Chest in Biological News

Unexplained chest pain can be due to stress

... people seek emergency treatment for unexplained chest pains. A thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy, ... anxiety, depression and a sedentary lifestyle. chest pain is a common reason for patients to seek ... number of patients are diagnosed with unexplained chest pain, which means that the pain cannot be linked ...

Marked improvement in body image, physical stamina, post-surgical pectus patients report

... Patients who have had the common chest wall deformity known as pectus excavatum ... is the most common congenital deformity of the chest wall. Its defining feature is a depression, or indentation of the chest wall. In the late 1980s, King's Daughters ...

Athletes' 'sweat and tears' linked to asthma

... peer-reviewed journal of the American College of chest Physicians (ACCP), shows that athletes with EIA ... FCCP, and President of the American College of chest Physicians. "Otherwise healthy individuals who experience asthma symptoms, such as chest tightness, unusual shortness of breath, or ...

Low exposure to asbestos-like mineral from Montana vermiculite may up lung disease risk

... stopped using Libby vermiculite in 1980, current chest X-rays revealed that 20 percent of workers who ... the group with the highest exposure, changes on chest X-rays were noted in 54 percent of workers. ... contained in the Libby vermiculite ore can cause chest X-ray changes at previously unrecognized lower ...

Cleveland Clinic leading clinical program to improve early-stage lung cancer detection

... study in an ongoing program to determine whether chest X-ray CAD (computer-aided detection) can improve ... The program is designed to determine whether chest X-ray CAD can help identify hard to detect lung ... enrolled in early 2008. The Significance of chest X-ray CAD (Computer Aided Detection) Lung ...

Thinking makes it so: Science extends reach of prosthetic arms

... wrist and hand movements, and connect them to the chest muscles so that the signals can be used to move ... amputated arm and redirected them to the patients chest muscles. As a result, when the patient wants to ... the impulse travels down the nerve, into his chest and causes ...

Endobronchial valve significantly improves emphysema

... Frank C. Sciurba, M.D., reported today at chest 2007, the annual meeting of the American College of chest Physicians. Scientific sessions continue through ... the procedure, and included shortness of breath, chest pain and low oxygen concentration in the ...

New CPR promises better results by compressing abdomen, not Chest

... since the 1960s, the rescuer pushes on the chest and blows into the subject's mouth twice for every 30 chest compressions. However, the risk of infection is ... CPR push with enough force to depress the chest 1 and a half to 2 inches at a rate of 100 times ...

Early detection of lung cancer: New data presented at multidisciplinary meeting

... report that a new approach to diagnosis that ensures a patient has had a chest CT scan before they attend a clinic has the potential to reduce the time between their first abnormal chest X-ray and final diagnosis. Also during the conference, Greek ...

European Multidisciplinary Conference on Thoracic Oncology

... on the prevention, screening, diagnosis, and treatment of chest tumors, including results of translational research. It will facilitate ... to promote an integrated approach to diagnosis and treatment of chest tumors and to strengthen European cooperation and scientific exchange . ...

New cardiology research presented at CHEST 2008

... expected outcome of multiple in-hospital resuscitation events. #6700 chest COMPRESSIONS DIFFICULT FOR MEN AND WOMEN TO PERFORM (Wednesday, October ... Female hospital staff members have more difficulty performing adequate chest compressions (CC) than male hospital staff. Researchers from Albert ...

Possible link between baby swimming and breathing problems in children

... who have allergies or asthma have an increased risk of wheezing in the chest if they take part in baby swimming before 6 months of age. This is shown ... the proportion of children who experienced tightness or wheezing in the chest was 40 percent. Among children of mothers with asthma and allergy, 44 ...

Actor-robots 'staff' part of new $5M simulation training center

... A medical student places a chest tube in a patient lying on an operating table, while another student ... everything from bag-mask ventilation, intubation, and defibrillation to chest tube placement and endoscopies. Computer programs test decision making ...

How alligators rock and roll

... which plays a role in breathing like the diaphragm that separates the chest cavity from the abdominal cavity in humans and other mammals. But in ... people eat when they order pork or beef ribs. There are two groups of chest rib muscles. One group helps the rib cage contract and pushes air out of ...

Using nanotechnology, UCLA researchers discover cancer cells 'feel' much softer than normal cells

... cancer cells can cause a build-up of fluids in body cavities such as the chest and abdomen. But fluid build-up in patients does not always mean cancer ... necessary at all. In this study, researchers collected fluid from the chest cavities of patients with lung, breast and pancreatic cancers, a ...

Life-threatening gene defect located by UT-Houston researchers

... deaths together. Bryant, 51, began to feel pain in the center of his chest nearly two years ago while on a business trip to Oklahoma. During the ... of cardiovascular and thoracic surgery at Memorial Hermann, cut open his chest and punctured the sac to allow the blood to drain. Bryants heart began ...

Scientists find predisposition to bronchiolitis in some babies

... tell us that every time their child gets a cold it goes straight to his chest and many parents and doctors believe that bronchiolitis in infancy is the cause of these chest problems in childhood. This study shows that it is the difference in ...

Minimally invasive heart surgery research wins NIH award

... you dont have to place the patient on a heart-lung machine or cut the chest and heart open. But in comparison with open heart surgery, what you can ... that could extend into the heart through needle-sized incisions in the chest and heart walls. Using a joystick controller and real-time medical imaging ...

New drug may reduce heart attack damage

... muscle suffers damage at two distinct times during a heart attack, Professor Khachigian said: "first when the initial blockage occurs causing the chest pain, and second, when the patient undergoes an intervention, such as angioplasty or stenting, to reopen the blocked artery". "At both these ...

New MRI technique could mean fewer breast biopsies in high-risk women

... breast cancer risk factors including inherited genetic mutations, family or personal history of breast cancer, or previous radiation therapy to the chest receive an annual MRI screening in addition to their yearly mammogram. During a breast MRI, which lasts about a half hour, the technician ...

UCLA cancer researchers develop model that may help identify cancer stem cells

... a condition in which an abnormal amount of fluid collects between the thin layers of tissue lining the outside of the lung and the wall of the chest cavity. They had found in previous attempts that culturing lung cancer cells from tumors in Petri dishes did not work well. The cells that grew ...

Oral contraceptives impair muscle gains in young women

... exercised three times per week for ten weeks under the supervision of exercise physiologists. They performed a variety of exercises to include chest press, lat pull down, leg extension, triceps extension, arm curl and abdominal crunch. Exercise was done using standard exercise machines and each ...

Oral contraceptives impair muscle gains in young women

... exercised three times per week for ten weeks under the supervision of exercise physiologists. They performed a variety of exercises to include chest press, lat pull down, leg extension, triceps extension, arm curl and abdominal crunch. Exercise was done using standard exercise machines and each ...

Fireflies and jellyfish help illuminate quest for cause of infertility

... by the Wellcome Trust, identified cells producing prolactin throughout the body. This included the pituitary gland, the thymus an organ in the chest which helps protect against autoimmunity the spleen and inflammatory cells in the abdominal cavity. ...

Novel veterinary procedure detecting life-threatening injuries touted

... which included automobile accidents and bite and gunshot wounds. High accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity was found when comparing TFAST to chest X-ray findings. TFAST was used to successfully diagnose PTX and identify other concurrent thoracic trauma in approximately 50 percent of these ...

Indoor air pollution increases asthma symptoms

... meter of air (ug/m3) increase in indoor coarse particle concentration, there was a 6 percent increase in the number of days of cough, wheeze, or chest tightness, after adjusting for a number of factors. For every 10 ug/m3 increase in fine particles measured indoors, there was a 7 percent increase in ...

Scientists discover how deadly fungus protects itself

... enters the body through the lungs and can spread throughout the body, including the brain. The resulting infection, called cryptococcosis, can cause chest pain, dry cough, abdominal swelling, headache, blurred vision, or confusion. The infection can be fatal, especially if not treated with antifungal ...

TB bacterium uses its sugar coat to sweeten its chances of living in lungs

... can harbor the bacterium without symptoms for decades, but an estimated one in 10 will develop active disease characterized by a chronic cough and chest pain. An active infection is treated with a combination of antibiotics that patients take for at least six months. At the point of infection in ...

Robotic surgery lowers risk of a rare but serious complication of gastric bypass

... leak, which can occur when the small intestine is reconnected to a small pouch created in the stomach, often produces symptoms of abdominal and chest pain, shortness of breath, fever, nausea, vomiting and rarely death. In this five-year study, there were no deaths in either group, and the rate for ...

Children's national co-leads nationwide study of landmark sickle cell treatment

... late August, the clinical trial will enroll 45 patients ages 3 to 16 with severe symptoms of sickle cell disease, including stroke, recurring acute chest syndrome, or frequent pain crises. For all marrow and cord blood transplants, patients must undergo intense chemotherapy to prevent their immune ...

Stent grafts: a better way to treat blunt trauma injuries

... wall and may not be obvious initially. If left untreated, the artery could expand and eventually rupture, resulting in massive bleeding into the chest that is invariably fatal, said Hoffer. During surgery, a patient is at increased risk of paraplegia because the thoracic aorta is clamped, cutting ...

Sounding out heart problems automatically

... Sounding the chest with a cold stethoscope is probably one of the most commonly used diagnostics in the medical room after peering down the back of the throat while the ...

Primate's scent speaks volumes about who he is

... squalene, a scent molecule that works like glue to keep the more aromatic compounds in place longer. Males can be seen dabbing the wrist gland on the chest gland and then scratch-marking. The wrist glands are also central to the "stink fighting" of ringtails, in which they rub the glands along the length ...

Mental stress reduces blood flow to the heart in patients with gene variation

... who experience exercise-related reductions in blood flow to the heart respond similarly to mental stress. These bouts often produce no symptoms of chest pain and are rarely detectable on a standard electrocardiogram. Yet previous UF research has shown that these patients have a threefold greater risk ...

Clinical trial that may help patients breathe easier begins at Central DuPage Hospital

... WINFIELD, Ill., April 1, 2008 Researchers at Suburban Lung Associates and the Chicago chest Center recently announced the start of the EASE (Exhale Airway Stents for Emphysema) Trial to explore an investigational treatment for advanced ...

Faster koa tree growth without adverse ecosystem effects

... koa forests. They found the potential koa crop trees in the test area on the eastern slope of Mauna Loa annually increased their stem diameter at chest height by nearly 120 percent. In addition, they found the treatments did not adversely affect the growth of native understory plants and non-native ...

First European Lung Cancer Conference

... Oncology (ESMO), the European Lung Cancer Conference will be held biennially, alternating with the World Conference on Lung Cancer and the ESMO chest tumors conference. The event will gather top multidisciplinary experts to provide the audience (European and worldwide) with state-of-the-art ...

Diabetes makes it hard for blood vessels to relax

... therapy for diabetics with vascular problems. Their findings also help explain why L-arginine supplement, marketed to treat hypertension, chest pain, heart failure and more, may not work long term. In the January 4, 2006 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, Johns Hopkins ...

Severe asthma may be a different form of the disease

... risk of a fatal attack. During an asthmatic attack, the airways in the lung narrow and may even close. A person suffering an attack may experience chest tightness, cough, shortness of breath, and wheezing. The airways in the lung, which look something like a tree with many branches, become inflamed ...

Study of bear hair will reveal genetic diversity of Yellowstone's grizzlies

... waiting to tell the tale of genetic diversity in the Yellowstone Ecosystem. Ranging from pale blond to almost black, the hair is filed in a chest freezer where the temperature is minus-77.8 degrees. Some of the tufts are almost 25 years old. The hair will head to Canada in a few months to be ...