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Combination of Bronchoscopic Techniques is Very Effective for Lung Lesions

...ical investigations, such as CT scans. ENB, on the other hand, has a highly specialized real-time navigation system, but lacks a means of directly visualizing the lesion. The researchers found that the EBUS procedure by itself had a diagnostic yield of 69 percent. ENB alone had a diagnostic yield of 59 p...

Stem Cells from Human Fat Tissue to Hunt for and Kill Cancerous Tumours

..., as would using this strategy in combination with other treatments," Altaner said. Researchers suggested that mesenchymal stem cells 'see' a tumour as a damaged organ and migrate to it, and so it might be used as a 'vehicle' for treatment that can find both primary tumours and small metastases. The f...

Dark Chocolate Possible Medicine for Blood Pressure

...ps. One ate six grams of dark chocolate daily, the other the same amount of white chocolate. "The dark chocolate reduced the systolic blood pressure, the top reading of the blood pressure, by 2.9 units, and the diastolic blood pressure, the bottom reading of blood pressure by 1.9 units. The white chocola...

Therapeutic Cancer Vaccine Trials

...r vector, is used to introduce cancer proteins and other molecules to stimulate the immune system. Both app...apies for lymphoma, melanoma, pancreatic, lung and other types of cancer....

In China, Online Gamers Raking in the Cash

...1-year-old -- and a full-time job for thousands of other Chinese. Zhao, a third-year student at Beijing's... 30 hours a week in World of Warcraft, Lineage and other fantasy universes, which are typically set in ancient empires or occult territories. He sometimes ...

Gene Variation Increases the Risk of Lung Cancer

... model for examining the nature of inflammation in other types of cancer. While smoking is still the greatest risk factor, we still do not understand how other factors play a role, Engels said. A better understanding of the risks involving inflammation will le...

Epilepsy Increases Suicide Risks

...pileptics experience a high rate of depression and other mental illnesses, ``we also observed a high suicide risk shortly after the diagnosis among epilepsy patients without psychiatric disease,'' they said. Epilepsy occurs when clusters of nerve cells in the brain signal abnormally, causing strange sensa...

Smokeless Tobacco Promotion

...e specific to that culture and not transferable to other settings, and that if tobacco companies are allowed to market snus they will undoubtedly use the opportunity to promote tobacco as well. Snus enthusiasts in the public health community, say Chapman and Freedman, focus on snus potential to take peop...

Reduction in Antidepressant Leads to Suicidal Risks

...discontinuations of therapy with antidepressant or other psychotropic drugs, which suggests that the primar...sting that a similar decrease may have occurred in other populations. Because there is so much uncertainly regarding the pediatric use of antidepressants, ...

Anchoring Lives Aboard Warship: Nimitz

...tment on board keeps working round the clock, like other departments, to be battle efficient. The crew, esp...don't shave genital areas, large skin surfaces, or other areas that aren't normally shaved. Don't share razors, and replace disposables as often as possible....

War Trauma-hit UK Veteran Population Set to Increase

...ive a normal life. Work prospects, family life and other relationships may be affected, exacerbating the symptoms and leading to an ever-increasing sense of isolation and worthlessness. War trauma is a notoriously difficult disorder to assess and measure. The traumatic memories can be triggered by seemin...

People With Higher IQs are More Patient in Financial Matters

...count. "What's more, according to our analysis, other indirect factors of influence can be excluded as a...than their less intelligent contemporaries. On the other hand, they are generally more tolerant of risk and more patient -- two character traits which resear...

Cheap Indian Medicines Illegally Flooding Pak Markets

...ts anti-Hepatitis B vaccine from the UK, Korea and other European countries, out of which around 60 percent imports are made from Korea, which cost a lot to the consumers. He further said that India accounts for 22 percent of the world production of generic pharmaceuticals, and it exports around 42 perce...

Diabetics Risking Health by Using Alternative Medications Without Consultation

...ect blood sugar levels but patients are already on other blood sugar lowering medications as well," she sai...scuss their alternative therapies with a doctor or other healthcare professional," she said. Chang, who has surveyed more than 300 diabetics in Taiwan, al...

New Diagnostic Test for Mad Cow Disease Developed

...has been applied to brain tissue can be applied to other tissues like the ones taken from blood, which may be used in tests for the disease. "While this method, due to the length of time it takes to carry out, is unlikely to produce a rapid screening test that could be implemented in blood donation cent...

Stem Cell Treatment may Prolong Lives of Children With Brittle Bone Disease

...the treatment on a case-by-case basis. However, other experts are of the opinion that clinical trials must be conducted before the treatment is offered to the public....

EU Aims to Shake Up Wine Industry With Root-and-branch Reform

...tually losing market share to dynamic producers in other parts of the world, consumption is falling and imports are increasing by about 10 percent," Fischer-Boel told journalists. With 500 million euros currently spent each year getting rid of unsold wine, her proposed solution focused on abolishing meas...

Arnold Schwarzenegger Blamed for Backtracking in the Fight Against Carbon Emission

...ses2002 law on vehicle emissions cuts copied by 10 other states 2006 law AB32 demands cut in emissions to 1... landmark Global Warming Solutions Act (AB 32) and other tough air pollution controls, legislative leaders and some observers said. Witherspoon also accuse...

Cat Exposure Increases Bronchial Responsiveness

.... Chinn, of the Imperial College in London, and 12 other researchers reported their findings in the first i...ed, it is important that results are replicated in other studies before firm recommendations are made. The researchers could not rule out the possibility t...

Dietary Counseling Leads to Weight Loss

...he knees and hips, and some forms of cancer, among other conditions. Dietary and lifestyle modifications are the primary methods for treating and preventing obesity but the net effect of dietary counseling for weight loss had not been published until now. "We did not know how much weight people lost on...

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