Researchers examine why food tastes bad to chemotherapy recipients
...ored Dietrich to travel around the U.S. to educate utility staff and managers on how to use sensory analysis to detect changes in water quality. She is also a co-developer of three odor-testing methods for the daily monitoring of raw and untreated water. Now she is hoping to work with medical personnel as s...High levels of lipoprotein(a) in women associated with increased risk for cardiovascular events
...esults, leading to disagreement about the clinical utility of routinely measuring lipoprotein(a). There is also poor agreement among lipoprotein(a) levels obtained by different tests. Jacqueline Suk Danik, M.D., M.P.H., of Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, and colleagues conducted a study to determine ...Clinical trial shows islet transplantation is a promising procedure
... "Ongoing studies will further define the clinical utility of this approach." "This really shows that islet transplantation can be tremendously successful in protecting against hypoglycemic unawareness," says Dr. Shapiro. About five to ten percent of the estimated 21 million Americans with diabetes have ...Obesity independently impacts prostate cancer screening
...y (BPH). Consequently, clinicians still debate its utility in patient care, and researchers look for factors that may affect PSA levels and more specific tests. Epidemiology evidence shows that obese patients and African-Americans present with more advanced disease. Evidence suggests that body fat, indirec...ResearchChannel reveals the research environment of the future
.... A variety of visualizations will demonstrate the utility of these ultra-resolution environments for analyzing large and visually complex data sets, such as co-authorship, citation and time-series social networks. "The technologies we are demonstrating this year, such as interactive high-definition video...Ability of biomarkers to predict risk of heart disease, stroke appears limited
...lished risk factors; but even in combination their utility for risk prediction was modest," says Thomas J. Wang, MD, of the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Division of Cardiology, the reports lead author. "High biomarker levels can successfully identify groups of people at risk, but their ability to p...The Society of Hospital Medicine and Wiley to launch InfoPOEMs for hospitalists
...medical journals and are highly regarded for their utility and quality in keeping clinicians up-to-date on the latest and most relevant evidence published in the medical literature. "Hospitalists are on the front line of clinical care and are early adopters of best practices such as evidence-based medici...New guidelines issued for diagnosis and management of venous thromboembolism
...bolism in a patient before further testing and the utility of various diagnostic tools such as D-dimer and ul...ians. "These guidelines provide information on the utility of various diagnostic tools and compare the efficacy and safety of various pharmacologic agents used...Embargoed Jan./Feb. Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...nary embolism in a patient before further testing, utility of various diagnostic tools such as d-dimmer and ultrasonography. The management guideline supports the use of low molecular weight heparin for patients with deep vein thrombosis in the outpatient setting, when appropriate support services are in pl...Using nanomagnets to enhance medical imaging
... groups had reached conflicting conclusions on the utility of molecular nanomagnets for MRI, but without accounting for concentration. NIST scientists, making novel magnetic measurements, were able to monitor the molecules' decomposition and magnetic properties as the composition was varied. The injectabl...Cancer vaccine innovator honored with prestigious Florey Medal
... strategies in resource poor settings and test the utility of delivering the vaccine to young children as part of a routine childhood immunisation schedule. In addition, Professor Frazers research is now being developed by two Australian biotechnology companies to develop break-through approaches to treatm...PET imaging identifies aggressive kidney cancers that require surgery
...sitivity and specificity of this tool supports the utility of G250 PET imaging in the work-up and management strategies for clinically localized renal masses and as an alternative to biopsy for distinguishing renal lesions." In the study, 25 patients scheduled to have surgery to remove a renal mass receiv...Many Americans at high risk of vision loss do not have access to eye care
...ition with these factors and the possible clinical utility of the measurement of inflammatory biomarkers such as high-sensitivity C-reactive protein in the setting of AMD should be considered," the authors conclude. In another report of a clinical trial involving 22,071 healthy U.S. male physicians age 40 t...Clevidipine during heart surgery improves blood pressure control
...: 415-4) Natriuretic peptides are demonstrating utility in helping emergency room doctors distinguish between lung-related or heart-related dyspnea, or shortness of breath. These peptides are natural antagonists to renin, an enzyme produced in the kidneys that leads to high blood pressure. Shortness of b...XDx presents success with AlloMap molecular expression testing to international transplant community
...ta being presented point to the potential clinical utility of molecular expression testing in monitoring rejection based on gene-expression profiling," said Mario C. Deng, M.D., director of Cardiac Transplantation Research, Columbia University Medical Center/New York Presbyterian Hospital, and co-principal i...No increased risk of certain cancers from electromagnetic fields among energy workers
... health and employment records of more than 22,000 utility workers at 99 different electrical energy supply companies in Denmark. All the employees had been employed at the companies for a minimum of three months since 1968, and they were tracked for an average of nearly 23 years or until death.. When th...Employee health program improves blood pressure, diabetes control
...nteeism declined significantly at JEA, a municipal utility in Jacksonville, Fla. The number of employees who missed work due to hypertension dropped from 25.8 percent to 15.6 percent, while those who missed work because of diabetes dropped by 66.2 percent (from 50 percent to 16.9 percent). Workplace acciden...Smokeless cannabis delivery device efficient and less toxic
... has great potential for improving the therapeutic utility of THC," said study co-author Neal L. Benowitz, MD, UCSF professor of medicine, psychiatry and biopharmaceutical sciences. He added that pills tend to provide patients with more THC than they need for optimal therapeutic effect and increase side ef...Endoscopic procedures advance physician knowledge and patient care
... intestine in very young children and confirms the utility of this practice in detecting occult gastrointestinal bleeding in children, which has been a challenge in the past," said Annette Fritscher-Ravens, M.D., of Homerton University Hospital in London, UK, and lead author of the study. "Additional studie...Intake of vitamin D and calcium associated with lower risk of breast cancer before menopause
... investigation is warranted to study the potential utility of calcium and vitamin D intake in reducing the risk of breast cancer," the authors conclude....