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The Effectiveness Of Chickenpox Vaccine Questioned

...a an the effectiveness of the vaccine over time to determine if a booster dose is needed to improve its effectiveness." ...

‘Protein’ Produced By Overstressed Heart Muscle a Strong Indicator Of Heart Diseae

...ide in patients with severe shortness of breath to determine whether they have congestive heart failure, in whi...s ER in 2001 and 2002 with shortness of breath. To determine the cause -- congestive heart failure, a respiratory disease or something else -- all got physicals,...

Hope for Chemo-Resistant Leukemia Patients

...searchers say the goal of the phase II study is to determine the best dosage levels and they hope that that response rate [in phase II] will be higher since they are treating with a good dose in all the patients. In the first cycle, trial participants were given 40 micrograms/kilograms every other day for thre...

Common Medication Errors in Children

...re admitted into pediatric intensive care units to determine the prevalence of medication errors. They defined an error as any preventable event that may cause or lead to patient harm. Researchers say 579 medical errors were reported during the course of the study. Nearly 70 percent of the medical errors occur...

Is Drinking Extra Fluids Safe When You’re Sick

...earchers examined results from previous studies to determine if recommending patients with respiratory infectio...searchers say more studies need to be conducted to determine if drinking extra fluids is safe for patients. Researchers also caution that until enough evidence i...

Eating Fiber Reduces The Risk Of Heart Disease

...cent study researchers analyzed several studies to determine whether the source of dietary fiber had any effect on the reduction in heart disease risk. The research included information from 91,058 men and 245,186 women. Each study recorded what kind of foods and how much the participant ate. Researchers say...

Restoration Of Fertility After Cancer Treatment

...York froze a 30-year-old woman’s ovarian tissue to determine if they could preserve her fertility. The woman suffered from breast cancer before experiencing chemotherapy-induced menopause. Researchers transplanted the tissue beneath the woman’s abdomen six years after she underwent cancer treatment. The woman’...

A Common Cause Of Allergy That Goes Unnoticed

...earchers interviewed more than 5,500 households to determine the prevalence of self-reported seafood allergy in the United States. Allergy to some type of seafood was reported for 2.8 percent of adults and less than 1 percent of children younger than age 18.Multiple allergic reactions were reported by 53 perce...

SARS vaccine shows promise in Animal Testing

...ome researchers say more experiments are needed to determine if it will work in humans. Some scientists not connected with the study said the results were encouraging, but should not be overstated. No DNA vaccine has yet been shown to effectively treat any viral disease and the approach is still unproven compa...

Latest Tumor Classification More Informative

...d and the molecular characteristics of those cells determine how a tumor will behave – information of great importance to clinicians. At the highest level of the classification, tumors are grouped according to the component cells' developmental history – their 'histogenesis'. For example leukemia would be c...

Investigations That Help Detect Lung Disease

...e spirometry test and a screening questionnaire to determine which could more effectively detect early stages of COPD.Doctors screened more than 3,000 patients over 12 weeks. More than 725 patients who took the screening questionnaire reported having signs or symptoms of COPD. Researchers tested 703 of the pat...

Can Calcium Help Reduce Weight?

...ey say that more research needs to be conducted to determine specific dose recommendations of calcium for weight loss....

Accuracy Of Lung Function Test Questioned

...used to test for a variety of lung problems and to determine the effectiveness // of treatment. The patient takes a deep breath and breathes out with force into a spirometer to the best of their ability. The spirometer measures both the amount of air expelled and how quickly the air was expelled from the lungs...

A Urine Test Could Predict Rejection In Transplant Patients

... now say that a simple urine test may help doctors determine who will experience kidney failure or organ rejection after transplant surgery.// In the study, researchers analyzed 34 urine samples from 32 kidney patients who had transplant surgery. Thirteen protein markers were present in most samples of patien...

Ovarian Cancer Screening Questioned

... screening, but clinical trials need to be done to determine this.Thus researchers suggest that doctors remain vigilant for early warning signs of the disease....

Effectiveness Of Prostate Cancer Test

...rostate specific antigen level is a marker to help determine if a man has prostate cancer. Researchers conducted a study to determine //the prevalence of men with prostate cancer who had a PSA level of four or less. Data was used fro...

Early Screening Required for Glaucoma

...on of the optic nerve is the most effective way to determine whether or not someone has early stage glaucoma. Researchers say instead of doctors just looking at the retinal nerve fiber layer and visual functioning when making a diagnosis of glaucoma they can also use new imaging and psychophysical tests to im...

Urine Test for Kidney Cancer

...delphia. Dr. Uzzo says surgery is the only way to determine whether the mass is cancerous. That could soon change thanks to research at the Fox Chase Cancer Center. "This study was therefore designed to help distinguish, preoperatively, which tumors will be benign and which will be malignant based upon a simp...

The Benefits Of Soy

... prostate cancer, researchers conducted a study to determine if soy is beneficial for endometrial cancer. Endometrial cancer is cancer affecting the lining of the uterus. Researchers interviewed 832 women who were diagnosed with endometrial cancer and 846 healthy women. The amount of soy intake over five year...

Hope For Patients With Lung Cancer

...nvolved in research on the drug Tarceva, trying to determine its effect on different cancers -- including lung cancer. Tarceva is a small molecule designed to target the human epidermal growth factor receptor (HER1) pathway, also known as EGFR, which is critical to cell growth in many cancers. This study inc...

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