Johns Hopkins scientists uncover clues to 'disappearing' precancers
...patients to confirm her results and rule out other potentially confounding factors such as age, smoking status, a...hich women have lesions more likely to regress and potentially avoid surgery, plus provide the opportunity to treat early-stage disease. According to the Centers f...Doctors able to predict potential ovarian failure after radiation
...and pelvic regions in children and adolescents may potentially expose the ovaries to radiation and cause prematur...g of ovarian tissue, which is a new technique that potentially enables fertility after serious damage to the ovaries," said Tom W. Kelsey, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D., co-...Radiation exposure during virtual colonoscopy doesn't significantly raise cancer risks
...lonoscopy is a very promising modality which could potentially increase patient compliance with current guideline...n or "prep-less" CT colonography test which would potentially have a major impact on patient compliance. Guidelines of multiple agencies and professional societie...Children in chronic pain need better support, say researchers
...s disabled by chronic pain, this lack of knowledge potentially has a high societal cost." Many doctors dealing with children in pain become concerned about missing a serious underlying disease and so invest time and energy looking for a serious condition and referring to specialists for further evaluation. "Duri...Canadian researchers call for more angiograms
...tegory, about 75 per cent were eligible to receive potentially life-saving bypass surgery or angioplasty. However, Graham noted, it is important to ensure that every patient who receives an angiogram truly needs one. The procedure, which involves injecting a patient's coronary arteries with a special dye that do...Exercise program and special weighted back support improves balance in elderly
... of the person falling and prevent the downstream, potentially life-altering consequences of falling."...News tips from the journal of Neuroscience
...circumstances, myeloperoxidase (MPO) is active and potentially detrimental. Although MPO produces oxidants during inflammation, it was not previously considered to be a contributor to cell damage in PD. MPO may prove to be a therapeutic target in PD....Women cautioned against using herbal supplements
...environment has set up a situation where there are potentially many accidents waiting to happen." However, he said, if women choose to use herbal medicines, they should do so cautiously because the quality of these medicines varies, and the safety, especially with long-term use, is uncertain. He said that women...Decrease in exercise main reason for weight gain in US girls
...alent to 2.5 hours of brisk walking per week could potentially prevent weight gain, ranging from 4 to 6kg in white girls and 6 to 9kg in black girls during adolescence. Dr Kimm concludes: "These results suggest that habitual activity plays an important role in weight gain, with no parallel evidence that energy ...New proton therapy, breast CT clinical trials, radiation-resistant tumors
...from human clinical trials of breast CT imaging, a potentially significant improvement over traditional mammography that aims to catch breast cancer earlier while eliminating patient discomfort. Traditional mammograms involve squeezing the breast between two plates and firing an x-ray that images the breast all ...Discovery of T-cell 'traffic control' boosts new drug promise
...late T cell circulation and prevent a constant and potentially dangerous release of T cells, or lymphocytes. The research is presented this month in a special issue of Nature Reviews Immunology. Authors are Edward Goetzl, MD, at UCSF and Hugh Rosen, MD, PhD, at the Scripps Research Institute, scientists who have...Experts report dental X-rays effectively identify stroke risk factors
...sis, or blockages in the carotid artery, which can potentially lead to stroke. The findings were presented by La...your general dentist to promote early detection of potentially life-threatening events like heart attack and stroke." Dr. Carter's presentation further supports th...Study warns against global use of old asthma medicines for kids' coughs
...s of breath or difficulty breathing. They are also potentially dangerous for children, impairing the developing nervous system, and causing irritability, seizures and cardiac arrhythmias that lead to death. Chang and colleagues searched the published literature for studies that analyzed methylxanthines' effectiv...Diabetes drug controls blood glucose, cardiac risk
...e United States until 1994 due to concerns about a potentially fatal complication called lactic acidosis. Diabetes takes a severe toll on blood vessels throughout the body, especially when combined with other cardiovascular risk factors. Two out of three people with diabetes die from heart disease and stroke, ac...Emory researchers offer new approach for testing potential HIV vaccines in animals
...closely mimic how humans are exposed to the virus potentially giving AIDS researchers a more effective tool in developing successful treatments to prevent HIV infection. In the Emory study, the researchers, using computer simulations, developed an experimental design in which animals are repeatedly exposed to ...Opiates better than sedatives for treating newborns in withdrawal
..."ameliorate the withdrawal, facilitate feeding and potentially reduce the likelihood of seizures," according to two new systematic reviews done by David Osborn, a neonatologist at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney, Australia, and colleagues. The researchers also found that infants treated with opiates ...Virtual colonoscopy shows cancer outside the colon
...l cost was so low indicates that this procedure is potentially cost effective, not only in regards to the colonoscopy but for other conditions as well," Dr. Yee said. Dr. Yee's research represents the longest follow-up (3.6 years) of patients after CTC and is one of the first to include average-risk patients amo...Polypharmacy in children on the rise in the US
...ionally describe serotonin syndrome, a serious and potentially fatal illness that can result when a child receives two medications with serotonergic properties. In addition, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) has issued a policy statement saying, "Little data exist to support advant...Few benefits, many costs associated with changing definition of 'abnormal' PSA level
...biopsy may subject millions of men to unnecessary, potentially harmful medical procedures with no evidence that it will improve prostate cancer mortality rates, according to a new study in the August 3 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Currently, doctors recommend that men with an "abnorma...Largest study of unrelated bone marrow transplantation for leukemia serves as benchmark
...hes to prevent graft-versus-host-disease (GVHD), a potentially lethal complication, might result in improved survival. While the trial demonstrated similar survival rates, the study was the most comprehensive to date, evaluating various clinical outcomes, resource utilization, costs, and health quality of life...