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Blood Sugar Linked to Deaths in ICU

...cting trials of intensive glycemic management in a heterogeneous population of critically ill patients.” <BR...

Link Between Hyperglycemia & Hospital Mortality

...cting trials of intensive glycemic management in a heterogeneous population of critically ill patients.” ...

Diabetes A Common Problem In The Elderly

...cting trials of intensive glycemic management in a heterogeneous population of critically ill patients....

A New Diagnostic Approach To Pediatric Interstitial Lung Disease

...interstitial lung disease (ILD) comprises a large, heterogeneous group of rare pulmonary disorders //characterized ... study demonstrates that pediatric ILD comprises a heterogeneous group of mostly rare disorders that present tremendous diagnostic challenges. A systematic approach ...

Bortezomib for salvage therapy against progressive myeloma

...e included a mixture of patients with multiple and heterogeneous previous regimens. Therefore, in order to obtain more careful information about the efficacy and tolerability of this drug in more homogeneously and less heavily pre-treated patients, researchers from Italy focused on the effects of bortezomib on a s...

Chronic Exposure To Benzene May Result In Dysplasia

...mia Research. Myelodysplastic syndrome is a heterogeneous group of diseases characterized by ineffective hematopoiesis, dysplasia in one or more hematopoietic lineages, clonal evolution and a tendency to progress on to bone marrow failure or acute myelogenous leukemia. Hematotoxicity following chroni...

Family history of alcoholism influences reaction to advice

...said replicating the study using a larger and more heterogeneous group of subjects would be valuable....

Methyl-DNA binding Proteins To Fight Cancer

...for such diagnostics. The cancer tumor is a highly heterogeneous dynamic system, which requires knowledge of almost the entire genetic profile containing 28,000 genes. Researchers believe that there are another 10 and 30 key genes that can also serve as tumor characteristic markers. This will save resources and...

There is light at the end of the blind tunnel: prosthetic retinal cells offer hope!

...eptors. However, retinal degenerative diseases are heterogeneous as to the time course of the degeneration, survival cell types, and, possibly, their functional state. Therefore, further studies are required to evaluate what types of retinal degenerative diseases and/or what disease stages are suitable for this po...

Genetic Mutation Implicated in Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease

... genes makes fast diagnosis possibleCMT embraces a heterogeneous group of disorders, all of which are caused by mutations in certain genes. Identifying these genes is fundamental to improving diagnosis. This is important for assessing what the further course of the disease might be for a given patient. But it is a...

Alcohol Dehydrogenase Gene may Protect from Developing Alcoholism

...more homogenous environment when compared to large heterogeneous cultures such as the United States." Study participants were recruited from the two major ethnic groups of Trinidad: 138 alcohol-dependent individuals, as well as 98 "controls" or non-alcohol-dependent individuals matched on age, gender, education,...

Controlling Malarial Transmission Not Easy!

...en more than others. The authors confirm that such heterogeneous biting amplifies transmission counting from mosquito to mosquito, but it can also dampen transmission counting from human to human. Humans who are bitten most both infect a large number of mosquitoes and absorb many infectious bites. What does this...

Autism Gene Identified by Yale and Global Consortium

...tments to change the natural course of this highly heterogeneous family of disorders of socialization,” he said. “These are exciting times in this field.” Researchers speculate that there may be five or six primary genes and as many as 30 other genes involved in autism, although they recognize that this number c...

Drug Surveillance System Needs to Be Fixed

...fter regulatory approval consist of a patchwork of heterogeneous manufacturer sponsored trials, many of which are unpublished. The system needs to be fixed, he says. This will require systematic rethinking of the existing regulatory and funding processes, and expediting changes currently in the pipeline. In th...

Patients With Alcohol Problem Need Mechanical Ventilation

... study supports and extends previous findings to a heterogeneous group of medical illnesses. So, excessive alcohol consumption not only causes serious adverse events such as alcohol intoxication and accidents, but also increases the chances of developing life-threatening medical illnesses such as pneumonia, asthma...

The Bottleneck in Neuroblastoma

...deaths. Neuroblastoma is what physicians call a heterogeneous disease; its name includes subtypes of disease that behave very differently. Some cases strike in infants, but spontaneously disappear with minimal treatment, while other cases in older children may be relentlessly aggressive from the start. So pre...

Biologics valuable treatment option for patients with inflammatory bowel disease

...riate as a first line treatment. However, IBD is a heterogeneous disease and some patients may not respond to biologics, so the appropriate role of these agents in the treatment paradigm is the subject of much discussion. In determining the appropriate course of treatment for their patients, gastroenterologists ne...