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Tag: "delivery" at medical news

Risk of early neonatal death high in infants born in the night

...atal death according to the hour, day and month of delivery was estimated. They found that approximately 1 in 650 infants born during the day died during the first week of life as compared to 1 in 570 infants born during the night. This indicated that infants born during the night had 28 per cent more risk of...

FDA approves Watson Pharmaceuticals' Oxytrol patch

... 3.9mg of oxybutynin per day through a transdermal delivery system i.e., through the skin. The patch which needs to be applied to the abdomen, hip or buttocks twice a week helps better management of the side effects. The only side effect that the patch produced was itching in 14% to 16.8% of patients during t...

Age should not rule out visectomy reversal

... However, "in our series there was only one live delivery for a women older than 40 years and, therefore, careful preoperative counseling is required for these couples," they add. During a vasectomy, a surgeon cuts a small section out of each vas deferens, the tubes that carry sperm from the testes. The ope...

Nitrous Oxide for Kids

...le. It doesn’t require deep breaths like the adult delivery system, and the masks are sprayed with good-smelling scents. Most importantly, it relieves pain.. It reduces pain in mild to moderate situations when it’s used alone, it is also said to reduce anxiety and memory of the event.. Nitrous oxide can be ...

Reducing HIV Transmission

...e given at labor onset and every three hours until delivery to the mother and twice daily to their infants for seven days. The current study followed the infants up to 18 months of age. Results showed the 8.2-percent reduction in HIV transmission that was seen for infants on nevirapine at six to eight weeks ...

Promising Treatment for Diabetes

...is therapy to have broader clinical utility, newer delivery systems ... need to be developed"...

Changing Partners may put Expectant Mothers at Risk

...ucation does not seem to protect against premature delivery or low birth weight if she changes partners between births. ...

Most Women Unprepared for Operative Deliveries

...the views of women on the impact of an //operative delivery in the second stage of labor. A new study shows ...better preparation and understanding about how the delivery of their child may happen. Researchers say women are unprepared for operative deliveries including c...

Link between C-section Delivery and Stillbirth

...chers are uncertain why the link between C-section delivery and stillbirth exists but say it could be a biological cause. Researchers in Scotland studied data for all second births that took place in the country between 1992 and 1998. They then compared the data to records from the women’s first pregnancies...

New Hope for Kidney Failure

...t" against kidney failure. "We conclude that gene delivery of HGF to the proximal tubule may be an interesting approach in designing future strategies aimed at the treatment and prevention of [acute renal failure]," they write....

Hope for Patients With Kidney Failure

... Based on the study researchers conclude that gene delivery of HGF to the proximal tubule may be an interesting approach in designing future strategies aimed at the treatment and prevention of [acute renal failure]....

Poor Preventive Measures Taken By Diabetics

... providing comprehensive care into the health care delivery system are essential to translating into practice the therapies that have been proven effective in reducing the risk of vascular disease in individuals with diabetes."...

Predicting The Risk Of Preeclampsia During Pregnancy

...blood pressure associated with the condition, only delivery of the baby can resolve the problem. Findings from a new study suggest a simple blood test may help doctors identify women at risk of developing preeclampsia.Researchers built on previous work indicating large amounts of a blood molecule called sFl...

Stroke Patients May Benefit By Wearing Cooling Helmets

...ndustry technologists can collaborate to speed the delivery of emergency cardiovascular care interventions. This device, and others like it, may have wide applicability in the field.” Although the total number of patients in the two studies from Japan and NASA were only 23, the studies showed that patients ...

Common Medication Errors in Children

...type and occur during all phases of the medication delivery process. The medications involved are those common...it patient safety efforts that focus on medication delivery are needed. ...

Painkilling Patch As Effective As Intravenous Delivery Systems

...after surgery. Both the patch and some intravenous delivery systems allow the patient to self-medicate by pressing a button, according to a company-funded study. Manufacturers say the patch is able to deliver a potent pain reliever through the skin with a very, very tiny electric current at the demand of th...

Gene Therapy Gives Hope For Patients With Muscular Dystrophy

... been a hopeful treatment idea. However, finding a delivery method for the whole body has been a major obstacl...ially researchers looked at different gene therapy delivery systems in mice , now they say they have a clear “proof of principle” that their discovery is a poss...

The Effects Of Delaying A Delivery Questioned

...o study has ever compared the effect of delaying a delivery to an immediate delivery for a premature baby. In a recent study researchers compared these two methods. For the study, 588 b...

Strong Pelvic Muscles Found To Facilitate Childbirth

... of the women in the control group had a prolonged delivery compared to just 24 percent in the training group. However, there was no significant difference in the length of the second stage of labor between the two groups, 40 minutes compared to 45 minutes. Thus researchers conclude that even though these re...

Diabetics Should Adopt Better Preventive Measures

... providing comprehensive care into the health care delivery system are essential to translating into practice the therapies that have been proven effective in reducing the risk of vascular disease in individuals with diabetes."...

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