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Research on Celiac Disease in children

...ear. 2. IGA-EMA testing is a sensitive method of monitoring dietary compliance. 3. The quality of antibody testing must be improved so as to be equivalent anywhere. 4. More food testing is needed and standards have to be established. 5. A safe source of oats should be available. To date there have been...

New heart disease marker

...ding to researchers, combining statin therapy with monitoring of apolipoprotein B could be a more effective way of preventing heart disease than the current cholesterol-based approach....

New imaging technique for tracking Alzheimer's

...w approach promises a better way of diagnosing and monitoring Alzheimer's disease....

Hypertension lowered by Bedtime Dosing

...orning and evening were evaluated by patients// by monitoring themselves in their own homes. The patients were then sub-divided into different groups according to their evening blood pressure. The researchers assessed the evening/morning ratio to assess the duration of action of the two drugs. The researchers...

WHO Says Toronto Going Back on SARS-Affected List

...es and 26 suspected cases slipped through upgraded monitoring and reaction systems designed to catch SARS. The new cases included two deaths, and another death of a patient sick for months raised the overall toll in the Toronto area to 27 from more than 150 cases in the biggest SARS outbreak outside of Asia. ...

Brain Temperature Tunnel dicovered

...t it can also provide continuous brain temperature monitoring in hospitals without the need of nurse intervention. Important purposes for the devices include detection and prevention of heatstroke and heat illness...

Night Time Aspirin Regimen Found to Reduce Blood Pressure

...pirin before sleeping.Evaluation by blood pressure monitoring occurred for 48 consecutive hours for all particip...d regimen. Each participant received an ambulatory monitoring device during the monitoring periods. Automatic measurements for systolic blood pressure, mean arter...

Wearable Body Monitoring

"Unobtrusive wearable body monitoring will be to health care what the compound microscop...a great impact, and,one belives that wearable body monitoring devices will be the next big change with significant behavioral improvements. Researchers are curr...

Common Plant Triggers Asthma

...ata on pollen levels from trees and plants from 10 monitoring stations and information on air pollutants, temperature and humidity levels.// They compared this data with the hospital admissions. The study reports there were close to 5,000 emergency admissions and half involved children. They found, at times, t...

Depression doubles mortality risk after CABG

...If depression is detected, then a plan for ongoing monitoring and treatment if necessary could be generated." "Effective treatments for depression are available, but whether these treatments would actually improve survival after CABG is unknown," Dr. Blumenthal pointed out. "But certainly improving quality of...

Risks for Silent Strokes

...earchers conducted MRIs and 24-hour blood pressure monitoring on 360 Japanese patients. All of the patients had high blood pressure but did not have symptoms of it. Also, 159 of the patients had diabetes. None of the patients had been diagnosed with other cardiovascular diseases. The MRIs were used to determi...

Accuracy of Some Natural Family Planning Methods Questioned .

...oses. The days predicted as fertile by each of the monitoring systems were compared to the fertile time revealed by ultrasound scans, the detection of the surge of luteinizing hormone -- a hormone that controls the length and sequence of the menstrual cycle -- and basic daily conception probabilities. Research...

New Technique to Study Infants Brain.

...y was conducted as part of a larger, ongoing study monitoring the cognitive development of infants with brain injury from birth to age 2. The researchers performed the fMRI exams on 42 infants with documented brain injury, but the fMRI analysis only included cases where both sides of the brain were equally capa...

Poor Preventive Measures Taken By Diabetics

...art disease. Researchers conclude that, "Ongoing monitoring and measurement of the quality of care, empowering clinicians with medical decision support tools and patients with information to improve the quality of care they receive, and building incentives for providing comprehensive care into the health care...

A Urine Test Could Predict Rejection In Transplant Patients

...ant patients are managed and frequent, noninvasive monitoring could allow doctors to better tailor immunosuppression drugs according to individual patient’s needs, prescribing lower doses to more stable patients or increasing doses for patients who show early signs of rejection....

Early Screening Required for Glaucoma

... and psychophysical tests to improve detection and monitoring of the disease .Finding the glaucoma in its earliest stages is important because the condition can be easily treated with eye drops. Unfortunately, glaucoma often goes undetected until it has already caused visual disability or even blindness. The ...

New Test To Detect Irregular Heartbeats

...ation. The remaining patients underwent the Holter monitoring test, which revealed another seven patients with atrial fibrillation. Patients with normal EKGs and Holters were then tested with the new method, which involves having the patient wear a device called an event-loop recorder (ELR) for seven days to mo...

Effective Control Of Blood Sugar Levels

...beta // cells in the pancreas. Intense blood sugar monitoring may help people with type 1 diabetes reduce their risk of nerve damage. Researchers studied more than 1,400 patients with type 1 diabetes. Each participant was assigned to practice either standard or intense diabetes control. Patients in the standa...

Biofeedback Found To Reduce Steroid Dependence In Asthmatics

...ol of body functions through the use of electronic monitoring devices. A new study finds practicing daily biofeedback // can help people with asthma reduce their need for inhaled steroid medications. Researchers tested the therapy in 94 adults with moderate persistent asthma. The participants were divided int...

Diabetics Should Adopt Better Preventive Measures

...art disease. Researchers conclude that, "Ongoing monitoring and measurement of the quality of care, empowering clinicians with medical decision support tools and patients with information to improve the quality of care they receive, and building incentives for providing comprehensive care into the health care...

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