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Adhering to Clinical Guidelines Decreases Blood Clots in the Elderly

...nd those in the hospital are at increased risk for deep vein thrombosis (DVT), a blood clot in the thigh or leg, according to background information in the article. Medications and compression stockings have been shown to reduce or prevent DVT in some patients. “However, several studies demonstrate a gap ...

Mysterious Illness on Riverboat not Caused by Bacteria

...cruise Monday so that it could "conduct additional deep cleaning" without inconveniencing passengers. Remaining passengers who continued on the cruise following the raising of health concerns were taken to hotels in St. Louis. The company stated that the boat would be soon ready for its next trip, whic...

Listening to the Sound of Skin Cancer

...at its earliest stages, it will penetrate into the deep layers of the skin. From there its cells can break off and pass into the circulatory and lymphatic systems, spreading to other organs and creating metastases even after the original melanoma has been surgically removed. An earlier metastasis warnin...

Facial Expressions are Inherited: Study

... They also analysed expressions when they were in deep concentration and shocked them to witness their expressions of surprise. When the researchers compared the results, they discovered that even though the blind volunteers had never seen their relatives' faces, their facial expressions were extremely...

Scientists Have Developed Faster, More Accurate TB Test

...analyses the material expelled from the lungs by a deep cough. However, the test, though fast, is not accurate in around 50 percent of cases, and it can take up to six weeks to culture the sample, confirm the results and determine whether it is resistant to drugs. These detailed checks are only rarely a...

FDA Gives Approval for Skin Cancer Drug, Zolinza

...erse events that occurred were pulmonary embolism, deep vein thrombosis, dehydration, and anemia. Some of most common other adverse events were gastrointestinal symptoms such as nausea, diarrhea, vomiting, anorexia and constipation; fatigue; chills; and taste disorders. However Zolinza has shown probable...

Travails of a Teenager's Tryst with Mental Health Care

...ent sheer misery, caught between the devil and the deep sea, unable to help her suicidal anorexic daughter who was in dire need of emergency mental// healthcare. The patient, a 17 year old teenager was put on hold for a year, before any form of counseling was attempted. The girl suffered acute eating di...

Mummy’s Voice More Effective than Smoke Alarm

A recent study has revealed that children in deep sleep awoke to recordings of their mothers' voices //- calling them by name and ordering them out of their bedrooms –although they slept through the beeping sound a smoke alarm makes. Dr. Gary Smith, one of the co-authors of the study revealed that...

Stem Cells –To Lift Wrinkle

...rt the skin naturally contains stem cells,. Buried deep in the skin, the cells give birth to new skin cells that work their way to the surface as dead tissue is sloughed off. He suggested that applying the bovine stem cells topically would not penetrate beyond the dead layers of skin on the surface to aff...

Mustard Oil can Reduce the Risk of Heart Diseases

..., which makes it ideal for Indian cooking and even deep frying," the cardiologist said. Trans-fatty acids, commonly termed trans-fats, are a type of unsaturated fat. M.S. Ganesh, an oncologist, drew attention to the benefits of mustard oil in fighting cancer. Mustard oil has an ideal ratio of Omega-3 ...

High Testosterone Destroys Nerve Cells

...you off on the highway, don't get mad, just take a deep breath and realize that it might not be his fault,”. The key male hormone testosterone plays elemental roles in development, differentiation, and cellular growth. In nerve cells testosterone functions as a neurosteroid and can bring on changes at t...

Probing Into the Reasons for Alarming Increase in Breast Cancer

...es. The rise in breast cancer is attributed to the deep influences on the hormone, oestrogen, which is quite at the receiving end of fluctuations and changes in diet and reproduction. With an increase in nutritive food, girls attain menarche much earlier, consequently menopause also arrives much later. ...

Monoclonal Antibody Reduces Exacerbations in Asthmatics

...EF rate.” (With PEF monitoring, patients take as deep as a breath as possible, then exhale as forcefully as possible into the mouthpiece of the PEF meter for three tests. As a gauge for pulmonary function, it is especially useful in patients older than age five who have persistent moderate to severe ast...

Insight Into Tanning Process Suggests Novel Way to Prevent Skin Cancer

...that the search for other substances that do reach deep into the skin may well have the same pigmentation effects in people. "These studies suggest that a drug-induced 'rescue' of the tanning mechanism may correspondingly rescue at least some aspect of skin cancer protection," Fisher observes. "Such sun...

World Alzheimer’s Day: In Memory of Those With 'Memory Loss

...y on// World Alzheimer’s day, the stage is set for deep reckoning; it is time to take the bull by its horns and evolve better strategies for effective management of the disease. Alzheimer’s is a degenerative disease of the central nervous system marked by stark and untimely backslide in the patient’s ...

Luxury Spas Ride Boom in Wellness Industry in Poland

...ch as a soothing guilt-free chocolate body wrap or deep relaxation with Indian ayurvedic therapeutic oils were unheard of in post-communist Poland// just a few years ago. But they are rapidly becoming a rage for the growing Polish middle and chattering classes, who seek a pampered lifestyle in the coun...

Transfusion-Free Surgical Program Helpful for Liver Transplantation Patients

...ts be elevated to the same level as antibiotic and deep venous thrombosis prophylaxis (prevention)."...

Epilepsy Treated with Implanted Devices

...ts are also participating in a clinical trial of a deep brain stimulation (DBS) device manufactured by Med...on's Disease. In DBS, surgeons implant a wire in a deep part of the brain that sends signals to the part of the brain-the thalmus-- that produces most epile...

The Bald Truth: Men Better to Cut Short Thinning Hair

...heir remaining hair. Hairstylists agree. "Making a deep part and then combing the remaining hair over - it just doesn't work," says fashion hairstylist Winfried Loewel. His colleague Klaus-Dieter Kaiser, a one-time hairstyling world champion, recalls with horror the way men of earlier generations would...

Gamma Knife Offers Noninvasive Treatment for Vascular Disorders, Brain Tumors

...er constant migraine headaches, but was located so deep in her brain that it was too dangerous to remove with conventional brain surgery. A team of specialists at UT Southwestern Medical Center found a solution using the latest radiation technology to treat inoperable vascular malformations, cancer and ...

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