Data show cyclosporine inhalation solution improves long-term survival in lung-transplant patients
...t risk of acute rejection. However, as the patient moves out in time, the primary cause of death in up to 76 percent of cases is chronic rejection, which usually manifests after the first year. This is characterized by chronic inflammation and irreversible scarring of the lungs, a condition known as bronch...The Cochrane Library newsletter, 2005, issue 2
...s with ultrasound, and those where the head either moves side to side or round and round, as well as those with rotating oscillating heads. Professor Robinson explains, "People with electric toothbrushes that don't have rotating-oscillating heads shouldn't worry, as it won't be doing them any harm. However...New Medicare policy allows seniors access to Crystalens
...resbyopia-correcting crystalens, which focuses and moves in the eye like the natural lens thanks to its proprietary accommodating characteristics. The crystalens is designed to treat two conditions: cataract removal with lens replacement (a procedure covered by Medicare) and presbyopia (a non-covered serv...Johns Hopkins team finds 'ancestral' hepatitis-C virus at the root of evolution in infections
... establishes itself in the body. As the infection moves into the chronic stage, the immune response becomes weak and less effective, but until now, no one could explain exactly why. A second, related experiment produced similar findings when the Hopkins team partnered with researchers in Ireland to perf...4D proton therapy, radiation-resistant tumors, interpreting medical images
...ge to keep the radiation on target while the tumor moves as a result of patient breathing. In the 4D appro...one takes into account how the patient's breathing moves the lung back and forth over time (the fourth dimension) so that the radiation hits the tumor precis...Exercise program and special weighted back support improves balance in elderly
...s when the center of gravity of the person's trunk moves outside the base of support provided by the feet a... torso can be considered concentrated. If the base moves outside the base of support, a fall will occur. At the start of the four-week comparison period, the...Molecular ballet unravels, links proteins so cell can direct own movement
As a cell moves forward, physical stress on its skeleton triggers molecular fingers and arms to grasp each other in reinforcing links that stabilize the skeleton, according to images produced by investigators at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. The images ...New proton therapy, breast CT clinical trials, radiation-resistant tumors
...ge to keep the radiation on target while the tumor moves as a result of patient breathing. In the study at ...one takes into account how the patient's breathing moves the lung back and forth over time (the fourth dimension) so that the radiation hits the tumor precis...Fitness-oriented gym classes demonstrate measurable health benefits for overweight children
...y outdoors--is not important, as long as the child moves from one place to another and, especially, finds it FUN." (Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2005;159:996-997. Available pre-embargo to the media at www.jamamedia.org .) For more information, contact JAMA/Archives Media Relations at 312/464-JAMA (5262) or...Penn surgeons use completely robotic surgery to treat prostate cancer
... the procedure. For example, if the surgeon's hand moves five centimeters, he/she can scale the robotic hand to move only one centimeter. Robotic technology also offers a number of advantages after surgery. Because laparoscopic surgery is minimally invasive and no large incisions are involved, robotic-assi...Life insurance: Research reveals concerns over use of health information
...ttee, was recently extended until 2011. There are moves in the life insurance industry for greater transparency, but concern about how to regulate once the moratorium ends. Dr Bennett said: "Public participation in this debate is limited because genetic science is complicated and insurance is not a hot t...4D ecography for the diagnosis of prenatal cardiopathy
...nancy. The foetal heart is a very small organ that moves very fast (120 beats a minute) and thus, its anatomical study is complicated. The spectrum of foetal cardiopathies is very wide, from asymptomatic lesions to malformations incompatible with life, needing specialised training. In this sense, knowledg...ICSU pursues new initiative that challenges science to do more to prevent natural disasters
..., is to organize a natural hazards initiative that moves beyond our traditional focus on the physical sciences and addresses how scientific results interact with the policy-making process. "We need to find new ways to communicate science to decision makers so that they understand how to integrate scientif...Precision radiation therapy yields rare success for liver tumors
...et using conventional techniques because the organ moves during breathing. Shaped-beam radiation therapy, also known as stereotactic body radiation therapy, has expanded treatment options by delivering a high dose of radiation precisely to the tumor, while limiting the damage to healthy tissue surrounding...Mirrors can trick the brain into recovering from persistent pain, research suggests
...body differs from what it senses. When the patient moves their hand, foot or limb, they experience pain as a result. "This could have important implications for the therapeutic management of people with chronic pain." In a separate study published in the journal Rheumatology earlier this year, researchers ...Mailman School of Public Health receives grant for homelessness prevention studies
...h each passing year. "As research on homelessness moves into its third decade, what we know about it and the causes of its widespread prevalence among different groups of America's most impoverished is overshadowed by our inability to prevent it," she observes. About 12 million people of the U.S. adult ...Kidney-damaging protein offers clue to new treatment
...Understanding the mechanisms of kidney cell injury moves us that much closer to preventing this life-altering damage from happening. "If we can develop a drug that will inhibit or turn off the TSP-1 gene function, then severe kidney damage could be prevented--even during a 30-minute disruption in blood flo...Mayo Clinic researchers redefining how heart functions
...ump." Contraction (systole) occurs when the heart moves blood from its left ventricular cavity into the body's circulatory system, and relaxation (diastole) is when the heart fills with new blood. According to Marek Belohlavek, M.D., Ph.D., senior author of the study, "This research focuses on the cardi...'Doctor Franklin's Medicine' explores founding father's vast medical legacy
...n London and Philadelphia, and a traveling exhibit moves next year to museums in St. Louis, Houston, Denver, Atlanta and Paris. While much of the hoopla will focus on Franklin's role as an influential American diplomat, a new book suggests that he deserves considerable recognition for his important but ove...Sweeping recommendations to support pay-for-performance system
...rly the challenges faced by smaller practices--and moves to replace the sustainable growth rate formula (SGR) with new methods of reimbursement that reward those who follow evidence-based standards of care. The results of a 12-community study on physician responses to P4P, recently released by The Center ...