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Symptoms of Depression Associated With Artery Diseases

...d pressure and high cholesterol; questionnaires to assess depression, anxiety, hostility and anger; and ultrasound tests to determine carotid artery intima-media thickness (IMT), a measure of the inner layers of the arteries that is related to early-stage coronary artery disease. Cardiovascular risk factors...

Higher Serum Selenium Linked With Reduced Risks of Prostate Cancer - in Some Men

... 137-item food-frequency questionnaire was used to assess usual dietary intake over the 12 months before enrollment. The men were followed for up to 8 years. The results showed a reduction by 42 percent in risks of getting prostate cancer by those who took more than 28 IU of vitamin E. For those who too...

Ultrasound Technology - Boon or a Bane?

...hy. They applied these techniques to obstetrics to assess the growth of the foetus. As technical quality of scans further developed, it became possible to monitor pregnancy from start to finish and diagnose complications such as multiple pregnancy and foetal abnormalities. But the technology that came...

Oral Wounds Heal Slower in Women, Older Adults

...hed at the same time for seven consecutive days to assess closure. Testosterone may help mouth wounds heal faster in men, said Christopher Engeland, research assistant professor at UIC and lead author of the study. "It's a potent anti-inflammatory hormone that is abundant in saliva," he said. Women ar...

Rhode Island Biotechnology Company Develops Tularemia Vaccine

...Rhode Island Hospital and Brown Medical School, to assess the ability of the vaccine to protect against a lethal dose of F. tularensis. Although all of the mice that received a placebo vaccine died when exposed to tularemia, the majority of the mice that received TuliVaxTM survived. The development of a ...

A New Weapon Against Obesity

...s are launching the first human trials anywhere to assess a promising natural fibre, which has already been shown to be effective in tests involving genetically obese rats. "It may not be the magic bullet," Reimer says, "but in all likelihood this will likely be one factor that people can change in their ...

The Psychology of Skin Cancer

... over the next few months, allowing researchers to assess how people of different nationalities interpret their own risk and protect themselves in the sun. The results, expected in early 2008, will help scientists develop more effective prevention and education strategies, aimed at getting millions of su...

Effects of Multiple Copies of Genes on Disease Risk

...enetics that they refined an analysis technique to assess variations in gene copy number in 20 different mouse strains. According to the paper's lead author, this budding area of study is likely to have wide-ranging implications for scientists' understanding of how DNA variations contribute to human health ...

Remote Device to Monitor Patients Daily at Their Homes

...heck if the defibrillator is working correctly and assess battery life. If the patient feels the defibrillator activate, he or she can transmit the rhythm information immediately. The physician can quickly analyze the data and determine if the shock was appropriate or if the patient needs to go to the hospi...

Exercise Has No Effect on Knee OA: Study

... precise definitions of OA, using valid methods to assess prior physical activity, and evaluating the true incidence of the disease by eliminating patients who showed evidence of it on X-rays taken when the study began. "Taken together, these methods result in a useful and valid study that supports recom...

Antipsychotic Drug Controls Some Symptoms in Autism Disorder

...of studies, wide range of different scales used to assess outcomes and sizes of the trials themselves, the researchers were only able to look at how well the patients responded for the three specific symptoms of irritability, repetitive movement and social withdrawal. In addition to weight gain, signific...

Lethal Hospital Bug Tough to Knock Down, Statistics Reveal

... sure. "We will need to await further figures to assess whether initiatives that have been put in place are having an effect”, opines Dr. Georgia Duckworth, head of the Agency's Healthcare Associated Infection and Antimicrobial Resistance Department. Healthcare Commission chief executive Anna Walker sa...

Straightening the Teeth Won't Guarantee Happiness

...ked some psychological questions 20 years later to assess their well-being, the researchers found nothing that seems to have been derived from having orthodontic treatment. Shaw concluded that, although in general participants' self-esteem increased over the 20-year period, it was not as a result of rece...

Low-Fat Peanut Flour Thickens More

...chers used different types of rheological tests to assess how effectively different brands of peanut flours thicken during heat processing. Rheological measurements included testing the flow behavior and form changes of the material. Davis found that low-fat peanut flours produced more thickening effect ...

‘Smart Way of Living’ for Dementia Patiens

... The flat has been set up as a two year pilot to assess how the technology helps give people more independence and control, reducing the risk of users being readmitted to hospital or going into long term care. People with dementia have tested individual components of the system, but the complete install...

Free Condoms in a Flashy Wrapper

...e condom could actually help the health department assess the usage of the same by the people. On an average, around 1.5 million condoms are given freely every month by the city’s health department. It is a known fact that condoms are used to protect against AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases. ...

New Guidelines For Assessing Lymphoma Treatment

...This approach will allow researchers to accurately assess how well anti-lymphoma drugs work even when there ...he guidelines recommend that PET always be used to assess post-treatment response. PET also is strongly recommended prior to treatment to determine extent of ...

New Test Predicts CLL’s Sensitivity to Experimental Drug

...a time when it could be used on a routine basis to assess the vulnerability of patients' cancers to compounds that antagonize BCL-2 or related anti-death proteins. "This is a totally new class of drugs and has the potential to be a major addition to how we treat cancer," he said. Source-Eurekalert SR...

Chronotype, a Measure to Assess Patterns of Daily Activities

...xtents in their daily lives. The measure used to assess patterns of daily activity is the so-called chrono...ch is determined by answers to questionnaires that assess patterns of habitual activity and rest during work days and free time. In the present study, the a...

Common BP Drug Treats Muscular Dystrophy

...tion known as aortic aneurysm. A clinical trial to assess how effective losartan is for treating people with Marfan will launch within weeks. "In addition to the aortic defect, children with severe Marfan syndrome often have very small, weak muscles, and adults with Marfan often can't gain muscle mass de...

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