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Arthroscopic Treatment of Tennis Elbow is Successful

...dy of arthroscopic treatment of tennis elbow, says lead investigator Champ L. Baker, III, M.D., an orthopaedic resident at the University of Pittsburgh. The initial success from our original short-term study was maintained long term. I am happy to say that arthroscopic release is a good treatment option...

Women With Heart Disease Suffers from Depression

...ng earlier studies weve done, said Colleen Norris, lead author and an associate professor in the Faculty of Nursing at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada. Results of the study were published recently in the European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing. The findings are of concern because depre...

Rounding Up Rodeo Injuries Helps in Prevention

...uture. Butterwick hopes this information it will lead to increased safety for rodeo athletes and that the data will enhance support for research into rodeo injury prevention. How much is the death of one 20-year-old cowboy worth? Whats the cost to society? What about to his family? Whats the cost to th...

New Genetic Clue to Type 1 Diabetes

...tions of glucose in the blood. This can eventually lead to blindness, heart disease, amputations and kidney failure. Type 1 diabetes is linked to genetic predisposition. The far more common Type 2 diabetes results mainly from an unhealthy diet and inactivity and is becoming epidemic in scale in many dev...

Efficacy of Lyme Disease Vaccination Examined

...te detection or a poor response to antibiotics can lead to lasting pain, fatigue and neurological problems...public health at the University of North Carolina, lead author of the study said. Vaccinated individuals might reduce other efforts to avoid Lyme; for exa...

Shoulder Protection by Throwing Motion in Baseball Players

...em. Shoulder changes that go beyond adaptation can lead to pain and even growth plate injuries....

C -reactive Protein is the Marker for Cardiovascular Disease

...lso exhibit decreased cognitive performances, said lead researcher David Gozal, M.D., of the University of Louisville in Kentucky. Furthermore, hsCRP levels are significantly increased among patients with OSA and cognitive dysfunction. These findings were published in the second issue of the July America...

Key Mechanism to Emergence of Strep Bacteria

...reased risk of producing invasive infections, said lead author Mark Walker, Ph.D. a Professor of Biological Sciences at the University of Wollongong. In the case of the invasive strep clone, a bacteriophage provided the bacterium a genetic advantage that turned a relatively benign pathogen into a potent...

First Drug for Post-traumatic Stress Disorder

... stemming from traumatic events . The work could lead to the first drug to treat the millions of adults who suffer each year from persistent, debilitating fears - including hundreds of soldiers returning from conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan. A study conducted by the Army in 2004 found that one in eigh...

Yo-yo Dieting Increases Kidney Cancer Risk in Women

... explained that frequent weight fluctuations might lead to kidney damage by stirring up metabolic or functional changes that increase cancer susceptibility. Dr Colin Waine of the National Obesity Forum insisted that yo-yo dieting was unhealthy as constant weight fluctuation does not allow the body to se...

Lower Mortality Rates in Hospitals With Good Quality Care

...fessor of Health Policy and Management at HSPH and lead author of the study. The Hospital Quality Alliance (HQA), a public-private collaboration that includes the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the American Hospital Association, aims to improve the quality of care at the nations hospitals ...

Nasal Cannula Treatment for Sleep Apnea Patients

...tients with obstructive hypopneas and apneas, said lead researcher Hartmut Schneider, M.D., of Johns Hopkins Asthma and Allergy Center. The research was reported in the second issue for July 2007 of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine published by the American Thoracic Society....

Patients Taking Inhaled Steroids may Develop Pneumonia

...l size and high drop-out rate, he suggested, might lead a reader to reasonably conclude that its pneumonia findings were spurious. Now, with the addition of the Canadian population-based study, Dr. Woodhead wrote, the unexpected conclusion--that drugs prescribed to prevent COPD exacerbations put patient...

Right Foods Could Improve Drug Effectiveness, Lower Drug Costs

...nteractions between food and drugs i.e. they could lead to drugs becoming toxic, or less effective. But Ratain and Cohen argue that results like this one should point researchers toward a partial solution, a novel way to decrease medication costs while increasing benefits from these effective but expens...

Complaining Girls Faces Higher Depression, Anxiety Risk

...g about their consequences. Co-rumination also may lead to depression and anxiety because it takes so much time - time that could be used to engage in other, more positive activities that could help distract youth from their problems. "This is especially true for problems that girls can't control, such ...

Researchers Find New Target for Anti-cancer Drugs

...his gene is mutated and becomes overactive, it can lead to the unregulated proliferation of cells that is the hallmark of tumour formation. The ras gene, known as an oncogene when it is in this mutated state, has been implicated in several different cancers, including those of the pancreas and lungs. To...

Reason Behind Trouble Remembering in ADHD Kids Revealed

...ulty detecting doubles at all," news.com.au quoted lead researcher, PhD student Hannah Keage, as saying. "They just weren't able to select that information about the cards properly and hold it online in their head," she added. Tests of brain activity revealed that the brains of children with the condition...

Highway Robbers-Stealing Your Hearts Health

... of hardening of the arteries, which in turn could lead to heart disease and stroke. Led by Barbara Hoffmann, the study claims to be the first to actually show a relationship between long-term traffic exposure and coronary atherosclerosis. According to Hoffmann, living close to busy traffic, which is...

Human Membranes Crystal Structure may Help Tailor Asthma Drugs

...he new results are also very important as they can lead the way for the development of new and more effect... membrane proteins. The current study is likely to lead the way for the determination of structures of other human membrane proteins....

Treat Every Patient as a Potential Organ Donor, British Health Official Says

...ederation said the changes would not automatically lead to a rise in transplants. "To make a difference we need more surgeons, we need more intensive care unit beds, we need the government to put more money behind transplantation and we need more willing donors," said Chief Executive Timothy Statham. ...

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