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Tag: "gauge" at medical news

OCT - Optical Coherence Tomography - the buzzword in cardiology

...chool who has used optical coherence tomography to gauge stent status.// This is a new imaging technique similar to ultrasound and will allow cardiologists to view the status of coronary stents used to open clogged arteries during angioplasty. A more glamorous way of putting it would be to say that ...

Relationship Between Genetic Structure And Quality of Life

...te genes, which the researchers say are a critical gauge of cellular health and have a known association with risk of disease and measure of health. Results show patients who had two variant forms of the gene DPYD were significantly less likely than those with a normal version of the same gene to experien...

Dementia and Down Syndrome

..., Irvine, are in the midst of a long-term study to gauge changes in the brains of Down syndrome patients and compare them to changes seen in Alzheimer's patients. The study involves 17 people with Down syndrome who currently show no signs of dementia, 10 people with moderate Alzheimer's, and 24 healthy con...

New Help for Head and Neck Cancer

...with previously untreated head and neck cancers to gauge their reactions to injections of a combination of mixed natural cytokines called Multikine. Patients also received treatment with zinc sulfate and other substances thought to help boost the immune system. Patients received the Multikine injections f...

Less is more for preserving teeth and gums

...It is virtually impossible for the average user to gauge how much pressure they are applying," said Prof Heasman. His best advice was to compare the ideal pressure, 150 grams, with the weight of an orange. Holding an orange in one hand and brushing with the other is impractical and possibly embarrassing, h...

Breastfed babies grow rapidly

...Belarus. Weight, length, and head circumference, a gauge of brain development, were measured at 1, 2, 3, 6, 9 and 12 months. Some infants were born in "baby friendly" hospitals that encouraged exclusive breast-feeding, and others were born in hospitals that did not promote breast-feeding. More than 43% of...

Control of anger disorder connected to Brain Dysfunction

...pecific brain region. Using a series of tests that gauge functioning in the OMPCC, they were able to spot a...nability to learn from social cues." When asked to gauge emotions in photos of people's faces, IED patients showed problems in recognizing "anger," "disgust"...

Predictable genes

...They hope that eventually, doctors will be able to gauge an individual woman's risk of developing cancer by looking closely at her genetic makeup.Only a small proportion of breast cancer cases are currently thought to be caused by inherited genetic factors. Two genes have already been firmly linked with ...

MSI puts on hold plans for operations in Chennai

...hat the company after its wait and watch policy to gauge whether competition in Chennai would wither away has arrived at a conclusion that it would better wait for some more time before the competition melts down. The competition in Chennai among corporate outlets is by way of discounts is quite fierce. Th...

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