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Acute Mountain Sickness may Lead to Pulmonary or Cerebral Edema

...mplementation is lacking for translating seemingly adequate knowledge of AMS into practical action. The findings indicate that there is room for improvement, and they offer a major challenge to travel health care providers. Pre-travel consultation regarding AMS should be given by professionals with special at...

Drinking Problem Plagues 30% Americans

...rview. Health insurance in most cases doesnt cover adequate treatment. Corporations used to cover employees treatments, and now they no longer do. Alcohol abuse and dependence remain highly prevalent and disabling, the authors conclude. Persistent low treatment rates given the availability of effective tre...

Chronic Insomnia can Lead to Anxiety Disorders and Depression

...porting chronic insomnia, in addition to receiving adequate treatment for their sleep disturbance, should be carefully examined for the presence of anxiety disorder as well as depression," Neckelmann added. The researchers suggested that many mental disorders could be detected earlier if anxiety and depress...

Autophagy may Lead to Heart Disease

...n inability of the muscle to function and maintain adequate blood flow, the UT Southwestern researchers reported. In the study, Dr. Hill and his colleagues genetically engineered mice in which the autophagic response was either muted or amplified. Researchers then tested the role of autophagy by inducing hea...

Concerns Raised Over Risks for Patients and Staff in Australian Hospital

...e budgetary allowances for maintenance do not seem adequate to cope with these various areas of urgent need," Dr Ford said....

Clamor for Catheter-based Ablation Increasing Among Heart Patients in US

...re prescribed off label because, in the absence of adequate clinical tests, they have not gained approval for atrial fibrillation. Developed for other heart problems, they include anti-arrythmia agents like amiodarone and generic sotalol, along with anti-clotting drugs, like warfarin. But doctors and patients...

Selenium Supplements Could Increase Diabetes Risk

...may be toxic. Dr. Guallar says most people have adequate selenium in their diet. "Moreover, taking selenium supplements on top of an adequate dietary intake may cause diabetes."...

Selenium Supplements may Increase Type 2 Diabetes Risk

... deadly. Dr. Guallar said that most people have adequate selenium in their diet. "Moreover, taking selenium supplements on top of an adequate dietary intake may cause diabetes."...

Analysis of Hemoglobin Level Control in Dialysis Patients

...ife, dialysis-dependent patients, needs to have an adequate hemoglobin level. Thus anemia correction is a very significant part of the dialysis process. One significiant treatment in anemaia, which encourages the production of red blood cells in bone marrow is the drug called erythropoiesis-stimulating agent...

Alternative Option for Type2 Diabetes Treatment

...ite. Individuals with mild diabetes, suggesting an adequate pancreatic beta cell reserve, who are at risk of hypoglycemic sequelae and in need of weight loss may benefit from this new class. However, these new classes of hypoglycemic agents will need continued evaluation both in long-term efficacy and safe...

Insulin Sensitizer- Energy Conserving Signal to Brain

...d slow energy expenditure in an effort to maintain adequate fat stores during lean times . A fat-derived pro...f leptin and adiponectin seem to be to preserve an adequate fat reserve: leptin acts as a satiety signal, and adiponectin acts as a starvation signal....

Male Circumcision Overstated as Deterrent to Global AIDS Pandemic

...he World. Second, to date, there has not been an adequate explanation as to why Africa as a continent is experiencing an AIDS epidemic far in excess of any other region of the world with some African countries' prevalence rates exceeding 25 percent of the adult population and tens of millions dying from the...

Fishing for a Speedy Recovery After Chemotherapy or Marrow Transplant

...er of stem cells in one cord of blood is often not adequate for older children and adults, leaving them with diminished immune function and high risk for infections. Zon and colleagues Trista North, PhD, and Wolfram Goessling, MD, PhD, both also of Childrens Stem Cell Program, zeroed in on dmPGE2 by screeni...

Desertification, a Major Threat, Says UN

... gravity of the situation. They are not putting in adequate resource to meet the challenge," said Zafar Adeel, lead author of the analysis and director of the United Nation University's International Network on Water, Environment and Health. "As the problem is getting bigger, the resources allocated are get...

Better Resources Needed To Control Hospital Infections

...quipment and supplies [available at all times] and adequate personnel in infection control, microbiology and environmental services,' says Professor Collignon. We need better hospital design, he adds, emphasising the need for contact precautions for infected patients and more single-bed rooms. Professor C...

Alternative Treatments for Arthritis

...ional status, and that clinical activity is not an adequate explanation for satisfaction with therapy, the aut...ctor that had a major impact, with trials that had adequate allocation concealment showing no glucosamine efficacy. Although trials with industry involvement...

DelSite Working Toward Solving Delivery of Influenza Vaccine in Pandemic Situations

... key needs were cited: 1. The ability to have an adequate stockpile of vaccines. Current vaccines must be refrigerated during storage and distribution. Despite its cost and inconvenience, cold storage does not significantly extend the short shelf life of influenza antigens and vaccines. DelSite's GelVac(TM)...

New Critical Path Report Highlights Research Needed to Foster Generic Drug Development

...r 2008. The new report will help ensure FDA has an adequate scientific basis to review inhaler applications that use an alternative, hydrofluoroalkane. The report also calls for research on new bioequivalence methods tailor-made for each challenging drug class. These include lung function tests and molecula...

Many Senior Citizens in the Grips of Malnutrition

...ent on to explain how the problem has not received adequate attention. With all the concentration on the obesity epidemic, issues pertaining to nutrition and malnutrition appear to be on the backburner for physicians and surgeons. 'Primary healthcare workers must also evaluate other factors like weight, wei...

7 Common Myths About Osteoporosis

...vent osteoporosis, its very important that one has adequate nutrition, good calcium intake, exercise, and adequate vitamin D supplementation, says Douyon. Weight-bearing exercises such as walking, jogging, liftin...

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