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Pulmonary Hypertension Discriminates by Race, Gender

...ographic profile, which contrasts with the classic description of the condition as being a disease of middle aged, Caucasian women.” Pulmonary arterial hypertension is a rare disorder that affects the blood vessels within the lungs and leads to an increase in the pressure within the pulmonary arteries. This ca...

First Major Study of Mammalian “Disorderly” Proteis

...mitting signals within them.” Unlike the classic description of proteins described in science textbooks, IUPs are not completely locked into rigid, 3-D shapes that determine their function in the cell. Instead, IUPs have varying amounts of flexibility within their sometimes spaghetti-like structures that is cr...

Mental Health: Mind at Peace or in Pieces?

...such as depression or anxiety. There is no perfect description of a person who is suicidal. Only a trained heathcare professional can spot the complex behavior and avert a tragedy. Coping skills and indomitable spirit may help a depressed person tide over one such phase. Notwithstanding strength of spirit, th...

Aspirin Stunts Tumor Growth ?

...es for Experimental Biology has carried a detailed description of this research....

Long-Term Outcomes for Prostate Cancer Show IMRT Curative

...2006 issue of The Journal of Urology, is the first description of long-term outcomes for prostate cancer patients using IMRT. "Our results suggest that IMRT should be the treatment of choice for delivering high-dose, external beam radiotherapy for patients with localized prostate cancer," said Dr. Michael J. Z...

Updated Sleep Apnea Screening Recommended for Commercial Drivers

...ation agencies. Recommendations provide an updated description of sleep apnea, based on how sleep apnea is currently defined by professional organizations and other federal agencies. Patients with sleep apnea include those with repetitive partial or complete obstruction of upper airway tissues during sleep, resu...

By Targeting Specific Germs, Hospital Hopes to Improve Pneumonia Treatment

...aptist’s report is believed to the first published description of a process using hospital data on infection-causing bacteria to develop institution-specific guidelines for treatment of pneumonia. The Medical Center project was part of an overall effort to improve care of pneumonia acquired in the hospital. Te...

Voluntary Error-Reporting System Ensures Patient Safety

...ng of multiple choices and then submit a free-text description of the event. To determine the accuracy of the rep...compared the multiple-choice form to the free-text description of the event, finding that the number of actual errors was 899, meaning that a slight over-reporting...

Renowned Doctor Passes Away

...anford's contribution in preparing a more accurate description of comas and the vegetative state, In 1994, the description, 'Medical Aspects of the Persistent Vegetative State,' was published in two parts in The New England Journal of Medicine and became 'the definitive statement in the field,' Dr. Fins said. ...

PI-103 Effective against Brain Cancer

...lished online May 15 by the journal Cancer Cell. A description of the strategy used to identify the molecular level action of the inhibitors was published online by the journal Cell on April 27. Food and Drug Administration approval five years ago of the cancer drug Gleevec marked a promising new strategy agains...

Arrest of Professor over Distribution of Banned Drug

...ted drug from uncertified premises; publication of description matter for Khomeini I, II and III for prevention or treatment of tuberculosis, a disease in the 5th schedule of NDA and preparation and supply of a drug by a person who is not a pharmacist, medical practitioner, dentist, veterinary practitioner or li...

Marriage Squabbles Can Make You Sick

...sponse of the participants was compared with their description of health. The researchers found that persona conflicts can make people feel sick. The effect of marital stress was more evident in older couples. In other words, with advancing age, people tend to give more importance to marital disagreements. ‘Mari...

Confusion persists in the case of whole grains

...rains Council stamps. He said that it was a simple description to help consumers t identify the correct whole grain rather than be astrayed by the advertisements. But the Whole Grains Council and Oldways received a letter from the FDA telling that the stamp could be misbranded under various Food and Drug Admin...

Women Display Different IHD Symptoms

...f Cardiology. The WISE researchers offer the first description of this female-specific vascular disorder. Although the ‘diffuse atherosclerosis’ that many women experience is not seen on coronary angiography, it results in abnormal resistance that limits the blood flow to the heart tissue. But without angiogra...

Dominant Discoveries and The Darker Side Of Methamphetamine Drug Addiction

...participants were required to provide a subjective description of the effects following methamphetamine usage, at two different levels, one before treatment and the other following treatment with bupropion. An analysis of the responses highlighted a lesser high after treatment with bupropion. In addition, the ca...

Boys Suffer More Mathematics Learning Disorder Than Girls

...der The British medical literature has the first description of a specific reading disability in 1896. A "bright and intelligent boy" who had great difficulty learning to read. This intrigued the educators and subsequently more similar cases were recorded and dyslexic disorders were officially recognized as a ...

Math Learning Disorder Higher In Boys

... K-12), the research presents a more comprehensive description of this association. Knowing that children are a...der The British medical literature has the first description of a specific reading disability in 1896. A "bright and intelligent boy" who had great difficulty le...

Math Learning Disorder Higher in Boys

... K-12), the research presents a more comprehensive description of this association. Knowing that children are as likely to have Math LD as have Reading LD makes it critical for school staff to be aware that, regardless of how LD is defined, a significant number of children with Math LD do not exhibit associated ...

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