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Safer ICU’s: Cheap, Simple, “Low-Tech” Steps Wrk

... infection-control practices such as hand washing; avoiding catheter placement through the femoral artery in the groin, an area notoriously difficult to keep sterile; using and changing gloves, gowns and masks for each procedure; cleaning patients’ skin with chlorhexidine; and removing catheters as soon as po...

Is Your Child Allergic To Peanuts?

...ere's only one way to avoid a reaction and that is avoiding the food and the new research aims to change this belief. 'We thought it would make some difference. We're surprised about the amount of difference it made,' says Burks. 'From one peanut to 15 peanuts is basically a huge difference.' PRI...

Unfolded Proteins May Protect Cells from Dying

...te the most effective therapy. 'When it comes to avoiding cancer or defense against virally infected cells, cell death is a good thing,' says Steller. 'But when cells are stressed, and as a result are dying too easily, blocking the pathways that lead to the activation of cell death would be an ideal way to ...

Genetically Modified Cells Attack Tumors

...ians treat tumors in humans more effectively while avoiding side effects caused by damage to normal cells. The...,” Danks said. “But by targeting tumor cells while avoiding normal cells, doctors could treat the neuroblastoma aggressively while minimizing side effects.” Dan...

Natural Remedies Ineffective to Ease Menopausal Symptoms:study

...nd night sweats cease eventually. Women should try avoiding consumption of alcohol and hot drinks, drink lots of chilled water and dress in layers to control intense hot flashes. The executive director of the American Botanical Council begs to differ from the key findings of this research. He believes that ...

Durable Critters Provides Better Way to Human Egg Preservation

... mathematical model to predict cooling rates while avoiding destructive intracellular ice formation. Dr. Eroglu also is working with the MCG Section of Reproductive Endocrinology, Infertility and Genetics In vitro Fertilization Program to obtain discarded eggs that failed to fertilize. Dr. Eroglu looks f...

Kidney Transplant Recipients Can Do Away With Steroids

... made toward decreasing, withdrawing or completely avoiding the use of steroids in clinical organ transplantation. A new study in Clinical Transplantation explored a combination of steroid-free medications that resulted in excellent patient outcomes and a very low rejection rate. A review of 301 patients ...

Antibiotic Ear Drops Favored Over Oral Antibiotics for Ear Infections

...ore of the ear drops medicine reach the infection, avoiding potential intestinal and blood absorption that occurs with oral antibiotics. Researchers discovered that the concentration at the infection can be a thousandfold greater than when oral or IV medication is used. In addition, because the antibiotic i...

Protein ‘Fingerprint’ in Spinal Fluid Could Spot Alzheimer’s Disese

... cases of Alzheimer’s and a 90 percent accuracy in avoiding false diagnoses.” Despite their excitement over the new findings, the researchers stress that the results still need to be replicated in much larger populations. “There’s a federally funded, multicenter trial going on right now that involves many...

A New Test Designed To Track Down Allergens

...Ravi, the golden rule of identifying the allergen, avoiding exposure to triggers, using drugs to control reactions, and taking injections to improve tolerance still hold good today as they have done for decades. In the U.S. it is found that one out of every five persons has some allergy, while no such data ...

Octogenarians Are Not Too Old for Cancer Surgery

...n counter the// conventional practice of generally avoiding surgeries for individuals over 80 years old solely based on age, are available today in Urology. “Increased life expectancy and generally higher levels of wellness, as well as safer forms of anesthesia and less-invasive surgical techniques, have ma...

Holiday Gluttony Can Spell Disaster for Undiagnosed Diabetics

... Keep in mind, she said, that it takes more than avoiding sugary treats. “Diabetes doesn’t occur just because of eating sugar. Sugar, as any other food, provides excess calories that can lead to obesity and a predisposition to diabetes,” Dr. Chandalia said. “If you don’t eat sugar, and continue to eat ext...

First Embryos in UK Screened for Disease

...or these couples it allows them the best chance of avoiding a serious genetic disorder being diagnosed in pregnancy and, in some cases, the need for a termination of pregnancy." However some such as Josephine Quintavalle, of Comment on Reproductive Ethics expressed their concerns about the message this tes...

Keys to Good Health in Old Age Begins in Midlife

...to having been more likely to attain old age while avoiding illness. The results showed that 2451, of the 5820 original study participants, survived to age 85, with 655 participants having reached that age without suffering serious health problems such as heart disease, cancer, or diabetes. Study author D...

Canadian Waistline Watch - Getting Bigger, But Not So Fast

...ly high, it bodes well for the future, in terms of avoiding obesity related illnesses. Stephen Samis of Chronic Disease Prevention Alliance of Canada said obesity was a major health concern in Canada and that 60% of Canadians were obese. He blamed sedentary jobs and fast food for the problem. The mantra for...

‘Comprehensive Sex Education’ Favored Against ‘Abstinence-Only’ Progams

...gsters in schools need to know much more than just avoiding sex , which includes methods to prevent pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases. "Abstinence-only programs, while a priority of the federal government, are supported by neither a majority of the public nor the scientific community," they ...

Revolutionary Eye Cancer Treatment

...ould make the treatment especially effective while avoiding the toxicity caused by systemic exposure." This could mean the eventual elimination of all-body chemotherapy for certain cancers. This work is likely to have its biggest impact on the care of children with retinoblastoma internationally, according ...

Artificial Liver from Cord Blood Stem cells

... instead of direct human trials. This is useful in avoiding several tragedies like the recent Elephant Man case, in which, dreadful physical damage had occurred in the human volunteers. Scientists are hopeful that in a few years time, parts of the mini liver could be used to treat the harm caused by injury,...

Free Online Educational Videos for People with Diabetes

...ose monitoring are critical to staying healthy and avoiding the serious consequences of diabetes-related complications, including heart disease, eye disease and kidney failure." Blood Pressure Test: Presented by Florence M. Brown, M.D., Co-Director, Joslin and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Diabetes a...

Allergy Drugs More Harmful Than Helpful for Chronic Ear Inflammation

... no better than placebo in alleviating symptoms or avoiding complications of OME and expose children to a significant risk of drug-related side effects. "This review finds no benefit for any of the short- or long-term outcomes, including resolution of the fluid, hearing problems or the necessity of addition...

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