Bacteria get off easy in sinus infections
...drain normally. All patients were monitored for a minimum of six months to see if any symptoms or polyps returned. Thirteen in the surgery group had recurrent inflammation within three months to one year after surgery, while the rest remained symptom free. The Hopkins team took samples during surgery of t...Updated sleep apnea screening recommended for commercial drivers
...gly recommend using positive airway pressure for a minimum of 4 hours within a 24-hour period via a machine t...ime on pressure. Current guidelines do not specify minimum use of positive airway pressure. "Difficulty in identifying those drivers at highest risk of OSA an...Seeing two figures in coordinated action helps brain pick out movements of one
...hen viewing synchronized action, we can tolerate a minimum of 20 and up to 100 dots. Having the action coordinated improves the performance by at least a factor of two." The researchers noted that the relationship between two figures held true whether the movements were coordinated but antagonistic, as in ...Pediatric neurosurgeons recommend banning children from ATVs
... law states only that children who drive must be a minimum of 16 years old, and that any riders 18 or under must wear helmets. In many cases even these minimal regulations are being ignored. This must change." In their paper, Park and his colleagues point out that from the time of the ATV's introduction in ...State health department Web sites inaccessible to many, study finds
...05, 58 percent of the state sites did not meet the minimum accessibility standards recommended by disability advocates, including the ability to generate text in a format for Braille displays or speech synthesizers, procedures for using Text Telephones (TTY) or Telecommunications Devices for the Deaf (TDD), ...Hopkins scientists link immune response to 'ghost' parasites and severely congested sinuses
... infections. All patients were monitored for a minimum of nine months to see if polyps and their resulting symptoms returned. Ten in the surgery group had their polyps return within six months, while 12 remained symptom free. The Hopkins team took samples during surgery of the mucous membrane lining t...JRRD tipsheet: Focus on stroke
...gical therapies are likely to be unsuccessful if a minimum level of phonological sequence knowledge does not exist; therapies that pressure subjects to communicate verbally can achieve clinically important gains in communicative ability. This study also demonstrated the importance of a careful analysis of th...Long-term abstinence may resolve many of the neurocognitive deficits associated with alcoholism
...when enough of the pieces recover to at least some minimum level that we can then observe improved function." In addition, said Fein, "we cannot definitively say that these individuals had deficits when they stopped drinking. We don't have data on this. Furthermore, these people were middle-aged. We'...Certification of UK doctors would improve quality of care
...monstrate achievements and competencies beyond the minimum acceptable standards required for licensing purposes. Certified status must be renewed every six to 10 years. But does certification improve medical standards? Kim Sutherland and Sheila Leatherman reviewed data on the effect of certification in t...Schools should take the lead in increasing kids' activity
...nsure that all children and youth participate in a minimum of 30 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity during the school day, plus the option of extra-curricular and school-linked community programs. 2. Schools should deliver evidence-based health-related PE programs that meet national standard...Deadly latex evading lax food labelling laws
... latex adhesive, so that they could be sealed with minimum wastage. A spokesperson for the Food Standards Agency, which funded this study, said food-labelling guidelines were designed to avoid restriction of choice due to excess use of warning labels. 'Advisory labeling should only be used when, following ...Older, more rounded and artier applicants make better medical students
...ability to discuss complex ethical issues. A minimum age requirement of 23, but without the need for a first degree, so as not to disadvantage those from less affluent backgrounds. This would ensure that students were sufficiently mature to know themselves and the world better, so helping them to make ...High humidity is a risk factor for heart attack deaths among the elderly
...er 70s. Maximum humidity level reached 91% and the minimum reached 26%. The authors point out that even in a relatively mild Mediterranean climate, such as that enjoyed by Athens, changes in temperature and humidity have a significant impact on the chances of dying from a heart attack. The December peak ...Graduated driver licensing reduces fatal crashes by 11 percent
...they are commonly found in existing programs: A minimum age of 15 1/2 for obtaining a learner permit A w...s before applying for an intermediate license A minimum of 30 hours of supervised driving Minimum age of at least 16 years for obtaining an intermediate ...Drivers on cell phones are as bad as drunks
...blood-alcohol limit" of 0.08 percent, which is the minimum level that defines illegal drunken driving in most U.S. states, says study co-author Frank Drews, an assistant professor of psychology. "If legislators really want to address driver distraction, then they should consider outlawing cell phone use whil...Incubation period for human BSE infection could exceed 50 years
...by cannabilism ceased by 1960. They worked out the minimum incubation period for the disease as the time betw...onset of kuru in the patients. They found that the minimum incubation periods ranged from 34 to 41 years. However, in men more accurate assessment was possible...Use of anti-depressant does not decrease risk of relapse for patients with anorexia nervosa
... or day-program treatment and regained weight to a minimum body mass index (BMI) of 19.0. Participants were then randomly assigned to receive fluoxetine (n = 49) or placebo (n = 44) and were treated for up to 1 year as outpatients. The researchers found that similar percentages of patients assigned to fluox...Stopping medication too soon after receiving a drug-eluting stent raises risk of death
...rge and recommendations are to continue them for a minimum of three to six months after the procedure," said John A. Spertus, M.D., M.P.H., lead author of the study and director of cardiovascular education and outcomes research at the Mid America Heart Institute in Kansas City, Mo. Researchers looked at the ...Rising health care premiums lead to lower wages and more part-time employment
...is constrained from offering lower compensation by minimum wage, union rules, or other provisions of labor law, an additional 3.5 million workers will likely be moved from full-time jobs to part-time without benefits. "As malpractice costs rise, the price of purchasing health care through any source--employ...Lowering blood pressure doesn't prevent cognitive impairment, dementia
... the study were between 60 and 89 years old with a minimum blood pressure of 160/90 and no previous cerebrovascular disease. Interventions to lower blood pressure included a variety of medications and/or lifestyle changes such as cutting salt and alcohol intake, quitting smoking and losing weight. Vascular ...