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Serum Progesterone Helps Stratify Ectopic Pregnancy Risk

...ent of serum progesterone levels may be helpful in deciding which emergency department patients with no strong clinical signs are at low risk of ectopic pregnancy, according to a report in the August issue of the Annals of Emergency Medicine. They measured progesterone levels in 716 first-trimester patients...

White Cells Count Can Predict Heart Attack Death Risk

...w considers white blood cell levels as a factor in deciding which patients should go immediately to the cath lab,". He added that not all heart attacks are the same, Patients who have heart attacks that produce one type of electrocardiogram tracing called "non-Q-wave myocardial infarction" are treated either ...

Decision making made easier

...make up your mind. It has been trialled with women deciding whether or not to opt for hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and with men considering the treatment options for prostate problems. In both instances, the videodisc was liked by both patients and doctors and played an important part in helping the pati...

Recovery from lung injury

...rchers conclude that age should not be a factor in deciding whether a patient needs a ventilator....

A Blood test for suicide risk?

...y go through with it? Even experts have difficulty deciding which depressed patients need protection.Now American scientists believe that// they have found a way to assess risk: a blood test that checks glands controlling the stress hormone cortisol. Overactive glands may be a corollary to the mental turmoi...

Acoustic neuroma in older patients to be treated

...nt's age has to be taken into consideration before deciding to operate on acoustic neuroma. Acoustic neuroma (sometimes known as acoustic swannoma) is a benign tumour affecting the eighth cranial nerve and leading to a sudden loss of hearing and problems with balance.// Standard treatment is removal by surger...

Exercise has a undeniable effect on cholesterol

...er than the intensity, of exercise seems to be the deciding factor. So if you are sedentary, move just a little to improve your cholesterol....

Decision making made easier

...make up your mind. It has been trialled with women deciding whether or not to opt for hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and with men considering the treatment options for prostate problems. In both instances, the videodisc was liked by both patients and doctors and played an important part in helping the pati...

Body Weight Found To Influence PSA Levels

...st that doctors take this factor into account when deciding if a PSA level deserves further investigation in order to assess whether consideration of BMI in PSA interpretation results in earlier detection and, ultimately, in better prostate carcinoma prognosis for obese men....

Canada withdraws ADHD drug Adderall XR

...dderall medication to consult their doctors before deciding to stop the medication for their children. Adderall XR is a stimulant drug prescribed for children diagnosed with ADHD. The drug has been linked with about 20 deaths and ten cases of strokes, some of those affected being children. Although none of t...

Is Surgery The Only Solution To Backache?

...in totality with the preexisting conditions before deciding on surgery as a procedure. Links: http://www.aaos.org/wordhtml/home2.htm...

Aspirin For Treating Blocked Brain Arteries

...ertain points and do not clarify all the points in deciding between aspirin and warfarin. In fact physicians should be careful of the and not use aspirin as a blanket treatment in all phases of the patients’ conditions, as there exists a 22% risk of ischemic stroke, brain hemorrhage, or death from vascular ca...

Men who takes risk is unlikely to impress women

...avoiders both as friends of similar sex as well as deciding for a mate from opposite sex. So why do males prefer taking risks to impress and females don’t get sufficiently impressed to marry the risk taking male? One reason may be that by taking part in risky ventures men are constantly trying to prove th...

FDA asks the doctors to take the patients’ dietary history before prescribing medication

...ch will go a long way in helping the physicians in deciding the right medication and dosage for diseases like cardiac diseases, psychiatric illnesses, and cance....

Women may be more at risk of liver injury from alcohol

...s points out that women should be more cautious in deciding on the amount of alcohol to drink, as they are more susceptible to liver injuries....

Delaying pregnancy may lessen life expectancy of the child

...ancy //for the children. With more and more women deciding to put off pregnancy for the sake of career have been resulting in delayed pregnancy for women across the globe. Delaying in getting pregnant leads to adverse effects on the offspring, like abnormal number of chromosomes, and other conditions. This i...

Reason for diabetes drug causing edema discovered

...e distal nephron, which plays an important role in deciding the sodium metabolism in the body. Imbalance in sodium retention is one of the causes suspected by the scientists in causing edema. Reference: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, June 2005...

Blood Test May be Able To Predict Heart Attack Risk

...arteries of heart. This test may in future help in deciding if invasive tests like angiograms are required to exclude coronary artery disease. Oxidized phospholipids is similar to cholesterol. Researcher Tsimikas said: ``It's a novel test in the blood that's independent of everything else we can measure cu...

Effective Treatment Of Drug Abuse Dependent On Feelings Of Shame Or Guilt

...re to distinguish between these two feelings while deciding the line of treatment. According to Dearing, a lead investigator, "Whether or not shame is a cause of problematic substance use, other problems that go hand-in-hand with shame such as anger or interpersonal difficulties are sufficient justification ...

Specialized Clinics For Manipur's AIDS Patients

...have hope at hand with an international aid agency deciding to set up specialised clinics for their care and treatment//.The Nobel prize-winning Medicines Sans Frontieres (MSF) or Doctors Without Borders has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Manipur government to provide healthcare services, parti...

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