Nurses competing with junior doctors in some assessments
...the nurses. However, it's unlikely that nurses can completely replace junior doctors in doing this kind of work, because it's a vital part of a doctor's career development. But it's useful to know that a nurse can perform as well as a doctor in this role.......ltered the mice's sperm so that they were rendered completely infertile for up to six months. After they were taken off the drug, fertility returned completely to normal. Since NB-DNJ is not a hormonal treatment, the sex drive of the mice was not impacted by ...... being assigned to a particular group, that do not completely warrant the outcomes. However, researchers believe massage and touch therapies hold a potential to help ease suffering among patients and that more clinical trials are necessary to examine the efficacy and effectiveness of these therapies....Heart problems detected better with a Cardiac MRI
...other serious heart problems. However, ECGs can be completely normal even when a heart attack is taking place. ECGs are also sometimes unable to identify unstable angina, or chest pain. Researchers suggest// that about 2 percent of patients with heart attack are actually sent home from the emergency room becaus...Stroke victims have new hope with activated protein C
... concluded that the compound which is working in a completely unexpected way could spur further research to help develop treatments that reduce the lifelong disability often associated with stroke....Dads to blame for longer pregnancies
... first to have made suchobservations, has not been completely accepted by UK experts who say that theremay also be other factors that are responsible for the findings. ProfessorAndrew Calder, a consultant obstetrician at the University of Edinburgh, claimedthat pre eclampsia could be one such factor and that th...Adult stem cells in treatment for Multiple sclerosis (MS)
...m of multiple sclerosis. While some have recovered completely from paralysis of their back legs, and many showed improvement. Researchers injected the diseased mice with stem cells extracted from the brains of adult in the bloodstream or spinal cord. On examination mice showed that the stem cells had migrated t......o stay there. This raises the question, Are people completely aware of symptoms ? or Is the awareness on SARS been rightly spread ?...Diabetes Cure With Gene Therapy
...ombined with beta cell growth factor, diabetes was completely cured. Also cells in liver produce glucagon, somostatin and pancreatic// polypeptide which are important in controlling insulin production and release. However one cannot claim, the treatment can directly be used in humans because of the virus used t...Virus Helps Remove Brain Cancer
...tested a novel "viral smart bomb" therapy that can completely eradicate brain tumors in mice, while leaving normal brain tissue alone. The Delta-24-RGD therapy, becomes the first treatment for the deadliest brain cancer, the malignant glioma. It is a new-generation "replication-competent oncolytic" adenovirus t...Less exercise cause obesity in teens
...accept teens have become less active, they doesn't completely agree teens have not been overeating. The study indicated that teens ate// an average of 2,290 calories a day over the 20 years. While 42 percent of teens reported doing at least 30 minutes of physical activity on a typical day at the start of the st...Study to look at early surgery to treat epilepsy
...of people who have this type of epilepsy, will be completely free of all seizures after the surgery say doctors. Sponsored by the National Institutes of Health, the trial study will offer half of the 200 participants brain surgery, while the remaining 100 will continue on medications. Both groups then will be...Early Detection of Lung Cancer
...re found to have lung cancer. Doctors were able to completely remove the cancerous tumors in 95 percent of the cases....... percent taking the higher dose reported they were completely free from pain two hours later, compared to 29 percent of those taking the placebo. At four hours, 61 percent and 68 percent, respectively, were free from pain, compared to 30 percent for the placebo. Similar numbers were found when the researchers m...Snoring May Be Sign of Asthma in Kids
...ns of times a night by causing the upper airway to completely close during sleep....Preventive Therapies Found to be More Effective in Managing Migraines
...percent reduction in headaches, and migraines were completely eliminated in 6 percent of the patients. They say another promising treatment may be an injection of botulinum toxin, which has recently shown to be an effective preventive therapy for migraines.Specialists say, “ Hopefully, we can relieve the pai...Antidepressants Harmful for Kids
...ntidepressants in children, they did not recommend completely banning the use of the drugs. They say the drugs may still be appropriate for some children, such as those who cannot tolerate Prozac or children who suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorder. They also say children who are currently taking the drugs...... Two days later, their kidney functions had almost completely returned to normal. Mice with high levels of HGF were also much more likely to survive after kidney injuries than mice with normal levels. Kidney failure commonly occurs in intensive care units following a major surgery, and currently, patients who ...Hope for Patients With Kidney Failure
... Two days later, their kidney functions had almost completely returned to normal. Mice with high levels of HGF were also much more likely to survive after kidney injuries than mice with normal levels. When the researchers examined the kidneys of the genetically modified mice, they discovered the high level of H......arteries in the abdomen or pelvis narrow or become completely blocked // by the build-up of plaque deposits. As a result, not enough oxygen-rich blood gets to the legs, causing cramps and pain, and making it difficult to walk or exercise. The iliac arteries are large arteries in the pelvis that supply blood to...