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Memory Improves After Sleep Apnea Therapy

...ly diagnosed OSA. All patients underwent cognitive evaluation involving verbal memory testing prior to initiation of CPAP and at a 3-month follow-up visit. Patients were prescribed CPAP machines, and adherence was covertly monitored using internal microprocessors within each device. After treatment, patients we...

Blood Tests That Promise to Predict Heart Attacks Turn Out to Be a Flash in the Pan

...ave stood the test of time turn out to be the best evaluation of risk."...

Malnutrition is a Silent Killer

...ors proposed by the researchers would need further evaluation before current guidelines for treatment of the severely malnourished child could be changed. Source-Eurekalert...

'Gender-Benders': Sports and Sex Determination

...nt Sex Determination tests also involve a detailed evaluation by a panel of gynaecologists, endocrinologists and specialists in internal medicine. Of late, however, gender testing has come under fire from members of the medical community, such as the geneticists and the endocrinologists, who accuse these tes...

Most Hospital Performance Measures for Heart Failure Not Linked to Improved Patient Outcomes

...ic Heart Failure includes: discharge instructions, evaluation of left ventricular systolic function, angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor or angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) for left ventricular systolic dysfunction (LVSD), adult smoking cessation advice/counseling, and anticoagulant at discharge for...

Novel Test Promises to Save Babies from ‘testing’ Tims

...ain. Now, scientists have devised a new diagnostic evaluation for pregnant women, capable of detecting the condition early and saving lives. The research team from University College London said that the presence of a particular protein in the urine of a pregnant woman is an indication of the woman’s propensi...

Is Evidence-based Medicine Enough to Support Additional Research in Alternative Medicine?

...trategies that use "whole systems" and "integrated evaluation models" as potential new standards for research on CAM for cancer. The second half of this special issue then explores whether basic science adds value to a debate recently resurrected in "The Lancet" on the value of research on homeopathy. Integra...

Breastfeeding Mothers Need Calcium to Guard Against Periodontal Diseases

...dontal diseases. Given that a thorough periodontal evaluation should be done as soon as a woman finds out that she is pregnant, monitoring periodontal tissues, including more frequent cleanings during pregnancy and continuing until 3 months after delivery, will help assure periodontal health." Source-Eureka...

A New Therapy for CFS

...ome kind of infection, even though a comprehensive evaluation had failed to point to any infectious cause. Concerned about the unusual elevations in antibody levels as well as the swelling of her lymph nodes, Montoya decided to prescribe valganciclovir. "I thought by giving an antiviral that was effective aga...

Face, Facial Lipoatrophy With Radiesse, FDA Certifies

... of Radiesse and re-examined after six months. The evaluation revealed that 78% of the patients needed minimal fine tuning, yet not more than three injections. The only side-effects which showed up were short-term inflammation, pain and reddening of the skin....

Inflammation in Amniotic Fluid Detected

...outcome. However, although promising, a further evaluation of the test in different populations will be needed before it could become a standard procedure in the clinic. Source-Eurekalert SRI...

Conference on Drink and Drug Abuse in Scotland

...ce. The conference endeavors to conduct a thorough evaluation of drink and drug abuse. Tom Wood, who belongs to the Scottish Association of Alcohol and Drug Action Teams, has stressed the importance of prevention methods in the management of alcohol and drug abuse. Holyrood's Presiding Officer George Reid s...

EU States Agree on Clone Food Plan

...K farm. “There will at some point have to be an evaluation by the European Food Safety Auhtority [on the issue of food from clones] but we are not expecting an imminent need for this,” Commission spokesperson Philip Tod told DairyReporter.com. News of the UK cow, named Dundee Paradise, came less than two...

Potential Threats of Bioterrorism

...approach to public health in the future, a clearer evaluation of its efficacy and safety should be undertaken. Doing so could prevent potentially harmful warnings that do little more than raise anxiety among the general population without offering a beneficial action for the public to take.” Dr. Cohen’s colla...

New Tool Improves Prediction of Stroke Risk

...t relevant for decisions about necessity of urgent evaluation and observation. Johnston and colleagues tested...groups at especially high risk, in whom aggressive evaluation and urgent intervention is clearly justified." Source-Eurekalert...

MR Angiography Detects Blocked Arteries Accurately

...aphy could replace other diagnostic techniques for evaluation of all the arteries that supply blood to the brain. "As the technology evolves, MR Angiography will likely become even faster and more powerful," he said. Source-Eurekalert SRI...

Young People Who Died Suddenly, Inexplicably Had Genetic Heart Defects

...ic, premature deaths, the standard of care for the evaluation of sudden unexplained death must now change. Survi...ed inexplicably must undergo comprehensive cardiac evaluation that includes, at a minimum, an electrocardiogram and an exercise stress test as initial screens for...

Parasomnias are Common in Children: Study

...with their child’s pediatrician, and for an office evaluation of a child with any Parasomnias to be thorough. Thornton B.A. Mason II, MD, PhD, of The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and Allan I. Pack, MBChB, PhD, of the University of Pennsylvania, advise pediatricians to question the parents regarding w...

Oleic-acid-rich Sunflowers Give Trans-fat Alternative - Study

...the researchers. "Similarly, the thermal stability evaluation results indicate a greater stability for modified high oleic sunflower oil than for regular sunflower oil." "The oxidative and thermal stabilities of edible oils appear to be related to linoleic and linolenic contents, decreased linoleic and linole...

Space-Age Bandage Monitors Patients With Raynaud's Disease

...ptoms of Raynaud's disease. Early results from the evaluation of the device seem to be promising: The Ambulatory Raynaud's Monitor wraps around a patient's finger and is secured with a bandage or medical tape. It contains two sensors that alternately record skin and ambient temperature -- indicators of surfac...

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