Preventive treatment helps avoid Hepatitis B relapse during chemotherapy
...predictor and the authors urge the use of a highly sensitive test to detect and measure viral load in order to identify patients at the greatest risk of hepatitis B reactivation. In those patients with lower viral loads, it would still be beneficial to closely monitor virological and biochemical changes when t...Soaring UK rates of Chlamydia infection partly caused by more sensitive tests
More sensitive testing methods might account for some of the shar...998, tests were switched from cultures to the more sensitive nucleic acid amplification testing, or NAAT as it is known. Using the culture tests, just over 6 per...Researchers break chain of biochemical events that brain cancer cells use to evade therapy
...iochemical pathway to make brain cancers much more sensitive to common therapeutic agents that cause a natural process of cell death called apoptosis," said John S. Yu, M.D., co-director of the Comprehensive Brain Tumor Program at the Institute, adding that the researchers are applying for Food and Drug Admini...Diabetic hearts make unhealthy switch to high-fat diet
... fats than glucose, making the diabetic heart more sensitive to drops in oxygen levels that occur with coronary artery blockage." Compared to non-diabetics, diabetic patients often have larger infarctions and suffer more heart failure and sudden death when the heart experiences an ischemic (low-oxygen) event....Chance, music, and the ear of the beholder
...ence for how the brain is attuned to be especially sensitive to degrees of change in sound that the brain is most likely to encounter in the natural world. The work is reported by a team of scientists led by Dr. Jan Schnupp at the Oxford University Auditory Neuroscience group. The world we inhabit is constantl...Parental conflict produces more than fleeting distress for children
...to their parents discord but, instead, become more sensitive to it, Davies and his colleagues wondered if different forms of destructive conflict between parents played different roles in children's reactions. It didn't matter whether the adults disagreed in openly hostile ways or appeared indifferent during t...Hormone linked to good hearing as we age
...evels of potassium are particularly crucial in the sensitive inner ear, where fluid rich in potassium plays a c...versity of Rochester. "The inner ear is especially sensitive to any disruption in potassium levels," said Robert D. Frisina, Ph.D., professor of Otolaryngology a...Team discovers possible 'universal strategy' to combat addiction
... on the project, explains that VTA brain cells are sensitive to serotonin, a hormone associated with learning, sleep and mood. The team discovered that PTEN acts on these serotonin receptors, increasing brain cell activity. This is the same "reward" process sparked by drugs of abuse. Armed with this knowledge,...Study shows MRI can detect breast disease missed by mammography
...with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is extremely sensitive in the detection of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS). DCIS, or early stage breast carcinoma, is a pre-invasive malignancy and MRI may help identify this type of disease, which may not be visible on a mammogram. This study is published in The Breast ...Brenner Children's Hospital researcher says PSA campaign about risky sexual behaviors a success
...olescents to communicate with their children about sensitive issues. Parents are often concerned about the way schools teach sex education and the messages their children are exposed to on television and the internet. But when parents convey their own values, attitudes and beliefs about sexual activity, birth ...Portable cocaine sensor developed at UC Santa Barbara
...parts per million in blood. Still, this is not yet sensitive enough for use in the emergency room, since a person with .3 parts per million of cocaine in their blood would be considered "stoned on cocaine." So more work needs to be done to increase the sensitivity of the new test. Last summer was the first tim...Poor neighborhood conditions triple risk for disabilities
...tion," Schootman says. "Older people are much more sensitive to their environment. They rely on aspects of their immediate surroundings--how easy it is to get to the doctor or the grocery store or go for a walk--much more than younger people do." "The U.S. currently is trying to reduce disparities in health ...Update on tuberculosis -- 2005
... in Europe. "The ELISPOT appears to be at least as sensitive as the tuberculin skin test (TST) for diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection in contacts of patients with tuberculosis and is likely to be more specific than the TST in bacilli Calmette-Gurin (BCG) vaccine," said Dr. Yew. (The BCG vaccine, which ...Tip sheet Annals of Internal Medicine, March 7, 2006, issue
... adults) carry MSSA (Staphylococcus aureus that is sensitive to the antibacterial methicillin), while 2 million (0.84 percent) carry MRSA (S.aureus resistant to methicillin) (Article, p. 318). An editorial writer calls the rise in cases of community-acquired MRSA in the United States and elsewhere an 'epidemic...New test to detect rare proteins in blood
...u levels predict disease-specific survival. A more sensitive assay could more accurately allow treatment of humans with breast cancer and allow treatment more quickly if the tumor reoccurs. The researchers collected blood samples from healthy women and breast cancer patients who did or did not overexpress Her2...Strength of cocaine cravings linked to brain response
...cocaine, the strongly addicted rats were much more sensitive to the D2 activator but less sensitive to the D1 activator. These tests showed that the difference in sensitivity developed during the addi...Mailman School of Public Health researchers develop diagnostic test for pathogens
...rential diagnosis. To address the need for highly sensitive diagnostics, researchers built on an established method known as polymerase chain reaction that allows amplification of genetic sequences and on a technology previously used for DNA sequencing and detection of genetic polymorphisms. Genetic probes f...Newer diabetic meds cost more, but users have fewer hospital visits
...vels remain high. TZDs make cells in the body more sensitive to insulin, while metformin lowers blood sugar levels and sulfonylureas boost pancreatic insulin production. Metformin and the sulfonylureas are available in generic forms. A generic medication contains the same ingredients and has the same effect on...Effects of preterm birth and early environmental risks continue into adolescence
..., such as the parietal lobe, would be particularly sensitive to the effects of medical complications; while are..., such as the temporal lobe, would be particularly sensitive to environmental risk. As expected, the researchers found that individual differences in medical and......paws. Their paws also swelled less and became less sensitive to pain in response to the mustard oil exposure. The team also found that TRPA1 is an important target of bradykinin, one of the body's natural inflammatory agents that stimulates pain-sensing neurons and leads to hypersensitivity to heat or touch. M...