MRI detects cancers missed by mammography in breast cancer patients
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... without any coexisting diseases, and they did not use medications. Ten healthy nonsmokers were recruited from a wellness clinic at the same hospital to serve as controls. The OSA patients were given polysomnographic testing to verify the diagnosis. This involved evaluating brain waves, electrical acti...Treatment outcomes of patients with HIV and tuberculosis
...or longer periods. The study also found that the use of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) du...hat additional research on regimens (including the use of secondline drugs) suitable for field use must continue. ...TB test offers patients quicker and easier diagnosis
...hich take three days. For the new test, patients use a nebuliser to inhale salty water, or hypertonic s...agnosing TB. In the 140 people who were examined, use of 3 sputumspecimens correctly detected TB in 39% of the patients. Gastric washing detected TB in 30...OHSU Cancer Institute researcher identifies protein marker for prostate cancer survival
... events by 34 percent (p=0.023) as compared to the use of Taxotere alone. Because this was the first time CRP has been linked with both response and survival in advanced prostate cancer patients receiving chemotherapy, it will be important to confirm this finding in an independent data set before this ...Brain inflammation may be friend, not foe, for Alzheimer's patients
...using a class of viruses known as lentiviruses for use in gene therapy. The team used a lentivirus to boo...gher-than-normal levels of IL-1beta. Its the first use of an organism where scientists can boost IL-1beta in select areas and then watch what happens as th...FDA approves ZYFLO CR extended-release tablets for chronic treatment of asthma
...d older. ZYFLO CR and ZYFLO are not indicated for use in the reversal of bronchospasm in acute asthma attacks, but can be continued during acute exacerbations of asthma. Leukotrienes are inflammatory mediators in asthma that can trigger asthma symptoms, including inflammation, swelling, bronchoconstric......arch version, rather than a beta - ready for trial use in the field. As an example problem, the ISI te...o that you dont have to be a computer scientist to use it." Orosz hopes to distribute a beta version of RAW later this year....International studies show high efficacy for HPV vaccine
...he U.S. Food and Drug Administration last year for use in females 9 to 26 years of age. While controversy has been raised about giving pre-adolescent girls a vaccine for a sexually transmitted disease, Dr. Ault argues, "young women, young girls make very good immune responses to this vaccine, so that wi...Men worry more about penile size than women, says 60-year-old research review
... They report that Indian Sadhus men are known to use weights to increase the length of their penis and ...There is poorly documented evidence to support the use of penile extenders, and while information is starting to emerge on the success of some surgical tec...Mayo researchers discover overdiagnosis of long QT heart syndrome
...y has exposed the fact that sometimes the clues we use to suspect the diagnosis of LQTS can be misread, misinterpreted, mismeasured and mistaken, he explains. Significance of the Mayo Clinic Research The risk of underdiagnosing LQTS has been well established in recent years. Early this year, this s...New mothers often not asked about depression, UNC survey finds
...n Scale are formal tools physicians and others can use to determine a womans risk of postpartum depression. But Dr. Bradley Gaynes, one of the studys co-authors and a psychiatrist with UNC Health Care, said that checking for signs of depression doesnt require a formal screen; it could be as simple as ask...Folic acid supplementation lowers stroke risk
...fore we can conclude that the benefit of continued use of previously deemed 'safe' vitamin supplements outweighs the risk of other adverse CVD outcomes."...TV ads may spur more stroke victims to get help sooner
...stry of emergency room stroke visits. Second, the use of ongoing public polling research to track awareness over time and third, the convergence of corporate mass media campaign strategies and tactics utilized to communicate health promotion messages, said co-author Frank Rubini of the Heart and Stroke ...Doctors have key role in preventing and detecting child neglect and abuse
...ncounter an occasional case. Failure to set up and use such resources indicates professional weakness. No clinician can opt out of recognising and responding to abuse."...