monitored 1 3

Tag: "monitored" at medical news

Scientists Use Gene Therapy to Reverse Heart Failure in Animals

... two months, when their heart pumping function was monitored again. The animals that received the gene therapy had significantly better heart-pumping abilities compared to the pre-gene therapy level, and overall, the S100A1-treated rats had improved heart health. The researchers found this in both individual h...

Some Cancers Linked to Very Low Frequency Electromagnetic Fields

...n more than 20,000 Swiss railway workers, who were monitored for 30 years. The researchers opted to study this group, because railway workers in Switzerland tend to change jobs infrequently and are exposed to much higher levels of electromagnetic field radiation than the general population. The researchers...

Diabetics in Nursing Homes Need Improved Care

...ding to the study, only 38 percent of the patients monitored (98 percent) met blood glucose (sugar) goals. Only 55 percent of the patients monitored (94 percent) had satisfactory blood pressure levels. Only 31 percent of patients had lipids (serum t...

Australian Children Sleep Less, Perhaps Not Well Monitored

...rer sections especially do not seem to be properly monitored is a matter of concern. The very group who should work harder to survive and move up the ladder is getting distracted....

Worlds Heaviest Man Loses Weight Thanks to Monitored Dieting

...r as much as 180 kg as a consequence of some well monitored dieting. Seven fully grown men in all, standing in a line. That was how he used to look like. Now two men could be said to have gone out of his body! No-one knows for sure why Manuel joined the ranks of the hyper-obese, or morbidly obese, as his do...

TB and Measles Scare in Canada Now

...le 38 others and two of their chaperones are being monitored for symptoms. However, Calgary Health Region's Dr. Robert Cowie yesterday stressed the risk of contracting TB is low and the measures are being taken as a precaution. "It is not highly infectious - we're just being ultra careful," said the director...

Cell Genesys Reports Additional Data From Phase 2 Clinical Trial of GVAX Immunotherapy for Pancreatic Cancer

... booster injection six months later. Patients were monitored for evidence of relapse and survival, as well as the occurrence of adverse events and induction of immune response. An earlier Phase 1 trial of GVAX immunotherapy for pancreatic cancer was conducted by the Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center ...

Wheat Germ Extract Inhibits Breast Cancer in Study

...m humans and mouse cell lines into female mice and monitored tumor growth. They compared tumor growth in mice treated with Avemar alone, or treated with three of the most widely used and studied breast cancer drugs: Tamoxifen, Aromasin, or Arimidex, alone, and combinations of those drugs with Avemar. Again...

Four Malaysians in Hospital for Bird Flu Checks

...laysia's health minister said Monday as officials monitored for new outbreaks of the deadly virus. Chua Soi Lek said the four were hospitalised in the eastern state's capital Kuala Terengganu after coming down with fevers and coughs. 'They have had contact with chickens and ducks which had died. They are cu...

Chinese Delegation Meets Health Minister Regarding Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine Supply

...he mass JE vaccination campaign were organized and monitored by Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India, in a very efficient and effective manner. In 2007, the vaccination campaign for JE vaccine will be expanded to 22 districts in India and CNBG Chengdu Institute will supply more than 20 mi...

Lack of Sleep Affects Eye-steering Coordination Needed While Driving

...o two-and-a-half hours. Their eye movements were monitored using a dashboard mounted eye tracker, and steering wheel movement was monitored through a precision potentiometer attached to the steering column. Mark Chattington found that eve...

Aerobics Turn Enlarged Heart into a Trimmer, More Efficient Organ

...ey should first be evaluated by a cardiologist and monitored during exercise, at least initially. Finding a way to pay for supervised exercise training is a challenge, however, as Medicare and most private insurance carriers approve payment for cardiac rehabilitation only if the patient has recently experience...

Denosumab Reduces Bone Erosion

...ntrol groups.In this study, safety was continually monitored and an adverse event profile similar to that of patients receiving placebo was observed in patients receiving treatment with denosumab....

Doctor Advises Caution Over Flu Drug

... doctors be warned that patients should be closely monitored for signs of abnormal behaviour throughout the treatment period and the European Medicine Evaluation Agency (EMEA) took similar steps in February. In the UK, oseltamivir is a black triangle drug so it remains under more intensive surveillance and h...

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

...s, so a young adult should be particularly closely monitored if he or she takes an SSRI antidepressant." Such is the conventional wisdom. But on Wednesday the FDA asked makers of anti-depressants to expand the warning labels to include adults age 18-24. Eli Lilly and Co., the maker of Prozac, Zoloft manu...

Negative Emotions Affect Old and Young Differently

...nt at the prospects while their brain activity was monitored using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), the online edition of New Scientist reported. However, when winning money, activity in the "emotion" area was the same regardless of age, says the study published in the latest issue of the journa...

Steps To Prevent Out-Break Of Bird Flu

...ss of the States is being continually assessed and monitored by the Government of India through video-conferences, National Conferences of Animal Husbandry Secretaries, regular touring by Government of India officers, weekly reports on unusually mortality from States etc. 6. Ready Reckoners have been develop...

Multiple Sclerosis Patients to Benefit With AVONEX(R) Nurse Services Program

...ould be closely monitored. Patients should also be monitored for signs of hepatic injury. Routine periodic blood chemistry and hematology tests are recommended during treatment with AVONEX. Rare cases of anaphylaxis have been reported Source-IANS/N...

Girls Born With HIV Infection at Higher Risk for Cervical Abnormalities

...al abnormalities, a new study finds. Researchers monitored the rate of first-time pregnancies, genital health and Pap test results of 638 girls, ages13 and over, who became infected with HIV around the time of birth. Nearly 50 percent of the girls had abnormal cervical cells. “We have already seen this in ...

Large Fluid Intake Won’t Help to Keep Cool for Marathon Runner

... or improves performance.' Dr Byrne and his team monitored a group of male runners taking part in the Singapo... but this was the first time that researchers have monitored body temperatures continuously throughout a race. Over half the runners reached body temperatures...

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10