News briefs from the journal Chest, August 2007
...ts With OSA Could Benefit From Diuretics Patients suffering from obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and diastolic heart failure may find relief in the form of diuretics, according to a new study. Italian researchers treated 15 patients hospitalized with severe OSA, hypertension, and diastolic heart failure, with i...A woman who heard voices with her own speech impairments
... last seen in June 2007, the patient was no longer suffering AH. The authors conclude: AH can arise not only in psychotic disorders, but also in neurological conditions affecting the parts of the brain used to process and monitor speech..AH are widely thought to derive from inner speech that has been misiden...AASM to school-bound: Sleep is the right ingredient for academic success
.... Parents who suspect that their child might be suffering from a sleep disorder are encouraged to consult with their childs pediatrician or a sleep specialist. ...'Cars' imaging reveals clues to myelin damage
...e same pathway causes myelin degradation in people suffering from multiple sclerosis and spinal cord injuries," Cheng said. The research demonstrates that CARS microscopy is a valuable research tool and could become a future clinical method to diagnose multiple sclerosis and detect damage to the spinal cord ...New research spares children the pain of the needle
Children suffering from pneumonia could be spared the pain of the doctors needle, thanks to new research funded by the British Lung Foundation. The study, a world-first carried out by researchers at The University of Nottingham, discovered that children given oral tr...Nepalese researchers identify cost-effective treatment for drug-resistant typhoid
...ult, leading to patients taking longer to recover, suffering more complications and continuing to spread the disease to their family and to their community. Clinical investigators based at Patan Hospital Lalitpur in Kathmandu, Nepal, and the Oxford University Clinical Research Unit in Vietnam have completed...Emergency department guidelines enhance quality patient care
.... Many reports have been published on patients suffering from medical care that isnt evidence-based, or supported by clinical research that establishes the optimal approach to care for a particular disease, says Brian Gibler, MD, chairman of UCs department of emergency medicine. We wanted to assess how we ...Taking animals out of laboratory research
... replacement. Refinement of procedures so that the suffering of any animals necessarily used is minimised, reduction of the number of animals used to an unavoidable minimum, and ultimately replacement of animals altogether with validated alternative methods such as cell cultures and computer modelling. The c...Millennium development goals: Are we on track?
... dollar a day, and reduce the proportion of people suffering hunger by half. In order to meet these goals, Webb highlighted recent successes that can guide future efforts. There are three priority issues to be tackled in seeking to address the second objective (on hunger) removing the invisibility of hung...Sleep-related breathing disorder common among aggressive, bullying schoolchildren
.... Parents who suspect that their child might be suffering from an SRBD, or another sleep disorder, are encouraged to consult with their child's pediatrician, who will refer them to a sleep specialist. ...Poor sleep hygiene in children associated with behavioral problems
...s. Parents who suspect that their child might be suffering from OSA, or another sleep disorder, are encouraged to consult with their child's pediatrician, who will refer them to a sleep specialist. Children should follow these steps to get a good night's sleep: Follow a consistent bedtime routine. ...Children with sleep disorder symptoms are more likely to have trouble academically
... Parents who suspect that their child might be suffering from a sleep disorder are encouraged to consult with their childs pediatrician, who will refer them to a sleep specialist....Sleep Slide-Rule improves children's understanding of the importance of sleep
... Parents who suspect that their child might be suffering from a sleep disorder are encouraged to consult with their childs pediatrician, who will refer them to a sleep specialist....Research probes seniors' plans for end-of-life care
...tion now is that having a DPAHC will reduce family suffering and ensure the loved one's wishes are carried out. But the true effectiveness of people's choices has yet to be examined. "It's possible that bad planning is worse than no planning," says Carr. "Just because you name someone to make decisions for y...Meningitis: effectiveness of preventive vaccination demonstrated
...two to three times fewer subjects were recorded as suffering from the disease. The polysaccharide vaccine could help avoid up to 72% of cases in subsequent epidemics. These results speak in favour of adopting a strategy of routine vaccination using this vaccine whenever no other vaccine is available in or...Explaining a link between strokes and Alzheimer's
...here are around 700,000 people in the UK currently suffering with dementia a figure that is set to more than double by 2050, simply because we are living longer. And the disparity between funding levels for research into different conditions is stark, as Prof Peers explained: For every cancer patient in this ...Old memory traces in brain may trigger chronic pain
...e part of the brain that experiences the emotional suffering of pain. The drug is D-Cycloserine, which has been...e appeared to significantly diminish the emotional suffering from pain as well as reduce the sensitivity of the formerly injured site. It also controlled nerve ...AMPAKINE compounds a new potential treatment for respiratory depression
...ated the studies in rodents and in adults patients suffering from Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, significant clinical and statistical improvement in increase attention and decrease hyperactivity have been observed. The U. Alberta research provide evidence that another important AMPAKINE indication ...May/June Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...LESS THAN PROVIDED BY COMMON COLD REMEDIES People suffering from the common cold want an on-average 25 percent... study. When the 253 study participants (who were suffering from the common cold) were given four treatment options vitamin C, herbal echinacea, a zinc lozenge...... chemo-brain, many cancer patients insist they are suffering from an impairment of brain function after chemotherapy and desire some form of relief. In a separate study last year, Kohli found that 82 percent of 595 cancer patients reported problems with memory and concentration. Importantly, the deficits can l...