Researchers identify target for therapeutic drugs to fight most common adult brain cancer
...50 years, can infiltrate the brain extensively and sometimes becomes enormous before turning symptomatic. Researchers have known for years that tumor cells proliferate out of control by a mechanism characterized by an abnormally high number of copies of the epidermal growth factor receptor gene (EGFR). This ov...Patients prescribed long-term corticosteroids often do not receive therapy to prevent osteoporosis
...ir clinic visits, by reviewing medical records and sometimes by telephone. Twenty-eight (80 percent) of the patients were not taking bisphosphonates at the time they were referred. "The low rate of bisphosphonate use prior to referral and prolonged time interval until initiation of prophylaxis are disappointi...Mutation that protects against HIV infection may raise risk of West Nile virus illness
...ion does not always lead to illness, the virus can sometimes cause serious problems and, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there were 102 deaths in the United States from West Nile virus infection in 2005." "A decade ago, a number of research groups, including Dr. Murphy's, determine...Delaying surgery is a safe, acceptable option for some men with hernia
...ion in the article. These men and their physicians sometimes delay hernia repair until emergence of pain or discomfort. Surgical repair, while generally safe and effective, carries long-term risks of hernia recurrence, pain, and discomfort. The natural history of an untreated inguinal hernia is not known. Whet...JCI table of contents: January 19, 2006
... strong immune responses, can trigger serious, and sometimes lethal, shock by stimulating special T cells, known as CD8+ T cells, that recognize epitope(s) contained within the vaccine. These CD8+ T cells are central to clearing primary viral infections and are involved in protecting the body from subsequent i...For orthopedic injuries, a robot that follows patients as they move
...or kneecap, and injuries of the shoulder. Surgeons sometimes have to operate to diagnose these and other injuries, which can lead to unnecessary surgeries. After operations, surgeons have few tools beyond the patient's experience to tell them whether a procedure worked as intended and whether it will forestall...Pay cuts lead to worker insomnia, but supervisor training helps
...o practice. The message I gave was not unique, but sometimes it takes something like a training session to really help supervisors do what they know is best." And in fact, this study showed that nurses who worked for supervisors who received this training showed steep drops in their levels of insomnia in the ...NFL players show more rapid recovery from concussions than high school players
..., confusion, headache, nausea, disorientation, and sometimes loss of consciousness. "Generally, an athlete who sustains an initial concussion can fully recover as long as the brain has had time to heal before sustaining another hit," explained Dr. Lovell. "The tricky part is that concussion signs and symptoms ...End-of-life wishes vary among racial and ethnic groups, and between genders, study finds
... Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, found sometimes divergent views in how the different groups view health care, spirituality, family, and dying. "One of the most important findings in our study is that there are so many different points of view, it is important for health care providers to treat ev...Erectile dysfunction common, linked with severity of heart disease
...nt a physical examination. Men who said they were sometimes or never able to maintain an erection adequate for sexual intercourse were defined as having ED. According to that definition, overall prevalence of ED was 18.4 percent, the authors report. ED occurred more often as men aged, affecting 6.5 percent o...Even with more free time, women feel no less rushed, study finds
...an single, childless men. But the odds of feeling sometimes or always rushed were 2.2 times higher for married...ften they felt rushed during a typical day never, sometimes or always. The results showed that time pressures increased for women between 1975 and 1998, especi...Test identifies best candidates for implanted cardiac defibrillator, screens out those not helped
...r others they were unnecessary, uncomfortable, and sometimes dangerous. Now a new, noninvasive test may help determine which patients are most likely to benefit from the device, known as implantable cardiac defibrillator (ICD). A large, multicenter, NIH-sponsored study coordinated by Columbia University Medi...Weight loss improves bladder control in women with prediabetes
...ked to overactive nerves that control the bladder, sometimes triggering inappropriate contractions. More than 13 million people in the United States, mostly middle-aged and older women, experience loss of bladder control. Overweight women and those with type 2 diabetes have a 50- to 70-percent increased ri...The Alzheimer patient who sang 'Oh, what a beautiful morning!'
...d twisted her face when tunes were played wrongly sometimes exclaiming 'oh dear'! The researchers concluded that musical abilities seem to be located in brain regions unaffected by Alzheimer's disease and that demented patients might enjoy living in a more musical environment. The researchers have called for ...Jan/Feb Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...de that competing demands require prioritizing and sometimes deferring services to follow-up visits to improve quality of diabetes care. Encounters by Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Complex and Demanding: An Observational Study By Michael L. Parchman, M.D., M.P.H., et al Treatment for depression does not impro...Flow technique could simplify targeting cancer therapy
...nez. "What now takes weeks or months, with results sometimes coming too late to be useful in treatment decisions, could be done in a matter of hours for a fraction of the current cost."...Disposable catheter breakthrough, a world first
...ng hose. Because fluid is always flowing, patients sometimes feel uncomfortable and turn their bodies over, which increases the risk of inhaling fluid into their airway," Dr Hsu said. "Existing catheters also need to be recalibrated before each use, but posture changes, movement and fluctuation in the flow rat...Exposure to military trauma related to post-war disease and death in Civil War veterans
...ldiers could easily identify with enemies who were sometimes from the same state or county. Judith Pizarro, M.A., and colleagues at the University of California, Irvine, collected data on 303 randomly selected Civil War companies from military records and pension files, which included information about soldi...Climate change may affect length of respiratory infection season
...ry tract infections in infants and young children, sometimes resulting in pneumonia. Like the flu, RSV has a seasonal pattern, infecting the majority of people during autumn and winter. Author Gavin Donaldson, PhD, of the University College London, examined the relationship between the RSV season and the rise ......e scientists next want to understand why cells can sometimes process the structure without creating double-stranded breaks. They also want to know why certain places in the genome become "hot spots" for these breaks, while other seemingly similar areas do not. "If we could understand the players involved in t...