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Is Extreme Irritability - a Childhood Bipolar Disorder?

...atric diagnoses. Pediatric BD has some of the most pressing needs in this regard, because of its severity and because of questions about how to best make the diagnosis," said senior author Ellen Leibenluft, M.D., Chief of the Unit on Bipolar Spectrum Disorders in the Emotion and Development Branch of the NIMH...

Space-Age Bandage Monitors Patients With Raynaud's Disease

...tients wore a monitor for one week in their homes, pressing an "event button" on the device to indicate when a Raynaud's event was occurring. The data -- processed by APL engineers and evaluated by JHMI physicians -- indicates Raynaud's events can be successfully identified. Patients said the devices are comf...

Olive Leaf Juice Could Be Edible Oil Antioxidant

Olive juice, obtained by pressing olive leaves, may act as an antioxidant to prolong the frying life of frying oils, suggests a study using sunflower oil. // "The outcome of the present study suggests that crude olive juice can be used in practical operation to extend the frying lif...

India, China Trying to Fight Disease With Nanotechnology

...echnology innovation systems to address their more pressing needs. "Countries like Brazil, India, China and South Africa have significant nanotechnology research initiatives that could be directed toward the particular needs of the poor," said Andrew Maynard, chief science adviser for the Project on Emergin...

Artificial Urethral Sphincters can Help the Elderly

... (in women). The pump is activated by squeezing or pressing a button. The fluid in the cuff empties into the reservoir, the urethra opens, and the bladder empties. Fluid from the reservoir returns to the cuff, which again closes the urethra. Possible complications include infection, tissue breakdown, and me...

Black-white Life Expectancy Gap Reduces, Yet Remains Significant

...ticularly for cardiovascular diseases, should be a pressing priority for public health and health care," they conclude. Source-Eurekalert...

Forsyth Scientists Wiping Out Tooth Decay Through School-based Cavities Prevention Program

...ecay. ForsythKids confronts one of today’s most pressing oral health challenges: delivering effective oral health care to children at risk of decay. The goal of the program is to increase access and improve health, while creating a model that can be replicated in any community. The elementary school childr...

Emergency Department Strain As Ice Problems Grows

...en on the healthcare system and believe there is a pressing need to increase health and social resources to copewith the growing problem of amphetamine use. "Although we should be wary of predictions that illicit drug problems are destined to deteriorateinexorably and indefinitely, it is likely that ampheta...

Bolivian Glacier Melts, Dangerously Fast

... of this century itself. Even now Bolivia has a pressing need for more water several thousand migrants from rural areas keep coming in. One option is to build more dams in order to capture more of the precipitations during the wet season. Observers note that it is unjust to make desperately poor coun...

Working Up Potential Living Liver Donors

...s much concern on the question of coercion due the pressing situation of the rapid deterioration of the patient," the authors report, however, a gradually deteriorating patient could also be a source of pressure, they note. "The voluntary donor should undergo careful and expeditious workup. This includes pr...

Study Shows Hope for Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer's

...me novel sounds. Patients were asked to respond by pressing a button every time they heard the high frequency tone, also known as the “oddball” tone, which generates ERPs in the EEG. Generally, in the ERP of a person without Alzheimer’s, that response registers a peak, the P300, about 300 milliseconds after t...

Rural Doctors Had It Enough

...Haikerwal has said that the survey highlighted the pressing need more funding and support. He says “RURAL doctors have identified better resources for rural hospitals and consistent national assessment for overseas-trained doctors”. He said that they were hopeful of a response from the government on this in t...

Indian Born Dr. Death Claims All Charges Against Him are Dropped

... of Peter Beattie, Premier of Queensland, has been pressing for his extradition from the US. According to an AAP news report, Dr. Patel has been telling neighbours in the US that Australia is not proceeding with moves to extradite him. Network Nine tonight showed grainy footage of Dr Patel, talking at the d...

National Cancer Database Reveals Disparities in Access to Thyroid Cancer Surgery

... Chicago, said. "Disparities in medical care are a pressing issue overall, and the results of our study suggest that there are disparities that need to be addressed in thyroid cancer surgery as well." "Looking at how to get high-quality care to all patients is probably the most important outcome considerati...

Malaria and HIV Jointly Affects Pregnant Women and Their Infants

...sens pregnancy-associated malaria (PAM) there is a pressing need to comprehend these diseases during pregnancy and turn this knowledge into effective therapies. Until now the mechanisms by which pregnant women defend themselves against malaria and how HIV impairs this defence have been unknown, but a paper ...

America on Brink of Allergy Crisis

... participate in efforts to find solutions for this pressing problem. It calls for immediate action before patients are put at risk because of a shortage of qualified allergists in their area, Dr. Ein said....

Paid Maternity Leave Pushed By Australian Rights Activists

...thers who took time out. The commission has been pressing for 14 weeks of paid leave capped at the minimum weekly wage. "The average time women take out is closer to 35 to 40 weeks," Mr. von Doussa said. "Australia remains one of only two OECD countries that lacks a (compulsory) paid maternity leave schem...

Rural Doctors Had It Enough

...Haikerwal has said that the survey highlighted the pressing need more funding and support. He says RURAL doctors have identified better resources for rural hospitals and consistent national assessment for overseas-trained doctors. He said that they were hopeful of a response from the government on this in the...

Hundreds of Thousands Attend Madrid Gay Pride Parade

...iday's foiled car bombings in the British capital, pressing ahead with a march expected to draw up to 500,000 people. Security cordons forced a slight change in the route, but the event carried on as planned with London Mayor Ken Livingstone among those enjoying the party. "I think people are completely s...

As the US Population Ages, Hospital and Doctors Visits Shoot Up

...American College of Emergency Physicians, which is pressing for a national commission on access to emergency medical services....

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