
... are as effective as a doctor's cervical exams for diagnosing STDs. Indeed, 29 percent of respondents had not had a regular physical exam within the past year. "The home test kit is important because it offers physicians and nurses another tool in efforts to reduce the spread of Chlamydia -- both locally and n...