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HIV Drug Resistance can Be Identified by Genome Sequencing

...eatment has been largely successful, with dramatic increases in survival over the last decade, a significant number of patients develop drug resistance shortly after treatment begins. This study was designed to determine if patients that fail therapy early were initially infected with drug resistant HIV strain...

New, Less Painful Wound Treatment for Pediatric Patients

... contraction, decreases wound and tissue swelling, increases local microcirculation, provides a closed, moist healing environment and stimulates the formation of granulation tissue, an important indicator of healing tissue.” Ninety-three percent of the children given the treatment showed decreased wound vol...

National Eye Institute Targets Mexican-Americans for Glaucoma Awareness

...aucoma, the most common form glaucoma. The rate increases to 8% among those in their 60s and to 15% for those in their 70s. Hispanics are the least likely of all racial and ethnic groups to be aware of the disease, with 61% reporting having heard of glaucoma, compared with 72% of Asians, 94% of blacks and 9...

American Cancer Society Launches Major New Study

...rette smoking and lung cancer, showed that obesity increases the risk of several cancers, and linked aspirin use to a lower death rate from colon cancer. The current study, CPS-II, began in 1982 and is still ongoing. But changes in lifestyle and in the understanding of cancer in the more than two decades since...

Indoor Air Pollution Biggest Heath Threat

...houses are airtight without much ventilation. This increases the pollution level. In the rural areas some 3.5 billion people still depend on traditional fuels such as firewood, charcoal, cow dung etc for cooking and heating. This produces a large amount of smoke and other air pollutant within the confines of...

Cats at Home Poses Allergy Risk in Young Children

... cat hair within or outside the parental household increases the frequency of allergic sensitisation on the basis of the detection of IgE-specific antibodies against cat allergens. The study is based on data of the multicentric LISA study. LISA stands for Lifestyle – Immune - System – Allergy and is intended...

Doctors Warned Against Encouraging Elective Caesareans

...acenta attaching low down in the womb or rupturing increases by almost 50 percent, accordingly. In mothers who had their first baby by caesarean, the risk of placental previa - a condition where the placenta attaches over or near the internal opening of the cervix - was 47 percent higher in their second pre...

Gene Responsible for Ageing Process Discovered – and Calorie Restriction Could Hel

...ene is linked with a hormone called glucagon which increases levels of glucose in the bloodstream to maintain the body's energy balance especially during fasting. Scientists from Louisiana State University are monitoring a group of 48 overweight men and women aged between 25 and 50. The study found that thos...

FDA Advisory Against Anti-depressants to Be Expanded to Cover Young Adults too

...t the beginning of therapy or when the dose either increases or decreases. Although FDA has not concluded that these drugs cause worsening depression or suicidality, health care providers should be aware that worsening of symptoms could be due to the underlying disease or might be a result of drug therapy. T...

Women Unaware of When Breast Cancer Risk is Greatest

...t from what most women believe. Breast cancer risk increases with age and is highest in women over 80." Julie...t cancer. Women need to understand that their risk increases with age. If older women wrongly think they are at a lower risk, they may be less likely to attend s...

Risk of Dementia Increased With Secondhand Smoke

Exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke increases the risk of developing dementia, according to research//. For the study, researchers evaluated 3,602 people age 65 and older in the Cardiovascular Health Study. Of those, 985 people had no cardiovascular disease, no dementia, and were never smokers...

Female Ducks Develop Complicated Genitals to Outwit Aggressive Males

...an evolutionary scenario that, as the male phallus increases in size, the female creates more barriers. You get this evolutionary arms race," Brennan said. Only if the female is relaxed and cooperative can the male's sperm get anywhere near the unfertilized eggs, the researchers suggest. "What I think is r...

Shortage of Veterinarians Worry Public Health Experts in US

...all 4 percent. But the point is even the small gap increases the potential for diseases to go undetected. "It's not like the other 96 percent can pick up the slack," said Dr. Lyle Vogel, director of the animal welfare division at the association, which used surveys to estimate the shortage. "Because of the d...

Satraplatin Benefits Hormone Refractory Prostate Cancer Patients

...h year. Since the incidence of prostate cancer increases with age, the aging of the overall population is expected to further increase the number of prostate cancer patients. Most patients diagnosed with prostate cancer initially receive surgery or radiation therapy, and some of these patients are cure...

Antioxidants May Aid Chemotherapy Patients

... Cancer Treatment. “This is significant because it increases the likelihood that patients will be able to complete their treatment.” Co-author Dr. Robert Newman, Professor of Cancer Medicine at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center said, “This study, along with the evolving understanding of antioxidant-chemotherapy...

Cancer Patient’s Life Improved With Anti-reflux Valv

...-sensitive valve that closes when stomach pressure increases thereby preventing reflux. However, when the press...hat closes whenever the pressure in the intestines increases so as to prevent backflow into the bile ducts. Laboratory studies to evaluate the flow dynamics of...

America’s Arthritis Patients Take Sizeable Chunks Of Healthcare Econom

...and her colleagues were surprised to find the cost increases were mostly attributable to people rather than procedures. "We thought that the average costs [of treating arthritis and other rheumatic conditions] would increase because of the cost of the costly drugs, and the increased number of hip and knee su...

Norwegian Glacier Shrinks and Marine Life Poisoned as the Globe Warms

...ds, sea lions and dolphins. The algae population increases or "blooms" every year as the ocean waters warm but this year's bloom seems early, extensive and "very, very thick," says David Caron, who teaches in the biological sciences department at University of Southern California. The Norwegian tunnel, big...

National Eye Institute Targets Mexican-Americans for Glaucoma Awareness

...aucoma, the most common form glaucoma. The rate increases to 8% among those in their 60s and to 15% for those in their 70s. Hispanics are the least likely of all racial and ethnic groups to be aware of the disease, with 61% reporting having heard of glaucoma, compared with 72% of Asians, 94% of blacks and 9...

Treatment Cost for Arthritis on the Rise: Study

...e fast-rising number of people// with the disease, increases in the number of medications they take each month and the inflation-adjusted cost per prescription, according to a new study led by a UCSF researcher. Results from a six-year study of U.S. arthritis patients and the cost of arthritis medications an...

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